Team Notes: Cornell Steps Away From League Play for Series with Niagara

The following article appeared November 26 on the Cornell Web site.

The Cornell women’s hockey team takes a break from ECAC Hockey play this weekend when it faces Niagara in a pair of non-conference contests at Lynah Rink. The Big Red and Purple Eagles will open the two-game set on Saturday at 7 p.m. before closing out the series on Sunday in a 2 p.m. matinee.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell, ranked sixth in both of this week’s national college hockey polls, was just 40 seconds away from its third weekend sweep in league play, but Quinnipiac rallied for two goals in the closing seconds on Saturday to force a tie, as the Big Red settled for a three-point weekend, a weekend that opened up with a 1-0 victory over Princeton. The Big Red got a pair of goals from Catherine White on the weekend, while Chelsea Karpenko added a goal and an assist. Amanda Mazzotta got the shutout over Princeton and posted a weekend goals-against average of 1.44 with a .900 save percentage. For the year, White leads the team in scoring with 12 points on a team-best five goals and seven assists. Mazzotta has seen every minute in goal for the Big Red, posting a 1.70 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage. The Cornell power play has converted on 8-of-40 chances (20.0 percent) while the Big Red penalty killing unit has successfully ended 33-of-34 power plays against (97.1 percent).

HEAD COACH DOUG DERRAUGH
In his fifth season behind the Big Red bench, Doug Derraugh has turned the Cornell women’s hockey program into one of women’s college hockey’s top young programs. Derraugh has a career record of 43-75-10, but has taken the Big Red to a back-to-back double-digit wins in each of the last two seasons, the first time the Big Red has done that since the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons. He has also led Cornell to the ECAC Hockey playoffs in each of the last two years. Derraugh is assisted by Danielle Biloudeau, in her fourth season, and Edith Zimmering, in her first year with the Big Red.

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