No. 2 Big Red Resume vs. League Rivals
The following article appeared in the November 10 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun.
BY ZACH WALLER
After a well-deserved weekend off, the Cornell women’s hockey team will again hit the ice this Friday and Saturday at Lynah Rink as the team hosts Ivy foes Dartmouth and Harvard. The action starts Friday night, when the Red will welcome the Green to East Hill in a 7 p.m. showdown. Friday’s match up will be followed by a much-anticipated 4 p.m. contest on Saturday against archrival Harvard.
The No. 2 Red (4-0, 3-0 ECAC) has been unstoppable so far this season. In its first four games, the team has outscored its opponents, 33-4. However, the Ivy League leader hasn’t played its stiffest competition — teams like the Green and the Crimson. Dartmouth (1-2-1, 1-0-1 ECAC) was looking forwards to a promising season, but has begun on a sour note and will be looking to put itself back on track with a win over the coasting Red. No. 10 Harvard (2-0, 2-0 ECAC), on the other hand, got off to a roaring start this season and will be looking to remain undefeated when it comes to Ithaca on Saturday, if the Crimson can make it past Colgate on Friday unscathed.
Despite having an off-weekend, the Red has seen a fair amount of success over the last week. Freshman standout forward Jillian Saulnier was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for the second time in as many weeks, six players were named to the Canadian Under-22 national team and Team Canada easily won its first game in the 4 Nation’s Cup, 5-0, against Finland (with the help of four Cornell players and Cornell head coach Doug Derraugh). However, the success on the Canadian national team does contain a dark spot: Derraugh, junior defenders Lauriane Rougeau and Laura Fortino, sophomore forward Brianne Jenner and senior forward Rebecca Johnston will be missing when the Red hits the ice against Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend.
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