Team Notes: Quinnipiac Hosts Final Home Games

2008-09 Quinnipiac Seniors (l to r): Elyse Cole, Erika Bolognino, Trudy Reyns, Danielle Alexieff and Antoinette Maldonado

The following article appeared February 4 on the Quinnipiac Web site.

The Quinnipiac University women’s ice hockey team will play host to Cornell and Colgate in their final home games of the 2008-09 season. The Bobcats will take on the Big Red Friday night at 7 p.m., and will face off against the Raiders Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. Five seniors, Trudy Reyns (Port Hope, Ontario), Elyse Cole (Belleville, Ontario), Antoinette Maldonado (Glendora, Calif.), Danielle Alexieff (Middletown, N.J.) and Erika Bolognino (Carol Stream, Ill.), will be honored before the puck drops against Colgate in their final game at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. In its most recent game, Quinnipiac was defeated by Yale, 2-1 on Jan. 31.

Senior Status
The five graduating seniors have made quite an impact on the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey program. Reyns, Cole, Maldonado, Alexieff and Bolognino have combined on 527 games played, 83 goals and 97 assists. Three of the five seniors have established themselves in the program record book. On Nov. 8, 2008, Cole broke the all-time scoring record when she scored her 38th career goal at Cornell. The record was previously set by Vicky Graham in 2007-08. Cole is also ranked second in career points (69), tied for second in goals per season (14) and tied for sixth in points in a season (20). Reyns ranks 4th in career points (49), and is tied for sixth in assists in a season (11). Maldonado ranks fifth in career points (45), is tied for seventh in goals in a season (10), and tied for sixth in assists for a season (11). Reyns, Alexieff, Maldonado and Cole all rank in the top 11 for career games played.

Scouting The Big Red
Cornell is 11-10-2 this season and is 7-7-2 in ECAC Hockey play. In their last game, the Big Red defeated Clarkson, 4-1 on Jan. 31. Sophomore forward Rebecca Johnston leads Cornell with 17 goals and 15 assists. Johnston is ranked amongst the top three players in ECAC Hockey in goals and points. Goaltenders Jenny Niesluchowski and Kayla Strong have split time between the pipes this season. Niesluchowski has a 7-5-1 record and posts a .919 save percentage, while Strong has gone 4-4-1 and has a .926 save percentage.

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