Team Notes: Quinnipiac Hosts RPI in Three-Game Playoff Series
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The following article appeared February 25 on the Quinnipiac Web site.
The Quinnipiac University women's ice hockey team will host
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this weekend in the quarterfinal
round of the 27th annual ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Championship at
the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats will host the Engineers in a
best-of-three game series to be played Friday, Saturday and Sunday
(if necessary). The first game will be played on Friday evening at
4 p.m., while Saturday and Sunday's games will start at 2 p.m. In
their last outing, Quinnipiac defeated Brown University, 8-1, at
the TD Bank.
Scouting the Engineers
RPI finished their 2009-10 season with a 14-13-6 overall record
and an 11-7-4 mark in ECAC Hockey, closing the season in fifth
place with 26 points. In their final weekend of play, the Engineers
dropped a pair of games on the road at Cornell and Colgate. RPI's
offense features nine players in double-digits offensively as they
are led by senior forwards Whitney Naslund and Allison Wright with
each tallying 23 points on the year. Junior goaltender Sonja van
der Bliek has played 31 games between the pipes for the Engineers,
posting a .929 save percentage and a 1.94 goals against
average.
Tournament Talk
Eight teams will be participating in the quarterfinal round of the
ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Championship. The top eight teams advanced
to the round, while the top four teams earned the host-position.
Cornell finished in first place in the ECAC and will host the
number-eight team, Colgate. Clarkson finished in second place and
will host number-seven St. Lawrence, while Harvard finished in
third place and will host number-six Princeton. The tournament's
home teams have posted a combined record of 30-6-8 on their home
ice during regular-season conference play this season.
Complete article can be accessed via the Quinnipiac Web site by clicking here.
