December 27, 2008

Team Notes: Yale Ends Break with Matinee

The following article appeared December 26 on the Yale Web site.

 

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- After 26 days without a game, Yale returns to the ice Tuesday afternoon against Providence at Ingalls Rink. The 3:00 p.m. game (Free Live Video on All*Access, Listen on WYBC 1340 AM, GameTracker) is the start of a doubleheader at Ingalls Rink that also includes the Yale men's team hosting Minnesota State-Mankato at 7:00 p.m.

The Yale-Providence Series

Yale beat Providence 2-1 last year at Schneider Arena, with senior defenseman Helen Resor (Greenwich, Conn.) delivering the game-winning goal at 9:55 of the second off an assist from senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.). Senior forward Kristen Stupay (Ashburn, Va.) had tied the game at 5:22. Shivon Zilis '08 made 34 saves to deny Providence, which outshot the Bulldogs 35-15. Yale has won three of the last four meetings.

Goal-Scoring Spree Puts Howser in Elite Company

With 10 goals in 11 games this year, senior forward Crysti Howser (Wilmette, Ill.) is 10th in the country in goals per game. Howser is third on Yale's career goals list with 54 and tied for the third-best single season goal total in school history (22 in 2006-07). She is on pace to finish the regular season with 28 goals this year, which would be second only to the 32 goals Maria Dennis '88 scored in 1984-85. Howser played for the U.S. U-22 Team this past August, scoring a goal in the team's three-game series vs. Canada.

Complete article can be accessed via the Yale Web site by clicking here.