The Boston University women's ice hockey team will begin a home-and-home series with No. 7 Providence on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena (7 p.m.). The teams will face off at Schneider Arena in Providence on Saturday at 4 p.m.

BU students can receive free admission for Friday's by showing their student ID at the ticket window or by registering here.

LAST TIME AGAINST THE FRIARS

• Providence edged BU, 6-5, on Dec. 9 at Schneider Arena.
• The Friars twice led by three goals, with the Terriers nearly erasing the final deficit with a pair of extra-attacker goals during a 5:00 major during a 32-second span in the final two minutes of the third period.
• Senior Victoria Bach notched two goals and assisted on a third while senior captain Rebecca Leslie tallied three assists.
• Freshman Jesse Compher assisted on goals from junior Mary Grace Kelley and redshirt sophomore Abbey Stanley, while freshman Nara Elia also lit the lamp for BU.
• Sophomore Abby Cook added two assists and Elia also assisted on a goal to complete a two-point day.

HISTORY WITH PROVIDENCE

• BU is 25-12-3 all-time against Providence, including an impressive 16-2-1 mark at home.
• The Terriers are just 7-10-2 at Schneider Arena, but they are 4-1-1 in their last six games there.
• BU is 17-2-1 in its last 20 tilts against the Friars dating back to the 2011-12 season.
• The last time the Terriers lost two straight contests against the Friars was during the 2008-09 campaign.
• BU is 22-4-2 since that two-game losing skid.
• BEST OF BU AGAINST THE FRIARS
• Victoria Bach leads the Terriers in goals (11) and points (21) against Providence.
• Bach is tied with Rebecca Leslie for the lead in assists with 10. Leslie has also tallied seven goals for 17 points against the Friars.
• Abby Cook has five points (1g, 4a) while Nina Rodgers (2g, 2a) has four career points.
• Mary Grace Kelley has lit the lamp twice against PC, while Connor Galway and Jesse Compher each have two assists and Nara Elia has posted a goal and an assist.
• Erin O'Neil is 4-0-0 in four starts against the Friars thanks to a .961 save percentage and a minuscule 1.00 goals-against average. 

SCOUTING THE FRIARS

• Providence is seventh in both national polls thanks to a 13-5-5 overall record and a 9-1-3 league mark.
• The Friars are unbeaten in their last six games (4-0-2), including a 4-1 win and 1-1 tie at Vermont last weekend.
• Senior Brooke Boquist and junior Cassidy MacPherson each lead the team with 19 points, while freshman Maureen Murphy is next with 18 points.
• MacPherson's 15 assists are tops on the Friars while Murphy leads all PC skaters with 14 goals.
• Junior Madison Myers has started all 21 games in which she has appeared, posting a 1.92 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage.

BACH, LESLIE BACK IN BOSTON

• Seniors Victoria Bach and Rebecca Leslie are back in Boston after missing the last four games while with Team Canada at the 2018 Nations Cup.
• Leslie captained the squad while Bach was an alternate captain.
• Bach lit the lamp in Canada's first game of the tournament and assisted on Leslie's goal in the team's second contest.
• This was the third straight year in which both Leslie and Bach have been chosen for the squad.

THE BACH AND LESLIE FACTOR

• The Terriers averaged just 1.25 goals per game during Bach and Leslie's four-game absence.
• Contrast that with a mark of 3.50 goals per game in the 18 contests in which the dynamic duo has skated on the same line.
• Their return will also help bolster a Terrier lineup that saw just 14 skaters dress over the last four games.

NEXT UP

• BU will journey to Northeastern to face the Huskies on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m.