The No. 8 Boston University women's ice hockey team will travel to Vermont for a Friday night contest against the Catamounts. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

HISTORY WITH THE CATAMOUNTS

• The Terriers are 31-8-7 all-time against Vermont, including a 13-5-2 record at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
• BU outscored the Catamounts, 10-2, in a weekend sweep at Gutterson Fieldhouse last season.
• The Terriers have recorded at least one point against Vermont in all 14 seasons as a varsity program.

BEST OF BU AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS

• Sammy Davis leads the Terriers in goals (6), assists (8) and points (14) against Vermont, thanks in part to a three-point weekend (1g, 2a) in November.
• Jesse Compher has recorded three goals and five assists for eight points in five games against the Catamounts.
• Mary Grace Kelley (1g, 4a) and Abbey Stanley (1g, 3a) have five and four points, respectively, against UVM.
• Reagan Rust has tallied three assists against Vermont while fellow defenders Connor Galway and Abby Cook each have two helpers against UVM.
• Mackenna Parker collected three points (2g, 1a) in her first two games against the Catamounts back in November.
• Natasza Tarnowski has tallied a goal and an assist while Kristina Schuler has lit the lamp and Katie Shannahan has one assist.

SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS

• Vermont has lost four straight games and six of its last seven, with a 5-4 home victory over Merrimack on Jan. 12 the only triumph in that span.
• The Catamounts were most recently swept in a weekend series at No. 3 Northeastern, though they did take the Huskies to overtime last Friday.
• Eve-Audrey Picard leads the Catamounts in goals (7), assists (11) and points (18).
• Kristina Shanahan (5g, 8a) and Saana Valkama (5g, 7a) are the other Catamounts with at least 10 points.
• Melissa Black has started all 21 games in which she has appeared for Vermont.
• She owns a 2.83 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage.
• Black started both games at Walter Brown Arena in November.

QUITE THE STREAK FOR BU

• The Terriers enter the weekend with the second longest active unbeaten streak in the nation at seven games.
• BU saw its six-game win streak snapped thanks to a 3-3 tie at Merrimack this past Saturday afternoon.
• Only Princeton's 19-game unbeaten streak is longer.

POLL POSITION

• BU moved to No. 8 in both the USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Poll that came out this week.
• It's the first time since Oct. 5, 2015, that the Terriers have been ranked eighth or better in any national poll.

COMPHER FIRST TO 30 ASSISTS

• Sophomore Jesse Compher became the first NCAA skater to collect her 30th assist of the season thanks to her two-assist effort in the 3-3 tie at Merrimack.
• It was her 21st game with an assist this season, more than any other skater in the entire country.
• Compher has recorded at least one assist in an NCAA-best 80.8 percent of her games this year.
• She is also second in the country with seven multi-assist games this year.
• Compher is second in the NCAA and first in the WHEA with 1.15 assists per game.