No. 9 BU, No. 4 Northeastern to Begin Home-and-Home Series Friday

Friday, November 1

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

Northeastern

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No. 9 BU, No. 4 Northeastern to Begin Home-and-Home Series Friday

October 31, 2019 | Women's Ice Hockey

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NOTE FOR ALL FANS ATTENDING FRIDAY'S GAME

The Case Center Main Entrance on Babcock Street is still undergoing enhancements. To enter Friday's game, please go up the outside stairs on Babcock Street by the dorms, then take a left at City Convenience to approach the entrance to Case Gym – "The Roof". The entrance will be on the left-hand side of the building. Signage and staff will be there to assist you. By our next home game, you will be able to enter via our newly renovated entrance on Babcock Street. Thank you for your patience while we enhance our facilities for our student-athletes and for you, our valued supporters.

The No. 9 Boston University women's ice hockey team will face its first top-10 test of the season on Friday when the Terriers open a home-and-home series with No. 4 Northeastern at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

BU (5-1-1, 2-1-1 HEAW) and Northeastern (5-1-0, 2-1-0 HEAW) will conclude the weekend set at Matthews Arena on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. That game will be televised on NESNplus and available nationally on CBS All-Access.

Friday is the Terriers' annual Do It For Daron Mental Health Awareness game. There will be free apple cider and cider donuts for fans.

HOME SWEET HOME

Friday will be only the second time this year that BU has played at home.
The Terriers concluded a five-game road stretch this past weekend at Penn State, going 4-1-0 in that span.
The Terriers will have two more road games before a three-game homestand that begins on Nov. 12 against Yale.
BU tied its only home tilt this season, a 2-2 draw with Merrimack.

HISTORY WITH THE HUSKIES

Friday will be the 60th all-time meeting between the crosstown rivals.
BU is 31-20-8 against Northeastern, including a 12-11-2 mark at Walter Brown.
Six of the last eight games between the two teams have been decided by one goal or fewer, with three of those tilts ending in a tie.

LAST TIME AGAINST NORTHEASTERN

The Terriers and Huskies met in the opening round of last year's Beanpot, with BU defeating NU in a shootout after the squads skated to a 3-3 tie in regulation.
Nara Elia kept the shootout going with a goal in the third round before 2019 graduate Reagan Rust ended it in the next around after a Corinne Schroeder stop.
BU thrice evened the score in regulation, with Mackenna Parker, Sammy Davis and Jesse Compher all lighting the lamp.
Davis added two assists while Compher had a helper as well.
Breanna Scarpaci and Abby Cook also collected one assist apiece.
Corinne Schroeder made 31 saves, including six in overtime.

BEST OF BU AGAINST NORTHEASTERN

Jesse Compher leads the Terriers with seven points against the Huskies, including a team-high five assists.
Sammy Davis is next with six points on two goals and four assists.
Nara Elia leads BU with three goals against Northeastern.
Abby Cook has notched three assists while Mackenna Parker, Kristina Schuler and Natasza Tarnowski all have one goal and one assist apiece.
Breanna Scarpaci and Abbey Stanley each have two helpers.
Twelve different Terriers have secured at least one point against Northeastern.

NEWS ON NORTHEASTERN

The Huskies lost their first game last Friday, a 1-0 defeat at Providence.
Northeastern boasts a top-10 offense (3.83 goals per game) and a top-10 defense (1.17 goals against per game).
Sophomore Alina Mueller leads the league in assists (11) and points (15).
Sophomore Chloe Aurard is the team's top goal scorer with five markers and ranks second on the squad with nine points this season.
Junior goaltender Aerin Frankel has started all six games for Northeastern, posting a .948 save percentage and a 1.19 goals-against average.

SCHROEDER CONTINUES TO SHINE

Junior Corinne Schroeder continued her strong start to the season on Friday when she made 22 saves in a 5-2 win at Penn State.
Schroeder did not allow an even-strength goal to the Nittany Lions.
She enters the weekend ranked first among all NCAA goalies who have appeared in at least three games with a .956 save percentage.
Schroeder is second among all NCAA goalies who meet that three-game minimum with a 1.18 goals-against average.
The Elm Creek, Manitoba, native has not allowed more than one even-strength goal in all five starts she has made this season.

DONNELLY DELIVERS AGAIN

Sophomore Kaleigh Donnelly extended her point streak to three games with her performance at Penn State.
For the third straight game, Donnelly notched a goal and an assist in the Terriers' 5-1 win at Penn State on Saturday, a feat she also accomplished the previous day.
Her streak began when she notched the game-winning goal and added an assist in a 3-1 triumph at Maine.
Donnelly has now tripled her goal total from a season ago and has also added five assists for eight points.
She is tied with redshirt senior Sammy Davis for the team lead in points.

COOK CASHES IN

Senior Abby Cook enters the weekend on a five-game point streak.
Cook extended her streak with three points at Penn State, highlighted by her game-winning goal on Friday.
She also had a goal and an assist in Saturday's victory.
Cook now has seven points (3g, 4a), which is tied for fourth among all league defenders.
The Kelowna, B.C., native is one of just four Hockey East defenders to average at least a point per game.
Cook has been held without a point just once this year.

OFF TO FAST STARTS

BU has scored the opening goal in all seven tilts this season.
Six of those seven opening salvos have come during the first period.
Junior Kristina Schuler has provided that opening goal in two of the Terriers' last three tilts, scoring just 22 seconds into Friday's win at Penn State and only 1:06 into a 3-1 win at Maine on Oct. 20.
Forty percent of the Terriers' total goals have come in the first period, which is ninth most in the NCAA.

TERRIERS TEND TO FINISH STRONG, TOO

BU has allowed a mere 0.29 goals per game in the third period this season, which ranks second only to Cornell's perfect record in third periods through its first two games.
The Terriers are a perfect 5-0-0 when leading after two periods this year.