The eighth-ranked Boston University women's ice hockey team will host Vermont on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. The game will be televised live on NESNplus.

LOOKING AT THE LEAGUE STANDINGS

• The Terriers are currently in second place with 27 points, 11 points back of first-place Northeastern.
• BU is ahead of third-place Boston College by one point with one game in hand.
• The Terriers own the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Eagles as well.
• BU is also four points ahead of fourth-place UConn and will face the Huskies twice on the final weekend of the regular season.
• The top four teams will receive home ice for the Hockey East quarterfinals.
• BU has never lost a league quarterfinal series at home.

HISTORY WITH VERMONT

• The Terriers are 34-8-7 all-time against the Catamounts, including an 18-3-5 record at Walter Brown Arena. 
• BU has taken each of the last three meetings with the Catamounts and is 4-0-1 in its last five games against Vermont.
• The Terriers have lost two straight games against UVM just once in their 15 seasons as a varsity program.

LAST TIME AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS

• BU completed a weekend sweep of Vermont with a 5-1 road win on Nov. 24, 2019.
• The Terriers gave up a goal just six seconds into the contest, but junior Corinne Schroeder stopped the next 21 shots she faced to earn the victory.
• Junior Jesse Compher led the Terriers with two goals and two assists while senior Abby Cook (1g, 1a) and redshirt senior Sammy Davis (3a) each turned in a multi-point effort.
• Freshman Julia Nearis and junior Kristina Schuler also lit the lamp.
• Redshirt senior Abbey Stanley, senior Breanna Scarpaci and sophomore Kaleigh Donnelly each added an assist.

BEST OF BU AGAINST VERMONT

• Sammy Davis leads the Terriers in goals (7), assists (16) and points (23) against Vermont.
• Jesse Compher also has seven goals against UVM in addition to nine assists.
• Abby Cook and Abbey Stanley each have one goal and six assists while Kristina Schuler has notched three goals and two assists.
• Mackenna Parker (3g, 1a) and Breanna Scarpaci (4a) each have four points.
• Twelve different Terriers have scored a goal against the Catamounts and 16 different BU skaters have notched a point against UVM.

SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS

• UVM is 0-3-1 in its last four games, including two home losses to Northeastern last weekend.
• Sophomore Maude Poulin-Labelle leads the Catamounts with 23 points (11g, 12a) while classmates Corinne McCool (12g, 8a) and Sini Karjalainen (4g, 17a) lead Vermont in goals and assists, respectively.
• Sophomore Blanka Skodova, who started in the 5-1 Terrier win on Nov. 24, is 6-7-5 with a 2.50 goals-against average and an .891 save percentage.
• Freshman Natalie Ferenc started the Terriers' 3-2 overtime win and owns a 3.51 GAA and an .853 save percentage.

IT'S NOT EASY TO BEAT BU

• BU has yet to lose a game by more than two goals this season.
• Both of the Terriers' defeats this semester have been by a 2-1 score.

DEZ KEEPS DELIVERING

• Senior Deziray De Sousa has been outstanding over the last six games.
• She has tallied seven points (4g, 3a) in that span, including a goal and an assist on Saturday at Merrimack and the Terriers' lone goal on Tuesday at NU.
• Her goal at Merrimack proved to be the game-winner.
• De Sousa has scored two winners and assisted on a third over the last six games, and she has factored on seven total game-winning goals this season.
• She scored a career-high two goals, including the eventual game-winner, in a 4-1 win over Holy Cross on Jan. 17.
• De Sousa enters Friday with 16 points (6g, 10a).
• Her 10 assists is a career high and the 16 points is also a new career best.