#14 Boston University (0-2-0, 0-0-0 HE) at #8 Colgate (0-2-0, 0-0-0 ECAC)
Date & Time: Friday, October 10 - 6 p.m. | Saturday, October 11 – 4 p.m.
Venue: Class of 1965 Arena – Hamilton, N.Y.
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BOSTON – The No. 14 Boston University women's ice hockey team (0-2-0, 0-0-0 HE) heads to No. 8 Colgate (0-2-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) for a pair of games at the Class of 1965 Arena in Hamilton, N.Y. Puck drop on Friday (Oct. 10) and Saturday (Oct. 11) is set for 6 p.m.
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TERRIER TIDBITS
- The Terriers opened the season with a series against No. 3 Minnesota at Walter Brown Arena dropping both contests, 5-0 and 5-2.
- Senior Sydney Healey accrued two points in the 5-2 loss with a goal and an assist.
- Freshman Anežka Čabelová scored her first collegiate goal and BU's second against the Golden Gophers.
- S. Healey and senior Clara Yuhn assisted on Čabelová's goal.
- Junior Mari Pietersen made a career-high 44 saves in the 5-0 loss while graduate student Michelle Pasiechnyk made 31 saves between the posts in the 5-2 loss.
- BU is No. 14 in the USCHO and USA Hockey polls this week.
- Senior Lilli Welcke leads the Terriers in faceoff wins with 17, good for 21st in Hockey East.
- BU has a faceoff win percentage of 0.505 which is third-best in Hockey East.
- Pietersen is ranked ninth in Hockey East in save percentage with a value of 0.898.
- BU has a penalty killing percentage of 0.857.
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SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
- Colgate is 0-2-0 after opening the season with pair of losses at No. 2 Ohio State at the Class of 1965 Arena.
- The Raiders scored first in both games.
- Colgate owns three power-play goals which is fifth-best in the nation. Their power-play percentage of 0.375 is third-best in the NCAA.
- Seniors Alexis Petford and Casey Borgiel scored two goals apiece and lead Colgate in the category.
- Goaltender Farah Walker made a combined 73 saves in five periods of play and boasts a save percentage of 0.849 which is 52nd in the NCAA.
- Goaltender Brooke Davis saw the ice for one period, making 37 saves.
- Head coach Stefan Decosse enters his second season at the helm after his promotion from assistant coach.
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SERIES HISTORY VS. COLGATE
- This will be the first meeting between BU and Colgate in program history.