CCWHA Division II – Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association Division 2

ATL: 9/10-9/25

LOYOLA/NORTHERN MICHIGAN – Loyola University-Chicago traveled to Northern Michigan University in the first CCWHA games of the 2016-17 season on September 10 and 11. The Wildcats put up 12 goals to the Rambler’s one in the series. The first game had Northern Michigan 5, Loyola 0 with Kendall Turro grabbing the first CCWHA goal of the season with passes from Allison Carlson and Caitlin Muehlbacher late in the first period. Carlson would go on to tally a hat trick for the Wildcats in addition to her one assist to make it 4-0 Northern, and Sydney Higgins grabbed the final goal of the game. Turro, Vanessa Hiley, Mary Schimmel and Katherine Pryor registered assists in the first game. Devin Christian was in net for NMU, stopping all 22 shots faced, while Frances Flores was in net for Loyola, making 48 saves on 53 shots faced. The second game, on Sunday, Sept 11, started with a flurry of goals from Northern with Carlson and Turro each grabbing two goals, while Muehlbacher grabbed the fifth goal of the period. Muehlbacher also grabbed two assists in the first period, on one of each of Turro and Carlson’s goals. Morgan Schmidt, Carlie Kangas (2), Kelsey Weyland, Schimmel and Shauna Bates grabbed the other first period assists. In the second, Northern upped the score to 7-0 with Carlson completing her second hat trick of the weekend and Muehlbacher tallying her second goal of the game and third assist of the game. The Ramblers would grab their lone goal of the weekend in the third period on a power play, an unassisted goal from Giselle Medina. Flores was in net for Loyola again, this time stopping 39 of 46 shots faced while Christian made 15 saves on 16 shots. The third star of the weekend goes to Frances Flores of Loyola, as she stopped 87 of 99 shots faced throughout the series. Second star belongs to Caitlin Muehlbacher who tallied 6 ponts (2g, 4a), while first star is awarded to Allison Carlson who had 10 points (6g, 4a) on the weekend. (The games recapped below are considered “ACHA exhibition games” and do not count towards CCWHA standings or statistics) AQUINAS/OHIO STATE – Division II Aquinas College traveled to Columbus, Ohio to take on Division I Ohio State University this past weekend, with the teams playing to a tie on Friday, Sept. 23 and Aquinas coming home with the win Saturday, Sept. 24. Friday’s game was a back and forth scoring match between the...

DII Aquinas Heads South To Take On Division I Ohio State...

COLUMBUS, OH – The Division-2 CCWHA member, Aquinas College, travels to Division-1 Ohio State University for the first time in both program’s history for a weekend series, Friday Sept. 23 and Saturday Sept. 24. SCOUTING THE SAINTS Aquinas finished off the 2015-16 season at 12-12-2 in overall play. The Saints found the back of the net 122 times while allowing 106 goals from their opponents. Marlowe Pentecost led the way for AQ, as she put up 47 total points (23g, 24a). Pentecost managed to put in two man-advantage goals and tied for first in game-winning-goals with four. Isabelle Piotrowski led Aquinas in goals with 28, while having 40 total points (28g, 12a). Piotrowski also had two power play goals and tied Pentecost for leading game-winning-goals (4). Brooke Forgar grabbed 35 total points (19g, 16a) in Aquinas’ first season of play, while tallying a single short-handed goal and two game-winning-goals. Holly Ensley was the lone goalie for Aquinas, picking up a 12-12-2 record as well for the year. Ensley averaged 4.04 goals against per game while helping the Saints finish third in the CCWHA DII. SCOUTING THE BUCKEYES Ohio State earned a 1-18-1 record for 2015-16, finishing eighth in CCWHA play. The Buckeyes let in 97 goals while putting in 26 goals of their own. Melinda Vercollone led the way for Ohio State with 13 points (7g, 6a) and one power play goal. Jessica McCoy tallied 10 points (7g, 3a), while Courtney Trudeau had nine points (6g, 3a) to make up the top three point leaders. Emily Ciborek was in net for every game during 2015-16, averaging 4.74 goals against per game. The puck drops Friday Sept. 23 at 7:30 pm, and again on Saturday Sept. 24 at 2pm. Follow @CCWHA_D1 or @CCWHA_D2 on Twitter for updates on the games. Author: Mackenzie Smith, Communications Manager Graphic: Mackenzie...