'Cuse Heads to No. 9/8 Robert Morris

Syracuse (15-11-2, 6-6-2 CHA) vs. No. 9/8 Robert Morris (21-5-2, 10-3-1 CHA)
Date & Time	Friday, Feb. 7 - 7 p.m. \| Saturday, Feb. 8 - 2 p.m.
Location	Pittsburgh, Pa. \| Lumber Arena
Live Stats	RMUColonials.com
Streaming Video	Friday - AmericaOneSports.com \| Saturday - AmericaOneSports.com
Social Media	Facebook \| @CuseIce

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—After spending the last three weeks at home, the Orange ice hockey team starts a five-game road trip, beginning at No. 9/8 Robert Morris on Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. Syracuse enters the weekend after shutting out St. Lawrence and the Colonials come off a loss to Lindenwood.

SCOUTING ROBERT MORRIS
• No. 9/8 Robert Morris is 21-5-2 on the season but enters this matchup after losing to Lindenwood, 4-2. After Mercyhurst swept 'Cuse last weekend, the Colonials are now tied for first with the Lakers after having control of the league all season.
• RMU has been ranked in the last nine polls, debuting at No. 10 on Nov. 25 and moving to as high as No. 8 on Jan. 13.
• Freshman Brittany Howard leads the team in points with 35 (13 goals, 22 assists) and has a +17 rating this season. Among her 13 scores are five game-winning goals, three power-play goals and three first goals.
• Junior Rebecca Vint has 34 points on the season including a team-leading 20 goals. She also has a +17 rating and five game-winning scores.
• Freshman net minder Jessica Dodds has started in 21 of 28 contests and has amassed an 18-2-2 record including four shutouts. Dodds has a 1.56 goals against average and .935 save percentage, both the best marks in CHA.

SYRACUSE STIFLES ST. LAWRENCE
• The Orange took a commanding 3-0 win against St. Lawrence on Tuesday night at the Onondaga War Memorial to finish a six-game home stand.
• Jenesica Drinkwater made a season-high 37 saves, one shy of her personal best. She made 11 stops on SLU power plays and had a 15-save third period, which included nearly five minutes of an extra skater.
• Melissa Piacentini notched a game-winning assist which extended her point streak to nine games, the longest in SU history.
• The win concluded Syracuse's non-conference schedule, in which it went 9-5-0.
• This was the first time that head coach Paul Flanagan faced his old team since taking over the reigns at Syracuse six years ago. Flanagan was the SLU women's head coach for nine years and was an assitant coach on the men's squad for 11 years.

NOT SO 'TINI
• Sophomore forward Melissa Piacentini, who stands tall at five feet and two inches, has gotten off to a flying start in 2014, scoring a point in the last nine games including a seven-game goal scoring stretch—both the longest in SU history.
• She has a team-leading 24 points and 13 goals, including five power play goals, also the most on the team. In total, she has eight man-up points this year.
• Piacentini has notched the game-winner on four occasions including two in overtime and was the first to score four times.
• She is ninth in College Hockey America in points per game (.89) and fourth in goals per game (.48). She ranks third in power play goals and fifth in game-winners.
• Nationally, Piacentini is tied for eighth in power play scores and sixth in game-winners.

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