Syracuse Treks to Lindenwood For 2-Game Series

Syracuse (16-11-3, 7-6-3 CHA) vs. Lindenwood (5-21-2, 5-10-1 CHA)
Date & Time	Friday, Feb. 14 - 7 p.m. \| Saturday, Feb. 15 - 2 p.m.
Location	St. Charles, Mo. \| Lindenwood Ice Arena
Live Stats	LindenwoodLions.com
Streaming Video	Friday - AmericaOneSports.com \| Saturday - AmericaOneSports.com
Social Media	Facebook \| @CuseIce

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—The Syracuse ice hockey team hit the road to St. Charles, Mo. before the storm hits in order to make it to Lindenwood for its last two-game road trip of the regular season. The Orange suit up for a 7 p.m. puck drop on Friday, Feb. 14 and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15.

SCOUTING LINDENWOOD
• The Lions are 5-21-2 on the season with all of their wins coming during the conference portion of their season. Lindenwood has defeated Penn State three times, No. 8 Robert Morris and grabbed a win in its first meeting with Syracuse this year on Dec. 6, 2013.
• Kendra Broad is the team's leading scorer with 16 points including a Lion-best seven goals. Of her scores, three were on the power-play, two were unassisted and one was an overtime game –winner.
• Three skaters have six goals on the year including Katie Erickson who has five man-up scores, tied for fourth in College Hockey America.
• Lindenwood currently sits in fifth place in the conference, six points behind Syracuse in fourth place.

'CUSE CAPTURES WIN OVER NO. 9/8 RMU
• Syracuse won and tied with RMU over the weekend, finishing with a 3-3 stalemate on Friday and a 3-1 victory on Saturday.
• The Orange is now 3-6-2 against ranked opponents this season which doubles its all-time program wins against top-10 schools, winning just three in the program's first five years.
• Jenesica Drinkwater recorded 60 saves on the weekend and allowed four goals, three of which were on RMU power plays, for a .938 save percentage and 1.92 goals against average.
• Julie Knerr scored two goals in the 3-1 win, giving her six on the season—the most in one year for the junior forward's career. Her game-winner against RMU was the second in her time at SU.
• Melissa Piacentini's point streak came to an end on Saturday but not before she set the school record with her 10-game scoring spurt. In that span she scored 11 goals and four assists, an average of 1.50 points per game. Her stretch started on Jan. 5 against Vermont.
• Jessica Sibley recorded the second three-point game of her career in the 3-1 win on Saturday, having a hand in each of SU's goals.
• Syracuse's first line was responsible for all of Friday's goals but the Orange showed its depth on Saturday and the second line accounted for all points and assists in the 3-1 victory.

ORANGE BY NUMBERS
• The Orange has won eight games on the road, six at Tennity Ice Pavilion and two at the Onondaga War Memorial.
• Syracuse wins or ties 79 percent of the time when scoring before its opponent, wins 77 percent of the time when leading after the first period and wins 91 percent of the time when leading after the second period, losing only three when it took a lead after the first 20 minutes and only once when it had an advantage with one period remaining.
• With an active offense, SU rarely loses. The Orange is 11-2-1 when outshooting an opponent and 13-2-2 when it scores three or more goals in a contest. SU has also never lost a game when it holds its opponent to one goal or less.
• Syracuse wins or ties 68 percent of the time when it scores a power play goal and 71 percent of the time when they prevent an opponent man-up score.

SIBLEY SCORES
• Freshman forward Jessica Sibley has 22 points this year, the second-most on the team, and has the second-most goals with 10 on the season.
• She has scored five power play goals, was the first to score a goal on four occasions and has notched two game-winners including one in OT.
• Against RIT, Sibley had the first three-point game of her career, notching two goals and an assist en route to a 5-4 overtime victory. She also notched a three-point game against No. 9 Robert Morris in the 3-1 win over the Colonials. She factored into each of SU's scores, notching the first goal of the game and tallying a primary assist on the next two.
• Sibley averages 0.73 points per game which ranks 13th overall and second among rookies in College Hockey America. Nationally, Sibley is tied for sixth in freshman point scoring.
• She is currently 11th in CHA for goal scoring and eighth in power play points with 11. Sibley is tied for 10th in the nation in power play goals.

DRINKWATER STEPS UP
• Senior goalie Jenesica Drinkwater is 12-4-1, and has taken over as the starting goalie after fellow senior Kallie Billadeau had a season-ending injury prior to the series with Vermont at the start of the year.
• She was the first SU goalie this year to win two consecutive games, defeating Vermont twice. It was also the first time this season she started in consecutive games.
• Drinkwater had 37 saves in the 3-0 shutout against St. Lawrence and the 3-1 win over No. 9 Robert Morris, one stop shy of her personal best.
• She recorded 25 saves against PC, which got her over the 1,000 career saves mark (1,023) and currently has 1,423 career saves.
• Drinkwater has a .928 save percentage and a 1.93 goals against average. After starting both games against Vermont, she now meets the minutes qualification for national and conference rankings. Her win percentage (.735) is the second-best in CHA and ninth in the country.

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