Orange Host Lindenwood for Senior Weekend

SYRACUSE (6-13-9, 4-5-5 CHA) vs. LINDENWOOD (9-17-1, 6-9-1 CHA)
Date & Time	Friday/Saturday, Feb. 13/14 7/2 p.m.
Location	Tennity Ice Pavilion
Web Stream	AmericaOne
Game Notes	Syracuse \| Lindenwood
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Syracuse Continues Home Stretch
- Following a pair of games wins in its first home games in a month, the Orange continue its stretch inside of Tennity Ice Pavilion on Friday and Saturday, hosting Lindenwood.
- The Orange swept Robert Morris to move into third in the CHA with four games remaining.
- The Orange will play three of its final four games at home in the regular season.

A Look at the CHA
- Syracuse moved into third place last weekend, leapfroging Robert Morris in the process.
- The Orange now sits three points out of second and three points out of fifth.
- First-place Mercyhurst and second-place Penn State square off with each other this weekend.
- The top-two seeds receive automatic berths to the semifinals, with the No. 1 seed hosting the tournament.
- Seeds 3-6 play in the first round of the tournament, with No. 3 and No. 4 hosting the lower seeds.
- The magic number for 'Cuse is three. At worst, the team needs three points to host a first round playoff series.
- Mathematically, the team can still finish anywhere between first and sixth.

Scouting Lindenwood
- The Lions enter this weekend trailing 'Cuse by three points in the CHA standings, sitting in fifth.
- Lindenwood split with Mercyhurst last weekend.
- Offensively, Lindenwood is led by Shara Jasper, who has 25 points on the season.
- Nicole Hensley has played in all-but three games between the pipes for Lindenwood, with a .914 save percentage on the season.

'Cuse vs. Lindenwood
- SU is 11-3-0 all-time against the Lions.
- Syracuse has a number of players who have had a good amount of success agsint Lindenwood, with nine different members of the Orange having six-or-more career points against the Lions.
- Akane Hosoyamada eight (8 assists), Kaillie Goodnough eight (8 assists), Larissa Martyniuk seven (1 goal, 7 assists), Nicole Ferrara eight (three goals, five assists), Julie Knerr seven (3 goals, 4 assists), Nicole Renault seven (2 goals, 5 assists), Melissa Piacentini seven (6 goals, 1 assist), Allie LaCombe six (3 goals, 3 assists), Jessica Sibley six (4 goals, 2 assists), Heather Schwarz three (2 goals, 1 assist), Danielle Leslie two (2 assists), Alysha Burriss one (1 assist) and Stephanie Grossi one (1 goal) all have points against Lindenwood in their careers.
- Jenn Gilligan has two starts in net for the Orange against Lindenwood, surrenduring 1.0 goals per game, including a shutout in one of the meetings.
- The teams split their earlier series this year, with Syracuse recording its only shutout of the season this far in a 1-0 win in the opener, and then falling 2-1 the following day, snapping a six-game winning streak.

Senior Day
- Prior to Saturday's game, the Orange will be honoring its five seniors for their illustrious careers with the Orange.
- Allie LaCombe, Akane Hosoyamada, Julie Knerr, Kaillie Goodnough and Amanda Cariddi will be honored.

100 Wins
- SU picked up its 100th win in Saturday's 3-1 win over Robert Morris.
- The Orange has won 20 games in back-to-back seasons entering the year.

Milestone Watch
- Forward Melissa Piacentini is one goal from tying Margot Scharfe for first on the all-time scoring list in Syracuse history with 41 goals.
- She's also tied the single-season record for most power play goals in a season at nine.
- Akane Hosoyamada broke Margot Scharfe for the most games played in a career with 145 last Saturday.
- Previously this season, Nicole Renault set the program record for goals by a defender with
13, passing Jacquie Greco.

Freshmen Phenoms
- Freshman forwards Stephanie Grossi, Alysha Burriss and Emily Costales have made an immediate impact on the Orange up front, while teammates Megan Quinn and Dakota Derrer have each played strong on the blue line for the Orange.
- Grossi and Burriss (who are first and second on the Orange with 26 and 21 points respectively) make 'Cuse one of three teams with a pair of freshmen leading the team in scoring (joining Colgate and
Minnesota State).
- Additionally, Grossi and Burriss are one of only four freshmen tandems to combine for over 40 points. Joining Kenzie Kent and Tori Sullivan from Boston College (53 combined pts.), Wisconsin's Annie Pankowski and Emily Clark (52 combined points) and Minnesota's Kelly Pannek and Cara Piazza (50 combined points).

Not So Tini on the Power Play
- Junior forward Melissa Piacentini has been clutch in extra-man opportunities for the Orange so far this season.
- Piacentini is tied for both the NCAA and CHA lead with eight power play goals.
- Piacentini has accounted for 50-percent of Syracuse's power play goals this season.
- 57-percent of her total goals this season have come as part of the power play.

Grossi Dishes Out the Assists
- Freshman Stephanie Grossi leads the Orange with 26 points on the year, with the main reason being her ability to set up her teammates.
- Grossi has 18 assists on the season (30 games) which ties for the league lead overall ranks fourth in the nation amongst rookies (28th overall)

LaCombe Dominating the Dot
- Winger Allie LaCombe has been a pleasant surprise since she began taking draws for the Orange.
- She leads the Orange and CHA with a .657 faceoff percentage.
- She has taken more faceoffs as the season has worn on, averaging more than eight faceoffs taken per game over the last-10 games after taking just nine faceoffs in the first-11 games of the season.
- LaCombe's .657 faceoff percentage ranks fourth nationally.
- She is winning nearly 70 percent (.697) of her faceoffs in CHA games, which ranks first nationally in the most faceoffs won in league play.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday.

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Amanda Cariddi

Emily Costales

Dakota Derrer

Nicole Ferrara

Jenn Gilligan

Kaillie Goodnough

Stephanie Grossi

Akane Hosoyamada

Julie Knerr

Allie LaCombe

Danielle Leslie

Larissa Martyniuk

Melissa Piacentini

Megan Quinn

Nicole Renault

Margot Scharfe

Heather Schwarz

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