2015-16 Women's Ice Hockey Roster
Roster
Melissa Piacentini
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Assabet Valley U19
- Hometown:
- South Weymouth, Mass.
Senior Year (2015-16): Named the CHA Player of the Year while earning a spot on the CHA Second Team ... Alternate Team Captain... Recipient of the Syracuse Eight Courage Award...Ended her Syracuse career as the program's all-time leader in points (112), goals (53), assists (59), plus/minus (+60) and multi-point games (27) ... Finished her senior season with nine goals and a career-high 21 assists for 30 total points ... Tallied her 21st assist of the season in a 2-0 win over Lindenwood (2/20) ... Recorded one goal and one assist in a 6-1 win against Lindenwood (2/19) ... Scored her eighth goal of the season in a come-from-behind 3-2 overtime win against Penn State (2/5) ... Tied Holly Carrie-Mattimore for the program-leading 57th assist by recording an assist on the game-winning goal against Mercyhurst (1/30) ... Dished out her 18th assist of the season in a 3-0 win over RIT (1/23) ... Picked up her 17th assist in a 2-0 win over Mercyhurst (1/15) ... Recorded her 16th assist of the season in a 4-0 win over Union (1/12) ... Scored two goals against top-ranked Boston College (12/10) ... Had an assist in a 1-1 tie against Penn State (12/5) ... Became the first Syracuse player to register 100 points by dishing out two assists in a 3-1 win over Penn State (12/4) ... Finished with two assists in a 5-2 win over North Dakota (11/28) ... Had an assist in a 5-1 win over RIT (11/18) ... Tallied an assist on the lone Orange goal in a 1-1 overtime finish against Lindenwood (11/7) ... Finished with a goal and assist in a 3-1 win over Lindenwood (11/6) ... Registered a career high four assists in a 7-1 win over RIT (10/21) ... Earned CHA Player of the Week for her performances against Providence (assist) (10/18) and UConn (assist) (10/17) ... Tallied two goals and an assist against #9 Northeastern (10/9) ... Opened the season with a goal against #5 Clarkson (10/6)... Named to the Fall 2015 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2014-15): Earned a spot on the CHA First Team... Piacentini scored her first goal of the season against Boston College ... Blocked three shots against Northeastern (Oct. 10) ... Tied her career high 2 goals against Providence (Oct. 18) ... In Syracuse's first ever win vs. Mercyhurst, Piacentini scored two goals to lead the orange ...tallied one goal against Vermont (Nov. 14)..Scored the first goal against Vermont and had two assists (Nov. 15) ... Against Robert Morris, scored one goal and had one assist (Nov. 21 and 22) ... Scored both goals for the Orange against Cornell (Dec. 2) ... Scored one goal and recorded one assist in the win against North Dakota (Jan. 11) ... Against Mercyhurst, scored one goal (Jan. 17) ... Scored one goal and recorded one assist against RIT (Jan. 23) ... Scored the power-play goal for the Orange against Penn State (Jan. 30) ... Recorded one assist against Penn State (Jan. 31) ... Recorded one assist against Robert Morris (Feb. 6)... Lead the team with two goals and one assist against Lindenwood (Feb. 13).. Recorded one goal and one assist against Lindenwood (Feb.14) ... Scored one goal against RIT during a power play and had two assists in the game (Feb. 20) ... Named to the CHA All-Academic Team.
Sophomore Year (2013-14): 2014 'Cuse Award Winner: Team MVP...Named to the Second Team All-CHA...Lead the team in points with 30 including 17 goals and 13 assists...Played in 36 games this season...Assisted Nicole Ferrara’s game winning goal at No. 10 Northeastern...Assisted on the only goal scored in the series against No. 3 Clarkson (Oct. 11)...Tallied two assists in the 4-1 victory at Providence, one of which was on the game-winner (Oct. 19)... Assisted Margot Scharfe on her goal in the 4-1 win against No. 4/3 BC (Oct. 25).. Scored the final goal against Union for a 5-2 victory (Oct. 26)...Scored both goals in the 2-1 victory at Penn State (Nov. 9)...Assisted on the game-winner in overtime at Penn State (Nov. 10)...Assisted on the second goal of the game in the 3-3 tie at No. 10 Mercyhurst (Nov. 15)...Scored the final goal of the game in the 4-1 win against Lindenwood (Dec. 7)...Scored the second goal of the game, unassisted, in the 3-2 win at Vermont (Jan. 5)...Scored the game-tying goal at the end of the second period at RIT (Jan. 10)...Scored the game-winning goal at Colgate (Jan. 14)...Scored the first goal of the game, assisted on the go-ahead goal in the third period and notched the overtime game-winner against RIT (Jan. 17)...Scored the first goal and the overtime game-winner for the second straight game against Penn State (Jan. 24)...Scored the insurance goal in the 3-0 win against Penn State (Jan. 25)... Earned CHA Player of the Week (1/27)... Extended her goal streak to seven games, a program record, notching the game-tying score against No. 10 Mercyhurst (Jan. 31)...Kept her program-best eight game point streak active with an assist on SU’s lone goal against No. 10 Mercyhurst (Feb. 1)...Assisted Allie LaCombe’s game winning goal in the 3-0 shutout of St. Lawrence to extend her point streak to nine games, the longest in school history (Feb. 4)...Scored the first two goals in the 3-3 tie with No. 9/8 Robert Morris (2/7/14)...Scored the fourth and fifth goal and assisted on the second in the 6-0 rout of Lindenwood (March 1)...Assisted Allie LaCombe’s game-tying goal at Mercyhurst in the CHA semi-finals (March 7) ... Named to the CHA All-Academic Team... Named Syracuse Ice Hockey Offensive Player of the Year... Named to the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Athletic Director's Honor Rolls.
Freshman Year (2012-13): Played in all 36 games, leading all SU rookies in points with nine goals and 14 assists • Against No. 10 Northeastern (Oct. 6), tallied her first career point on an assist to Laurie Kingsbury’s third period goal • At Penn State (Oct. 13), recorded one goal in the second period • At Penn State (Oct. 14), tallied one goal on a power play in the second period •Against Quinnipiac (Oct. 19), recorded an assist on Laurie Kingsbury’s second period goal • Against Quinnipiac (Oct. 20), tallied an assist on Laurie Kingsbury’s third period goal • At UConn (Oct. 26), assisted Shiann Darkangelo’s second period goal • Against RPI (Nov. 23), scored two goals • Against RPI (Nov. 24), tallied one goal in the third period • Named the CHA Rookie of the Week (11/25/12) • Against Robert Morris (Nov. 30), recorded an assist on Shiann Darkangelo’s first period goal • Against No. 2 Clarkson (Dec. 8), tallied an assist on Shiann Darkangelo’s third period goal • Against Colgate (Jan. 8), recorded two assists • At No. 7 Mercyhurst (Jan.12), tallied an assist on Jacquie Greco’s second period goal • At Cornell No. 4 (Jan. 15), recorded an assist on Jacquie Greco’s first period goal • At Lindenwood (Jan. 18), tallied one goal in the third period • At Lindenwood (Jan.19) scored two goals • Named the CHA Rookie of the Week (1/21/13) • Against Penn State (Jan. 25), tallied an assist on Nicole Renault’s first period goal • Against Penn State (Jan. 26), recorded an assist on Jacquie Greco’s first period power play goal • At Robert Morris (Feb.1), tallied one goal in the second period • Against RIT (Feb. 9), recorded an assist on Margot Scharfe’s second period goal • Against Mercyhurst (Feb. 16), recorded an assist on Margot Scharfe’s second period goal • At the CHA Semifinal against RIT (Mar. 8), tallied one block and five shots • At the CHA Championship against Mercyhurst (Mar. 9), recorded three shots... Named to the CHA All-Academic Team... Named Syracuse Ice Hockey Rookie of the Year... Named to the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 Athletic Director's Honor Rolls.
Before SU: Was named the co-MVP of the Independent School League while also receiving All-League honors for Thayer Academy • Was also named to the 2012 All-New England Team for Division II and was selected as the Thayer team MVP • Also played for Assabet Valley in the Under-19 Tier I National Championships, helping the team to the gold medal • Played in all six games during the tournament, and was tied for second on the team with five points (four goals, one assist).
Personal: Enrolled in the college of Arts and Sciences.
