Nicole Renault

Jenn Gilligan

/ Ice Hockey

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Defense
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Little Caesar's U19
Hometown:
Plymouth, Mich.

Senior Year (2015-16): Named the CHA Defenseman of the Year and earned a spot on the CHA First Team as a senior... Assistant Team Captain... Finished her career second behind classmate Melissa Piacentini for the program's all-time assist lead with 58 total assists ... Ends her career second in program history with 145 total games played ... Recorded four goals and 14 assists for 18 total points as a senior ... Had two assists in a 6-1 win against Lindenwood (2/19) ... Named CHA Player of the Week (2/15)... Finished with an assist in a win over Robert Morris (2/13) ... Tallied three points on a goal and two assists in a 6-1 win against Robert Morris (2/12) ... Recorded an assist in a come-from-behind overtime win against Penn State (2/5) ... Dished out an assist against RIT (1/22) ... Scored her third goal of the season in a 4-0 win over Union (1/12) ... Had an assist on one of Melissa Piacentini’s goals against #1 Boston College (12/10) ... Finished with two assists in a win against CHA foe RIT (11/18) ... Had a goal and assist in a win over RIT (10/21) ... Registered an assist in a 4-0 win over Providence (10/18) ... Had a goal and assist against UConn (10/17) ... Dished out an assist against #9 Northeastern (10/9)... Named to the CHA All-Academic Team... Named to the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Rolls ... AHCA All-America Scholar.

Junior Year (2014-15): Named to the CHA First Team... Alternate Captain...At Boston College, Renault registered an assist ... Scored one goal against New Hampshire in the 2-2 tie ... Against Providence, had one assist ... Registered an assist against UConn ... Recorded a season-high five shots against Penn State (Nov. 1) ... In Syracuse's first ever win vs. Mercyhurst, Renault scored the first goal of the game for the Orange ...tallied one goal against Vermont (Nov. 14)...Scored one goal for the Syracuse Orange against Vermont (Nov. 15) ... Recorded one assist in the win against North Dakota (Jan. 11) ... Against Mercyhurst, recorded one assist (Jan. 17) ... Recorded one assist against RIT (Jan. 23) ... Assisted on the power-play goal for the Orange against Penn State (Jan. 30) ... Scored the game winning goal for the Orange against Robert Morris (Feb. 6) ... Recorded one assist against Robert Morris (Feb. 7) ... Added one assist in the game against RIT to Piacentini's goal (2/20) ... Named to the CHA All-Academic Team.

Sophomore Year (2013-14): Named to the CHA First Team...Was the second leading scorer on the team with seven goals and 21 assists...Recorded two assists at No. 10 Northeastern (Oct. 4)...Scored the only SU goal recorded in the series with No. 3 Clarkson (Oct. 11)...Assisted on the game-winning goal at Providence (Oct. 19)...Assisted Allie LaCombe and Margot Scharfe on thier goals against No. 4/3 BC (Oct. 25).. Recorded an assist on three of the five goals scored against Union (Oct. 26)...Assisted Melissa Piancentini on her first goal in the 2-1 win at Penn State (Nov. 9)...Notched an assist in the 3-3 tie at No. 10 Mercyhurst (Nov. 15). Scored her second goal of the season to tie the game at 3-3 in the 5-3 loss at No. 10 Mercyhurst (Nov. 16)...Assisted on the first goal of the game in the 4-3 win at Vermont (Jan. 4)...Scored the first goal of the game in the 3-2 win at Vermont (Jan. 5)...Assisted on the game-tying goal at RIT (Jan. 10)...Extended her point streak to four games with an assist on the game-winner at Colgate (Jan. 14)...Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 5-4 overtime win against RIT (Jan. 17)...Scored an unassisted goal to take a 2-0 lead and then assisted on the overtime game-winner against Penn State (Jan. 24)...Assisted on the game-winner against Penn State to extend her win streak to seven games, the second-longest point scoring stretch in program history (Jan. 25)...Assisted on the lone SU goal against No. 10 Mercyhurst (Feb. 1)...Scored SU’s fifth goal unassisted in addition to assisting Jessica Sibley’s game-tying goal in the 5-2 win at Lindenwood (Feb. 14)...Assisted Margot Scharfe’s first period goal at RIT (Feb. 21)...Scored the game-tying goal on the power play in the third period against RIT (Feb. 22)...Assisted on the first goal of the game and scored the third goal in the 4-1 win against Lindenwood (March 1) ... Named to the CHA All-Academic Team... Named to the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Athletic Director's Honor Rolls... Named the Syracuse Ice Hockey Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

Freshman Year (2012-13): Played in all 36 games, scoring two goals and registering 11 assists • A unanimous selection on the CHA All-Rookie Team • At Penn State (Oct.14), recorded her first career point on an assist to Holly Carrie-Mattimoe’s third period goal • At UConn (Oct. 26), tallied an assist on Shiann Darkangelo’s second period goal • At RIT (Nov. 20), recorded one goal in the second period • Against RPI (Nov. 23), recorded an assist on Melissa Piacentini’s second period goal • Against RPI (Nov. 24), tallied three assists • At Lindenwood (Jan. 18), recorded two assists • At Lindenwood (Jan.19), tallied an assist on Melissa Piacentini’s third period goal • Against Penn State (Jan. 25), her first collegiate goal was the game-winner • Against Penn State (Jan. 26), tallied an assist on Jacquie Greco’s first period power play goal• At Robert Morris (Feb.1), recorded an assist on Nicole Ferrara’s second period goal • At RIT (Feb. 8), recorded one goal in the second period • At the CHA Semifinal against RIT (Mar. 8), tallied three shots • At the CHA Championship against Mercyhurst (Mar. 9), recorded two shots • Named to the Spring 2013 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Before SU: Played for the Under-19 Little Caesar's last season • Tallied 12 goals and 28 assists during the season, helping Little Caesar's to a 37-16-4 record.

Personal: Majoring in Supply Chain Management.