Nikki Leone

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Quinnipiac
Hometown:
Trenton, Ontario

Senior Year (2008-09): Took three shots at Robert Morris (10/10) ... Had one assist at Robert Morris (10/11) ... Recorded one goal and one assist vs. Sacred Heart (10/31) … Had two goals vs. SHU (11/1) … At Wayne State (11/21), she blasted three shots … Had one assist at Mercyhurst (12/6) … Took two shots vs. Robert Morris (1/9/09) … Tallied four shpts at Niagara (1/18) … Charted her first two-assist game for Syracuse and tried two shots vs. Sacred Heart (2/13)… Tallied five shots vs. St. Anselm (2/20).

Before Syracuse at Quinnipiac (2006-07): Appeared in 33 games and has missed just one game in her career ... Finished with five goals and 11 assists for 16 points ... Led all defenders in plus/minus and scoring ... Finished with a team-high two assists which also matched her career high on Oct. 14 in a 5-2 win at Northeastern...Scored her first goal of the year vs. No. 9 Princeton on Oct. 21 ... Added an assist on Nov. 4 at Yale ... Scored a goal in a 5-4 win at Brown on Nov. 5...Scored her second goal in as many games vs. Rensselaer on Nov. 10...Matched a career high with two assists vs. Union in a 6-4 win on Nov. 11 ... Added an assist on Nov. 17 at Colgate ... Set a career mark with her fourth goal of the season vs. Boston University on Nov. 29 which was also the 50th game of her career ... Set up Kallie Florapos' first career goal on Nov. 24 vs. No. 7/No. 6 Harvard ... Assisted on a goal at Rensselaer on Jan. 14 ... Set a career high for points in a season with a goal in a 4-4 draw with Wayne State on Jan. 19 ... Set up the game-winning goal in a 7-5 win over Brown on Feb. 3 and finished with a career-high +3 ... Assisted on the Bobcat goal at No. 4/No. 5 St. Lawrence on Feb. 10

Before Syracuse at Quinnipiac (2005-06):
One of five Bobcats to appear in all 34 games ... Only defender to be named the ECACHL Rookie of the Week ...Tied for the team lead in game-winning goals ... Scored the game-winner versus Union on Nov. 11 in a 1-0 decision ... Tallied four assists in the weekend series vs. Robert Morris on Jan. 20-21 in two victories, and set up the game-winner on Jan. 20 and her four assists, four points, and +3 were all team highs ... Scored a career high two goals, including the game-winner, vs. Rensselaer on Feb. 18 in the Bobcats' 3-0 victory.

Before Quinnipiac:
Played ice hockey for 14 years ... Earned a Silver Medal at the 2002 Ontario Winter Games and played on two provincial championship teams ... Suited up with the Telus Lightning Club in the NWHL ... Also competed in ball hockey (six years), track and field (five years), rugby, volleyball and soccer.

Personal: Born March 6 … Daughter of Ralph and Christine Leone… Has two older brothers, Gino and Marco … Leone is majoring in biology.