Women Take Perfect Record on Road to Maine

#2 Boston College (17-0-0, 11-0-0 HEA)
at Maine (6-11-0, 3-7-0 HEA)

Game 1: Saturday, Dec. 5 | 2 p.m.
Game 2: Sunday, Dec. 6 | 2 p.m.
Alfond Arena, Orono, Maine

SATURDAY'S HEADLINES

BC is ranked second nationally in scoring (5.41 gpg) and third nationally in scoring defense (1.18 gapg)
Alex Carpenter (21-18-39) leads the nation in scoring, while Haley Skarupa is sixth in the nation (13-19-32)
Haley Skarupa enters the weekend with 197 career points and is looking to become the Eagles' third 200-point scorer in program history
Dana Trivigno has the team's longest active point streak with 12 points in the last seven games
BC is 6-0-0 on the road this season and has out-scored its hosts 33-3 while posting three shutouts

BC AGAINST MAINE

The teams will play their final two Hockey East contests of three this weekend ... the squads met at BC on Oct. 17 with the Eagles claiming a 4-0 win
Boston College is 32-15-6 all-time against Maine and the Eagles have won the last 13 matches against the Black Bears, dating back to the 2011-12 season
BC is 14-6-4 vs. the Black Bears on the road, 16-9-2 at home and 1-0-0 at neutral sites
The Eagles have won their last seven home matches vs. Maine
Since the start of Hockey East in 2002-03, BC is 29-10-4 against Maine ... five of the Black Bears' wins came in 2002-03 and 2003-04
The two teams met twice before Maine began varsity play - with BC winning both games during the team's inaugural varsity season of 1994-95
The teams' first meeting with both squads at the varsity level came in 1998-99, when Maine won both games
Head coach Katie Crowley has a 20-4-2 career mark against Maine

EAGLES VS. the BLACK BEARS

Haley Skarupa is the Eagles' career leading scorer against Maine with 22 points from 16 goals and 6 assists in 10 games
Alex Carpenter has 15 career points against Maine, including 6 goals and 9 assists in 10 games
Dana Trivigno has recorded 12 points - 5 goals, 7 assists - against the Black Bears in eight games, including her first-career hat trick as a freshman
Andie Anastos has 7 points (2-5-7) against Maine in 7 career games
Lexi Bender has tallied 6 points (1g, 5a) in her career against Maine
Kristyn Capizzano scored her first career goal - in her first-ever college game - against Maine on Oct. 6, 2013 ... overall, she has 2 goals and 4 assists vs. UM
Haley McLean has scored three of her nine career goals against Maine, including the first-ever goal of her collegiate career (Oct. 6, 2013)
Katie Burt has won all three games she's played against Maine, recording two shutouts with a GAA of 0.33 and 38 total saves
Gabri Switaj went 1-0-0 against the Black Bears last year, picking up a win in a 32:03 relief appearance on Feb. 14, 2015

HOME COOKING COMING LESS FREQUENTLY
After playing 11 of their first 16 games at Kelley Rink, the Eagles will not play another home game until Jan. 18 ... BC will play 13 of 18 on the road to close the regular season, including the next five games ... during the team's current road streak, the team has a month off between Dec. 10 (at Syracuse) and Jan. 9 (at Boston University).

ROAD WARRIORS
Boston College is a perfect 6-0-0 away from home this season, winning away contests at #9 Cornell twice, UConn, Boston University, New Hampshire and No. 4 Northeastern ... in BC's six road games, the Eagles have out-scored their hosts 33-3 on the year and have posted three shutouts (Cornell, UConn and UNH) ... BC's last road loss was a 3-2 defeat at No. 4 Harvard in the championship game of the 2015 Beanpot ... BC is 19-1-2 in road games since the start of the 2014-15 season.

AND THE WINNERS ARE ...
On Monday, Boston College drew more weekly awards from Hockey East, pushing the team's season total to 12 weekly honorees ... Alex Carpenter was tabbed as the conference's player of the week for the fifth time this season following a seven-point week (2-5-7) in a pair of wins over Providence and No. 4 Northeastern ... Megan Keller (0-4-4) picked up her second defensive player of the week nod of the season while helping BC limit both teams to single goals, including Northeastern which came in averaging more than 4.50 goals per game.

MONTHLY BEST TIMES TWO, TOO
Later in the week, Hockey East tabbed Katie Burt as the league's goaltender of the month, and Alex Carpenter as its player of the month ... Burt went 5-0-0 with a league-best 1.39 GAA, while collecting wins over Boston University (2), then No. 5 and No. 4 ranked Northeastern and New Hampshire ... she made a career-high 36 saves at Northeastern, and also posted 30 saves in the overtime win against the Terriers ... it was her second-straight goalie of the month honor, also picking up the nod in October ... Carpenter led the league in scoring with 16 points (7g, 9a) ... included were two game-winning goals, two power-play goals and a shorthanded tally ... the award was her fifth career player of the month award.

SKARUPA CLOSE TO 200-POINT MILESTONE
Haley Skarupa enters the weekend with 197 career points, three shy of reaching the 200-point plateau ... when she reaches 200 points, she will become the third player in BC history to reach that milestone ... Skarupa enters the weekend with 93 career goals and 104 career assists ... Kelli Stack '11 was the first women's player to reach 200 points, doing so in 2011 and finishing her career with 209 points ... earlier this year, Alex Carpenter reached 200 points, as well.

TRIVIGNO KNOCKING ON TOP 10's DOOR
Dana Trivigno became the latest Eagle to hit the 100-point mark on her career and she's set to join the top 10 in scoring in short order ... Trivigno enters the weekend in 11th place in the BC scoring charts with 108 points, five points back of 10th place (113 - Mary Restuccia '12). ... her first-period goal on Nov. 10 against BU was her 100th career point, becoming the 12th player in BC history to reach that 100-point plateau ... Trivigno is the third player of the Class of '16 to reach 100 points.

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Lexi Bender

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Alex Carpenter

Megan Keller

Haley McLean

Haley Skarupa

Gabri Switaj

Dana Trivigno