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Skarupa, Crowley Looking for 200 at Syracuse
December 08, 2015 | Women's Hockey
Eagles will close fall portion of schedule with road game against the Orange
#2/2 Boston College (19-0-0, 13-0-0 HEA)
at Syracuse (8-9-2, 5-1-2 CHA)
Thursday, Dec. 10 | 4 p.m.
Tennity Ice Arena | Syracuse, N.Y.
THURSDAY'S HEADLINES
- BC is ranked second nationally in scoring (5.47 gpg) and third nationally in scoring defense (1.16 gapg)
- Alex Carpenter (23-22-45) leads the nation in points and points per game (2.37), while Haley Skarupa is tied for fifth in points (14-20-34) and sixth in points per game (1.79)
- Haley Skarupa enters the week with 199 career points and is looking to become the Eagles' third 200-point scorer in program history
- Megan Keller is the nation's leading scorer among defenseman with 22 points (7-15-22) ... her eight power-play assists also lead all players nationally
- Katie Crowley comes into Thursday's game with 199 career wins
- BC is 8-0-0 on the road this season and has out-scored its hosts 45-5 while posting four of its seven shutouts away from home
BC AGAINST SYRACUSE
- Thursday's game will be just the fifth time BC and Syracuse have met ... the Orange elevated to Division I status ahead of the 2008-09 season
- BC leads the short series, 2-1-1 ... BC is 1-0-1 at home and 1-1-0 on the road
- Last season the squads met at Kelley Rink with BC claiming a 10-2 win in the season opener
- In 2013-14, the teams met in Syracuse with the Orange winning, 4-1
- The programs also met in 2009-10 and 2010-11 ... the teams tied their first-ever contest on Oct. 9, 2009 in Chestnut Hill, before the Eagles earned a 5-2 win at Syracuse on Oct. 9, 2010
- Head coach Katie Crowley has a 2-1-1 career mark against Syracuse
EAGLES VS. THE ORANGE
- Lexi Bender (3g, 1a) and Alex Carpenter (2g, 2a) lead all current Eagles in scoring against the Orange
- Bender recorded her first career hat trick in the Eagles' 10-2 win to open the 2014-15 season ... her assist came in the teams' 2013-14 meeting in Syracuse
- All of Carpenter's points came in last season's win
- Kristyn Capizzano (1g, 2a) and Haley Skarupa (2g, 1a) each have three points ... Capizzano tallied one goal and one assist last season, and all three of Skarupa's points came in that game
- Dana Trivigno has a pair of assists - both from the 2014-15 meeting
- Haley McLean (1g), Kali Flanagan (1a), Kenzie Kent (1a) and Katie Burt (1a) all have one point against Syracuse
- Katie Burt won her first-ever collegiate game against Syracuse, picking up the W in the 10-2 win last season with 15 saves in the effort
- Emily Pfalzer '15 is the Eagles' leading career scorer against Syracuse, notching six points - one goal, five assists - in last year's win
SKARUPA INCHING TOWARD 200-POINT MILESTONE
Haley Skarupa enters Thursday's game with 199 career points, one shy of reaching the 200-point plateau ... when she reaches 200 points, she will become the third women's player in BC history to reach that milestone ... Skarupa has 94 career goals and 105 career assists in 122 games ... 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.
CROWLEY CLOSE TO 200 WINS
Katie Crowley, now in her ninth season as the Eagles' head coach, has a career record of 199-73-39 at the helm of the Eagles' program ... she has a career winning percentage of .703 … overall, this is her 13th season at The Heights after joining Tom Mutch's staff as an assistant coach ahead of the 2003-04 season.
REGULAR-SEASON NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
Since 2012-13 seasons, Boston College has compiled a 26-7-4 regular-season record in non-conference match-ups ... so far this season, BC is 6-0-0 vs. non-league opponents ... in 2014-15, BC went 9-1-1 during the regular season against non-Hockey East opponents, with the lone loss coming to No. 4 Harvard in the Beanpot championship ... in 2013-14, the Eagles were 7-3-2 against non-HEA foes, after an 8-3-1 mark in 2012-13.
ROAD WARRIORS
Boston College is a perfect 8-0-0 away from home this season, winning away contests at No. 9 Cornell (twice), UConn, Boston University, New Hampshire, No. 4 Northeastern and Maine (twice) ... in BC's eight road games, the Eagles have out-scored their hosts 45-5 and have posted four shutouts (Cornell, UConn, UNH, Maine) ... BC's last road loss was a 3-2 defeat at No. 4 Harvard in the championship game of the 2015 Beanpot ... BC is 21-1-2 in away games since the start of the 2014-15 season.
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