#14 Boston College Set to Host #11 Penn State

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The #14/15 Boston College women's hockey team will host #11/13 Penn State for two non-conference games this weekend at Kelley Rink. The Eagles and Nittany Lions will meet on Friday night and Saturday afternoon, with both contests streaming live on ESPN+.

GAME 5 | #11/13 Penn State at #14/15 Boston College
Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 | 6 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | ESPN+

GAME 6 | #11/13 Penn State at #14/15 Boston College
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 | 2 p.m.
Kelley Rink | Chestnut Hill, Mass. | ESPN+

WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College and Penn State will meet for two games on the Heights this weekend, facing off on Friday night and Saturday afternoon at Kelley Rink.
• The Eagles and Nittany Lions met last season for two games with BC earning a pair of 2-1 wins in State College.
• BC is coming off a pair of wins in a home-and-home series against Merrimack while PSU dropped a pair of home games to Colgate.

ABOUT PENN STATE
• Penn State brings an overall record of 2-4-0 into Friday night's contest ... the Nittany Lions dropped pair of home games to #6 Colgate last weekend, 3-2 and 2-1.
• Tessa Janecke (2-3-5) and Kiara Zanon (2-3-5) lead Penn State in scoring through the first six games of the season ... Zanon and Courtney Correia have each chipped in a game-winning goal.
• Josie Bothun has started all six contests for PSU, going 2-4-0 with a .911 save percentage and 2.94 goals against average.
• Five of Penn State's six games have come against ranked opponents in Wisconsin, Minnesota Duluth and Colgate.
• Jeff Kampersal, the 2020-21 CHA and AHCA National Coach of the Year, is in his seventh season at the helm of the Penn State program.

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST PENN STATE
• Boston College holds a record of 2-0-0 in the all-time series against Penn State with both wins coming on the road.
• The Eagles have a record of 15-20-2 all-time against College Hockey America schools.
• Hannah Bilka leads the Eagles in active scoring against Penn State with two points on one goal and one assist ... seven Eagles overall have at least one point against the Nittany Lions after last season's two-game series.
• Abby Newhook scored her first career goal with the over-time winner in the Sept. 30, 2021 season-opener.
• Caroline Goffredo scored her first career goal against Penn State on Oct. 1, 2021.
• Keri Clougherty, and Jenna Carpenter both picked up their first career points with assists against Penn State.
• Head coach Katie Crowley has an overall record of 4-1-3 when coaching against Jeff Kampersal (six of eight meetings were between Boston College and Princeton).

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD . . .
• Bump the Eagles to 3-0-0 in the all-time series against the Nittany Lions.
• Move BC to 4-1-0 on the season and 1-1-0 against ranked opponents.

WELCOME BACK, NEWKIRK
• Two-time Boston College captain Makenna Newkirk '19 is an assistant coach at Penn State.
• Newkirk closed her BC career ranked in the top 10 on the Eagles' career list in almost every offensive category: fifth in points (189), sixth in goals (73), third in assists (116), fourth in game-winning goals (14) and power-play goals (21) and tied for fifth in plus/minus (+123)
• She finished each of her four seasons ranked in the top 25 in the nation in scoring, the only player in the country to do so.

#14 Boston College Set to Host #11 Penn State

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Bilka

Jenna Carpenter

Keri Clougherty

Caroline Goffredo

Abby Newhook

Makenna Newkirk