Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Dan DeCaria (ddecaria@elmira.edu); Travis Larner (tlarner@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu

Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901

Last Time OutIt has been nearly two full weeks since Elmira’s last contest, a 3-1 road win over William Smith College in EC’s season finale. Following a scoreless first period, Elmira scored three straight goals, including a two-goal second period, to take control of the game. Johanna Eidensten ’17 opened the scoring 7:14 into the sec-ond period, before Maddy Jerolman ’19 punched in the game-winning goal on an EC power play just about seven minutes later. Rachel Grampp ’18 concluded the day’s scoring for Elmira early in the third. The Herons tallied a power-play score midway through the third, but that would mean little at the end of the day, as the Purple and Gold swept the season series.

ECAC West Playoff HockeyElmira enters the 2016 ECAC West Conference Tournament having played in 26 conference tournament games in its 14-year history. The Soaring Eagles own a 19-7 record and have won seven conference titles in those 26 playoff games. El-mira is averaging 3.12 goals per game, while its opponents are averaging 1.85 per contest in ECAC West Tournament games

Elmira vs. Utica Playoff HistoryElmira and Utica have faced each other six times in ECAC West playoff games. The Soaring Eagles own a 4-2 record in those five games and have won two straight against the Pioneers, including last season’s 6-3 win in the conference semifinals. Elmira has outscored Utica 18-to-10 in its previous playoff games. Utica’s last win in the playoffs against Elmira dates back to the 2010-11 season, when the Pio-neers eked out a 2-1 win.

In Good CompanyHeadlining this year’s award winners was first-year blueliner Kristin Chivers ’19, who took home First Team and All-Rookie honors. Chivers becomes the first El-mira skater in nine seasons to earn First Team honors in her rookie season and is one of just five players to accomplish that feat in program history. She joins the likes of former AHCA Division III Player of Year honorees Laura Hurd ‘05 and Kayla Coady ‘09, as well as EC greats LeAnne Denman ‘05 and Tiffany Hart ‘10.

ECAC West All-ConferenceAlong with Chivers, Olivia Nystrom ’16, McKenna Farole ’16, and Maddie Evange-lous ’19 also received accolades from the conference office. Nystrom, a former All-Rookie selection, took home ECAC West All-Conference Second Team honors; Farole earned her first year-end accolade from the ECAC West with an Honorable Mention nod; Evangelous was voted to the All-Rookie Team.

Scouting UticaThe Pioneers head into Saturday’s conference semifinal playing some of its best hockey of the season, as the Utica women own an 18-7-1 overall record and have won eight of their last 10 games. Utica punched its ticket to its fourth consecu-tive ECAC West Semifinal appearance with a 5-0 drubbing of SUNY Cortland in the quarterfinal round. The Pioneers boast the country’s ninth-leading offense with 3.00 goals per game, but the real strength of this year’s squad is their effi-ciency with the extra skater. Utica has scored on 17-of-73 power-play opportuni-ties for 23.3-percent success rate, which ranks third in Division III hockey. Leading the charge on offense for the Pioneers has been a trio skaters in upperclassmen Gabrielle Schnepp and Morgan Reed, as well as rookie talent Lauren Patterson. Schnepp and Reed share the team lead in points with 42 apiece; Schnepp, a 2016 ECAC West All-Conference First Team selection, has 13 goals and a team-high 29 assists on the year, while Reed, a 2016 ECAC West second teamer, sports a team-high 21 goals and 21 assists. Reed and Schnepp are the second and third players in the last nine years to score at least 40 points in a season. Patterson, the reign-ing ECAC West Rookie of the Year, has 34 points in her rookie campaign on 12 goals and 22 helpers.

ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES 7 ECAC West Championships

SATURDAY’S OPPONENT

Day Date Opponent Time-ResultOCT. 31 #6 Adrian L, 1-4 NOV. 1 #4 Norwich W, 7-2 13 SUNY Cortland* W, 5-1 14 SUNY Cortland* W, 4-0 21 Utica* W, 4-1 22 Utica* W, 2-1 27 #3 Middlebury W, 3-1 28 #9 Gustavus Adolphus W, 2-1DEC. 5 SUNY Potsdam* W, 5-0 6 SUNY Potsdam* W, 3-2JAN. 2 Williams W, 2-1 9 #9 Norwich W, 2-1 12 #3/6 Amherst T, 2-2 OT 16 Neumann* W, 6-2 17 Neumann* W, 8-0 22 Chatham* W, 4-1 23 Chatham* W, 4-1 30 #1 Plattsburgh State* L, 2-4 31 #1 Plattsburgh State* L, 1-7FEB. 5 Buffalo State* W, 3-1 6 Buffalo State* W, 5-0 13 William Smith* W, 5-2 14 William Smith* W, 7-1 19 Oswego State* W, 8-1 20 Oswego State* W, 3-1MAR. 5 Utica^ 12:00 p.m. 6 ECAC West Championship TBA 12 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA

Home contests are bolded*Denotes ECAC West contest^ Denotes ECAC West Semifinals (at Plattsburgh, NY)

2015-16 SCHEDULE (21-3-1, 16-2-0 ECAC WEST)

Utica CollegePIONEERS

(18-7-1, 13-4-1 ECAC West)

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11 NCAA Tournament Appearances 3 NCAA National Championships

Saturday, March 5th, 2016Stafford Ice Arena -- Plattsburgh, NY -- 12:00 p.m.

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ELMIRA QUICK FACTSLocation ................................................... Elmira, NYFounded ............................................................1855Enrollment .......................................................1,200School Colors ..................................... Purple & GoldTeam Nickname .................................Soaring EaglesConference .............................................. ECAC West President ...................................... Dr. Norman SmithAthletic Director ...........................Pat Thompson ’75Athletic Department .......................... 607-735-1730Ice Arena ............................. Murray Athletic CenterCapacity ...........................................................3,000Athletics Affiliation ........................ NCAA Division III

HOCKEY INFORMATIONHead Coach .................................. Dean Jackson ’03 Assistant Coach ............................ Kelsea MartalockFirst Season ................................................ 2001-02ECAC West Playoff Appearances...........................14ECAC West Tournament Titles ................................7NCAA Playoff Appearances ...................................112014-15 Overall Record ................................. 26-3-12014-15 ECAC West Record ........................... 18-0-0

2015-16 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (21-3-1)Scoring First .................................................... 15-0-1Opposition Scored First .................................... 6-3-0Leading after first period ................................ 13-0-0Trailing after the first period ............................. 2-2-0Tied after the first period ................................. 6-1-1Leading after the second period ..................... 18-0-1Trailing after the second period ....................... 1-3-0Tied after the second period ............................ 2-0-0

2014-15 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (26-3-1)Scoring First .................................................... 22-0-0Opposition Scored First .................................... 4-3-1Leading after first period ................................ 19-0-0Trailing after the first period ............................. 4-3-0Tied after the first period ................................. 3-0-1Leading after the second period ..................... 21-0-0Trailing after the second period ....................... 2-2-0Tied after the second period ............................ 3-1-1

2013-14 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (21-6-1)Scoring First .................................................... 19-3-0Opposition Scores First ..................................... 2-3-1Leading After First Period ............................... 16-1-0Trailing After First Period .................................. 0-1-1Tied After First Period ....................................... 5-4-0Leading After the Second Period .................... 19-2-0Trailing After the Second Period ....................... 0-2-1Tied After the Second Period ............................ 2-2-0

2012-13 EC WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY (24-5-1)Scoring First .................................................... 24-1-1Opposition Scores First ..................................... 0-4-0Leading After First Period ............................... 18-0-1Trailing After First Period .................................. 0-2-0Tied After First Period ....................................... 6-3-0Leading After the Second Period .................... 21-1-1Trailing After the Second Period ....................... 0-3-0Tied After the Second Period ............................ 3-1-0

# Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll1 Plattsburgh (14) 24-1-0 149 12 Adrian (1) 24-2-1 136 23 Elmira 21-3-1 118 34 Amherst 21-1-3 102 45 Wisconsin-River Falls 20-5-2 85 66 Middlebury 18-4-3 75 77 Norwich 20-6-0 49 88 Lake Forest 20-4-3 48 59 St. Thomas 19-5-2 38 910 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 17-7-3 12 10

Others receiving votes: Utica 7, St. Norbert 4, Bethel 2.

USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll

Series History Elmira vs. Utica

Record: 33-4-12007-08 Utica, 2-3 2007-08 Elmira, 5-0 2006-07 Elmira, 1-02006-07 Elmira, 2-02006-07 Tie, 2-2 OT2005-06 Utica, 1-42005-06 Elmira, 4-02005-06 Utica, 2-52004-05 Elmira, 1-02004-05 Elmira, 6-02003-04 Elmira, 4-12003-04 Elmira, 6-42003-04 Elmira, 2-1 OT2002-03 Elmira, 3-02002-03 Elmira, 4-02001-02 Elmira, 10-22001-02 Elmira, 9-42001-02 Elmira, 8-42001-02 Elmira, 8-1

# Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll1 Plattsburgh State (15) 24-1-0 150 12 Elmira 21-3-1 127 23 Adrian 24-2-1 126 34 Amherst 21-1-3 107 45 Middlebury 18-4-3 87 66 Norwich 20-6-0 75 77 UW-River Falls 20-5-2 53 88 Lake Forest 20-4-3 51 59 Utica 18-7-1 29 910 St. Thomas 19-5-2 15 10

Others receiving votes: Castleton 3, Oswego State 2, St. Norbert 1

D3hockey.com Women’s Poll

2015-16 Season AwardsNAME AWARD DATEJohanna Eidensten D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 02/23Johanna Eidensten ECAC West Player of the Week 02/22Maddie Evangelous D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 02/17Maddie Evangelous ECAC West Player of the Week 02/15Kelcey Crawford ECAC West Goaltender of the Week 02/08McKenna Farole D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 01/19Kristin Chivers ECAC West Rookie of the Week 01/19Louisa Lippiatt Durnell D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 01/12Olivia Nystrom D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 01/05Phoebe Piku D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 01/05Phoebe Piku ECAC West Player of the Week 01/04Kelcey Crawford ECAC West Goaltender of the Week 01/04Louisa Lippiatt Durnell D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 12/01Maddy Jerolman ECAC West Rookie of the Week 11/30Meghan Fonfara D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 11/25Kristin Chivers D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 11/25Meghan Fonfara D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 11/17Kristin Chivers D3hockey.com National Team of the Week 11/17Maddie Evangelous ECAC West Rookie of the Week 11/16

2015-16 Elmira, 2-12015-16 Elmira, 4-12014-15 Elmira, 6-32014-15 Elmira, 7-52014-15 Elmira, 4-12013-14 Elmira, 3-12013-14 Elmira, 4-12012-13 Elmira, 5-02012-13 Elmira, 4-12012-13 Elmira, 7-02011-12 Elmira, 5-22011-12 Elmira, 2-12010-11 Utica, 1-22010-11 Elmira, 3-02010-11 Elmira, 4-3 OT2009-10 Elmira, 4-12009-10 Elmira, 5-12008-09 Elmira, 7-12008-09 Elmira, 6-0

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2015-16 ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEYNO. NAME POS. HT. HOMETOWN--PREVIOUS TEAM1 Kyle Nelson ’17 G 5’6” Chicago, IL -- Chicago Mission2 Maddie Evangelous ’19 F 5’1” Hudson, MA -- Worcester Academy6 Erin Kishoni ’18 D 5’1” Duluth, GA -- Northwood School7 Anna Tude ’17 F 5’7” Stockholm, Sweden -- Balmoral Hall Blazers9 Olivia Nyström ’16 F 5’6” Vaxholm, Sweden -- Ormsta HC10 Rachel Grampp ’18 D 5’8” Williamsville, NY -- Buffalo Bisons11 Ari Smith ’18 F 5’8” Eagle, WI -- Chicago Young Americans12 Kristin Chivers ’19 D 5’5” Antioch, IL -- Chicago Young Americans13 Bobbi Strople ’19 F-D 5’6” Halifax, NS -- Canadian International Hockey Academy14 Shannon Strawinski ’19 F 5’5” Toms River, NJ -- Loomis Chaffee School15 McKenna Farole ’16 D 5’8” Irvine, CA -- Manhattanville College16 Johanna Eidensten ’17 F 5’7” Täby, Sweden -- AIK17 Sydney Fischer ’17 F 5’7” Irma, AB -- Irma18 Phoebe Piku ’16 D 5’7” Grosse Pointe, MI -- Bluewater Jr Hawks19 Maddy Jerolman ’19 F 5’3” Hamden, CT -- Williston Northampton School20 Louisa Lippiatt Durnell ’18 F 5’5” East Sussex, England -- Scanlon Creek21 Kyra McDonald ’18 D 5’4” Charlotte, NC -- Northfield Mount Herman22 Meghan Fonfara ’18 F 6’0” Elma, NY -- Buffalo Bisons23 Meg Lahey ’19 D 5’7” Latham, NY -- Millbrook School24 Sarah Hughson ’18 F 5’4” East Haddam, CT -- The Gunnery25 Gyllian Smith ’18 F 5’9” Fort Myers, FL -- Florida Gulf Coast Eagles27 Katie Granato ’19 F 5’9” Naperville, IL -- Chicago Mission28 Jessica Prance ’17 F 5’10” Chaumont, NY -- Perth Predators31 Kelcey Crawford ’18 G 5’4” Purcellville, VA -- Proctor Academy

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Dean Jackson ’03Assistant Coach: Kelsea Martalock

ELMIRA COLLEGE CAPTAINS

Olivia Nyström ’16 (A) Johanna Eidensten ’17 (C)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE#2 Maddie Evangelous ......................ev-ANN-gel-liss#7 Anna Tude ............................................... Too-DAH # 9 Olivia Nyström .................................... NEE-strum# 15 McKenna Farole ............................... FAH-roll-ee# 16 Johanna Eidensten ........................ EYE-den-sten# 18 Phoebe Piku .......................................... FEE-Bee .................................................................... PEE-Koo# 19 Maddy Jerolman .......................... JARE-uhl-man # 21 Kyra McDonald .....................................KEER-ah# 23 Meg Lahey ............................................ LAY-HEE # 25 Gyllian Smith ................................... Like “Jillian”

Phoebe Piku ’16 (A)

2007-08 Utica, 2-3 2007-08 Elmira, 5-0 2006-07 Elmira, 1-02006-07 Elmira, 2-02006-07 Tie, 2-2 OT2005-06 Utica, 1-42005-06 Elmira, 4-02005-06 Utica, 2-52004-05 Elmira, 1-02004-05 Elmira, 6-02003-04 Elmira, 4-12003-04 Elmira, 6-42003-04 Elmira, 2-1 OT2002-03 Elmira, 3-02002-03 Elmira, 4-02001-02 Elmira, 10-22001-02 Elmira, 9-42001-02 Elmira, 8-42001-02 Elmira, 8-1

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2015-16 Elmira Women's Ice HockeyElmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 29, 2016)

All games

Date Opponent Score Att.10/31/15 #6 ADRIAN L 1-4 10111/01/15 at #4 Norwich W 7-2 225

* 11/13/15 CORTLAND W 5-1 539* 11/14/15 at SUNY Cortland W 4-0 118* 11/21/15 UTICA W 4-1 412* 11/22/15 at Utica W 2-1 317

11/27/15 at #3 Middlebury W 3-1 37511/28/15 vs #9 Gustavus Adolphus W 2-1 212

* 12/05/15 at SUNY Potsdam W 5-0 67* 12/06/15 at SUNY Potsdam W 3-2 96

01/02/16 WILLIAMS W 2-1 15001/09/16 #9 NORWICH W 2-1 14901/12/16 #6 AMHERST T o t 2-2 211

* 01/16/16 NEUMANN W 6-2 371* 01/17/16 NEUMANN W 8-0 145* 01/22/16 at Chatham W 4-1 85* 01/23/16 at Chatham W 4-1 35* 01/30/16 #1 PLATTSBURGH L 2-4 473* 01/31/16 #1 PLATTSBURGH L 1-7 513* 02/05/16 at Buffalo State W 3-1 150* 02/06/16 BUFFALO STATE W 5-0 643* 02/13/16 WILLIAM SMITH W 5-2 412* 02/14/16 at William Smith W 7-1 81* 02/19/2016 at Oswego State W 8-1 111* 02/20/2016 at Oswego State W 3-1 223

TEAM STATISTICS ELMIRA OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 98-779 38-494 Shot pct. . 1 2 6 . 0 7 7 G o a l s / G a m e 3.9 1.5 S h o t s / G a m e 31.2 19.8POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays 19-89 12-96 Conversion Percent . 2 1 3 . 1 2 5 Shot Attempts 138 105 Shot Percent . 1 3 8 . 1 1 4SHORT-HANDED Goals-Shot attempts 6-40 1-15 Shot Percent . 1 5 0 . 0 6 7GOAL BREAKDOWN Power Play 19 12 S h o r t - h a n d e d 6 1 Empty net 2 0 P e n a l t y 0 0 U n a s s i s t e d 5 7 O v e r t i m e 0 0 S h o o t o u t 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0PENALTIES N u m b e r 112 103 M i n u t e s 224 206 P e n a l t i e s / G a m e 4.5 4.1 Pen minutes/Game 9.0 8.2SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) 0-0 0-0

Record: Overall Home Away NeutralALL GAMES 21-3-1 8-3-1 12-0-0 1-0-0CONFERENCE 16-2-0 6-2-0 10-0-0 0-0-0NON-CONFERENCE 5-1-1 2-1-1 2-0-0 1-0-0

## Player gp g a pts sh sh% pen-min pp sh9 Olivia Nystrom 25 15 9 24 80 . 1 8 8 3-6 0 212 Kristin Chivers 25 7 17 24 53 . 1 3 2 1-2 2 020 L. Lippiat Durnell 21 7 16 23 43 . 1 6 3 6-12 2 219 Maddy Jerolman 24 9 11 20 66 . 1 3 6 8-16 1 02 Maddie Evangelous 22 10 9 19 53 . 1 8 9 4-8 6 027 Katie Granato 22 9 7 16 50 . 1 8 0 1-2 3 122 Meghan Fonfara 21 10 4 14 52 . 1 9 2 10-20 5 014 Shannon Strawinski 21 4 9 13 31 . 1 2 9 13-26 0 016 Johanna Eidensten 25 6 6 12 47 . 1 2 8 3-6 0 17 Anna Tude 24 3 9 12 37 . 0 8 1 5-10 0 018 Phoebe Piku 24 0 12 12 39 . 0 0 0 22-44 0 024 Sarah Hughson 21 5 6 11 28 . 1 7 9 2-4 0 015 McKenna Farole 24 3 8 11 24 . 1 2 5 6-12 0 010 Rachel Grampp 19 3 5 8 24 . 1 2 5 3-6 0 021 Kyra McDonald 23 0 8 8 27 . 0 0 0 4-8 0 06 Erin Kishoni 21 1 5 6 27 . 0 3 7 4-8 0 028 Jessica Prance 19 3 0 3 20 . 1 5 0 1-2 0 017 Sydney Fischer 20 1 2 3 14 . 0 7 1 6-12 0 023 Meg Lahey 15 1 2 3 33 . 0 3 0 2-4 0 011 Ari Smith 19 1 2 3 22 . 0 4 5 1-2 0 013 Bobbi Strople 9 0 2 2 3 . 0 0 0 1-2 0 01 Kyle Nelson 12 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2-4 0 08 Brynn Rickard 4 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 025 Gyllian Smith 2 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0TM TEAM 7 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4-8 0 0

Total 25 98 149 247 779 . 1 2 6 112-224 19 6Opponents 25 38 47 85 494 . 0 7 7 103-206 12 1

## Goalie gp min ga gaavg saves save% w-l-t31 Kelcey Crawford 16 837:23 20 1.43 254 . 9 2 7 13-2-01 Kyle Nelson 12 666:35 18 1.62 202 . 9 1 8 8-1-1TM EMPTY NET 7 1:02 0 - 0 . 0 0 0 0-0-0

Total 25 1505:00 38 1.51 456 . 9 2 3 21-3-1Opponents 25 1505:00 98 3.91 681 . 8 7 4 3-21-1

Attendance Summary ELMIRA OpponentTotal 4119 1883Dates/Avg Per Date 12/343 12/157Neutral Site #/Avg 1/212

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd TotalElmira College 27 37 34 98Opponents 13 14 11 38

Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd TotalElmira College 230 266 283 779Opponents 156 160 177 494

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd TotalElmira College 143 146 166 456Opponents 203 229 249 681