UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania – The Penn State women's hockey team wraps up its 2018-19 regular season schedule with a road series in St. Charles, Missouri against CHA rival Lindenwood Friday and Saturday.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Penn State (11-13-8, 5-9-4 CHA) vs. Lindenwood (7-20-3, 3-13-2 CHA)
Dates: Friday, March 1 | Saturday, March 2
Times: 7 p.m. (6 p.m. CT) | 2 p.m. (1 p.m. CT)
Watch: Stretch Internet ($)
Statistics: Live Stats
SETTING THE SCENE
- The Nittany Lions split its last regular season series at RIT Feb. 22-23. Despite 50 shots on goal, Penn State was blanked 3-0 in game one, but the Nittany Lions bounced back in the second game with a late score to take a 2-1 win.
- Lindenwood suffered a pair of tough losses last weekend in its final road series of the season at Syracuse. The Lions lost 5-4 in overtime before dropping 5-1 in game two.
- The Nittany Lions lead the all-time series 15-11-3 including a 2-0 record against the Lions in 2018-19. Back in University Park on Jan. 20-21, the Nittany Lions shutout Lindenwood 3-0 and came back to win 2-1.
HEAR IT FROM COACH
Head Coach Jeff Kampersal
- "We've been preparing this entire season for this weekend and for Buffalo. We'll treat this weekend like a playoff series...These next two games are important to us, regardless of them being irrelevant to the standings. If we can get to .500, I think that is a good goal and accomplishment."
- "In all our games coming up, scoring that first goal is critically important. I think we'll try to press that as much as possible."
HEISING IN THE PENN STATE RECORD BOOKS
- Among Penn State players with at least 50 career games played, Natalie Heising ranks first in program history with 0.78 points per game (53 pts, 68 GP).
- She's also tied for the most power play goals in team history with 14 (Laura Bowman).
- Heising has the most goals scored among all CHA players in the last two seasons with 33.
- Her eight-career game-winning goals is already good for third in the Nittany Lions' all-time career rankings.
CHA TOURNAMENT LOOMING
The Nittany Lions are ranked fifth in the current CHA standings with a chance to move as high as fourth in the standings. The Nittany Lions will play in the CHA first round on March 6 against an opponent to be determined. Currently, the Nittany Lions would take on RIT in the first round.
For additional CHA Tournament information regarding tickets, game times, and other information, please visit the 2019 CHA Tournament Page.
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