No. 6 Women's Ice Hockey Travels to Delaware for First Meeting in Program History

HISTORY

• This is the first meeting between the two programs as this is Delaware's inaugural season.
• Delaware Head Coach Allison Coomey joined the Blue Hens after spending her prior seven seasons on the Penn State coaching staff.
• Delaware assistant coach Melissa Samoskevich also spent two seasons with the Nittany Lions under Coach Kampersal from 2020 to 2022.

SCOUTING THE BLUE HENS

• Delaware is 1-3-0 and are coming off their first win in program history, defeating Holy Cross on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2-1.
• Katelynn Charlton leads the Bue Hens with four points so far on the season with three goals and one assist.
• She scored the game-winning goal in Delaware’s first win over Holy Cross on Sunday afternoon.
• Delaware has five transfers and 17 freshman players.
• The Blue Hens have split time between two goaltenders. Charlotte Payne has started two games, winning her second, and has posted a 2.02 GAA and .947 save percentage.
• Mattie Robitzer has also started two games, going 0-2 with a 4.05 GAA and .913 save percentage.

STECKER NAMED DEFENSEMAN AHA DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK

• Senior defenseman Leah Stecker was named the AHA Defenseman of the Week for the first time in her Nittany Lion career.
• She had three points over the weekend, notching an assist in Friday’s win before adding a goal and an assist in Saturday’s 5-3 win.
• She now has five points on the season, tied with Danica Maynard for the lead among defenseman on Penn State.
• Stecker also has a +5 on-ice rating, good for third on the Nittany Lions.
• Dating back to last season, Stecker has eight points in her last 10 games.

HISTORIC START

• Penn State is off to their best start in program history with a 4-0 record with two ranked wins.
• The Nittany Lions have scored 16 goals in their first four games of the season — the most in program history through the first four games.
• Despite this, not a single skater has a had more than one goal in any game this season, with 10 Nittany Lions having at least one goal.

NITTANY LION OFFENSE

• Grace Outwater and Tessa Janecke have the team-lead with three goals each while Janecke has six points overall to lead Penn State.
• The Penn State power play has scored in three out of four games this season on nine total opportunities good for fourth nationally.
• 16 of 18 skaters currently have a point through four games, including every freshman skater.
• Penn State is currently ranked eighth nationally in scoring offense with four goals per game.
• They have the fifth most assists with 27 and sixth most goals at 16.

PENN STATE IN THE POLLS

• The Penn State Nittany Lions currently sit sixth in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey polls.
• It is the highest ranking the program has achieved in either poll in its history.

DEFENSE TO OFFENSE

• Penn State is currently tied for eighth nationally in scoring defense (1.5 GAA) and total scoring margin (2.5).
• They have given up 62 shots on goal through four games, the fifth least nationally, and the least among teams that have played four games.
• Two blue liners, Leah Stecker and Danica Maynard, currently have five points each and are tied for the fourth most among defenders nationally.

DOMINANCE IN THE DOT

• The Nittany Lions are currently fourth in team faceoff win percentage nationally at 62.8 percent.
• Tessa Janecke paces the squad with a 65.1-win percentage and 56 total faceoff wins, which puts her in a tie for fifth nationally.
• Mikah Keller leads all freshman on the Nittany Lions in faceoff wins with 26, which sits 15^th among freshman skaters nationally.

START FAST

• In the first four games of the season, Penn State has scored half of their goals in the first period, outscoring opponents 8-1.
• The Nittany Lions have also outshot opponents 55-15 in the first period.