Women's Weekly Release: Final Series of Regular Season Set For This Weekend

HOCKEY EAST HEADLINES

Northeastern extended its nation-best winning streak to 14 games on the penultimate weekend of the 2020-21 regular season with a sweep of New Hampshire. Alina Mueller (Winterthur, Switzerland) registered four points, including a league-leading four assists, to help power the Huskies offense.

Boston University and Vermont split a weekend series at Walter Brown Arena as the teams jockeyed for playoff seeding. The Catamounts’ rookie netminder Jesse McPherson (Chatham, Ont.) posted a 22-save shutout, her third blank sheet of the season, in a 4-0 road victory on Friday. The next day, Terrier captain Jesse Compher (Northbrook, Ill.) scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added a primary assist in a 4-1 win. Maine swept Merrimack in a two-game set in North Andover, led by Ida Kuoppala (Pedersore, Finland), who racked up five points on three goals and two assists, and four points (2g, 2a) from rookie Rahel Enzler (Zug, Switzerland.)

Boston College’s Abigail Levy (Congers, N.Y.) stopped 30 of 31 shots she faced in a 2-1 over time win over No. 10 Providence on Friday. Eagles’ Olympian Cayla Barnes (Eastvale, Calif.) scored the game-winning goal in overtime to secure the victory.

UConn swept Holy Cross, thanks in part to Danika Pasqua’s (Langley, B.C.) three goals, tied for the league lead last weekend. Tia Chan (Hamilton, Ont.) posted her second shutout of the year with a 20-save performance in a 1-0 victory on Friday over Holy Cross, while Pasqua netted the lone tally.

ARMY ROTC HOCKEY EAST CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Jesse Compher - Boston University
Ida Kuoppala - Maine

Jesse Compher (Northbrook, Ill.) scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added a primary assist in the Terriers’ 4-1 win over Vermont on Saturday. She led the Terriers in plus-minus (+2), shots on goal (11) and faceoff wins (18) over the weekend.

Ida Kuoppala (Pedersore, Finland) racked up five points on three goals and two assists during a weekend sweep of Merrimack. The sophomore forward scored the game-winning goal with 6:23 left in regulation on Saturday night in a 2-1 win before posting four points (2g, 2a) on Sunday afternoon.

PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Rahel Enzler - Maine

Rahel Enzler (Zug, Switzerland) scored two goals and assisted on two others during the Black Bears pair of victories in North Andover over Merrimack. The freshman started the scoring on Saturday afternoon, before scoring a goal and dishing out two assists on Sunday.

HOCKEY EAST WOMEN'S DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Abigail Levy - Boston College

Abigail Levy (Congers, N.Y.) stopped 30 of 31 shots she faced in a 2-1 over time win over No. 10 Providence on Friday. Levy’s performance was good for a .968 save percentage and a 0.96 goals against average. The junior transfer has won her last two starts, allowing just one goal, and sits second in the league with a .962 save percentage on the year.

HOCKEY EAST TOP PERFORMERS

Savannah Norcross, BC (Jr., F; Lynn, Mass.) Had one goal and one assist in BC’s overtime win over No. 10 Providence. She tied the game in the second period and then assisted on the game-winning goal in overtime. She fired seven shots on goal and one blocked shot.

Cayla Barnes, BC (Jr., D; Eastvale, Calif.) Scored the game-winning goal in overtime in BC’s win over No. 10 Providence. Also sent four shots on goal and one blocked shot.

Catherine Foulem, BU (Fr., F: Dieppe, N.B.) Provided the primary helper on Jesse Compher’s game-winning goal with a tremendous no-look pass from the corner. She now has three points (1g, 2a) in her last four games.

Kate Stuart, BU (Jr., G; Chilliwack, B.C.) Was sensational on Saturday in a 4-1 win over Vermont, making 27 saves to pick up her second win in three starts this year. Her best save came with the game tied, 1-1, midway through the second period when she stopped Olivia Kilberg from point-blank range. In her last two starts, Stuart owns a 0.50 goalsagainst average and a .981 save percentage.

Danika Pasqua, UConn (Jr., F; Langley, B.C.) Tied for the league lead with three goals to help UConn to a weekend sweep of Holy Cross, including the lone goal in a 1-0 win on Friday.

Tia Chan, UConn (Fr., G; Hamilton, Ont.) Posted her second shutout of the year with a 20-save performance in a 1-0 victory on Friday over Holy Cross.

Loryn Porter, ME (Sr., G; North Bay, Ont.) Stopped 47 of the 49 shots she faced this past weekend. The senior netminder only allowed one goal in each of the two games at Merrimack. She has now won three straight games in net.

Alina Mueller, NU (Jr., F; Winterthur, Switzerland) Registered four points, including a league-leading four assists, to help power the Huskies offense to a sweep of New Hampshire. She set up the game-winning goal in Saturday’s 6-1 win. Her 14 shots also led the league on the weekend.

Chloe Aurard, NU (Jr., F; Villard-de-Lans, France) Potted two goals, including the game-winning strike, in Saturday’s 6-1 road win at New Hampshire. She ended the weekend with three tallies.

Maddy Skelton, UVM (Fr., F; Isanti, Minn.) Recorded her first career multi-point game Friday night with a goal and an assist as the Catamounts defeated Boston University to extend their winning streak to five games.

Jesse McPherson, UVM (Fr., G; Chatham, Ont.) Posted a 22-save shutout, her third blank sheet of the season, in a 4-0 road victory over Boston University on Friday.