College Hockey America Women's League

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The No. 1 / 2 Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team extended its winning-streak over Robert Morris to 21 games Friday evening, defeating the Colonials 4-0 in a College Hockey America contest at the RMU Island Sports Center. With the victory, the Lakers improve to 22-2-3 on the season and 9-1-1 in CHA action.

NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. - Sophomore Cailtin Jenkins continued her scoring touch against Syracuse with a two-goal effort in Niagara's 2-1 win over the Orange on Friday night from the Dwyer Arena.

Niagara closes out its home schedule with a series against the Syracuse Orange this weekend as both teams are battling for second place in the CHA standings. NU and SU split their first series this season at Syracuse in November.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse University women's ice hockey team will look to continue its successful road trip when it travels to Niagara for a conference set on Friday, February 5 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, February 6 at 2 p.m. The Orange swept Wayne State for the first time last weekend to improve its record to 15-12-1. It will be the final away game for SU before it closes out its home schedule against Robert Morris.

Syracuse University will see one of its own participate in the highest level of competition when Stefanie Marty travels to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Marty, a junior assistant captain on the Orange ice hockey team and Syracuse's first Winter Olympian, will go for the gold when she joins her native Swiss National Team for its second consecutive trip to the Winter Games.

DETROIT - A trio of Wayne State University seniors - forward Katrina Protopapas (Chatham, Ont./Bluewater Hawks), defenseman Christine Jefferson (Nepean, Ont./NCCP Junior Raiders), and goaltender Lindsey Park (Thornhill, Ont./Toronto Jr. Aeros) - are among the 78 student-athletes on the ballot for the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 9 at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 1/2 Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team bounced back from its second loss of the season with a 4-1 victory over College Hockey America rival Robert Morris Tuesday evening at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers, who now own a 20-0-0 advantage in the all-time series against RMU, improve to 21-2-3 on the season and 8-1-1 in league play.

Five College Hockey America games highlight the first week of February. Mercyhurst entertains Robert Morris tonight in a re-scheduled game from Dec. 6.

Top Story - Robert Morris resumes conference play by traveling to No. 2 Mercyhurst on Tuesday, Feb. 2 to take on the Lakers in a make-up game at 7:00 p.m. The Colonials will then welcome the Lakers to the RMU Island Sports Center for a two-game series on Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6 with both games starting at 7:05 p.m. The Colonials recently snapped a seven-game losing streak with a series sweep over Sacred Heart and will look to continue that streak against the top-ranked Lakers.

DETROIT -- Syracuse junior forward Julie Rising was named College Hockey America (CHA) Offensive Player of the Week after recording four points in a road sweep at Wayne State.  Niagara junior goalie Jenni Bauer was selected Defensive Player of the Week, while WSU blueliner Jenaya Townsend was tabbed as Rookie of the Week.