UTICA, NY- The Utica College women’s hockey team is once again receiving votes in both the D3hockey.com and USCHO.com national polls, released Monday.
Utica picked up a season-high six points in the latest D3hockey.com rankings, placing the Pioneers just outside the top-10 and eight points behind tenth ranked Castleton University. UC is second in the “receiving votes” category in this week’s USCHO poll, just one vote behind Wisconsin- Stevens Point.
The Pioneers have compiled an 8-2-1 record (5-2-1 ECAC West) so far this season, with their only losses coming to nationally ranked No. 2 Elmira College on Nov. 21 and 22. UC has outscored its opponents 31-14 on the year and the Pioneer power play is seventh nationally with a 27.8 percent success rate.
Senior Morgan Reed (Fort Myers, FL/Cushing Academy) is tied for fourth nationally with 1.91 points per game. Her 12 goals also rank third in the country. Junior Gabrielle Schnepp (Northville, MI/Belle Tire) is tied for first in the nation with 1.27 assists per game and classmate Keira Goin (Dobbs Ferry, NY/Hotchkiss School) recently set a program record with three straight shutouts.
Utica will wrap up the semester with two non-conference games this week. On Wednesday, the Pioneers travel to Morrisville State (7 p.m.) before returning home on Saturday to take on Williams College (3 p.m.).
