ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine women's ice hockey team will round out their first semester with a pair of road games at the University of New Hampshire. The Buffalo Wild Wings Border Battle series is set for Dec 5/6 at the Whittemore Center in Durham, NH. Game times are set for 6:00 PM on Friday and 2:00 PM on Saturday.
 

BLACK BEARS' LAST TIME OUT:

• Maine split with Harvard this past weekend after winning 4-3 in OT on Friday and the falling 5-1 on Saturday.
• 11 different players notched a point over the weekend with nine notching a point in Friday's win.
• Raegan Wurm led the team with a 2-point weekend (1g,1a), while Dani Brunette, Stephanie Jacob, Lulu Rucinski, Mackenzie Podewell, Paige Fong, Lily Fetch, Brenna Curl, Gracie Hanson, Jaidyn Britt and Lila Shea each had one point.
• Goaltender Kiia Lahtinen made 22 saves in Friday's win and Julia Bachetti made 23 saves in Saturday's loss.

MAINE BY THE NUMBERS 

• The team has had the 8th hardest schedule of 45 teams so far this season.
• Kiia Lahtinen is third the nation in minutes played with 969:57, 7th in the nation in saves with 484, and holds a .924 save %.
• Maine is 7th in the nation in blocked shots with 265. Rookie Sade Sandilands leads the team with 32.

THE MAINE MENACES:

• Lily Fetch and Isabelle Michaud lead the team with four goals each. Michaud leads the team in points with eight.
• Rookie defenders Paige Fong and Lulu Rucinski lead the team in assists with five each.
• Goaltender Kiia Lahtinen has started 16 of 17 games for the Black Bears. In conference-play she is fifth with a .932 sv % and fourth with a 1.85 GAA.

PREVIOUS GAMES WITH UNH:    

• Maine fell to UNH 5-1 in the preseason exhibition game back in September.
• Last season, Maine swept the Wildcats, winning all three games.
• The overall series is 28-23-6 in favor of Maine.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS:

• On Sunday, UNH upset #11 Brown, 4 to 1. On Tuesday, UNH upset #6 Northeastern in overtime, 4 to 3.
• Before that, UNH lost and tied to Holy Cross.
• Nina Rossi leads the team with 15 points and leads in assists with 9 (6-9-15).
• Six players have double-digits for points.
• Kelly Harty leads the team in goals with 8.

LOOKING AHEAD:

Maine will host Brown University in Portland, ME on Dec. 30 at 5 PM at the Cross Insurance Arena.

-UMaine-