ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell women's hockey team wraps up the non-league portion of its regular-season schedule at 7 p.m. Tuesday, when it hosts Penn State at Lynah Rink. Featuring play-by-play from Grady Whittenburg and color commentary from Tim Vanini '91, the games will be broadcast on ESPN+ in the U.S. (with an option for international viewers also available through Stretch Internet).

Game Information:

Penn State at Cornell
SITE: Lynah Rink — Ithaca, N.Y. 
DATE: 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 8
BROADCAST (U.S.): ESPN+
BROADCAST (International): Stretch Internet
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
Cornell game notes (PDF)

Big Red Rewind:

•  Cornell is coming off an exhilarating 3-2 victory over Colgate on Sunday, giving the Big Red its third victory against a ranked team this season. With her third goal over the last six games, freshman blueliner Rory Guilday scored the winner with 9:24 left.
•  Gillis Frechette factored into all of the Big Red's goals, scoring once while adding a pair of assists. The Big Red's leading scorer had nine points over last week's three games, and she's now factored into 16 of the team's last 19 goals.
•  Lindsay Browning made 34 saves and survived a frenetic finish that featured nearly four minutes of six-on-five time with Colgate's goaltender pulled late in the game. 
•  Cornell was even with Harvard, the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League leaders, through 47 minutes of Saturday's game before the Crimson pulled away for a 6-3 victory at Lynah. 
•  Guilday and Lily Delianedis each had a goal and assist for the Big Red with their goals bookending the second intermission to help the Big Red erase a two-goal deficit. 
•  Special teams proved to be the difference in the game against Harvard. Kaitlin Jockims had Cornell's first goal on the power play — giving her three goals over the last five games heading into the Penn State game — while Harvard's power play went 3-for-7. It marked the first time since Jan. 12, 2016 that Cornell's penalty kill conceded three goals in a single game.
•  Cornell is now 6-3-1 since the start of 2022, outscoring opponents by a 30-19 margin.  

Sunday's Highlights vs. Colgate:

Saturday's Highlights vs. Harvard:

Postseason Watch:

•  Cornell sits in seventh place in the ECAC Hockey standings, continuing its positive trend with victories in its last meetings with three of the six teams ahead of it. 
•  The Big Red enters the week nine points clear of ninth-place Rensselaer for the last berth into quarterfinals and could clinch a postseason berth as soon as Friday with a win over RPI and anything less than a regulation win for Brown against St. Lawrence.

By The Numbers:

•  Junior forward Gillis Frechette (#11, 11-21–32, plus-18), who was named the ECAC Hockey Driscoll Skating and Skills Player of the Week on Monday, continues to lead the team in scoring. Half of her season point total has coming over just the last eight games, and she enters Tuesday ranked 11th nationally with an average of 1.45 points per game.
•  Sophomore forward Lily Delianedis (#21, 11-10–21) is tied with Frechette for the team's goal-scoring lead. She was recently named the ECAC Hockey and national rookie of the month after posting eight points over the Big Red's seven games in January.
•  Junior Izzy Daniel (#12, 6-21–27, plus-18), tied with Frechette for the team lead in assists, typically plays on a line with Delianedis and Frechette.
•  Freshman Rory Guilday (#5, 6-8–14) continues to lead the team's blueliners in scoring. She typically plays alongside sophomore Ashley Messier (#8, 2-7–9, team-high 62 blocked shots), giving the Big Red a defensive pairing that features international experience from both the U.S. and Canada.
•  Graduate student Lindsay Browning (#29, 9-9-2, 2.06, .927, 6 SO) — who, in 2020, became the program's first goaltender to earn All-America honors — is the first goaltender to serve as the team's sole captain. Browning's six shutouts are second nationally to just the eight posted by Northeastern's Aerin Frankel.

Big Red In Beijing:

•  Cornell has four women's hockey alumnae currently competing for Team Canada at the Beijing Games. Forwards Rebecca Johnston '12 and Brianne Jenner '15 enter Tuesday's game against the U.S. tied for third in team scoring with six points, while fellow forward Jillian Saulnier '15 and defenseman Micah Zandee-Hart '20 have also played in all three games to date. 
•  Lenka Serdar '19 has also played all three games for the Czech Republic, which is 2-1 so far in its first-ever appearance in the Olympics.
•  Doug Derraugh '91, the Everett Family Head Coach of Women's Hockey at Cornell, is serving as an assistant coach with Team Canada. With Derraugh currently in China, Associate Head Coach Edith Racine is Cornell's acting head coach.

The 300 Club:

•  Derraugh earned his 305th win Sunday against Colgate — though he was not on the bench. With Derraugh having departed the Big Red temporarily to coach in the Olympics, Associate Head Coach Edith Racine will continue as Cornell's acting head coach.

About Penn State:

•  The Nittany Lions sits at 14-9-4 overall after needing overtime in three of their last four game. Most recently, Penn State played to a 1-1 tie with Syracuse on Friday before losing in overtime, 2-1, in the rematch the following night.
•  After surrendering six to Cornell on Jan. 11, Penn State hasn't conceded more than two goals in any of its six games since — posting a 3-1-2 record over that span.
•  Penn State is paced by a line centered by Kiara Zanon (#11, 9-22–31; plus-19), who ranks second in team scoring to linemate Natalie Heising (#20, 18-17–35; plus-20). Heising scored the lone goal against Cornell when the teams met last month. 
•  Most recently, Alyssa Machado (#3, 5-4–9) has spent the majority of her time on the right wing of Zanon's line, though Julie Gough (#14, 9-5–14; team-high 5 PPG) has also spent significant time with that group.
•  Josie Bothun (#30, 14-9-4, 1.82, .921) has started all 27 of Penn State's games in goal, though she was pulled after surrendering four goals in two periods of the season's first game against Cornell. 
•  Jeff Kampersal is in his fifth season as the head coach at Penn State.

The Series With Penn State:

•  Tuesday's game will mark the fourth all-time meeting between the Big Red and Nittany Lions, with Cornell holding a 1-0-2 lead thanks to a 6-1 victory in a game last month in Happy Valley. Lily Delianedis and Claudia Yu each had a goal and an assist
•  Leah MacSween doled out three assists in the game — an effort that led to her being named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week.
•  A 1-1 tie on Nov. 21, 2017 in Ithaca was followed by a 3-3 deadlock Jan. 8, 2019 in Happy Valley to keep both teams winless through their first two meetings.

Up Next:

•  Cornell wraps up its six-game, 12-day home stand with an ECAC Hockey series this weekend, welcoming Capital District foes Rensselaer at 6 p.m. Friday and Union at 3 p.m. Saturday.
•  The Big Red then plays on a Tuesday for a fourth straight week, shuttling over to Hamilton on Feb. 15 for a game against Colgate.