Utica, NY (11/13/13) - The Utica College women's hockey team seeks its first win of the season as it welcomes SUNY Cortland Friday afternoon. Puck drop is set for 2:30 p.m. The Pioneers will then head to Cortland on Saturday for the finale of the home-and-home series. Saturday's contest is scheduled for 2 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT: The Utica College women's hockey team dropped a 3-1 ECAC Women's West Conference decision to visiting and nationally-ranked No. 5 Elmira College 3-1 … UC's Morgan Reed (Fort Myers, FL/Cushing Academy) scored her second goal of the season in the loss … Senior Megan Myers (Las Vegas, NV/LA Selects) added her second assist of the year … Goaltender Jennifer Hamel (Ithaca, NY/Northwood School) made 33 saves … The Pioneers fell to 0-2 overall as they were swept by the defending national champion Soaring Eagles in a home-and-home set.

GAME COVERAGE: For fans who cannot make it out to every home game please visit www.ucpioneers.com for links to live video and stats of each home contest… UC's student radio station WPNR 90.7 FM will broadcast select home contests this season and live streaming audio of the contest can be accessed at www.utica.edu/wpnr.

SOCIAL MEDIA: If you can't make it out to a game make sure to follow live updates on the Pioneers official Twitter feed: @UCPioneers … You can also follow the UC women's hockey team on twitter @UCWomensHockey … If you are at the game or talking about the game on Twitter, make sure to use #LetsGoUC.

HOT START FOR REED: Forward Morgan Reed (Fort Myers, FL/Cushing Academy) is showing no signs of a sophomore slump early in the year… Reed scored both of Utica's goals in the weekend series against Elmira… Reed scored an even-strength goal Saturday and tallied a power-play goal on Sunday… She ripped 14 shots on net over the weekend, second only to Myers' 16… Reed played in all 27 games last season while totaling 16 points.

MYERS DOING HER THING: Senior All-American Megan Myers (Las Vegas, NV/LA Selects) didn't score over the weekend, but she did assist both goals UC scored… Myers was a force all weekend as she put 16 shots on net, the most of any Pioneer… With extra attention focused on Myers this season, UC will need some key secondary scoring.

HAMEL HANGING TOUGH: Goaltender Jennifer Hamel (Ithaca, NY/Northwood School) played well for Utica over the weekend… Hamel stopped 62 of the 69 shots she faced against the defending national champions… Hamel did her best to keep the Pioneers in both games as UC spent too much time in the penalty box… Hamel played outstanding in the third period Sunday, giving her team a chance to pull the upset.

SCOUTING CORTLAND: The Red Dragons enter the weekend at 1-2-1 overall… Cortland has yet to play an ECAC West Conference game… Kelly Farinella and Deanna Meunier have split time in net for Cortland, combining for an impressive .943 save percentage… Niamh O'Connor leads the Red Dragons with three points (1g, 2a)… Sky Timmons leads Cortland in goals with two… Sky Timmons and Gina Tomei have score a goal each through four games.

AGAINST CORTLAND: The Pioneers swept the three-game season series against Cortland last season… Utica College has won its last six games against the Red Dragons… The last loss for UC against Cortland was on December 10, 2010 … Friday's game is the first of four regular season meetings between the Pioneers and Red Dragons this season.

LOOKING AHEAD: UC will be back at the Utica Memorial Auditorium next Friday for a game against Williams College… Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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