Yale vs. Long Island
Opening Game Night: Friday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale Women's Hockey opens its 2019-20 regular season by hosting first-year program Long Island University this Friday and Saturday at Ingalls Rink. Game times are 7 and 3 p.m., respectively with live broadcasts on ESPN+. There is no charge for admission to home women's hockey games.
 
BULLDOGS
Yale beat McGill 4-2 in an Oct. 12 exhibition game at New Haven. Tabea Botthof, Claire Dalton, Rebecca Foggia and Grace Lee scored goals while Charlotte Welch added three assists in the two-goal win over the Red Birds. Tera Hofmann (7 saves), Gianni Meloni (11) and Courtney DeNaut (7) combined efforts in net for the Bulldogs.
 
LIU
The Sharks, coached by former Yale assistant Rob Morgan, opened their inaugural campaign by losing a pair of games at home to UConn and then falling twice last weekend on the island to No. 1 Wisconsin. LIU is a member of the new New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA).
 
QUOTES
"We are very excited to get the season going," said Yale captain Laura Anderson. "It's been a long wait and it's our turn to get the season going. If we are playing well, you will see fast puck movement, crisp passing and people getting to the net. We all seem to be on the same page and have a clean slate to start with."
 
"We are learning how to compete hard every day," said Yale's Susan Cavanagh Head Coach Mark Bolding. "We are trying to enforce the idea of competing Monday through Friday in practice and then carrying it over to the weekend."
 
"We have an improved level of intensity and accountability this year. Our mindset is better and we are on the same page," said Yale sophomore forward Kaitlyn Rippon. "We are excited to be here and want to win."
 
BULLDOG BITES
3 – Laura Anderson – Co-recipient of Yale's Wendy Blanning Award as most improved player.
4 – Elle Hartje - Member of the U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team at the Under-18 Series vs. Canada… President of Skate to be Great youth hockey program which provides affordable
equipment and ice time for local kids… Father, Tod Hartje, won the 1989 NCAA Men's Hockey Championship at Harvard.
5 – Lucy Burton - Active volunteer at The Minneapolis Children's Hospital … Raised local awareness against sex trafficking in Minnesota.
7 - Greta Skarzynski – At Loyola Academy, Illinois all-state team 2016-2017 and won the William E. Kelly award for highest GPA on the team over four years.
8 – Tabea Botthof - Played four games on Team Germany in the 2019 Euro Hockey Tournament Series in Espoo, Finland
9 – Kiersten Goode - Lettered three years in hockey, captained the last… Part of the
Disneyland VoluntEARS and worked for Disneyland Resort.
10 – Kirsten Nergaard - Selected to USA Hockey National Development Camps before Yale… Partnered with brother, Erik, to invent a soccer training device that has been on the market.
11 – Tess Dettling – At Loyola Academy, led team to four straight state championship finals,
including a victory in the 2016 state championship.
12 – Rebecca Foggia – At Shattuck St. Mary's, won two national championships… Also played lacrosse and soccer.
13 – Lauren Moriyama – At Bishop Stachan School, was the team MVP and captain in 2016-17… Volunteers at Daily Bread Food Bank and for Heart and Stroke Foundation
14 – Charlotte Welch - Participated with the U.S. NTDP in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
15 – Sofie Zander - Swedish Women's Championship silver medalist in 2015-16.
18 – Rebecca Vanstone – 2018-19 All-ECAC Rookie Team and All-Ivy Second Team.
19 – Kaitlyn Rippon - Attended 2017 USA Hockey Girls Development Camp and had 3 points in 5 games.
20 – Maya Kerfoot - Played three years of varsity women's hockey and won the 2014-15
ROPSSAA Regional Championship… Played lacrosse for Team Ontario, winning the national championship in 2016.
21 – Emma Seitz - Member of the U18 women's team for USA in series vs Canada and had a
point in each of those games.
24 – Claire Dalton - Team Canada World Bronze Medalists in 2018.
27 – Sophie Veronneau – At Franco-Cité, captained her senior year and was a three-time MVP… Volunteer for DIFD (Do It For Daron) and at the Centretown Emergency Food Centre.
28 – Grace Lee – Played in 2018 Winter Olympics for the Unified Korean Team.
31 – Tera Hofmann - Volunteered for internationally acclaimed dance company (Kaeja d'Dance)
at their "Porch View Dances" event.
32 – Gianna Meloni - Attended 2014 USA Hockey U18 National Development Camp… Volunteer on-ice mentor for Montgomery Cheetahs Special Hockey Club… Poetry enthusiast and amateur harmonicaist.
35 – Courtney DeNaut - Won regionals and advanced to nationals in one season with the
Colonials as a postgraduate at The Lawrenceville School.
71 – Saroya Tinker - Member of Canadian U18 National Team; won silver medal at 2016 U18
IIHF World Championship.

ROSTER BREAKDOWN
There are 23 student-athletes on the current roster including 15 forwards, five blueliners and three goalies. The Bulldogs are comprised of 14 Americans, seven Canadians, a German and a Swede. Nine different states (and the District of Columbia) are covered on the roster, while six players are from Ontario.

SURVEY SAYS
The Yale Women's Hockey team was anonymously surveyed to learn what the players think about each other:
 
- Strongest on the team: Saroya Tinker
- Fastest on skates: Claire Dalton
- Hardest shot – Tabea Botthof
- Best fore-checker – Charlotte Welch and Rebecca Foggia
- Best Passer – Claire Dalton
- Best Singer – Rebecca Vanstone
- Has the best sense of humor - Sophie Veronneau and Maya Kerfoot
- Most soft spoken/quiet – Charlotte Welch
- Most talkative – Rebecca Foggia and Rebecca Vanstone
- Nicest/most polite – Lucy Burton and Charlotte Welch
- Best dresser – Laura Anderson