The Mercyhurst women's hockey team will play its first games of new calendar year when it travels to Arlington, Va. to take on St. Lawrence for a weekend doubleheader named "D1 in D.C." on Dec. 7-8. Both games will be played in the 1:00 hour at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex. Mercyhurst will be the away team for both contests.
 
The Matchup
-St. Lawrence leads the all-time series 15-12-2.
-The Saints won the last pair of games played in Jan. 2015.
-Before the two losses in Jan. 2015, the Lakers had won five straight versus the Saints.
 
Scouting the Saints
-St. Lawrence enter the weekend with a 15-1-2 record as of Jan. 3rd, including a 8-1-1 record in the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
-The Saints are ranked fourth in the USCHO.com Division I Women's Hockey Poll, making them the fourth top-ten team the Lakers have played this season.
-Kennedy Marchment leads the Saints with 11 goals, 18 assists, and 29 points and a +17 rating.
-Brooke Webster is right behind Marchment with ten goals and 18 assists for a total of 28 points.
-Harrison Grace is the Saints leading netminder with a 13-1-2 record, .940 save-percentage, 1.24 goals against average, and seven shutouts.
 
Laker Outlook
-Saturday's matchup marks the first game the Lakers have played since Dec. 11 against Princeton.
-Mercyhurst looks to right the ship after dropping its last three contests.
-Jessica Convery was named College Hockey America Player of the Month for December 2016 after posting a 1-2 record with a 1.49 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage.
-Brooke Hartwick has paced Mercyhurst scoring with seven goals and nine assists this season.
-The Lakers are ranked fourth in the CHA standings with a 3-6-1 mark in conference play and a 6-13-1 overall record. Second-place Syracuse and third-place Penn State only have one game up on the Lakers in the win column.
 
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Coming Up Next
-The Lakers start a four-game CHA homestand beginning with a double-header against R.I.T. on Jan. 13-14. Friday's game begins at 6 p.m. with Saturday's puck drop scheduled for 1 p.m.