2019–20 Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey season

2019–20 Syracuse Orange
women's ice hockey season
2019–20 Syracuse Orange; women's ice hockey season
Conference	3rd College Hockey America
Home ice	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion
Record
Overall	14-20-2
Conference	11–7–2
Home	7-12-0
Road	6-7-2
Neutral	1-1-0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Paul Flanagan 12th season
Assistant coaches	Julie Knerr; Brendon Knight
Captain(s)	Lindsay Eastwood
Alternate captain(s)	Logan Hicks; Kristen Siermachesky
	Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey seasons ; « 2018–19 2020–21 »

Last updated August 09, 2024

The Syracuse Orange women represented Syracuse University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2019-20 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. After a disappointing start of the season against nationally ranked teams, Syracuse had a very successful second half, finishing a competitive third place in the conference, five points from first place Mercyhurst University.

Offseason

Junior Jessica DiGirolamo wasnamed to Hockey Canada's National Women's Development Team for the August, 2019 series against the United States at Lake Placid, New York.^[2]

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Notes
Brynn Koocher	Forward	Canada	Played for the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers
Madison Beishuizen	Forward	Canada	Teammate of Koocher on K-W Rangers
Anna Leschyshyn	Forward	Canada	National Champion with Saskatchewan U18 Team
Mae Batherson	Defense	Canada	Played for Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves

Standings

2019–20 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#10 Mercyhurst †*	20	13	4	3	29	68	40	34	19	10	5	107	73
Robert Morris	20	13	5	2	28	67	40	34	19	11	4	111	82
Syracuse	20	11	7	2	24	69	40	34	13	19	2	99	89
Penn State	20	7	8	5	19	38	42	36	13	15	8	70	80
RIT	20	5	13	2	12	39	72	34	12	18	4	76	103
Lindenwood	20	3	15	2	8	26	73	33	5	23	5	42	117
Championship: March 7, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

Roster

2019–20 Orange

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No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Hometown	Previous team
2	Logan Hicks ( A )	Senior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	Scottsdale, Arizona	St. Louis Lady Blues
3	Amanda Bäckebo	Senior	D	5' 3" (1.6 m)	Ganef, Sweden	Swedish National Team U18
4	Lindsay Eastwood ( C )	Senior (RS)	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	Kanata, Ontario	Team Canada U18
5	Brynn Koocher	Freshman	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	Binbrook, Ontario	Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers
6	Shelby Calof	Sophomore	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)	Ottawa, Ontario	Nepean Jr. Wildcats
7	Emma Polaski	Junior	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	Morristown, New Jersey	New Jersey Colonials
8	Lauren Bellefontaine	Sophomore	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	Kemptville, Ontario	Nepean Jr. Wildcats
11	Kelli Rowswell	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Team Manitoba U18
12	Kristen Siermachesky ( A )	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	New Liskeard, Ontario	Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres
13	Abby Moloughney	Sophomore	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	Ottawa, Ontario	Team Canada U18
14	Savannah Rennie	Senior	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	East St. Paul, Manitoba	Team Manitoba U18
17	Madison Beishuizen	Freshman	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	Ripley, Ontario	Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers
18	Allie Olnowich	Senior	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)	Chatham, New Jersey	New Jersey Rockets
19	Anna Leschyshyn	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	Grasswood, Saskatchewan	Team Saskatchewan U18
20	Anonda Hoppner	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	Carp, Ontario	Colgate
21	Mae Batherson	Freshman	D	5' 7" (1.7 m)	New Minas, Nova Scotia	Kingston Jr. Ice Wolves
22	Jessica DiGirolamo	Junior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	Mississauga, Ontario	Oakville Jr. Hornets
23	Marielle McHale	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	Clifton Park, New York	Williston Northampton School
27	Victoria Klimek	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	Orangeville, Ontario	Oakville Jr. Hornets
31	Allison Small	Junior	G	5' 9" (1.75 m)	Nestleton, Ontario	Quinnipiac
32	Ady Cohen	Senior	G	5' 6" (1.68 m)	Boynton Beach, Florida	Gilmour Academy

2019-20 Schedule

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Date	Opponent^#	Site	Decision	Result	Record
Regular Season
September 27	#3 Clarkson *	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	L 3-4	0–1–0
September 28	at #3 Clarkson*	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, NY	Allison Small	L 1-5	0–2–0
October 5	#7 Boston College *	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	L 3-4	0–3–0
October 11	#3 Northeastern *	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 1-2	0–4–0
October 12	#3 Northeastern*	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 3-6	0–5–0
October 18	at Colgate *	Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY	Ady Cohen	L 2-5	0–6–0
October 19	Colgate*	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 1-5	0–7–0
October 25	at #6 Princeton *	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, NJ	Allison Small	L 1-3	0–8–0
October 26	at #6 Princeton*	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, NJ	Allison Small	L 0-3	0–9–0
October 29	at Union *	Achilles Center • Schenectady, NY	Ady Cohen	W 5-0	1–9–0
November 1	RIT	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 4-7	1–10–0 (0–1–0)
November 2	at RIT	Gene Polisseni Center • Rochester, NY	Ady Cohen	W 3-0	2–10–0 (1–1–0)
November 16	St. Lawrence *	War Memorial Arena • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 3-4 ^OT	2–11–0
November 23	at Penn State	Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, PA	Allison Small	T 1-1 ^OT	2–11–1 (1–1–1)
November 24	at Penn State	Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, PA	Allison Small	W 3-1	3–11–1 (2–1–1)
November 26	#3 Cornell *	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	L 1-4	3–12–1
December 6	at Lindenwood	Centene Community Ice Center • Maryland Heights, MO	Allison Small	W 7-0	4–12–1 (3–1–1)
December 7	at Lindenwood	Centene Community Ice Center • Maryland Heights, MO	Ady Cohen	W 13-1	5–12–1 (4–1–1)
January 7, 2020	St. Lawrence*	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 1-3	5–13–1
January 10	Mercyhurst	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	W 8-3	6–13–1 (5–1–1)
January 11	Mercyhurst	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	L 3-4 ^OT	6–14–1 (5–2–1)
January 17	at Robert Morris	Colonials Arena • Neville Township, PA	Ady Cohen	L 1-5	6–15–1 (5–3–1)
January 18	at Robert Morris	Colonials Arena • Neville Township, PA	Allison Small	W 1-0	7–15–1 (6–3–1)
January 24	Penn State	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 0-1	7–16–1 (6–4–1)
January 25	Penn State	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	W 3-1	8–16–1 (7–4–1)
February 1	Rensselaer *	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	W 5-1	9–16–1
February 7	RIT	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	W 3-1	10–16–1 (8–4–1)
February 8	at RIT	Gene Polisseni Center • Rochester, NY	Allison Small	T 2-2 ^OT	10–16–2 (8–4–2)
February 14	Lindenwood	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Ady Cohen	W 3-2	11–16–2 (9–4–2)
February 15	Lindenwood	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	W 8-0	12–16–2 (10–4–2)
February 21	at Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, PA	Ady Cohen	L 2-6	12–17–2 (10–5–2)
February 22	at Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, PA	Allison Small	L 0-1	12–18–2 (10–6–2)
February 28	Robert Morris	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	L 0-2	12–19–2 (10–7–2)
February 29	Robert Morris	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion • Syracuse, NY	Allison Small	W 4-2	13–19–2 (11–7–2)
CHA Tournament
March 5	vs. Lindenwood*	HarborCenter • Buffalo, NY (Quarterfinal Game)	Allison Small	W 4–0	14–19–2
March 6	vs. Robert Morris*	HarborCenter • Buffalo, NY (Semifinal Game)	Allison Small	L 2–5	14–20–2
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

Awards and honors

Sophomore Forward Abby Moloughney was named the Individual Sportsman of the year in the CHA Conference, with no penalties in conference play. She was also named to the CHA All-Conference First Team^[5] Senior Defender and Captain Lindsay Eastwood was also named to the first team, as well as the CHA Best Defenseman. Senior Savannah Rennie was named to the CHA All-Conference Second team on the strength of six multi-point games.

Defender Mae Batherson was named the CHA Rookie of the year. She joined Forward Madison Beishuizen on the Conference All-Rookie Team.

Following the CHA Tournament, Junior Forward Victoria Klimek was named to the All-Tournament team.^[6] Klimek had a hat trick in the 4–0 victory against Lindenwood, and had an assist in the season ending loss to Robert Morris.

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References

↑ "Eastwood, Hicks, Siermachesky to Captain Orange in 2019-20". Syracuse University. June 17, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
↑ "2019 Development Team Roster". Hockey Canada. August 11, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
↑ "2019-20 Roster". Syracuse University. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
↑ "2019-20 Schedule". Syracuse University. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
↑ "Regular Season Awards Handed Out at End-of-Year Banquet". College Hockey America. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
↑ "2020 CHA Tournament". College Hockey America. March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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[1] "Eastwood, Hicks, Siermachesky to Captain Orange in 2019-20". Syracuse University. June 17, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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[3] "2019-20 Roster". Syracuse University. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

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Playing venues	Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion
Head coaches	Paul Flanagan (2008–2022) Britni Smith
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Conference affiliations	College Hockey America (CHA, 2008–2024) Atlantic Hockey America (AHA, 2024–present)
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