CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's hockey team will head south this week, traveling to Nashville for the Smashville NCAA Women's Collegiate Hockey Showcase at the Ford Ice Center.
 
The Eagles will open up the tournament against Colgate at 1 p.m. CST on Friday, Nov. 26 and then face either Minnesota or Mercyhurst on Saturday, Nov. 27.

GAME 14 | RV Boston College vs No. 8 Colgate
Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 | 1:00 P.M. CST/2:00 P.M. EST
Ford Ice Center Bellevue
 
GAME 15 | RV Boston College vs Merchurst/No. 3 Minnesota
Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021 | TBD
Ford Ice Center Bellevue
 
WHAT'S ON TAP
• Boston College will head south this week for the Smashville NCAA Women's Hockey Showcase in Nashville.
• The Eagles will face the Colgate Raiders on Friday, Nov. 26 and then take on either Mercyhurst or Minnesota on Saturday, Nov. 27.
• BC and Colgate last met in 2010, with the Eagles skating to a 4-0 win in Hamilton, N.Y.
• This is BC's second trip to the Ford Ice Center in Nashville for hockey...two years ago, the Eagles took on No. 1 Minnesota and No. 2 Wisconsin.
 
ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
• The Eagles head to Nashville with an overall record of 8-5-0 ... this past week, the Eagles topped Holy Cross, 4-2, at home on Friday but fell to rival Boston University, 5-4, on the road on Sunday.
• Abby Newhook leads the team in scoring with 13 points on eight goals and five assists ... Hannah Bilka is second with 11 points off of four goals and a team-leading seven helpers.
• Abigail Levy is 8-5-0 in goal with a .938 save percentage and 2.31 goals against average ... Levy has made at least 30 saves in 12 out of 13 contests this season.
• Katie Crowley, the Jane Rattigan Head Women's Hockey Coach, is in her 15th season at the helm of the Eagles.
 
A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD . . .
• Give Boston College an overall mark of 7-0-1 in the all-time series with Colgate.
• Give head coach Katie Crowley an overall record of 344-124-51.
 
HISTORY AGAINST COLGATE, MERCYHURST AND MINNESOTA
• Boston College leads the all-time series with Colgate at 6-0-1 … head coach Katie Crowley is 4-0-0 against the Raiders.
• Mercyhurst leads the all-time series against BC at 6-3-0 … Crowley is 2-2-0 against the Lakers.
• Minnesota leads the all-time series against BC at 5-1-2 … Crowley is 1-3-1 against the Gophers.
• Four of the meetings between BC and Minnesota have come in the NCAA tournament … BC is 1-1-0 at Kelley Rink, 0-3-1 in Minneapolis and 0-1-1 in neutral site meetings.
• Six of the eight meetings between the Gophers and Eagles have been decided by one goal or less.
• Abigail Levy has played seven career games against Minnesota, going 0-7-0 while at Minnesota State … Kelly Browne has one career goal – a short-handed tally – against the Gophers while Hannah Bilka has one assist.
 
A CLASSIC BC-BU BATTLE
• The Eagles last played on Sunday, Nov. 21, falling to the Boston University Terriers, 5-4, in another wild Battle of Comm Ave at Walter Brown Arena.
• The Eagles came back to tie the game on three separate occasions.
• BU jumped out to a 2-0 lead less than five minutes into the game but Caroline DiFiore scored her first of the year and Sidney Fess potted the first of her career for a 2-2 score at the first break ... the hosts scored the lone goal of the middle frame but Caroline Goffredo pulled it even 20 seconds into the third period and then Kelly Browne responded to another BU score with a power-play goal ... the Terriers, though, scored the final goal with under five minutes to play.
• Abigail Levy finished with 40 saves for BC.
 
YEEHAW!
• This marks the second trip to Tennessee for the Eagles.
• BC holds a record of 0-1-1 in the state ... the Eagles played at Ford Ice Center two years ago, tying a top-ranked Minnesota squad, 2-2, and falling to a second-ranked Wisconsin team, 5-3.
• Kelly Browne (1-2-3), Hannah Bilka (0-2-2), and Caroline DiFiore (1-0-1) have all registered points at Ford Ice Center.
 
IT'S WORTH NOTING . . .
• Keri Clougherty leads the Eagles in blocked shots with 19 while Alexie Guay and Sidney Fess have blocked 18 shots each.
• Abby Newhook is second in the nation and first among freshmen with four game-winning goals.
• Newhook has five multi-point outings this year, including two multi-goal games.
• Hannah Bilka has registered at least one shot on goal in all 66 contests that she has played for BC, putting multiple shots on goal in 58 of them ...
• BC is 17-1-1 all-time when Bilka scores a goal.
• Kelly Browne is tied for third in Hockey East with 153 face-off wins ... her 57.3 face-off winning percentage is second among Hockey East players who have taken more than 250 draws.