NOTES – No. 5 Iowa Opens Up Home Slate

THIS WEEK
The fifth-ranked College of Iowa discipline hockey group opens its residence slate this weekend, internet hosting two video games at Grant Subject. The Hawkeyes host Boston College at 3 p.m. (CT) on Friday and Saint Louis on Sunday at 1 p.m.

FOLLOW LIVE
• Friday and Sunday’s recreation will probably be stay streamed on B1G+.
• Iowa discipline hockey followers can observe all contests through stay stats on hawkeyesports.com. Sport updates are additionally obtainable on Twitter/@iowafieldhockey.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• The Hawkeyes return eight starters and 18 letterwinners from a group that completed 17-3, claimed an outright Massive Ten title and superior to the Elite Eight for the nineteenth time in program historical past in 2021.
• Head coach Lisa Cellucci is in her ninth season on the helm of the Hawkeye discipline hockey program and her twenty third season general. Cellucci has been part of 269 Iowa victories and in 2020, she led this system to the Last 4 for the twelfth time — the primary since 2008. Iowa has posted double digit win totals in six of her eight seasons. The Hawkeyes have gained three Massive Ten titles (2019, 2019 (BTT), 2021) beneath her watch.
• Cellucci earned her third straight Massive Ten Coach of the 12 months honor in 2021. She is the primary coach in Massive Ten historical past to be named Coach of the 12 months in three consecutive seasons.
• Iowa returns two-time Massive Ten Participant of the 12 months and Defensive Participant of the 12 months Anthe Nijziel. The defender is the third participant in Massive Ten historical past to earn a number of Participant of the 12 months honors.
• Iowa welcomes again three All-Individuals (Nijziel, Grace McGuire and Esme Gibson), 4 NFHCA All-Area honorees (Nijziel, McGuire, Gibson, Lokke Stribos) and 4 All-Massive Ten choices (Nijziel, McGuire, Stribos, Gibson).
• Iowa went 10-3 towards nationally-ranked foes in 2021, together with seven wins towards top-seven ranked opponents.

CELLUCCI REACHES MILESTONE
Head coach Lisa Cellucci — the three-time reigning Massive Ten Coach of the 12 months — earned her one centesimal profession victory on Aug. 26 when the Hawkeyes downed No. 20 Wake Forest within the ACC/Massive Ten Problem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The ninth yr head coach is the fourth Hawkeye head coach to succeed in this 100-win milestone.

WESNESKI X 2
Junior Alex Wesneski scored in every of Iowa’s first two video games of the season. She scored the Hawkeyes’ first objective in every of the primary two contests.
• The Pennsylvania native surpassed her 2021 objective complete in two video games. She had one objective (on 5 pictures) in 14 video games a season in the past. She had 4 profession objectives previous to this season.

ANNI’S GAME WINNER
Sophomore Annika Herbine netted her first profession game-winning objective in Iowa’s double time beyond regulation victory over No. 20 Wake Forest on Aug. 26.

GRACE FACES BARRAGE
Senior goalkeeper Grace McGuire earned her thirty first profession victory in Iowa’s 2-1 double time beyond regulation win over No. 20 Wake Forest on Aug. 26. She made three saves within the victory.
• The St. Louis native made a career-high 11 saves (dealing with 22 pictures) towards No. 2 North Carolina. It was her first profession recreation with 10 or extra saves as her earlier profession excessive got here towards the Tar Heels final season in Iowa Metropolis.

BONUS HOCKEY
The Hawkeyes performed back-to-back time beyond regulation contests throughout their two video games in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on the ACC/Massive Ten Problem. It was the primary time since 2012 that Iowa performed consecutive OT contests.

B1G PLAYERS TO WATCH
Three Hawkeyes — fifth-year seniors Anthe Nijziel and Lokke Stribos and senior Esme Gibson — have been named to the Massive Ten Preseason Gamers to Watch Listing. It’s the third straight season Nijziel and Stribos have been included on the checklist.

TEAM CAPTAINS
Iowa’s group captains for the 2022 season are seniors Anthe Nijziel, Leah Zellner and Esme Gibson and junior Ellie Flynn.

DEFENDING BIG TEN CHAMPS
The Hawkeyes claimed the outright Massive Ten common season title for the primary time since 1999 throughout the 2021 season. It was this system’s second common season title in three years and the sixteenth in program historical past.

THE B1G BEST RETURNS… AGAIN
Senior Anthe Nijziel added to her trophy assortment in 2021 because the defender was named the NFHCA West Area Participant of the 12 months, Massive Ten Co-Participant of the 12 months and Massive Ten Defensive Participant of the 12 months. It was her second straight yr incomes each Massive Ten honors. She was additionally a NFHCA first-team All-American, and NFHCA first-team All-West Area and a unanimous first-team All-Massive Ten choice.
• Nijziel was the third participant and fourth Hawkeye to earn the NFHCA Regional Participant of the 12 months accolade, becoming a member of Natalie Cafone (2014, 2016) and Katie Birch (2019).
• She was the third participant in Massive Ten historical past and third Hawkeye all-time to earn the Massive Ten Participant of the 12 months honor greater than as soon as, becoming a member of Liz Tchou (1986, 1987) and Kristy Gleason (1992, 1993).
• Nijziel was the second Hawkeye and eighth Massive Ten student-athlete to earn a number of Massive Ten Defensive Participant of the 12 months honors.

IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Hawkeyes start the 2022 season ranked fifth within the Penn Monto/NFHCA Nationwide Division I rankings. Iowa has been ranked in 62 consecutive polls courting again to the 2016 season. (The second ballot will probably be launched on Sept. 6).
• Final season, Iowa completed the yr ranked third after being ranked No. 1 for six straight weeks heading into the postseason. The group made its debut at No. 1 on Sept. 28, marking the primary time in program historical past the group had been atop the NFHCA ballot.

RETURNING STATS
• The Hawkeyes return 62.1 % of their objectives (41-of-66), 40.7 % of their assists (22-of-54), 55.9 % of factors (104-of-186), 62.2 % of pictures (194-of-312), 58.4 % of pictures on objective (111-of-190) and 41.2 % of game-winning objectives (7-of-17).
• Senior Grace McGuire performed each minute in objective in 2021, making 46 saves, posting a 0.75 objectives towards common and posting 11 shutouts.

A STOUT D RETURNS
The Hawkeyes return three defenders — Anthe Nijziel, Harper Dunne and Lieve Schalk — and goalkeeper Grace McGuire from a protection that led the NCAA with 11 shutouts in 2021 — probably the most for this system since 1993 when it had 16 shutouts.
• The unit posted a program file eight consecutive shutouts from Sept. 4-26 the place it surrendered simply 12 pictures on objective within the eight video games.

THE “O”
The Hawkeyes return 9 completely different gamers that scored at the least one objective throughout the 2021 season, together with main objective scorer Ciara Smith. The Virginia native had a team-high 10 objectives whereas enjoying primarily as a reserve ahead a season in the past.
• Iowa’s offense was prolific, scoring 66 objectives in 20 video games to tie for fourth nationally. The Hawkeyes scored three or extra objectives in 12 of their 20 video games.

ROAD WARRIORS
The Hawkeyes completed the 2021 season with a 7-0 file away from Iowa Metropolis with victories at No. 5 Louisville, No. 6 Rutgers and No. 7 Maryland. The seven street wins have been probably the most since 1999.
• Iowa has gained eight consecutive street video games courting again to the 2021 season.

MCGUIRE IN GOAL
Fifth-year senior Grace McGuire has began 40 consecutive video games for the Hawkeyes in objective. The Missouri native has gained 31 video games, posted 18 shutouts and made 100 saves throughout her profession. She has a 0.864 profession objectives towards common.
• Final season McGuire made 46 saves in 20 video games with an NCAA-best 11 shutouts. She had a program-record eight consecutive shutouts from Sept. 4-26.
• McGuire went 17-3 with a 0.75 objectives towards common and a 0.754 save share. She led the Massive Ten and ranked second nationally in objectives towards common.
• The reigning All-American didn’t enable a objective in 561:03 minutes from the second quarter towards No. 1 North Carolina on Aug. 29, 2021, to the fourth quarter of the Oct. 1 recreation at No. 6 Rutgers.

THE NEWCOMERS
The Hawkeyes added three new gamers to the roster in graduate transfers Laura Drees and Olivia “OP” Frazier to go together with freshman Milly Quick.
• Drees joined this system from College Hildesheim in Germany, whereas Frazier transferred from Richmond.
• Frazier was a two-time All-Atlantic 10 choice for the Spiders, incomes first-team honors as a junior after scoring a team-high 14 factors on 4 objectives and 6 assists. She performed in 63 profession video games at Richmond, scoring eight objectives and tallying 12 assists.
• Quick is the lone true freshman on the roster. She joined the group after enjoying three seasons at Stourport Hockey Membership in England.

THE INVITEES
4 Hawkeyes — Olivia Frazier, Annika Herbine, Jacey Wittel and Mia Magnotta — earned invites to USA Subject Hockey’s 2023 U-21 and Improvement Squad Choice Camp. The camp will happen in December 2022 or Jan. 2023.

EXPERIENCE GALORE
For a second straight yr, the Hawkeyes boast a roster with 14 upperclassmen, together with seven fifth-year seniors, three seniors and 4 juniors. Over the previous 4 seasons, Iowa’s fifth-year seniors have gained 60 video games.
• Fifth-year seniors Anthe Nijziel and Lokke Stribos have began all 83 video games of their Hawkeye careers. 4 further Hawkeyes — Sofie Stribos, Harper Dunne, Grace McGuire and Esme Gibson — have began 39 or extra consecutive video games.

CONSECUTIVE STARTS
Anthe Nijziel – 83
Lokke Stribos – 83
Sofie Stribos – 42
Harper Dunne – 40
Grace McGuire – 40
Esme Gibson – 39 (58 profession begins; didn’t begin one recreation in 2020)
Leive Schalk – 22

A STORIED HISTORY
• The Hawkeyes have made 27 NCAA Event appearances in program historical past — probably the most of any college as a member of the Massive Ten Convention.
• Iowa has made 12 NCAA Last 4 appearances, together with successful the 1986 NCAA Championship.
• This system’s 28 NCAA Event victories and 12 NCAA Last Fours are probably the most of any college as a member of the Massive Ten Convention.

SCOUTING BOSTON
• Boston opened the season with a weekend break up, downing Windfall (2-1) earlier than falling, 5-2, at New Hampshire.
• Tess Csejka leads the group with two objectives (on 5 pictures) this season.
• Two goalkeepers — Caroline Kelly and Kate Thomason — have shared time in objective, every enjoying half-hour. Each goalies have allowed three objectives and boast a 3.00 objectives towards common.

SCOUTING SAINT LOUIS
• The Billikens are 0-2 dropping a pair of video games at Central Michigan (0-2) and at Michigan State (1-6) throughout the opening weekend.
• Olivia French scored Saint Louis’ lone objective throughout the first two contests.

SERIES RECORDS
• Iowa is 9-1 all-time towards Boston College. The Hawkeyes have gained three straight within the sequence, outscoring the Terriers, 12-2, within the three contests. Boston’s lone win got here in 2007 by the rating of 1-0 in double time beyond regulation.
• The Hawkeyes lead the all-time sequence over Saint Louis, 18-5-1. Iowa has gained 18 consecutive conferences within the sequence and hasn’t allowed a objective since 1991.
• Within the final 9 conferences, Iowa has outscored the Billikens, 77-0, together with 11-0 and 10-0 within the final two conferences.

UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes stay residence on Sept. 9 to face College of Windfall at 2 p.m. (CT) at Grant Subject.