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FAIRFIELD, Conn. - The first-place Sacred Heart women's hockey team is back at Martire Family Arena for a weekend series. The Pioneers host Saint Michael's on Friday at 7 p.m. and again on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. on Senior Day when Sacred Heart's graduate students and Class of 2025 will be honored. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+. 
 
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• The Pioneers enter the weekend with 45 points, two more than second-place LIU. The Sharks host third-place Franklin Pierce this weekend. 
 
• Sacred Heart is coming off a weekend sweep of Assumption, winning 2-1 last Friday at Martire and 2-0 in Worcester on Saturday.  
 
• The Pioneers got strong goaltending in both games. Lauren Larson made 35 saves in Friday's victory, while Carly Greene stopped all 36 shots she faced on Saturday. 
 
• Greene has posted shutouts in two of her last three starts. 
 
• Sacred Heart has not allowed more than three goals in a game since falling to UConn 4-2 on Nov. 30. 
 
• The Pioneers are third in the nation with nine shutouts, two behind national leader Quinnipiac. 
 
• Isabella Chaput leads the Red & White in goals (11) and points (16) heading into the weekend, having scored her 11th last Friday night. 
 
• Kailey Smith and Olivia LaRoche top the team in assists with seven. LaRoche tallied two in Friday's win over Assumption. 
 
• Sami Bowlby, who scored the game-winning goal on Saturday vs. Assumption, was named to the NEWHA Honor Roll on Tuesday. She was joined by LaRoche, Greene and first year Ella Holm. 
 
• Sacred Heart has dominated the all-time series with Saint Michael's, holding a 38-4-0 record, highlighted by a 26-0-2 record in the last 28 games. 
 
• The Pioneers swept the first series from the Purple Knights back in November in Vermont, winning 6-0 and 4-1. 
 
ABOUT SAINT MICHAEL'S 
 
• The Purple Knights (3-25-0, 3-19-0 NEWHA) come into the weekend eighth in the NEWHA.  
 
• Alizee LeBlanc leads the team in points (7) and assists (5). The duo of Angelina Ruiz and Anna Jerlyo lead the team in goals with two each. 
 
• In goal, Annika Lavender has received the bulk of action, recording a .908 SV% and 4.21 GAA. 
 
• Meghan Sweezey, in her first season as head coach, leads the Purple Knights.