The Daily Campus

Issue date: 12/5/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Nick Hart Amy Hollstein handles the puck in a game earlier this season.

While most students will spend Friday night dreading upcoming exams, the women's hockey team will have one last test as they take on No. 7 Boston College at Freitas Ice Forum.

Following the matchup with the Eagles, UConn will go on to play six games over break, all at Freitas Ice Forum here in Storrs.

The six games - part of a larger streak of twelve consecutive home games dating back to Nov. 12 - will pit UConn (8-6-2, 3-4-0 Hockey East) against conference foes Vermont and Boston University as well as Mercyhurst and Harvard.

UConn and Boston College (9-3-3, 6-2-1) will be playing their third and final matchup of the season after the Eagles defeated the Huskies 3-2 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., and again 4-0 at home.

This time around the Huskies are riding a three-game winning streak including victories over then-No. 10 Wayne State and a 3-2 win over Yale in the Nutmeg Classic title game. The last time the Huskies fell was Nov. 20 at the hands of the Eagles.

After playing Boston College twice already and with a matchup down the road in the Hockey East tournament possible, coach Heather Linstad feels her team has made the proper adjustments.

"The second loss to Boston College we came out flat and we just didn't play well," Linstad said. "Since then we've been much better on the power play and coming out and scoring goals quickly."

The Huskies have notched six power-play goals in their last three contests after being shutout in back-to-back games by Providence and Boston College.

"We played six periods of scoreless hockey and that's never a good thing," Linstad said. "But we came out strong against Brown and now I think we're working better as a team offensively."

Following Friday's contest and the subsequent week off for final exams, the Huskies will return to action Dec. 14 against No. 10 Harvard. The Crimson, out of the ECAC, are led by senior forward Sarah Wilson who leads the team in goals, assists, points and penalty minutes. Last year, the Huskies played Harvard close in Cambridge, Mass. before surrendering two third-period goals en route to a 2-0 shutout.

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