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Elmira, NY -- The No. 1 Elmira College women's ice hockey team will embark on their first-ever home-and-home series with new ECAC West Conference opponent William Smith College. The Soaring Eagles host the Herons tonight at 7:00 p.m., then travel to nearby Geneva, NY to complete the weekend series tomorrow at 8:00 p.m.

300th Win on the Horizon
The Elmira College women's ice hockey program is sitting on 299 wins following their 5-0 win over Buffalo State.  Regardless of when Elmira reaches win number 300, the Soaring Eagles will join the likes of Middlebury (557), Bowdoin (395), Gustavus (383), and Plattsburgh (317). 

Unanimous No. 1
Elmira maintained their place atop the U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) and D3hockey.com National Polls when they were released on February 9th. However, for the first time since the 2002-03 season, the Soaring Eagles were voted a unanimous number one, receiving all 15 first-place votes. That year, EC posted a 23-4-2 record en route to their second straight NCAA Division III National Championship. 

Lethal on the Power Play
Cassidy Delainey '15 continues to wreak havoc on the power play, increasing her national lead in power-play goals to four after notching her 12th and 13th man-up goals of the season in Saturday's 5-0 victory over Buffalo State. With 13 power-play goals, Delainey has matched Jenna McCall '10 for most power-play goals scored in Elmira College single-season history. Maybe even more impressive is the fact that her 13 power-play scores are the most by any skater in any division of NCAA ice hockey, men or women. The next closest power-play scorer is NCAA Division I's Jonny Brodzinski from St. Cloud State, who has 10.

Inaugural Season
This will be the first-ever series between EC and William Smith College as 2014-15 is the first season of existence for the Herons. William Smith has a 2-18-1 record so far in their inaugural season, with wins over Neumann University and New England College. One item plaguing the Herons in 2014-15 is the time spent in the penalty box as they rank eighth in the nation with 10.7 penalty minutes per game. That has forced William Smith's penalty-kill unit onto the ice 100 times, relinquishing 26 power-play goals in the process, the most of any women's NCAA Division III institution.

Top 10 Frosh
Krista Federow has carried the load offensively for William Smith this season.  The Niagara Falls native leads the Herons in goals and points at 11 and 18, respectively, and also shares the team-lead in assists with seven. Additionally, her 0.86 points per game average is tied for the ninth-highest average in country in freshman scoring.