WAYNE STATE (4-22-2 Overall, 0-5-1 GLWHA)
vs. Findlay (7-19-2 Overall, 1-4-1 GLWHA)
Clauss Ice Arena (Findlay, OH)
Feb. 16 – 2 p.m.

City Sports Center Arena (Detroit, MI)
Feb. 17 – 2 p.m.

Warriors Conclude Regular Season Against Findlay
Wayne State concludes the regular season this weekend (Feb. 16-17) with a home-and-home series against Findlay. Next weekend the Warriors will participate in the second Great Lakes Women’s Hockey Association Tournament in Erie, Pennsylvania. WSU will face Findlay in the semifinal game on Feb. 23 at 2 p.m.

WSU Versus Findlay
Wayne State will be facing the Findlay Oilers for the 11th and 12th times in school history this weekend. The Warriors are 0-8-2 all-time against UF, including an 0-4-1 mark at home. In the two meetings earlier this season, the teams tied in Detroit (2-2 OT), while Findlay won a 3-2 decision at home.

Wayne State University Head Coach Tom O’Malley
Tom O’Malley, the only head coach in the three-year history of women’s hockey at Wayne State University, is in his 18th season as a collegiate head coach. Last year, O’Malley led the Warriors to five more victories than the inaugural season.

2001-02 Schedule
The Warriors schedule features four games (two at home, two away) against each of the other two members of Great Lakes Women’s Hockey Association plus 22 non-conference contests.

The season concludes when Mercyhurst hosts the second GLWHA tournament on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23-24. WSU suffered a 4-1 setback to Findlay in last year’s semifinal match.

Assistant Coaches
This year’s assistant coaches are Alain Frankiewicz and Catherine Hanson with Mike Risdale serving as a volunteer coach.

Scouting Findlay
The Oilers lost two league games (3-1, 4-0) at Mercyhurst last weekend. Coach Adam Brinker’s squad is winless in its last 11 contests (0-10-1).

Sophomore forward Stasia Bakhit (6-17--23) leads UF in scoring and is followed by senior forward Monell Schroeder (6-14--20), junior forward Melissa Oliver (4-10--14), and freshman forward Tanya Truszkowski (4-10--14).

Junior Erin Blair (3-15-1, 3.51, .874) has started 19 games in goal.

Last Weekend
The Warriors split a non-conference road trip at Connecticut falling 6-1 on Friday (Feb. 8) before rebounding for a 4-3 overtime victory on Saturday (Feb. 9) to snap a 15-game (0-14-1) winless streak.

All five WSU goals on the weekend were scored by sophomores (Melissa Wenzel- 2, Katie Jones, Kelly Meech and Laurie Petchar).

In Friday’s setback, Wayne State trailed 4-0 after the opening period and was outshot in the game 44-21. Goalie Tinna-Anne Thibideau made 38 saves with double-digit totals in each period.

In Saturday’s come-from-behind triumph, the Warriors had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before the Huskies scored two straight goals in the middle stanza for a 3-2 advantage. Petchar scored at the 8:36 mark of the third period to tie the game and WSU had to kill a late UConn power-play which lasted the first 35 seconds of overtime. Wenzel scored the game-winner at 2:12 of the extra session. The Huskies held a 47-28 advantage in shots with Thibideau stopping a career-high 44 in the overtime win.

Scoring By Class
Year	Players	Goals	Assists	Points	%
Senior	0
Junior	1	0	0	0	0
Sophomore	9	24	28	52	49
Freshman	6	18	36	54	51

Tough Competition
Wayne State has played nine games (four versus Mercyhurst, one vs. Brown, two at St. Lawrence and two at Northeastern) this season against teams currently ranked in the top 10 of the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll.

Warrior Notes

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