Saturday, February 17th at Harvard (3pm)
(Jordan Field; Cambridge, Mass.)
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SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS: UMass Lowell opened the season with a 13-12 overtime victory at Quinnipiac last Saturday. It marked the first season opening win for the River Hawks in the Division I era. Senior Jon Phillips (Delta. B.C.) scored the game-winning goal just eight seconds into the extra frame with a man up, for his second tally of the afternoon. UMass Lowell trailed 7-3 at halftime, but rallied to score nine goals in the third and fourth quarters. Cory Highfield (Georgetown, Ont.), Sam Klingsporn (Aloha, Ore.) and Austin Lane (Aurora, Ont.) also recorded multi-goal games for the River Hawks. Klingsporn notched a game-high eight shots, while senior Will Puduski (Westford, Mass.) led the way for UMass Lowell with seven ground balls and seven face off wins. UMass Lowell outshot Quinnipiac, 22-11 in the third and fourth quarters of play.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON: Harvard will open its 2018 season on Saturday vs. the River Hawks. The Crimson owned a 6-7 overall record last season. Senior attackman Morgan Cheek returns at the team's leading scorer from 2017 with 67 points and 30 goals in 13 games. 

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. HARVARD: The Crimson won last year's meeting by a 14-9 score on February 18, 2017 at Cushing Field Complex in Lowell. Jon Phillips totaled three goals for the River Hawks, while Austin Lane also added two goals in the losing effort. 

TYRRELL NAMED AMERICA EAST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Senior attackman Sean Tyrrell was named America East Offensive Player of the Week by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Tyrrell tied a career-high with five points and four goals in the 13-12 overtime win at Quinnipiac on Sunday afternoon in the season opener. He registered six shots (4 shots on goal) to go along with five ground balls and one caused turnover. Tyrrell scored the game-tying goal for the River Hawks with 1:09 to play in regulation to force overtime. It marks the second time in his career his has won America East Offensive Player of the Week, he previously won the award on February 17, 2017.

THOUGHTS FROM Sean Tyrrell (On the OT win and Harvard coming up): "It was a really exciting game for us, it was a lot of emotion, a lot of up and downs. It was a big comeback at the end, I thought we showed a lot of character to finish that one off in overtime. It's just a great start to the year."

"Throughout the four years here we have had a lot of close games and we have never really been able to cap it off, but we had that leadership on the bench and on the sideline knowing that we could come back from it, we just went one goal at a time and finished it off."

"We played them last year, we played them pretty tight I thought, we know they have a lot of skill, they are a pretty tough team, so we just need to come ready, be prepared and show them our best."