WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
Meghan Lorence, Jr., F, Minnesota

University of Minnesota forward Meghan Lorence, a junior from Mounds View, Minn., has been named the WCHA Women’s Offensive Player of the Week for Nov. 27, 2013.

Lorence led the Gophers in scoring with four points (2g, 2a) in No. 1-ranked Minnesota’s 5-1, 4-1 non-conference series sweep at Yale last weekend. Her two goals included a shorthanded tally and a power-play goal and she also had a game-winning assist, seven shots on goal and a +5 plus/minus rating.
The Nov. 23-24 series at Yale marked Lorence’s return to the lineup following an injury during which she missed four games. In last Saturday’s 5-1 win,

Lorence scored Minnesota’s fifth goal on a shorthanded breakaway. She earned a +3 rating and had three shots. Then on Sunday Lorence and her linemates combined for nine points. Lorence set up two goals in the first period, including the game-winner, before tallying her second of the weekend on the power-play at 3:58 of the second period. She finished with a +2 rating and four shots.

In 12 games played this season, Lorence has produced eight points (5g, 3a).

WCHA Rookie of the Week
Savannah Quandt, Fr., F, Minnesota State

Minnesota State University forward Savannah Quandt, a freshman from Mankato, Minn., has been named the WCHA Women’s Rookie of the Week for Nov. 27, 2013.

Quandt, the first Mankato native to play women’s hockey for the Mavericks, scored her first career goal in a 4-1 WCHA victory over visiting Ohio State last Friday (Nov. 22) as Minnesota State captured its first home sweep of the Buckeyes since 2007.

Quandt recorded her first collegiate point, which opened the scoring for the Mavericks, and fired a season-high three shots on goal. Quandt and Natalie Stoltz got free on a two-on-one in the first period when Stoltz fed Quandt, who had her initial shot saved, but buried the rebound to put MSU in front 1-0.

In MSU’s 2-1 win over OSU in the series finale last Saturday (Nov. 23), Quandt drew a penalty in the second period that prompted an MSU power-play goal by Kathleen Rogan to knot the match at 1-1. Quandt, who has played in all 14 games this season, finished the series with a +1 plus/minus rating.