On Friday evening, the Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated the Syracuse Orange by a final score of 4-0, taking the first game of the weekend series. The Bobcats got the scoring started 12:13 into the game. As an earlier Orange tripping penalty was set to expire, first-year defender Aynsley D’Ottavio found some space off the boards and lurked in. She was able to find graduate defenseman Maddy Samoskevich at the back door, who redirected the puck into the net for a power-play goal, her fourth of the season.