Story and Photos by Spike
The Michigan State women’s hockey program recognized its four Division 1 seniors, Maddie Wolsmann, Allison Lariviere, Amelia Schroeder, and Julia Lutz on Sunday, February 16 as part of its annual senior celebration.
This year’s Division senior class has posted a career record of 63-32-3 from 2016-17 to 2019-20. The seniors have assisted with tallying 464 goals in four years, while allowing 237 in their careers.
The Division 1 Michigan State University women’s hockey team took on their last regular season series with Adrian College as their opponents this past weekend. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs completed the sweep with 5-2 and 5-3 wins in the home-and-home series with the Spartans. The green and white finish the regular season at 14-4-1 for the 2019-20 season.
The Spartans look to the CCWHA league playoffs set to take place February 28-March 1 in Flint, MI. Schedule to be released next week, however the Spartans have secured the No. 2 seed and will have a bye into the second round on Saturday, February 29 with a 12:15pm game time.
The star of the weekend series was Allison Lariviere, who played in 95 games as a Spartan. Lariviere has a career high 10 points (3g, 7a) her freshman season, and has 32 total career points** (14g, 18a). Lariviere was appointed as an alternate captain for the 2019-2020 season, her first as a captain. A right-handed forward from Michigan, she is the daughter of Mark and Rita Lariviere and graduates with a degree in Human Biology. Her father Mark was a star on the ice in his day as well as in the desert where he served our country with honor during the Gulf War.
Here are some photos taken by Spike of the Spartans final regular season game...
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