# 2012–13 Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey season

The Penn State Nittany Lions women's hockey team represented Penn State University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. Junior Taylor Gross was the team captain.

## Offseason

* May 31: Incoming junior transfer Taylor Gross (from the Connecticut Huskies) has been named team captain.

### Recruiting

| Player | Nationality | Position |
| Kate Christoffersen | United States | Forward |
| Darby Kern | United States | Forward |
| Kendra Rasmussen | United States | Forward |
| Tess Weaver | United States | Forward |
| Lindsay Reihl | United States | Defense |
| Madison Smiddy | United States | Defense |
| Stephanie Walkom | United States | Defense |
| Brooke Meyer | United States | Goaltender |

## Exhibition

| Date | Opponent | Time | Score |
| Fri. Jan. 4 | Chatham (NCAA DIII) | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Jan. 5 | Chatham (NCAA DIII) | 7:00 p.m. | |

## Regular season
### Standings

2012–13 College Hockey America standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #5 Mercyhurst$^{†*}$ | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 96 | 27 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 153 | 65 |
| Syracuse | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 54 | 32 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 97 | 74 |
| RIT | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 41 | 45 | 37 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 96 | 79 |
| Robert Morris | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 52 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 81 | 77 |
| Lindenwood | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 71 | 36 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 61 | 151 |
| Penn State | 20 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 81 | 35 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 69 | 109 |
| Champion: Mercyhurst † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com Poll |||||||||||||||

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Time | Score |
| Sat. Oct. 6 | at Vermont | 7:00 p.m. | 5-3 |
| Sun. Oct. 7 | at Vermont | 2:00 p.m. | 1-3 |
| Sat. Oct. 13 | SYRACUSE* | 7:00 p.m. | 0-4 |
| Sun. Oct. 14 | SYRACUSE* | 2:00 p.m. | 0-6 |
| Fri. Oct. 19 | at Sacred Heart | 7:00 p.m. | 1-2 |
| Sat. Oct. 20 | at Sacred Heart | 2:00 p.m. | 6-1 |
| Thu. Oct. 25 | RIT* | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Oct. 26 | RIT* | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Nov. Nov. 2 | SACRED HEART | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Nov. 3 | SACRED HEART | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Nov. 10 | ROBERT MORRIS* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Sun. 11 | ROBERT MORRIS* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Nov. Nov. 16 | at Lindenwood* | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Nov. 17 | at Lindenwood* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Nov. 30 | at Mercyhurst* | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Dec. 1 | at Mercyhurst* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Dec. 7 | at St. Lawrence | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Dec. 8 | at St. Lawrence | 2:00p.m. | |
| Fri. Jan. 11 | at Union | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Jan. 12 | at Union | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Jan. 25 | at Syracuse* | 7:00p.m. | |
| Sat. Jan. 26 | at Syracuse* | 2:00p.m. | |
| Tue. Jan. 29 | PRINCETON | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Feb. 1 | MERCYHURST* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Feb. 2 | MERCYHURST* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Feb. 8 | LINDENWOOD* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Feb. 9 | LINDENWOOD* | 2:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Feb. 15 | at RIT* | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sat. Feb. 16 | at RIT* | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Fri. Feb. 22 | at Robert Morris* | 7:00p.m. | |
| Sat. Feb. 23 | at Robert Morris* | 3:00p.m. | |

## Roster

| Number | Name | Class | Position | Height | Former team |
| 2 | Jeanette Bateman | FR | F | 5-6 | Colorado Select |
| 3 | Cara Mendelson | SO | F/D | 5-7 | Pittsburgh Elite | - alignt="center" | 4 | Jordin Pardoski | FR | D | 5-5 | Detroit Honeybaked |
| 5 | Stephanie Walkom | FR | D | 5-7 | Pittsburgh Penguins Elite |
| 6 | Lindsay Reihl | SR | D | 5-4 | Connecticut Polar Bears |
| 8 | Taylor McGee | FR | D | 5-3 | Taft School (Conn.) |
| 10 | Micayla Catanzariti | FR | F | 5-4 | Gilmour Academy (Ohio) |
| 11 | Katie Zinn | FR | F | 5-7 | Gilmour Academy (Ohio) |
| 12 | Kate Christoffersen | SR | F | 5-3 | Connecticut Polar Bears |
| 13 | Kendra Rasmussen | FR | F | 5-5 | Sartell/Sauk Rapids HS |
| 14 | Darby Kern | FR | F | 5-11 | Pittsburgh Penguins Elite |
| 15 | Jess Desorcie | SO | F | 5-4 | Connecticut College |
| 16 | Hannah Hoenshell | FR | F | 5-3 | Texas Alliance Bulldogs |
| 17 | Paige Jahnke | FR | D | 5-6 | Roseville HS/Minnesota Jr. Whitecaps |
| 19 | Jill Holdcroft | FR | F | 5-1 | Pittsburgh Penguins Elite |
| 20 | Emily Laurenzi | FR | F | 5-2 | National Sports Academy (N.Y.) |
| 21 | Sarah Wilkie | FR | D | 5-6 | Williston Northampton School |
| 22 | Jenna Welch | JR | F | 5-8 | Connecticut |
| 23 | Birdie Shaw | FR | F | 5-2 | Detroit Honeybaked |
| 24 | Taylor Gross | JR | F | 5-1 | Connecticut |
| 30 | Celine Whitlinger | FR | G | 5-8 | Gilmour Academy (Ohio) |
| 31 | Brooke Meyer | FR | G | 5-7 | Chicago Huskies |
| 33 | Madison Smiddy | SO | D | 5-7 | Detroit Honeybaked |
| 36 | Tess Weaver | SO | F | 5-5 | Pittsburgh Penguins Elite |
| 37 | Nicole Paniccia | JR | G | 5-5 | Connecticut |
| 40 | Shannon Yoxheimer | FR | F | 5-7 | North American Hockey Academy (Vt.) |