Dutchwomen lose Turner for the season (updated)

by Ryan Fay

The Union women's hockey team has suffered a sizable blow to their 2014-2015 aspirations.

Turner

A team spokesperson confirmed Friday night that junior forward Courtney Turner, one of the team's top returning players, will miss the season. Turner had been sidelined for the past few weeks with an undisclosed injury, but she was recently ruled out for the whole season.

The 20-year-old will redshirt this season, enabling her to maintain two more years of collegiate eligibility.

Losing Turner is a tough break for a team that was already expected to have trouble generating offense. Turner played in 33-of-34 games last season, ranking fifth on the team in both goals (five) and assists (seven). She was one of Union's top weapons on the power-play with three power-play tallies, third-most on the team.

Turner had six goals and eight assists in 34 contests as a freshman.

With Turner out, Union will have to lean even more heavily on top returning scorers like junior forward Kathryn Tomaselli (11 goals last season), junior forward Jessica Kaminsky (6 goals) and senior forward Christine Valente (five goals)

Union was on the wrong end of a 2-1 decision in Friday's regular season opener at RIT.

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