{"id":41785,"date":"2024-06-14T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=41785"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:59:52","slug":"womens-hockey-giaquinto-headlines-24-25-leadership-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2024\/06\/14\/womens-hockey-giaquinto-headlines-24-25-leadership-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Hockey: Giaquinto headlines ’24-’25 leadership group"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joe Eachus<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a new era and a new leadership group for BU women\u2019s hockey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate defender Tamara Giaquinto will don the \u201cC\u201d for the \u201824-\u201925 season, and classmate Julia Shaunessy will serve as an assistant captain. Joining Shaunessy with A\u2019s are seniors Callie Shanahan and Maggie Hanzel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am very grateful and excited that Tamara accepted our offer to be this year\u2019s team captain. [She] embodies what we value as BU women\u2019s ice hockey players,\u201d coach Tara Watchorn said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Giaquinto, of Toronto, Ont., scored five goals and added ten assists for 15 total points in \u201823-\u201924, all career highs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shaunessy had seen limited action due to a variety of injuries across her undergraduate career, but returns for a fifth season as an expected mainstay in the lineup and locker room presence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no doubt in my mind that she would be a captain for us this season,\u201d Watchorn added.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the rising seniors, Shanahan has played in 47 contests for the Terriers, with a 2.55 GAA and .914 save percentage. Watchorn praised her starting goaltender, saying that \u201c[h]er commitment and attention to detail is unmatched in everything she does\u2026 but what makes Callie such a great leader on this team is the combination of her work ethic with her positive attitude, optimism, and spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite missing the entire first semester due to an offseason injury, Shanahan returned in January and posted a career-best 2.20 GAA. She was once again invited to USA Hockey\u2019s 2024 World Championship evaluation camp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hanzel became a regular last season after seeing minimal playing time her first two seasons, and immediately made an impact, scoring nine points. Watchorn described the defender as \u201cmature beyond her years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

All four players will be wearing letters for the first time as Terriers. BU women\u2019s hockey opens their season on Oct. 1, hosting Merrimack at Agganis Arena.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Joe Eachus It\u2019s a new era and a new leadership group for BU women\u2019s hockey. Graduate defender Tamara Giaquinto will don the \u201cC\u201d for the \u201824-\u201925 season, and classmate Julia Shaunessy will serve as an assistant captain. Joining Shaunessy with A\u2019s are seniors Callie Shanahan and Maggie Hanzel. \u201cI am very grateful and excited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19139,"featured_media":34170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1039,1041],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41786,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41785\/revisions\/41786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}