BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Interstat) — Long Island opens its women’s NCAA Division I hockey season Friday when the Sharks host New Hampshire at Northwell Health Ice Center. The Wildcats are the visiting team and carry an 0-2 record into the game. Long Island enters at 0-0.

New Hampshire began the season with two losses at St. Thomas. The Wildcats dropped the first game 7-2 and then fell 3-1 in the second. In the most recent result, Danika Botterill scored one goal and recorded three shots on goal. Aurora Kahlert had one assist and two shots on goal, while Julia Cabral added two shots on goal. Botterill’s goal accounted for New Hampshire’s only score in the 3-1 loss. The Wildcats allowed seven goals in the first game of the series and three in the second.

Botterill is a player to watch for New Hampshire. In the Wildcats’ two-game series at St. Thomas, she finished with a goal and three shots on goal in one game and an assist in the other. She recorded the goal and three shots on goal in the 3-1 loss, and she had the assist in the 7-2 loss. Kahlert and Cabral also contributed in the most recent game. Botterill was the only New Hampshire player to score in the finale.

Long Island has not played a game this season. The Sharks’ most recent result was a 4-3 loss at Stonehill. Long Island will play its home opener against New Hampshire before continuing its schedule with games against Post, Sacred Heart, Delaware, Saint Michael’s and Assumption. The Sharks will face Post and Sacred Heart on the road and will host Post, Sacred Heart, Delaware, Saint Michael’s and Assumption during the upcoming stretch. Long Island will host most of those contests.

New Hampshire’s upcoming schedule includes a second game at Long Island, a home game against Boston University, a road game at Northeastern, two home games against Saint Lawrence, a home game against Stonehill, a road game at Harvard, a road game at Merrimack, a home game against Merrimack and a home game against Providence. The Wildcats will also host several of those opponents during the stretch.

The game will be played at Northwell Health Ice Center in Brookville, N.Y. It is the first of two scheduled meetings between the teams. New Hampshire is the visiting team, and Long Island is the home team. The contest is part of the women’s NCAA Division I hockey schedule. Both teams are seeking their first win of the season.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Long Island 4, New Hampshire 1.