Leyla Tiernan
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- Height:
- 5'10"
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- Hometown:
- Anchorage, AK
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- Position:
- Forward
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- King Tech
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- Major:
- Communications
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- Team:
- Anchorage Northstars
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- gp
- 26
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- p
- 13
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- g
- 8
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- a
- 5
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- pim
- 20
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- +/-
- 6
Bio
Personal:
Leyla was born in Anchorage, AK...is majoring in communications with a focus in sports media at Worcester State...the daughter of Liz and Bart, who played baseball and football at Lake Forest, Tiernan... has one sibling, Matthew...favorite spot on campus is the cafeteria...choose worcester state because of the campus and the community that the women’s hockey team brought...speaks fluent german
Before Worcester State:
Leyla is a 2023 graduate of King Tech High School in Anchorage, AK...played four years of varsity ice hockey and two years of basketball and volleyball for the Arch Angels...girl's ice hockey All-Star team and National team from 2019-2023...transferred from UAA
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 26 | 12 |
| Points | 13 | 8 |
| Goals | 8 | 3 |
| Assists | 5 | 5 |
| PIM | 20 | 12 |
| +/- | 6 | 7 |
| Power-play goals | 1 | 0 |
| Short-handed goals | 0 | 0 |
| Empty net goals | 0 | 0 |
| Games started | 1 | 1 |
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 |
| Game-tying goals | 0 | 0 |
| Hat tricks | 0 | 0 |
| Shots | 81 | 40 |
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | s | fo | fow | fol | fo% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | Western New Eng. | L, 3-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| Nov 1 | at New England Col. | W, 2-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 |
| Nov 8 | at Framingham St. | W, 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Nov 11 | at Salve Regina | L, 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Nov 14 | Anna Maria | W, 6-1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Nov 15 | Rivier | W, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Nov 19 | at Framingham St. | W, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Nov 22 | Salem St. | L, 3-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Nov 30 | Amherst | L, 4-1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Dec 5 | Connecticut Col. | L, 3-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Jan 2 | vs. SUNY Potsdam | W, 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Jan 3 | at Castleton | L, 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jan 8 | at U. of New England | L, 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jan 9 | Curry | L, 3-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Jan 14 | at Utica | W, 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jan 23 | Mass. Liberal Arts | W, 4-1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jan 24 | at Mass. Liberal Arts | W, 5-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jan 30 | Salem St. | W, 2-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Jan 31 | at Mass. Liberal Arts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Feb 6 | Framingham St. | W, 5-0 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Feb 7 | at Rivier | W, 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Feb 13 | Anna Maria | W, 1-0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Feb 14 | at Anna Maria | L, 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Feb 20 | at Salem St. | W, 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Feb 21 | Rivier | W, 3-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Feb 27 | #5 Framingham St. | W, 4-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Mar 6 | #2 Rivier | W, 3-2 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Statistic | gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | fo | fow | fol | fo% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 40 | 13 | 27 | .325 |
| Conference | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 11 | .313 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Location | |||||||||||||||||
| Home | 14 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 13 | .381 |
| Away | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 13 | .235 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Result | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 19 | 6 | 13 | .316 |
| Losses | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 14 | .333 |
| Ties | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Month | |||||||||||||||||
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| November | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 12 | .294 |
| December | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| January | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 |
| February | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| March | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
News mentions
Worcester, MA- For the fourth time in five seasons, and the first under the new conference creation, the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team (17-9, 10-2) headed to the conference championship and against a familiar foe in the Rivier Raiders (17-9, 9-4). The Lancers claimed the three of the last four Championships between the ECHA and MASCAC conferences while the Raiders have been the final opponent for Worcester the last three years. Rivier claimed the 1-0 win in the MASCAC semifinals last year to advance past Worcester State to the first ever MASCAC Championship, and now return for the third year in a row to the conference championship.
Worcester, MA- In the second season of the MASCAC Women’s Ice Hockey Championship, the #1 Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team (16-9, 10-2) was again hosting a MASCAC semifinal game at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center. Last season the Lancers fell to Rivier, who had previously defeated Framingham State in their quarterfinal meeting. This year the #5 Rams (5-20-1, 1-11) would advance to their first conference semifinals after upsetting the #4 seeded Anna Maria Wednesday night in a decisive 6-2 victory.
Worcester, MA- Coming off a third period 1-0 victory yesterday afternoon at the DCU center, the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team (14-8, 11-1) headed to Buffone for a back-to-back matchup with the AMCATs. With the one seed mathematically nearly secured, Worcester State was looking to close out the regular season with command as they began the shift to post season action in two weeks.
Worcester, MA- After taking a commanding lead and control in the MASCAC top seed race this week, going 2-0 in the conference action, the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team has also had senior Kelsey Czerniawski (Chicopee, MA) named the MASCAC goalie of the week for the fifth time this season and sophomore Leyla Tiernan (Anchorage, AK) named as the MASCAC Player of the Week.
Worcester, MA- after making it six straight wins last night with a 5-0 shutout victory over Framingham State the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team (12-8, 9-1) looked to solidify their hold on the post season top seed as they squared off with the current second seeded Rivier.
Worcester, MA- With a solid single claim on the first seed in MASCAC play, the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey (11-8, 8-1) have set their sights on winning out to seal the deal. Tonight’s game was played in honor of Project New Hope which empowers Veterans, Service Members, and their families through transformative retreats, essential resources, and holistic support services. For over 16 years, we’ve been dedicated to fostering healing, resilience, and purpose beyond military service—honoring those who served while strengthening individuals, families, and communities. The team also honored junior Abigail Hartley (South Hadley, MA) who was promoted to E-4 SRA and was awarded Airman of the Year for her Wing.
Worcester, MA- Coming off a thrilling 2-1 victory over Utica last Wednesday, the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team (7-8, 4-1) was back in conference fighting shape to take on the Trailblazers of MCLA. Head Coach Eliza Kelley is on the hunt for her career 100th NCAA Head coaching win, having claimed her collegiate 100th win, which include both NCAA and wins over club programs, back on January 2nd. With the victory at Utica, Kelley moved to just two wins away from the honor.
Worcester, MA- After a stretch away from the ice, the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey (5-3, 4-1) team is back on the frozen tundra as they take on the fourth seeded Amherst College Mammoths in a start of their NESCAC Showdown stretch.
Worcester, MA- After a stretch of road travel the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team (2-2-0, 1-0-0) are on home ice tonight as they host their conference opener over Anna Maria College.
Worcester, MA- After a week off, the Worcester State Women’s Ice Hockey team (1-1-0, 0-0-0) is back on ice to kick off their conference schedule with a late night meeting with Framingham State.