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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
2025 PWHL Draft Profile: Anna Segedi
Anna Segedi is a highly skilled offensive center for St. Lawrence University. The 24-year-old is an elite skater and puck handler who utilizes her agility to avoid checkers and find open ice. Segedi comes to the PWHL with a diverse set of experiences having twice represented China at the World Championships, and also playing for the nation at the 2022 Olympics. Her numbers in the NCAA this season took a bit of a dip following to 24 points in 39 games, but placing the slick skating Segedi onto a line with other highly skilled players should see her numbers from the NCAA less impacted than others in the pro ranks. Segedi was a Third Team ECAC All-Star this season. She was strong on face-offs winning 58% of draws overall, including as one of the top draft eligible players on defensive zone draws this season. With the puck on her stick, Segedi is a possession player who was top 20 in draft eligible players in controlled zone entries per game. She also was top 20 in pre shot passes meaning her passes more often penetrated directly to scoring areas resulting in scoring chances. As a playmaker, Segedi keeps her body open to plays using heel to heel skating to both protect the puck and ensure she can distribute in all directions. She sees the ice well and puts pucks into soft zones and open ice allowing her teammates to skate into possession. Where Segedi will need to adapt in the PWHL is to the physicality and getting herself to the middle of the ice more often rather than shooting from the periphery. Her skating and puck handling are her biggest assets that should benefit her well in darting in and out of high traffic areas despite her slight frame.
Miami Herald
07-05-2025
- Science
- Miami Herald
Cricket that tricks ants into thinking it's one of them was discovered in Latvia
World Cricket that tricks ants into thinking it's one of them was discovered in Latvia The cricket species can reproduce without a mate and is believed to produce only females, researchers said. Photo by Aleksandrs Balodis A unique species of cricket found only in northern Europe tricks ants into letting them into their nests to live among them, where they then feed on ant eggs and steal food. Myrmecophilus acervorum, also known as an ant cricket, has now been recorded for the first time in Latvia, making it the northernmost known distribution of the species, according to an April 25 study published in the Journal of Orthoptera Research. The ant cricket is considered an obligate kleptoparasite, according to the study, meaning it relies entirely on ants for food that it either steals or tricks the ants into sharing. The crickets feed on ant eggs and prey-collected by the ants, according to the study. Researchers said they also receive nutrients via ant trophallaxis, a process common in social insects such as ants where food is shared from mouth to mouth. While Myrmecophilus acervorum is known to inhabit the nests of many different ant species, researchers said it seems to prefer Lasius niger, or the black garden ant. To colonize a new nest, the crickets make themselves chemically indistinguishable from the ants by accumulating molecules called cuticular hydrocarbons taken from the ants themselves. This wax-like substance is used for chemical communication between ants. By essentially wearing this waxy substance on their own bodies, the crickets reduce ant aggression and are accepted by the ants as a nest-mate, according to the study. Ant crickets are among the smallest cricket species in the world and have evolved to be about the same size as ants. They lost the ability to fly, hear or produce sound in the process, according to the study. This physical mimicry is proven to be another defensive advantage for the crickets, researchers said. Researchers found both female specimens in flooded areas of Riga, one near a river and the other near a lake, according to the study. Researchers suspect the Myrmecophilus acervorum in Latvia are reproducing through a process called thelytoky parthenogenesis, 'where females asexually produce only female offspring,' the study said. According to the study, the species is possibly being driven north due to climate change, or it had 'long been overlooked [in the region] due to its small body and cryptic lifestyle.' The research team included Aleksandrs Balodis, Rūta Starka and Dmitry Telnov. Lauren Liebhaber mcclatchy-newsroom Go to X Email this person Lauren Liebhaber covers international science news with a focus on taxonomy and archaeology at McClatchy. She holds a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University and a master's degree from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. Previously, she worked as a data journalist at Stacker.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Clarkson, St. Lawrence make NCAA women's hockey tournament
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – Both the Clarkson University and St. Lawrence University women's hockey teams were selected for the NCAA Division I tournament. Clarkson (24-12-2) will take on Boston University (24-11-2) in an opening-round game at 8 p.m. Thursday at Madison, Wisc. The winner will take on top overall seed Wisconsin (35-1-2) the regional final slated for 3 p.m. Saturday. Watertown's Hull named SUNYAC women's hockey player of the year St. Lawrence (21-11-5) battles Penn State (31-5-1) in a first-round game at 7 p.m. Thursday in Columbus, Ohio. The winner of that game will square off with second-seeded Ohio State (27-7-3) in a 6 p.m. Saturday national quarterfinal. The other first-round game has Minnesota-Duluth (21-14-2) taking on Sacred Heart (21-14-3) in Ithaca. The winner of that game will play third-seeded Cornell (24-4-5) at 4 p.m. Saturday. In the another regional final, No. 5 Colgate (30-8) goes to fourth-seeded Minnesota (28-11-1) at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. The Women's Frozen Four will be March 21-23 in the Twin Cities. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
