WOMEN'S HOCKEY SEASON IN
REVIEW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
March 26, 2003
Contact:
Angela Aja
The women’s ice hockey team enjoyed its
most successful season since the program achieved varsity status in 2000,
finishing 4-19-0 overall and 4-16-0 in the ECAC East. Freshman Noreen
Russo (Wilmette, Ill.) led the way in scoring for the Purple Knights
with 17 goals and 11 assists, the most points ever by a women’s hockey
player at SMC.
Russo picked up her first career hat trick
against Salve Regina on February 23 at Cairns Arena to edge the Purple
Knights past the Seahawks 4-3. She
was also named to the ECAC East Honor Roll, along with sophomore line mate
Meg Lyons (Boxborough, Mass.), the week of January 28 after the two
each netted three goals for the weekend against MIT.
Lyons also picked up four assists on the weekend while Russo had
three. Lyons ended the
season right behind Russo with 23 points. The Purple Knights picked up all
four of their wins against MIT and Salve Regina at Cairns Arena.
The team put forth one of it’s best efforts
in a 6-4 loss to Southern Maine. The
Huskies had blanked the Purple Knights the evening before at Cairns Arena
8-0. Saint Michael’s came
out strong in the first period. Russo
gave the Purple Knights the lead at 13:44 but Southern Maine tied it back
up before the period was over. Freshman
Annice Mason (Berlin, Vt.) made a valiant effort in goal recording
24 saves. SMC also got goals
from Lyons, freshman Michelle Miaskiewicz (Salem, Mass.) and
sophomore Erin Cleary (Milton, Mass.) but it simply wasn’t enough
to hold off the Huskies.
Mason split time between the pipes with
sophomore Marcy Ring (N. Attleboro, Mass.).
Mason picked up her fist career shut out on February 24 when the
Purple Knights blanked MIT 6-0. She
finished her rookie campaign 2-9-0 with a 5.70 goals against average and a
.852 save percentage. Ring
ended the season 2-8-0 while posting a 7.97 GAA and a .824 save
percentage.
Saint Michael’s ended the season with a 7-1
loss to Sacred Heart in the ECAC East Open Tournament.
Russo netted the only goal for the Purple Knights while Ring
stopped 38 shots. Saint
Michael’s will lose to graduation seniors Meg Dukette (Northfield,
Vt.), Sarah Brown (Manchester, N.H.) and Hillary Gagnon (Goffstown, N.H.)
but keep their hopes high of climbing the ladder in the tough ECAC East in
the 2003-2004 season.
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Sports Information student intern
Lauren Hurley ‘04
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