ELMIRA COLLEGE SOARING EAGLES#1 Elmira College (23-1-1, 18-0-0 ECAC West)No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Previous Team 1 Kyle Nelson ’17 G 5’5” Chicago, IL -- Chicago Mission2 LindsayBurrows’15 D 5’7” Stouffville,ONT--WhitbyWolves6 Erin Kishoni ’18 D 5’1” Duluth, GA -- Northwood School7 AnnaTude’17 F 5’7” Stockholm,Sweden--BalmoralHallBlazers8 AshleyRyan’15 F 5’5” Rochester,NY--RochesterEdge9 OliviaNyström’16 F 5’6” Vaxholm,Sweden--OrmstaHC10 RachelGrampp’18 D 5’8” Williamsville,NY--BuffaloBisons11 AriannaSmith’18 F 5’7” Eagle,WI--ChicagoYoungAmericans12 AshtonHogan’15 F 5’10” Shelburne,ONT--SUNYPlattsburgh13 CassidyDelainey’15 F 5’8” Edmonton,AB--EdmontonThunder14 MeaganOndrick’18 D 5’8” Shorewood,IL--ChicagoYoungAmericans15 McKennaFarole’16 D 5’8” Irvine,CA--ManhattanvilleCollege16 JohannaEidensten’17 F 5’7” Täby,Sweden--AIK17 SydneyFischer’17 F 5’7” Irma,AB--Irma18 PhoebePiku’16 D 5’7” GrossePointe,MI--BluewaterJrHawks19 BrookeWilgosh’15 D 5’6” Regina,SK--NotreDameHounds20 LouisaLippiattDurnell’18 F 5’3” EastSussex,England--ScanlonCreek21 KyraMcDonald’18 F 5’3” Charlotte,NC--NorthfieldMountHerman22 MeghanFonfara’18 F 6’0” Elma,NY--BuffaloBisons23 MarissaMongillo’15 D 5’8” Shelton,CT--Trumbull24 SarahHughson’18 F 5’4” EastHaddam,CT--TheGunnery25 GyllianSmith’18 F 5’8” FortMyers,FL--FloridaGulfCoastEagles27 ErinWeston’15 F 5’6” Ajax,ONT--EtobicokeDolphins28 JessicaPrance’17 F 5’10” Chaumont,NY--PerthPredators31 KelceyCrawford’18 G 5’4” Purcellville,VA--ProctorAcademy

Head Coach:DeanJackson’03(thirdseason)Assistant Coach:JoshPiro’03

Elmira College 2014-15 ScheduleDate Opponent Result11/1 at #2 Norwich# W, 3-211/2 vs.Manhattanville W,6-011/15 SUNY Cortland* W, 10-211/16 SUNY Cortland* W, 8-111/22 Utica* W, 4-111/23 atUtica* W,7-511/29 vs.#5Middlebury W,4-111/30 at#1PlattsburghState L,2-412/6 SUNY Potsdam* W, 7-112/7 SUNY Potsdam* W, 8-11/3 #4 Middlebury T, 2-2 OT1/11 #3 Norwich W, 5-31/16 atNeumann* W,8-21/17 atNeumann* W,5-21/20 at Williams W, 4-21/24 Chatham* W, 5-01/25 Chatham* W, 4-01/31 at#1PlattsburghState* W,2-12/1 at#1PlattsburghState* W,6-22/6 atBuffaloState* W,2-12/7 Buffalo State* W, 5-02/13 William Smith* W, 6-22/14 atWilliamSmith* W,4-22/21 #9 Oswego State* W, 6-02/22 #9 Oswego State* W, 4-0

Home contests are bolded*Denotes ECAC West contest

ELMIRA COLLEGE NOTESTop Seeded Team:Afterfinishingtheregularseasonwithaper-fect18-0-0ECACWestConferencerecord,themostconferencewins in ECAC West history, the Elmira College women enter the playoffsastheNo.1seedintheconferencetournament.ForEl-mira,the2014-15championshipsmarksthefirsttimetheyhaveenteredtheplayoffsas the topseededteamsince2008-09,ayearthattheSoaringEaglesnotonlywontheECACWesttitle,butalsomadearuntotheNCAATournamentFinals.

Program Record: Elmira concluded the regular season with 23 wins, setting a new program record for most regular seasonwins.Thepreviousrecordwasheldbythe2001-02NCAANa-tionalChampionshipteam,astheir22regularseasonvictoriesinElmira’sinauguralseasonwasaprogramrecordfor13years.

ECAC West Player of the Year:AshleyRyan’15,thenation’slead-erinpointsandassists,wasnamedtheECACWestConferencePlayeroftheYear.Ryan’sawardmarksthefirsttimeanElmiraplayerhastakenhometheconference’stophonorsinceformerAHCAAll-AmericanKaylaCoady’09diditin2008-09.Ryanhasenjoyedherbestseasontodatewith56points,17goals,and39assists,allofwhicharecareerhighs.

ECAC West Defensive Player of the Year:Forasecondconsecu-tiveseason,theECACWestDefensivePlayeroftheYearAwardhasgonetoBrookeWilgosh’15.Wilgosh,wholeadsthenationindefensemenscoring,boastsa1.24pointspergameaverage,makinghertheonlydefensemantoberankedinsidethenation-altop-50inpointspergame.

PLATTSBURGH STATE CARDINALS#2PlattsburghState(21-2-2,16-2-0ECACWest)No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Previous Team 2 JordanLipson’17 F 5’5” Davis,CA--PomfretPrep3 MiaFavretto’15 D 5’3” Oakville,ONT--OakvilleHornets4 AlyssaParke’15 D 5’8” Lynbrook,NY--NationalSportsAcademy5 ElizabethViola’18 D 5’4” Williamsville,NY--BuffaloBisons7 ChelseaBroadhead’18 F 5’7” KegRiver,AB--NorteDameHounds8 KatelynTurk’17 F 5’7” Mississauga,ONT--EtobicokeDolphins9 KaylaMeneghin’18 F 5’4” Clifton,NJ--TheGunnery10 BrettCampbell’18 F 5’7” Edmonton,AB--St.FrancisXavier13 MorganMacInnis’15 F 5’8” Cornwall,ONT--NepeanWildcats17 JuliaDuquette’17 D 5’4” NorthTonawanda,NY--BuffaloBisons18 ShannonStewart’15 F 5’5” Pickering,ONT--DurhamWestLightning20 GiovannaSenese’16 F 4’11” Huntley,IL--ChicagoMission21 BridgetBalisy’16 F 5’6” Brampton,ONT--BramptonThunder22 AndreaZiesmann’16 D 5’10” Oakville,ONT--OakvilleHornets24 MelissaAmes’17 F 5’4” Rochester,NY--PittsburghPenguinsElite26 MelissaSheeran’18 F 5’2” Schaghticoke,NY--MillbrookSchool28 ErinBrand’17 D 5’5” LongBeach,NY--SyracuseUniversity31 CamilleLeonard’17 G 5’5” Oakville,ONT--OakvilleHornets32 AllyRoss’15 G 5’5” RedLion,PA--GilmourAcademy44 OliviaFox’18 F 5’3” Massillon,OH--CulverAcademy55 CaitlinGilligan’16 D 5’5” Burlington,ONT--OakvilleHornets

Head Coach:KevinHoule(12thseason)Assistant Coach: Danielle Blanchard

Plattsburgh State 2014-15 ScheduleDate Opponent Result11/1 vs.Manhattanville W,5-411/2 at#2Norwich T,1-1OT11/8 atNeumann* W,3-111/9 atNeumann* W,5-111/15 Chatham* W, 6-011/16 Chatham* W, 11-111/18 at Castleton State W, 4-311/25 SUNY Potsdam* W, 6-011/29 #4 Gustavus Adolphus T, 4-4 OT11/30 #2 Elmira W, 4-212/5 atBuffaloState* W,7-012/6 atBuffaloState* W,2-11/16 atWilliamSmith* W,10-01/17 atWilliamSmith* W,11-11/20 #3 Norwich W, 5-01/24 #10 Oswego State* W, 4-01/25 #10 Oswego State* W, 5-11/31 #2 Elmira* L, 1-22/1 #2 Elmira* L, 2-62/7 atSUNYCortland* W,8-32/8 atSUNYCortland* W,5-12/14 Utica* W, 5-02/15 Utica* W, 3-22/18 atSUNYPotsdam* W,7-12/21 at#3Middlebury W,4-3

Home contests are bolded*Denotes ECAC West contest

PLATTSBURGH STATE NOTESUnfamiliar Territory:WiththeexceptionoftwolossestoElmira,PlattsburghStatehasbreezed through theECACWestas theyentertheconferencetournamentastheNo.2seed.ForPlatts-burgh,the2014-15ECACWestConferenceTournamentwillbethefirstconferencetournamentplayedawayfromtheStaffordIce Arena since 2011-12, when former ECAC West member,RIT,servedasthehostintheirfinalyearasanNCAADivisionIIImember.TheCardinalshavehostedsevenofthelast11ECACWestConferenceChampionships.

Back on Track:Aftersufferingback-to-backlossestoElmira,theCardinalshavebouncedbacktowinsixstraightgames,includ-inganationallyrankedwinoverNo.3Middlebury.Duringthefive-gamestretch,Plattsburghoutscoredtheiropponents32-10.

ECAC West Rookie of the Year: Kayla Meneghin ’18 wrapped-up the regular season with 44 points on 19 goals 25 assists, all ofwhichwereteam-highs,enroutetobeingnamedtheECACWest ConferenceRookie of the Year. Meneghin’s 1.76 pointspergameaverage is thehighestaverage for rookiesacrossalldivisionsofmen’sandwomen’scollegehockey.

No Home Ice, No Problem:TheCardinalshavebeenoneofthemost dominant programs in the country over the last severalyears,mainly due to their consistency nomatter where theyplay.Plattsburghhasyettotastedefeatontheroad,going12-0-1awayfromtheStaffordIceArenathisseason.Sincethe2012-13season,Plattsburghhasgone36-2-3awayfromhome,withtheironlytwolossescomingtoMiddleburyandElmira.

OSWEGO STATE LAKERS#3OswegoState(19-6-1,12-5-1ECACWest)No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Previous Team 3 ErikaTruschke’17 F 5’0” Lemont,IL.--ChicagoYoungAmericans4 SarahGrupp’18 F 5’10” Charlottesville,VA--RestonRaiders5 JaymeMcCreary’16 D 5’2” Waterloo,NY--LysanderLightning6 VictoriaBlake’18 D 5’10” WhiteRock,SC-- PittsburghPenguinsElite7 BridgetHamlin’17 F 5’7” Hilton,NY--PittsburghPenguinsElite8 AlliUllrich’17 D 5’3” St.Louis,MO----St.LouisLadyBlues9 LauraThacker’18 F 5’3” SanJose,CA--AnaheimLadyDucks10 BaileeGoodon’16 F 5’4” Boissevain,MB--PursuitofExcellence11 LizzyMarks’16 F 5’4” Penfield,NY--RochesterEdge12 AlexaAramburu’17 F 5’5” GlenRock,NJ--NewJerseyColonials14 AlyssaBrockmann’17 D 5’3” Fairport,NY--Potsdam15 OliviaEllis’18 F 5’3” Wilcox,SK--NotreDameHounds16 MonicaCramer’18 F 5’1” NewWilmington,PA--TeamPittsburgh17 AshleyLyman’17 F 5’8” Lockport,NY--BuffaloBisons18 BriannaRice’17 F 6’0” Newmarket,ONT--ChathamUniversity19 BrennanButler’17 F 5’6” LakePlacid,NY--NorthwoodSchool20 LydiaCosgrove’18 D 5’7” Malone,NY--OntarioHockeyAcademy21 RachelLenard’18 F 5’2” OrchardPark,NY--BuffaloBisons22 MonicaPatten’17 F 5’4” SteamboatSprings,CO--ColoradoTigers23 KendallAppelbaum’17 D 5’9” Eden,NY--BuffaloBisons24 AndreaNoss’18 F 5’4” Orange,CT--ConnecticutPolarBears25 MariahMadrigal’18 G 5’4” Brownstown,MI--TeamDetroit30 BridgetSmith’15 G 6’0” Hamburg,NY--MississaugaChiefsIntAA35 ToriTrovato’16 G 5’2” Fulton,NY--Troy-AlbanyIceCats

Head Coach: Diane Dillon (ninth season)Assistant Coach:AndrewLazzaro

Oswego State 2014-15 ScheduleDate Opponent Result10/31 at Castleton State L, 0-2 11/1 at New England W, 4-0 11/7 Cortland* W, 4-0 11/8 Cortland* L, 1-3 11/21 Potsdam* W, 4-0 11/22 Potsdam* W, 3-0 11/25 Hamilton W, 2-1 12/5 Neumann* W, 4-1 12/6 Neumann* W, 3-21/9 vs.PlymouthState W,2-01/10 at Saint Michael’s W, 3-1 1/16 Chatham* W, 2-0 1/17 Chatham* W, 2-1 1/20 Utica* T, 2-2 OT 1/24 at#1Plattsburgh* L,0-41/25 at#1Plattsburgh* L,1-51/30 Buffalo State* W, 3-2 1/31 Buffalo State* W, 8-1 2/3 atUtica* W,1-02/7 atWilliamSmith* W,6-22/8 William Smith* W, 5-1 2/13 Stevenson W, 2-0 2/14 Stevenson W, 5-2 2/21 at#1Elmira* L,0-62/22 at#1Elmira* L,0-42/28 Cortland W, 2-1

Home contests are bolded*Denotes ECAC West contest

OSWEGO STATE NOTESA Season to Remember:OswegoenterschampionshipweekendafterdefeatingSUNYCortlandintheECACWestQuarterfinals,2-1.Withthewin,Oswegopickeduptheir19thwinofthesea-son, themostwins inprogramhistory. TheLakerspieced to-getheranine-gamewinstreakanda10-gameunbeatenstreakearlierthisseason,bothofwhichsetnewprogramrecords.Ad-ditionally,Oswegohassetnewprogramrecordswith167pointsand98assists.

Lenard for the Win:InOswego’s2-1winoverCortland,rookieRachel Lenard ’18played thehero, scoringbothgoals againsttheRedDragons.BothofLenard’stalliescameonpower-playopportunitiesasshehelpedOswegomaketheirsecondconsec-utiveECACWestSemifinalappearance.

First Team Honors: Senior Goaltender, Bridget Smith ’15, has been instrumental inOswego’ssuccess thisseason. In19ap-pearances,Smithhasposteda13-4-1record,making530savesintheprocessofbeingnamedtotheECACWestAll-ConferenceFirstTeam.Her1,279careersavesaresecond-mostinOswegohistory,whileher.948savepercentageleadsthenation.

Defense is Key:CreditmuchofOswego’striumphsin2014-15totheirplayonthedefensiveendoftheice.TheLakersownthenation’ssixth-bestscoringdefense,limitingteamsto1.58goalspergame.Oswego’spenaltykillunithasalsobeensuperbthisyear,denying82-of-88opponentpower-playchancesforasuc-cessrateof93.2,whichleadsallofNCAADivisionIIIwomen’sicehockey.

UTICA COLLEGE PIONEERS#4UticaCollege(11-10-5,7-7-4ECACWest)No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Hometown--Previous Team 1 MarissaMcNamara’15 G 5’3” Camillus,NY--LysanderLightning3 LouiseSteele-Norton’15 F 5’1” Avondale,PA--MillbrookSchool4 MackenzieRoy’16 F 5’5” Clinton,NY--Clinton6 SamanthaPucci’15 D 5’3” PearlRiver,NY--ConnecticutPolarBears7 JanessaHaasbeek’16 D 5’11” GrandForks,ND--CanadianInternational8 MadisonChristoff’15 D 5’3” Danville,CA--SanJoseSharks11 KellyCritzer’17 D 5’6” WestSalem,OH--OhioFlames12 KelseyDowdall’15 F 5’3” SmithsFalls,ONT--Nepean14 MorganReed’16 F 5’7” FortMyers,FL--CushingAcademy15 CarlieSmith’17 F 5’8” Grimsby,ONT--St.Catharine’sChaos16 NickiClover’17 F 5’3” Peoria,AZ--NorthwoodSchool17 EmilyCoope’17 F 5’7” Phoenix,AZ--ColoradoTigers19 EmilyHoltshouser’17 D 5’9” Londonderry,NH--MiddlesexIslanders22 NikkiKieffer’15 D 5’9” Rome,NY--LysanderLightning23 HalleDonoho’17 F 5’5” Aurora,OH--OhioFlames24 VeroniqueLortie’17 D 5’4” Chambly,QUE--BerkshireSchool26 NicoleSchwartz’15 F 5’7” Danville,CA--SanJoseSharks27 GabrielleAbbott’16 G 5’5” Scottsdale,AZ--St.Marks28 TaylorOsowski’18 F 5’7” HighlandsRanch,CO--ColoradoSelects30 AmandaLupo’18 G 5’4” Auburn,NY--Skaneatles31 KeiraGoin’17 G 5’7” DobbsFerry,NY--HotchkissSchool36 SamanthaHusak’18 D 5’3” Jackson,MI--TeamDetroit55 AllisonBuch’18 D 5’7” Alexandria,VA--RestonRaiders71 VictoriaPelton’17 F 5’8” SterlingHeights,MI--BelleTire76 GabrielleSchnepp’17 F 5’2” Northville,MI--BelleTire77 JenniferArts’18 F 5’8” Lakeside,ONT--LondonDevilettes

Head Coach:DaveClausen(14thseason)Assistant Coaches:TanisLamoureux’14&BillOwens

Utica College 2014-15 ScheduleDate Opponent Result11/8 atWilliamSmith* W,2-011/9 William Smith* W, 6-3 11/22 at#2Elmira* L,1-411/23 #2 Elmira* L, 5-7 11/29 at Williams W, 4-1 12/2 atHamilton T,2-2OT12/6 atSUNYCortland* W,5-212/7 SUNY Cortland* T, 2-2 1/6 atSUNYCanton W,3-11/9 at #3 Norwich L, 1-2 1/13 #4 Middlebury L, 1-2 OT 1/17 Stevenson L, 1-2 1/20 at#10OswegoState* T,2-2OT1/23 SUNY Potsdam* W, 3-2 1/24 atSUNYPotsdam* L,1-31/30 atNeumann* T,1-1OT1/31 atNeumann* L,2-42/3 #9 Oswego State* L, 0-1 2/6 Chatham* W, 2-0 2/7 Chatham* W, 4-3 2/10 SUNY Canton W, 5-0 2/14 at#2PlattsburghState* L,0-52/15 at#2PlattsburghState* L,2-32/20 atBuffaloState* T,3-32/21 atBuffaloState* W,3-22/28 Buffalo State W, 4-1

Home contests are bolded*Denotes ECAC West contest

UTICA COLLEGE NOTESPostseason Pioneers: Utica punched their ticket to the ECACWestSemifinalsbydowningBuffaloState4-1 inthequarterfi-nals.Withthewin,thePioneershavesuccessfullyreachedthreestraightECACWestConferenceSemifinalsandhavemadeitto12ECACWestSemifinalsoverthelast14seasons.However,thePioneershaveonlyreachedtheconferencefinalonetime,dat-ingbacktothe2005-06season.

Real Deal Reed: Third-year talentMorgan Reed ’16 has beenUtica’sgo-toplayeronoffensethisseason,assheleadsthePio-neers with a career-high 26 points on 15 goals, which are also a career-best,and11assists.Her15goalsaretiedforeighth-mostintheECACWestConference,asareher26points.ReedisalsoUtica’stoppower-playscorerwithfourpower-playgoals.

Staying Out of the Sin Bin: Utica has seen their fair share ofpenaltyminutes during the 2014-15 campaign, 308 to be ex-act.ThePioneersareaveraging11.8penaltyminutespergame,thethird-highestaverageinthecountry,andhavesurrendered28power-playgoals. ThankfullyforUtica,theyhaveGabrielleSchnepp’17,whoistiedforsixthinthenationinshorthandedgoalswithtwo.

Going with Goin:KeiraGoin’17hasseenthemajorityofmin-utesbetweenthepipesthisseasonforthePioneers,making19appearancesfor1,120minutes.Her462savesthisseasonareeighth-mostinUticahistoryandher.926savepercentagerankssixthinprogramhistory.Goinhasbeenplayingherbesthockeylateintheseason,pickingupwinsinfourofherlastsixstarts.

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#5 Buffalo State (8-9-1 ECAC) 1at Elmira College

#3 Oswego State (12-5-1 ECAC) 2 Sunday, March 83:00 p.m. Champions

Saturday, February 28 #3 Oswego State

#6 Cortland State (6-10-2 ECAC) 1at Elmira CollegeSaturday, March 7

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#2 Plattsburgh State (16-2-0 ECAC)

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ABOUT THE ECACTheEasternCollegeAthleticConference (ECAC) is thenation’s largestandonlymulti-divisional conference,withapproximately300DivisionI,IIandIIIcollegesanduniversitiesfromMainetoSouthCarolinaandwesterlytoMissouri.Establishedin1938undertheleadershipofinau-guralCommissionerAsaS.Bushnelland58chartermembers,theECAChassinceemergedasthenationwideleaderinservice.TheECAChead-quartersrelocatedfromCenterville,Mass.totheMatrixCorporateCen-terinDanbury,ConnecticutinJulyof2014.

COMPETITIONTheECACadministersnearly100championshipsfor32men’sandwom-en’ssports.TheECACalsoservesastheprimaryleagueforDivisionIIImen’shockey(3),DivisionIIIwomen’shockey(2),DivisionIIfieldhockey,andDivisionIImen’slacrosse.

OFFICIATINGTheECACassignsover3,000officialsin10sportsacrossDivisionsI,II,andIII.Thebureausassignforregularseasonevents,aswellas,confer-enceandNCAAchampionships.

AWARDSTheECACpublicizes the achievementsof over 5,000 student-athletesannuallythroughtheWeeklyHonorsprogramandpost-seasonall-stars.Duringthefallconventioneachyear,theHonorsDinnerawardsprogramrecognizes institutions, administrators, student-athletes, and officialsforyearlyandcareerachievements.

ASA S. BUSHNELL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMThe prestigious Asa S. Bushnell internship program, named after thefirstcommissioneroftheECACandestablishedin1976,offerscollegegraduates fromECACmember institutions hands-on experience in allareasoftheonlymulti-divisionalconferenceinthecountry.Formerin-ternsproudlyrepresenttheECACinallfieldsofthesportsindustryasdirectorsofathletics, commissioners,broadcastingexecutives,profes-sionalfranchisefront-officeexecutives,sportsinformationdirectorsandcoaches.

ECAC STAFFPresident&CEO............................................................................ DrKevinTMcGinnissSpecialAssistanttothePresident&CEO.................................................. SteveBamfordVicePresidentforExternalAffairs.................................................................Drew BrownVicePresidentforOfficiating........................................................................Ronnie NunnAssociateVicePresidentforLeagues,Affiliates&Championships/SWA.............................................................................. KatieBoldvichOfficeManager/ExecutiveAssistant.........................................................Meghan CrystalExecutiveDirectorofSportAdministrationforChampionships................. BenRosenfeldCoordinatorofSportAdministrationforLeagues,Affiliates&Championships...............................................................................Stephanie ScarpatoCoordinatorofSportAdministrationforMarketing,Communications&SpecialEvents................................................. Jess CaronCoordinatorofSportAdministrationforNewMedia&DigitalCommunications.........................................................Jim SheehanDirectorofRowing.......................................................................................Gary CaldwellAssistantAdministratorforOfficiating/FieldDirectorofSoccer.................SteveRossettiFieldDirectorofSoftballOfficials........................................................................ Joe ArgoFieldDirectorofFootballOfficials...................................................................... Bill WardFieldDirectorofBasketballOfficials...................................................................Larry LastDirectorofBaseballUmpiring.........................................................................RobHealeyBusinessServicesAssistant.............................................................................Kyle MentaAsaSBushnellCommunicationsAssistant........................................ BrittanyClendennyAsa S Bushnell Championships Assistant................................................ SarahRatchfordAsaSBushnellOfficiatingAssistant............................................................... Kasey DeanAsaSBushnellAdministrationAssistant........................................................RobKiwanis