Colby Mules women's ice hockey

Colby Mules women's ice hockey
UniversityColby College
ConferenceNESCAC
Head coachHolley Tyng
ArenaWaterville, Maine
ColorsColby blue and Priscilla gray[1]
   

The Colby Mules women's ice hockey program represents Colby College. The team used to compete in the ECAC. Currently, the club is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The Mules were one of only two non-Division I schools at the time in the 12-team Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Players

  • During the 1995-96 season, Meaghan Sittler led the NCAA with 41 goals and 40 assists in 21 games.[2] In her final 13 games, Sittler had eight hat tricks and either scored or assisted on 82 of 111 White Mules goals.

Coaches

  • Laura Halldorson led the Mules to a 12-9-1 overall record in 1995-96. In the process, she earned ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors as well as being named the New England Hockey Writers’ Coach of the Year. While at Colby, she recruited and coached U.S. National Team members Meaghan Sittler and Barb Gordon.[3] Following two seasons as an assistant at Princeton, she took over at Colby, where she spent seven seasons building a program that turned a 5-12-2 record in her first season into a 12-9-1 mark in her last season.

Postseason

ECAC Tournament

  • 1988
    • FIRST ROUND, New Hampshire 4, Colby 0
  • 1996
    • QUARTERFINALS AT HIGHER SEEDS, No. 1 Brown 7, No. 8 Colby 2[4]
  • 1997
    • QUARTERFINALS, No. 1 Brown 6, No. 8 Colby 2

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Awards and honors

  • Laura Halldorson, ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors
  • Laura Halldorson, New England Hockey Writers’ Coach of the Year.
  • Courtney Kennedy, 1998 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans
  • Meaghan Sittler, 1998 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans[6]
  • Meaghan Sittler, 1998 Top 10 Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award[7]

References

  1. ^ Colby Identity Standards Manual (PDF). December 14, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Christian Stone (March 18, 1996). "Ice in her veins". sports illustrated. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Laura Halldorson". gophersports.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Galleries". CNN. Archived from the original on 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  5. ^ http://www.ecachockey.com/women/tournament/alltime-tourney-results.pdf Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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