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Nov. 17, 2009
Freshman Caldwell Snatches ECAC West Rookie of the Week Honors
CENTERVILLE, Mass. - The Eastern College Athletic Conference Tuesday announced that Jordan Caldwell of Plattsburgh State has been named the ECAC West Division Rookie of the Week in women's hockey, for the period ending Sunday. Click Here for Full ECAC West Weekly Release
A freshman forward from Arvada, Colo. (Colorado Selects), Caldwell scored her first career goal while on the power play in No. 4 nationally-ranked Plattsburgh's 4-1 victory at Chatham on Sunday. She scored her first career point in her second collegiate game.
Caldwell is the first Cardinals freshman to receive the conference's rookie of the week award since Danielle Roberts on Nov. 18, 2008.
Nov. 15, 2009
No. 4 Plattsburgh Sweeps Chatham on the Road to Begin Season
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Plattsburgh State women's hockey team began the 2009-10 campaign this weekend with an Eastern College Athletic Conference West Division road sweep with Chatham College by identical 4-1 scores. Plattsburgh is 2-0 on the season while the Cougars are 0-4 both overall and in the ECAC West.
On Saturday evening, the No. 4 nationally-ranked Cardinals scored three goals in the final period to break a 1-1 tie. Stephanie Moberg, Megan DiJulio and Kristen Bond all found the back of the net in the opening 7 minutes and 13 seconds of the third period, capping a string of four unanswered goals for the Cardinals. DiJulio ended up with two goals in the game.
Dawson Bancroft-Short put Chatham up 1-0 at 3:17 of the first period, with Sara Forbes getting the assist.
Mandy Mackrell had 14 saves for Plattsburgh while Brenn Scott kept the Cougars close with 56 stops.
On Sunday afternoon, Plattsburgh was led by two-point efforts from Moberg, Erika Shaubel and Brittany Meade.
Steph Moon scored a short-handed goal and Laurie Bowler added another on the power play to give the Cardinals a 2-0 first-period lead and all the offense they would need.
Leah McNaughton fed Lauren Campbell for a power play goal as Chatham cut the deficit to 3-1 at the 5:36 mark of the third period, but Jordan Caldwell scored her first collegiate goal--on the power play--2:14 later to restore the Cardinals' three-goal cushion.
Anne Loewen was victorious in the Plattsburgh net with 14 saves, and Scott compiled 47.
Nov. 8, 2009
DiJulio, Bowler Power Cardinals Past Nepean in Exhibition Win
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Megan DiJulio scored two goals and Laurie Bowler added a goal and two assists as Plattsburgh State trounced visiting Nepean (Ontario), 6-0, in a women's hockey exhibition game on Sunday afternoon at the Stafford Ice Arena. The Junior Wildcats fall to 9-11-6 while statistics from today's contest do not count on the Cardinals' record due to NCAA rules.
Goalies Mandy Mackrell and Anne Loewen combined on the shutout. Mackrell made four saves over 32 minutes and 49 seconds before Loewen worked the last 27:11 and had nine stops.
Mati Barrett had 27 saves in the loss. Morgan Poole and Olivia Cook combined for six of the Wildcats' 13 shots.
Freshman Teal Gove got the Plattsburgh offense started with a goal 7:05 gone after the opening face-off. Brittany Meade and Jordan Caldwell assisted on the play.
Plattsburgh scored two goals in each period and outshot Nepean 33 to 13. The Cardinals went 2-for-4 on the power play and killed off all three attempts on the man-advantage by the Wildcats.
Kayla McDougall and Natalie Aldridge also scored for the Cardinals, who officially open the season Nov. 14-15 at Eastern College Athletic Conference West Division foe Chatham in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nov. 2, 2009
Plattsburgh Begins Season at No. 4 in Preseason National Rankings
MINNEAPOLIS - The Plattsburgh State women's hockey team is nationally ranked in the No. 4 spot in the NCAA Division III preseason poll, released Monday by U.S. College Hockey Online. The Cardinals received 91 points after finishing third in the final poll of 2008-09. Click Here for the Complete USCHO.com Poll
Defending champion Amherst is No. 1 with 135 points, including 11 first-place votes. Elmira and Gustavus Adolphus rank 2-3 with 115 and 112 points, respectively. The latter Gusties, who were given two first-place votes, were the year-end No. 1 in 2009.
Today's announcement puts Plattsburgh in unfamiliar territory in recent memory as the No. 4-ranking marks the lowest appearance in the preseason poll since it was fifth on Oct. 27, 2003. Other past preseason rankings are No. 1 in 2008-09 (15 1st-place votes, 150 points), No. 1 in 2007-08 (11, 110), No. 2 in 2006-07 (4, 120), No. 3 in 2005-06 (0, 108), No. 2 in 2004-05 (2, 110), No. 5 in 2003-04 (0, 68), No. 7 in 2002-03 (0, 36) and "receiving votes" (1 point) category in 2001-02, the first year of women's hockey at Plattsburgh.
For the Cardinals, they return 15 players off last year's squad that went 22-5-2 overall, 15-3 in conference play for third place and made the NCAA tournament for the sixth straight time. The program has won two of the last three NCAA championships and finished in first place in the Eastern College Athletic Conference West Division in five of the past six seasons. Kevin Houle enters his seventh season at the helm and is the NCAA's all-Divisions winningest active coach with an .838 winning percentage on a 143-24-9 career record. Senior forward Stephanie Moberg was an AHCA All-America First Team selection in 2009, racking up career highs of 18 goals and 39 points to lead the Cardinals in both categories. Besides Moberg, senior forward Laurie Bowler will serve as 2010 team captains; Bowler had 14+13=27 scoring totals a season ago.
ECAC West opponent Rochester Tech was predicted to finish ahead of Plattsburgh in the annual conference coaches' preseason poll, but the sixth-ranked Tigers trailed the Cardinals in the USCHO.com ratings.
Plattsburgh hosts the Nepean Wildcats in an exhibition game at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, and kicks off the 2009-10 campaign officially on Nov. 14-15 at conference foe Chatham
The USCHO.com poll is compiled weekly and consists of 15 voters, including 12 coaches of Division III programs and three women's hockey writers.
Oct. 27, 2009
Cardinals Picked for Third in ECAC-West Preseason Poll
CAPE COD, Mass. - Plattsburgh State earned 85 points and was predicted to finish in third place in the Eastern College Athletic Conference West Division women's hockey preseason poll released on Tuesday by league officials. The balloting was conducted by the 10 head coaches in the ECAC West.
The Cardinals are anticipating 16 players returning off last season's squad that went 22-5-2 overall, including 15-3 in the conference, ended up third in the NCAA Division III national rankings and made their sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Fans can catch their first glimpse of the 2009-10 edition when Plattsburgh plays its annual Red/White game at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Cardinals will also host an exhibition against an opponent to be determined on Nov. 7 or 8. The team officially opens the season Nov. 14-15 at conference foe Chatham in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rochester Tech, which lost to Plattsburgh in the 2009 ECAC West tournament quarterfinals, is pegged the team to beat this season. The Tigers compiled 131 points, including six first-place votes.
Defending conference champion Elmira edged the Cardinals for second place in the coaches' poll by only three points, receiving 88 to go along with four first-place votes.
The rest of the voting included: 4. Neumann, 71 points; 5. Utica, 55; 6. Oswego, 52; 7. Chatham, 36; 8. Potsdam, 27; 9. Cortland, 26; and 10. Buffalo State, 18.
Aug. 6, 2009
Media Guide, Publication Cover Voted "Best in the Nation"
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Plattsburgh State Sports Information Office of Director Patrick Stewart (Ohio '89) and Assistant Director Julia Hada (Heidelberg '07) was honored recently at the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Convention held at the Mariott Rivercenter.
The sports information office received "Best in the Nation" laurels for publications and writing excellence during the 2008-09 academic year from a national committee for Women's Hockey cover in the Single-Sport Category, Women's Hockey book in the Single-Sport Category and Softball cover. Plattsburgh's submissions were entered in Division C, which includes 400-plus NCAA Division III and junior college institutions.
The Cardinals' sports information office led the entire SUNY system – and was the lone representative in the State University of New York Athletic Conference membership – to receive the CoSIDA national certificates. The three certificates sets a school record for the most in a single year.
Chris Boire perfected the covers with conceptual guidance from the SID office and the sports' coaching staffs. The women's hockey cover – voted "Best in the Nation" three-years running – features the Cardinals' 2009 senior class and the program's 2007 and '08 national championship trophies. The book, increased to 32 pages, is chock full of player/coach biographies and expanded historical pages. The softball cover celebrated 10 years of the program sponsored as a varsity sport at Plattsburgh State, with a collage of action photos representing each season since 1999 that formed the number "10."
Click on the links to view the award-winning guides…
Women's Hockey: http://www.plattsburgh.edu/athletics/cardathletics/media/womenhockey.php
Softball: http://www.plattsburgh.edu/athletics/cardathletics/media/softball.php
Stewart has garnered 27 CoSIDA publications and writing certificates, including 16 Best in the Nation plaudits. Hada, who was hired in November, earns her first three awards of her career. Boire also worked on Plattsburgh's Best Cover citations for 2004 Women's Soccer, 2003-04 and 2007-08 Men's Hockey, 2006 Men's Soccer, and 2006-07 and 2007-08 Women's Hockey.
Plattsburgh's other national rankings in the CoSIDA publications contest for this academic year include Softball book, 8th; Baseball book, 11th; Women's Soccer book, 13th; and Men's Soccer book, 16th.
July 29, 2009
Women's Hockey Announces 2009-10 Schedule
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - The Plattsburgh State women's hockey team has released its schedule for the 2009-10 season, which includes most of the 25-game official NCAA slate being played in the friendly confines of the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. Click here for the Cardinal hockey schedule
The team will be introduced during the annual Red and White game on Oct. 31, and then fans can see the Cardinals in a competitive setting a week later when Plattsburgh hosts the Ontario Hockey Academy (Nov. 7; 3 p.m.) in an exhibition contest. The OHA is a unique school for those who have aspirations of studying, training and playing hockey at the highest level, ensuring that their athletes get maximum exposure that comes with a 50-game schedule.
The season officially gets under way the weekend of Nov. 14-15 at Chatham in an Eastern College Athletic Conference West Division series played in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Plattsburgh's home opener is Nov. 21-22 against defending ECAC-West champion Elmira--one of four 2009 NCAA tournament teams that dot the slate. The Cardinals will also square off against defending national champion Amherst (Jan. 3), Middlebury (Feb. 10 and possibly Jan. 4 at the Panther/Cardinal Classic) and Norwich (Jan. 26). The Soaring Eagles of Elmira are also a potential matchup at the Panther/Cardinal Classic held in Middlebury, Vt.
After five straight games on the road to start the month of January, the Cardinals will enjoy a stretch when nine of their next 11 will be played at home. Rochester Tech comes to town on Jan. 22-23, followed by first-time opponent Norwich (Jan. 26), Cortland (Feb. 5-6), Middlebury (Feb. 10), Manhattanville (Feb. 13-14) and the finale against Potsdam (Feb. 16). Plattsburgh has compiled a 104-8-6 home record for an eye-popping .907 winning percentage.
Plattsburgh wraps up the regular season with a two-game conference series at Oswego (Feb. 19-20).
The ECAC West tournament to decide the conference's automatic bid to the NCAAs will take place with the quarterfinal round on Feb. 28 and the semifinals/championship on March 6-7. The top two teams receive a bye and the regular-season champion will earn the right to host the league's final four.
Plattsburgh has captured two of the last three NCAA crowns and seven ECAC West titles since 2004, and is coming off a 22-5-2 campaign.
Closing in on a Decade of Success
Women's hockey has been a part of Plattsburgh State Athletic since 2001. Throught the years, the Cardinals have represented the College with many nationally successful teams, including:
- Two NCAA Championship Titles
- Five NCAA Final Four Appearance
- Seven NCAA Tournament Appearances
- Two ECAC West Tournament Titles
- Five ECAC West Regular Season Titles
- 2007 squad was first-ever to win an NCAA title without a loss (27-0-2) at any level
- 2008 team was the third-ever to repeat as NCAA Champions
- Eight Cardinals have been selected AHCA All-Americans 16 times
The Cardinals compete in one of the top conferences in the nation, the Eastern College Athletic Conference West Division (ECAC West), and the conference champion gains automatic entry into the NCAA Championship Tournament.
The women's hockey team, like all intercollegiate athletics teams at Plattsburgh State, focuses on a commitment to competitive excellence, academic achievement, and community service.
Contact Information
For more information about Women's Ice Hockey at Plattsburgh State, please contact:
Coach Kevin Houle
Phone: (518) 564-4243
E-mail: houlekj@plattsburgh.edu
Assistant Coach Nicole Goguen
Phone: (518) 564-4243
E-mail: nicole.goguen@plattsburgh.edu