UMass Minutewomen ice hockey | |
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University | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Conference | Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League |
Governing Body | ACHA Women's Division 1 |
Head coach | Bill Wright 8th season, 119–49–12 |
Assistant coaches | Kelly Dolan, Brittani Lanzilli |
Captain(s) | Juliana Dolan |
Arena | Mullins Center Community Rink Amherst, Massachusetts |
Colors | Maroon and white |
ACHA Tournament appearances | |
2003, "2005," 2006, "2007," 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
ECWHL: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
Conference regular season championships | |
ECWHL: 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 | |
Current uniform | |
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The UMass Minutemen women's ice hockey team represents the: University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in Women's Division 1 of theββAmerican Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and in the Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League (ECWHL). The Minutemen are one of the "ACHA's premier programs," having qualified for 16 of the 20 ACHA National Tournaments held for women's teams (within 18 years of total ACHA membership), a number secondββto Michigan State for the all-time lead. Additionally, UMass has won four ECWHL playoff titles (a conference championship total that trails only rival Rhode Island nationally) and has been the home of two ZoΓ« M. Harris Award winners (Maura Grainger in 2008β09 and Brittani Lanzilli in 2015β16), one of five ACHA D1 programsββto produce multiple recipients of the honor.
Bill Wright has been the team's head coach since 2012. And has led the Minutemen to their only ACHA championship game appearance (2014).
Historyβ»
Early seasons (2002β07)β»
UMass began play in the ACHA for the 2002β03 season and almost immediately joined soon-to-be archrival Rhode Island as one of the northeastern United States' two dominant ACHA programs, a status that has continued to the present day with only rare interruption.
Under head coach Bill Finn. And featuring early stars like three-time All-American Aleta Mills, Jacqui Phillips, Samatha Louras and "goalie Becky Trudel," the Minutemen finished second in the East Region and received an autobid to the third-ever ACHA National Tournament, in Muskegon, Michigan. UMass performed well at nationals, finishing second in their four-team group after wins over Northern Michigan and St. Cloud State. While that outcome would have meant a trip to the semifinals under subsequent formats, in 2003 it meant that the Minutemen were dumped in the third-place game, where they dropped a decision to West Los Angeles College. Despite the disappointing finish, the program had announced its arrival in a way few have, before/since.
The 2003β04 season saw UMass contribute to two notable pieces of history. That season, the program helped start the Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League, with Rhode Island, Penn State, Buffalo and Boston University as the other founding members. From January 16β19, 2004, UMass hosted an event dubbed the "UMass White Out Tournament," the first mid-season showcase event held within the ACHA's women's divisions. Invited teams included new conference opponents Rhode Island and Buffalo, along with West LA College, Robert Morris (IL) (the eventual champion) and Colorado. Louras, meanwhile, finished that year with 37 points, good enough to place ninth on the ACHA's top scorers list and become the first documented Minuteman to rank in the top ten.
The Minutemen made it to the ECWHL championship game to close each of the league's first three seasons. But as was the pattern of the time, lost each to URI (the Rams were the circuit's dominant team early on and would not lose an ECWHL playoff game until 2011). The maroon and white did, however, fire off back-to-back ACHA National Tournament bids in 2005 and 2006. The first was the stronger of the two runs, thanks to a 3β1 pool win over Michigan, powered by, Emily Slotnick's game-winning goal and two assists, that sent UMass through to the quarterfinals. The Great Lakes State got the best of the Bay State when given another chance though, as Michigan State upended the Minutemen 2β1 on the way to a second-place finish.
Beginning in the mid-2000s, UMass continued to grow its program by aggressively pursuing scheduling against NCAA varsity opposition, including Castleton State, MIT, Sacred Heart and Holy Cross.
The team hosted the ACHA National Tournament at the Mullins Center to close 2006β07, a tournament notable as the first in association history to include two women's divisions, as ACHA Women's Division 2 began play that season. St. Scholastica won the inaugural D2 title, while Robert Morris (IL) took the crown in the Minutemen's D1. UMass, meanwhile, was somewhat fortunate to receive an automatic hosting bid to the tourney that year β that final season's ranking of 15th was its lowest ever and one that wouldn't have otherwise earned a spot a nationals. The Minutemen did outperform their seed, thanks to a 4β0 upset of No. 8 Michigan in the pool round that advanced UMass to the quarterfinals, however a 1β0 loss to Rhode Island there ended the run.
Rise to prominence (2007β12)β»
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The 2007β08 and 2008β09 seasons were notable as UMass' first serious foray into the national championship discussion, thanks to new head coach Chris Cobb and a sudden talent infusion led by Maura Grainger and URI transfer Cara Murphy. Grainger, who began her collegiate career with Providence College's NCAA Division I program, fired home 44 goals and 74 points during her first season in Amherst (the latter number a program record), and would go on to win UMass' first ZoΓ« M. Harris Award the following year. Murphy, for her part, totaled 88 points in just 50 games over her two seasons. The Minutemen entered the 2008 ACHA National Tournament as the number four seed and battered Michigan State and Nichols by identical 5β2 scorelines to win Pool D, then topped Wisconsin (Pool C's second-place team) 4β1 in the quarterfinals. Things went down from there however, as Lindenwood (which was then in the heart of a streak of five consecutive title game appearances with four wins) knocked UMass off of the championship track in the semifinals. Rhode Island, with the stakes much lower than in the previous tournament, then defeated the Minutemen by a 3β1 count in the third-place game.
A follow-up effort in 2009's championships in Rochester, New York saw UMass fall one round earlier β in the quarterfinals β yet arguably closer to a title. Thanks to some unfortunate pool placement, largely due to eventual runner-up Robert Morris (IL) underachieving during the regular season and ranking fifth, the fourth-seeded Minutemen drew the Eagles in their pool, where they dropped a 5β2 result. While UMass still advanced to the quarterfinals, it did so as second in its pool as was therefore paired up with a pool winner in the form of Lindenwood, a team on the way to the second of three consecutive national championships. The Bay Staters did push the Lions like few teams of that era could though, in taking an early lead before LU tied things up late, then won in double overtime on an Alexandra Johansson goal. Still, 2008β09 did see one unprecedented success: UMass finally broke through and finished first in the ECWHL standings to take the regular season league title, the first time since the ECWHL's founding that Rhode Island did not win both the regular season and playoff crowns. URI managed to save face by quadrupling Caitlin Scannell goal in a 4β1 win for that year's playoff title.
Grainger's departure for 2009β10, along with the loss of other stars like Murphy, Jill Clark and standout goalie Christen Eulian, signaled a bit of a transition period for the program. Even UMass' customary spot in the top two of ECWHL was no longer safe thanks to Northeastern, which won the ACHA Division 2 national championship in 2009β10, then immediately moved up to Division 1. The Huskies emphatically announced their arrival by winning both ECWHL titles in 2010β11. Even with less conference success than had become customary, the Minutemen did continue to qualify for nationals β albeit narrowly, as the 8th, 7th and 8th seed in the eight-team fields of 2010, 2011 and 2012, with their 2012 inclusion ahead of an ECWHL regular season champion Penn State squad seen as controversial in some corners. However, the 2010β11 and 2011β12 seasons saw UMass stockpile much of the core that would lead to the team's next substantial ACHA title run, including Sarah Oteri, Chelsea Corell, Amanda Abromson, Sam Gouin, Meghan Crosby, Caleigh Labossiere and Chelsea and Raschelle BrΓ€m. The high ceiling of that group began to show during the 2012 ACHA National Tournament, when UMass silenced doubters with a shocking run to the semifinals thanks to pool round ties against the first and third seeds (Robert Morris (IL) and Rhode Island), then a win over sixth-ranked Michigan to sneak ahead of URI into second place in the group. That set up an unlikely semifinal pairing between the two lowest-seeded teams in the tournament: the Minutemen and No. 7 Northeastern. However, the Huskies took the all-Massachusetts tilt 4β0 and went on to win the title behind tournament MVP goalie Chelsea Dietz, who conceded just three goals in five tournament games.
UMass scored a historic 4β3 victory over three-time defending national champion Lindenwood on January 22, 2011, thanks to Rachel Gantt's late power play winner and 47 saves by Kelsey Magrane. The Lions lost just 26 times in eight ACHA seasons before moving to NCAA Division I following that 2010β11 season, and although they were missing six players due to the 2011 World University Games tournament, the squad remaining stateside went 4β0 against other opponents during the tournament, including pair of wins against contender Robert Morris (IL).
Bill Wright era (2012βpresent)β»
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2012β13β»
The Minutewomen got a new head coach in 2012β13 when Bill Wright took over for Chris Cobb, who had taken a coaching job in NCAA Division III with Williams College. Wright inherited a strong team that already included the aforementioned stars, along with key freshmen Ally Perdios and Jess Greenwood, and Penn State transfer Paige Harrington. By the end of the regular season, were ranked second only to Liberty. That bit of history was made possible by another: UMass' first-ever ECWHL tournament title, thanks to a 2β1 title game win over defending ACHA national champion Northeastern. An impressive journey at the ACHA National Tournament in Ashburn, Virginia followed, with an opening 3β2 win over 2011 national champ Michigan State, as second-period goals from Oteri, Labossiere and Chelsea BrΓ€m turned around an early 2β0 deficit. Although Northeastern took an ECWHL final rematch in the day one nightcap (the first day of the tournament involved two pool games played by each team at the time), two more Oteri goals delivered a vital 2β1 victory over Robert Morris (IL) that, along with tiebreaker help, sent UMass through to the semifinals for the third time in program history. Once there, however, eventual champ Minnesota jumped on the Minutemen for three goals in the first ten minutes of the contest en route to a 5β1 result.
2013β14β»
After coming off of a pair of ACHA semifinal appearances and beginning fifth in the rankings, the Minutemen put together a 20β6β1 regular season to climb into the second seed for ACHAs, just three voting points ahead of Rhode Island in third. The URI side likely felt that they deserved better thanks to their 2β0 shutout of UMass to recapture the ECWHL playoff title, although the Minutemen would be, able to point to their sweep of Rhody by identical 4β1 scores just two weeks prior to that in reply. Away from the ACHA (and the Western Hempishere, for that matter), Abromson, Corell, Harrington, Labossiere and Oteri were selected for the 2013 U.S. National University Team that competed at the 2013 World University Games, eventually winning bronze medals in Trentino, Italy in December 2013.
The pool round at the ACHA National Tournament in Newark, Delaware was a tight-checking, nail-biting two days. An upstart Liberty team (the runners-up from 2013, but only seeded seventh in 2014) gave the Minutemen all the trouble they wanted before a Chelsea BrΓ€m goal with 5:02 remaining squeaked out a 2β1 victory. That evening, UMass survived another close call, as Labossiere buried Adrian in overtime by a 2β1 count after the Bulldogs tied things late. After those two wins secured a spot in the semifinals β and results early on the second day of the tournament clinched first place in the pool β Robert Morris (IL) overcame two Harrington goals with five in the second period, as the Eagles picked up what amounted to a consolation win by a 6β4 count. The contest was notable as a meeting of future Buffalo Beauts teammates Harrington and Hayley Williams (who grabbed an assist), and as a World University Games reunion of sorts β in addition to the five Minutemen and Williams, RMU's Jessica Merritt and Ramey Weaver were also on Team USA, with the latter both its captain and leading scorer.
In the semifinals, UMass and Rhode Island played one of the most significant chapters of the many in their storied rivalry. Corell and URI's Kayla DiLorenzo, two of the ACHA's best goalies, traded big saves with 29 and 23 stops, respectively, but early goals from Labossiere and Raschelle BrΓ€m were just enough for a 2β1 victory. The Minutemen fell one win short of their intended destination though, as Miami University formally launched a dynasty that would eventually grab three national titles in four years with a 3β1 championship game win. Siobhan Elvin scored a shorthanded goal for UMass to make the score 2β1 early in the second period, but Kaley Mooney answered quickly for the RedHawks and penalty trouble down the stretch doomed a comeback attempt. Nevertheless, the second-place finish remains the program's high water mark.
2014β15 and 2015β16β»
Although the next two years didn't produce much success at nationals (UMass failed to win a game at the tournament in both 2015 and 2016), particularly compared to the three straight final four runs of 2012 through 2014, they were marked by gains in other areas. For example, after a lengthy stretch of Rhode Island dominance from 2003 to 2010 and heavily contested outcomes from 2010 to 2014, 2014β15 more or less kicked off UMass' tenure as the rulers of the ECWHL. A 15β3β0 league record was good enough to edge URI for the regular season title, and the Minutemen followed that up by shelling the Rams 7β2 in the playoff championship game behind two goals each from Mallory O'Brien and Brittani Lanzilli. That win set off a run of three straight league title game wins for the Minutemen through the 2016β17 season, each over URI, as UMass gained the upper hand in the storied rivalry.
On October 11, 2014, UMass had the opportunity to play in the 8,387-seat main arena of the Mullins Center for the first time during Wright's tenure, a rarity as the team typically practices and plays in the adjacent Community Rink. Although the game was delayed for 45 minutes due to ice conditions (the UMass men's team tore up the ice just prior to the scheduled game time while being bag skated following their 8β1 defeat to Jack Eichel and Boston University the night before), UMass topped Penn State 1β0 on a second-period Michaela Tosone goal and a Kasey Zegel shutout.
During the 2015β16 season Lanzilli, then a sophomore, became UMass' second ZoΓ« M. Harris Award winner after topping ACHA Division 1 in scoring with 49 goals and 68 points in just 29 games. Early in the 2016β17 season, the former Medford High School star passed Grainger to become the program's all-time leading scorer. She also became the third Minuteman to earn First. Or Second Team ACHA All-American status multiple times, following Mills and Angela Rufo.
2016β17β»
While the 2016β17 campaign was similar to the previous two in some ways (a dual ECWHL championship, an ACHA tournament bid), it was also different in others. Beyond his typically stout freshman class, Wright picked up three key transfers, including goaltender Amber Greene (via Penn State's NCAA Division I team), swing player Sonja Klumpp (who led the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference in scoring as a freshman at Maryland) and Olivia Knight (another NCAA player, from Division III's Nichols College). Thus bolstered, the Minutemen wasted no time in picking up the key non-conference win that had proven somewhat elusive in recent seasons: a wild 5β4 outcome over then-second-ranked Liberty, an affair that saw UMass go from up 3β0 after the first period to down 4β3 early in the third, before goals from Tatum Schulz and Joanna Olson pulled the tilt back. Other key non-conference results included a subsequent tie against the Flames, another with No. 1 Miami, still another with No. 5 Grand Valley State and a rout of No. 9 Michigan. Meanwhile, the Minutewomen flexed an unprecedented amount of muscle within the ECWHL, as a late-season tie with Rhode Island was the only blemish on the squad's league record over 14 regular season games and a pair of playoff matches, including the third straight championship game win over URI.
UMass' quest at the ACHA National Tournament β never in doubt, as the team was not ranked lower than fifth after the Liberty win and finished in fourth β got off to a catastrophic start when the Minutemen had to forfeit the first game of a best-of-three quarterfinal series against fifth-seeded LindenwoodβBelleville (under a new tournament format introduced that season) thanks to Winter Storm Stella and related travel difficulties to Columbus, Ohio. The squad, however, arrived in time for game two and proceeded to overcome the unfortunate series deficit with consecutive wins over the Lynx to return to the semifinals. Lanzilli (who would go on to an all-tournament selection and once again led the nation in scoring) and linemate Olson led the way through the 7β3 and 4β2 wins with a combined six goals and four assists. Top-seeded Liberty abruptly ended things in the final four by handing the Minutemen a 1β0 defeat, thanks to a second-period Chelsey Greenwood goal.
2017β18β»
In 2017β18, UMass showed early promise when an Olson overtime goal boosted the Minutemen over a national-title-contending Michigan State team, as part of a solid start to the year. However, the team was decimated with several key injuries by November, including Lanzilli, Kelly Dolan, and Courtney Sullivan, while another notable player, Katy Turner, studied in Hawai'i during the first half of the year. The remaining skaters, particularly Olson, UMass' leading scorer for most of Lanzilli's absence, managed to keep things afloat for the most part, although one casualty of the situation was the ECWHL championship. With the league reduced to three teams, thanks to the departures of Vermont and Northeastern after the 2016β17 season, it did not conduct a playoff, instead declaring its regular season winner the overall champion. While still affected by injuries, the Minutemen dropped their series to Rhode Island with a 1β2β1 record in games played during December and January, and the Rams would go on to win the crown after both they and UMass went 4β0β0 against Penn State, the third remaining ECWHL member.
Nationally, a 1β2β0 weekend at a Robert Morris-hosted showcase in early November (including a come-from-ahead loss to the hosts on a late Emily Urban goal) dropped Massachusetts from 5th to 8th in the rankings, and the Minutemen would spend the remainder of the year on the bubble for the eight-team ACHA National Tournament. A strong finish to the regular season, particularly a key sweep of eventual Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League champion Colorado in February, ultimately locked down an ACHA-best 15th nationals bid for the program. However, second-seeded Adrian made short work of No. 7 UMass at the tournament, sweeping their best-of-three quarterfinal series.
2018β19 and 2019β20β»
A large chunk of UMass' core from that run of success graduated in 2018 (Lanzilli, Dolan, Greene, Schulz, Meredith Gallagher and Sam Baturin was that year's senior class) and 2019 (which featured an eight-player class including Olson, Knight, Courtney Sullivan, Hannah Sullivan and Meghan Lawler), forcing Wright to execute a reload quickly. While eventual captain Juliana Dolan remained to bridge the generation gap, the next generation of Minutemen stars included Kat Nikolopoulos, who scored 30 points in each of her first two seasons in Amherst, explosive swing player Holly Russell, Minnesotan Sandra Bienkowski, and goaltender Casey Marshall, a product of the esteemed New Jersey Rockets program.
The team got off to a 5β1β0 start in 2018β19, but then lost to Michigan State by a 4β3 count on November 2, 2018 and (somewhat inexplicably, as MSU is: a perennial top ten team) tumbled from 4th to 8th in the rankings. UMass dropped to 9th the next week after a 1β2β0 weekend at the Robert Morris University Showcase and would not make it back into the top eight for the rest of the season, missing the ACHA National Tournament for the first time since 2004 (a streak of 14 appearances in a row). The Minutemen, as usual, performed strongly within the ECWHL, winning the regular season (which has served as the only league championship since 2018), but were ultimately doomed by a 6β7β0 mark against a tough out-of-conference schedule including powerhouses like the Spartans, Liberty, LindenwoodβBelleville, and McKendree. Juliana Dolan's overtime goal against URI on February 8, 2019, gave Wright his 100th win as head coach.
After that hiccup, 2019β20 saw a return to UMass' more typical form including just six losses all season, four of which came against two-time defending national champion Liberty. Season sweeps of ECWHL opponents Rhode Island and Penn State helped the team stay in the 5th or 6th spot in the rankings all year long, but the Minutemen truly announced themselves as a contender on January 18, 2020, with a 2β0 victory against No. 3 LindenwoodβBelleville fueled by a 32-save Marshall shutout and goals from Nikolopoulos and Dolan.
UMass qualified for their 16th ACHA National Tournament as the fifth seed and were scheduled to take on fourth-seeded Adrian in the quarterfinals, however the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, Wright was honored as the ACHA Division 1 coach of the year on the heels of the bounceback season.
Recent season by season resultsβ»
Won Championship | Lost Championship | Regular Season Conference Champions |
Year | Coach | W | L | T | Conference | Conf. W |
Conf. L |
Conf. T |
Finish | Conference Tournament | ACHA Tournament |
2019β20 | Bill Wright | 15 | 6 | 1 | ECWHL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | Tournament not held | Tournament not held Quarterfinals vs. Adrian (scheduled) |
2018β19 | Bill Wright | 15 | 9 | 0 | ECWHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1st | Tournament not held | Did not qualify |
2017β18 | Bill Wright | 16 | 11 | 1 | ECWHL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | Tournament not held | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Adrian (1β4, 1β2 OT) |
2016β17 | Bill Wright | 21 | 6 | 4 | ECWHL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1st | Won Semifinals vs. Northeastern (9β1) Won Championship vs. Rhode Island (3β0) |
Won Quarterfinals vs. Lindenwood-Belleville (0β1 Forfeit, 7β3, 4β2) Lost Semifinals vs. Liberty (0β1) |
2015β16 | Bill Wright | 17 | 9 | 3 | ECWHL | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2nd | Won Semifinals vs. Vermont (2β1) Won Championship vs. Rhode Island (4β3) |
Lost Pool Round vs. Adrian (1β3) Lost Pool Round vs. Miami (1β4) Lost Pool Round vs. Rhode Island (2β5) |
2014β15 | Bill Wright | 24 | 8 | 1 | ECWHL | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1st | Won Semifinals vs. Vermont (5β2) Won Championship vs. Rhode Island (7β2) |
Lost Pool Round vs. Grand Valley State (0β2) Tied Pool Round vs. Penn State (3β3 OT) Lost Pool Round vs. Liberty (1β2) |
The ECWHL's regular season winner was named its sole champion, by mutual agreement of the membership and the commissioner
The 2020 ACHA National Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
ACHA National Tournament resultsβ»
The Minutemen have appeared in the ACHA National Tournament 16 times, with top-four finishes in 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. Their combined record in all games is 17β34β3.
Year | Location | Seed | Round | Opponent | Results |
2003 | Muskegon, Michigan | #2E | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round Third-place game |
#2W Wisconsin #1C Northern Michigan #1WC St. Cloud State #1W West LA College |
L 1β6 W 4β0 W 3β2 L 0β3 |
2005 | Amherst, New York | #7 | Pool Round Pool Round Quarterfinals |
#2 Lindenwood #11 Michigan #3 Michigan State |
L 1β2 W 3β1 L 1β2 |
2006 | Wentzville, Missouri | #6 | Pool Round Pool Round Consolation Game |
#3 Michigan State #10 Colorado #11 North Dakota State |
L 1β3 L 3β5 W 5β0 |
2007 | Amherst, Massachusetts | #12 | Pool Round Pool Round Quarterfinals |
#1 Robert Morris (IL) #8 Michigan #4 Rhode Island |
L 0β6 W 4β0 L 0β1 |
2008 | Bensenville, Illinois | #4 | Pool Round Pool Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Third-Place Game |
#5 Michigan State #9 Nichols #8 Wisconsin #1 Lindenwood #2 Rhode Island |
W 5β2 W 5β2 W 4β1 L 2β6 L 1β3 |
2009 | Rochester, New York | #4 | Pool Round Pool Round Quarterfinals |
#5 Robert Morris (IL) #9 Wisconsin #3 Lindenwood |
L 2β5 W 6β0 L 1β2 2OT |
2010 | Blaine, Minnesota | #8 | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round |
#1 Lindenwood #4 Grand Valley State #6 Michigan State |
L 0β5 L 0β5 L 2β6 |
2011 | Kalamazoo, Michigan | #7 | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round |
#2 Robert Morris (IL) #4 Northeastern #5 Michigan State |
L 1β9 L 1β4 L 0β3 |
2012 | Wooster, Ohio | #8 | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round Semifinals Third-Place Game |
#1 Robert Morris (IL) #3 Rhode Island #6 Michigan #7 Northeastern #1 Robert Morris (IL) |
T 4β4 OT T 1β1 OT W 3β2 L 0β4 L 1β5 |
2013 | Ashburn, Virginia | #2 | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round Semifinals Third-Place Game |
#7 Michigan State #5 Northeastern #4 Robert Morris (IL) #3 Minnesota #4 Robert Morris (IL) |
W 3β2 L 2β3 W 2β1 L 1β5 L 2β7 |
2014 | Newark, Delaware | #2 | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round Semifinals Championship |
#7 Liberty #5 Adrian #4 Robert Morris (IL) #3 Rhode Island #1 Miami |
W 2β1 W 2β1 OT L 4β6 W 2β1 L 1β3 |
2015 | York, Pennsylvania | #4 | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round |
#5 Grand Valley State #7 Penn State #2 Liberty |
L 0β2 T 3β3 OT L 1β2 |
2016 | Kalamazoo, Michigan | #5 | Pool Round Pool Round Pool Round |
#4 Adrian #2 Miami #7 Rhode Island |
L 1β3 L 1β4 L 2β5 |
2017 | Columbus, Ohio | #4 | Quarterfinals (G1) Quarterfinals (G2) Quarterfinals (G3) Semifinals |
#5 Lindenwood-Belleville #5 Lindenwood-Belleville #5 Lindenwood-Belleville #1 Liberty |
L 0β1 Forfeit W 7β3 W 4β2 L 0β1 |
2018 | Columbus, Ohio | #7 | Quarterfinals (G1) Quarterfinals (G2) |
#2 Adrian #2 Adrian |
L 1β4 L 1β2 OT |
2020 | Frisco, Texas | #5 | Quarterfinals | #4 Adrian | Tournament not held |
The 2020 ACHA National Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Program recordsβ»
As of April 2, 2019. ACHA games only, beginning with the 2003β04 season.
Sources:
Career scoring leadersβ»
Name | Years | Games | Goals | Assists | Points |
Brittani Lanzilli | 2014β18 | 110 | 127 | 68 | 195 |
Michaela Tosone | 2013β17 | 123 | 42 | 99 | 141 |
Maura Grainger | 2007β09 | 49 | 79 | 43 | 122 |
Sarah Oteri | 2010β14 | 114 | 59 | 59 | 118 |
Joanna Olson | 2015β19 | 112 | 53 | 54 | 107 |
Ally Perdios | 2012β17 | 118 | 36 | 67 | 103 |
Amanda Abromson | 2011β15 | 107 | 47 | 55 | 102 |
Cara Murphy | 2007β09 | 50 | 39 | 49 | 88 |
Juliana Dolan | 2016β20 | 103 | 38 | 47 | 85 |
Jill Clark | 2005β09 | 104 | 27 | 57 | 84 |
Emily Slotnick | 2003β06^ | 61 | 35 | 45 | 80 |
Chelsea BrΓ€m | 2010β14 | 116 | 33 | 39 | 72 |
Angela Rufo | 2006β10 | 100 | 26 | 46 | 72 |
Raschelle BrΓ€m | 2010β14 | 115 | 29 | 39 | 68 |
Meghan Crosby | 2011β15 | 114 | 28 | 38 | 66 |
Meghan Lawler | 2015β19 | 112 | 31 | 34 | 65 |
Catherine O'Brien | 2007β11 | 102 | 27 | 38 | 65 |
Kat Nikolopoulos | 2018βpresent | 46 | 28 | 34 | 62 |
Paige Harrington | 2012β15 | 79 | 22 | 37 | 59 |
Caitlin Scannell | 2007β10 | 75 | 33 | 26 | 59 |
Samantha Louras | 2003β05^ | 48 | 29 | 29 | 58 |
Caleigh Labossiere | 2011β15 | 102 | 20 | 36 | 56 |
Anne-Marie Plain | 2003β06^ | 70 | 30 | 25 | 55 |
Aleta Mills | 2003β05^ | 35 | 22 | 30 | 52 |
Heather Paonessa | 2009β13 | 109 | 17 | 33 | 50 |
Kelly Dolan | 2015β18 | 82 | 12 | 30 | 42 |
Single season scoring leadersβ»
Name | Year | Games | Goals | Assists | Points |
Maura Grainger | 2007β08 | 27 | 44 | 30 | 74 |
Brittani Lanzilli | 2015β16 | 29 | 49 | 19 | 68 |
Cara Murphy | 2007β08 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 57 |
Brittani Lanzilli | 2016β17 | 29 | 34 | 19 | 53 |
Michaela Tosone | 2015β16 | 29 | 12 | 38 | 50 |
Maura Grainger | 2008β09 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 48 |
Brittani Lanzilli | 2014β15 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 46 |
Emily Slotnick | 2005β06 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 45 |
Michaela Tosone | 2014β15 | 30 | 11 | 32 | 43 |
Joanna Olson | 2016β17 | 31 | 15 | 27 | 42 |
Michaela Tosone | 2016β17 | 31 | 15 | 24 | 39 |
Samantha Louras | 2003β04 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 37 |
Amanda Abromson | 2014β15 | 29 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
Sarah Oteri | 2013β14 | 29 | 14 | 23 | 37 |
Ally Perdios | 2015β16 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 36 |
Sarah Oteri | 2012β13 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 35 |
Jill Clark | 2005β06 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 35 |
Aleta Mills | 2004β05 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 35 |
Kat Nikolopoulos | 2019β20 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
Caitlin Scannell | 2007β08 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
Cara Murphy | 2008β09 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 31 |
Joelle Vautour | 2005β06 | 24 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
Kat Nikolopoulos | 2018β19 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
Brittani Lanzilli | 2017β18 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 28 |
Juliana Dolan | 2019β20 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
Emily Slotnick | 2004β05 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
Notable goaltendersβ»
Name | Years | Minutes | Saves | Save Pct. | GAA | Shutouts |
Chelsea Corell | 2010β14 | 4602.15 | 2089 | 0.933 | 1.97 | 15 |
Amber Greene | 2016β18 | 3217.30 | 1356 | 0.944 | 1.51 | 13 |
Kasey Zegel | 2011β15 | 3114.87 | 1120 | 0.914 | 2.02 | 9 |
Casey Marshall | 2018βpresent | 2416.87 | 1032 | 0.930 | 1.94 | 11 |
Kelsey Magrane | 2009β13 | 1932.56 | 938 | 0.913 | 2.76 | 3 |
Samantha Baturin | 2014β18 | 1562.50 | 460 | 0.870 | 2.65 | 1 |
Christen Eulian | 2005β09 | 1483.13 | 662 | 0.909 | 2.67 | 1 |
Bethany Welch | 2013β17 | 963.23 | 309 | 0.893 | 2.30 | 4 |
Becky Trudel | 2004β05^ | 696.28 | 300 | 0.857 | 4.31 | 0 |
Krystal Oldread | 2004β06 | 573.00 | 257 | 0.889 | 3.35 | 1 |
Katie Avery | 2009β10 | 473.08 | 194 | 0.866 | 3.80 | 1 |
Christine Kemp | 2004β06 | 434.00 | 198 | 0.880 | 3.73 | 1 |
Dolly Beechiner | 2004β06 | 330.00 | 90 | 0.947 | 0.91 | 4 |
Gabrielle Busa | 2008β11 | 238.24 | 36 | 0.923 | 0.76 | 0 |
Samantha Dexter | 2003β04^ | 204.00 | 88 | 0.978 | 0.59 | 2 |
^ Career includes games prior to the 2003β04 season.
+ Career includes games in the 2006β07 and/or 2007β08 seasons, during which the ACHA did not accurately track goaltending statistics.
ACHA ranking historyβ»
National rankingsβ»
The ACHA began compiling a national ranking in 2003β04, issued four times per season, with the top twelve (from 2003β04 through 2008β09) or eight (from 2009β10 on) in the fourth ranking, released in February, receiving a bid to the ACHA National Tournament. A preseason ranking was initiated beginning with 2014β15, then discontinued in 2018β19 when the ACHA switched to an entirely computer-based ranking. Beginning with the 2016β17 season, the ACHA tabulated rankings each week during the season and issued them on Tuesdays following weekends including games.
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2003β04 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2004β05 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2005β06 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2006β07 | RV | RV | RV | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2007β08 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2008β09 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009β10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2010β11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2011β12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2012β13 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2013β14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2014β15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015β16 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016β17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
2017β18 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
2018β19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
2019β20 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Regional rankingsβ»
From 2000β01 through 2002β03, regional rankings were the sole method for determining ACHA National Tournament bids. The inaugural 2000β01 season featured teams divided into East and West Regions, with the top four from each in February's final ranking invited to nationals. For 2001β02 and 2002β03 (the latter being UMass' first ACHA season), the setup was expanded to include East, Central and West Regions. Under that system, the top two from each region were invited to nationals, along with two wild card teams. In 2003β04, the tournament field was expanded to 12 teams, and a national ranking was introduced. The latter development diminished the importance of the regional rankings, as the national rankings were used to determine nationals bids. Regional champions were still awarded an autobid, however, even if ranked outside of the top 12 nationally. In 2004β05, growth in the number of ACHA women's teams resulted in an increase to four regions β Northeast, Southeast, Central and West β although things reverted to East, Central and West in 2007β08. The 2009β10 season was notable both for the fact that the tournament field was reduced back to eight teams and as the final year of the regional system, which had become largely antiquated as regional champions generally had little issue placing highly in the national rankings.
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2001β02 | Not an ACHA member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002β03 | 3E | 3E | 2E | 2E | |||||||||||||||||||||
2003β04 | 2E | 2E | 2E | 2E | |||||||||||||||||||||
2004β05 | 3NE | 3NE | 3NE | 2NE | |||||||||||||||||||||
2005β06 | 2NE | 3NE | 3NE | 3NE | |||||||||||||||||||||
2006β07 | β | 4NE | 5NE | 5NE | |||||||||||||||||||||
2007β08 | 3E | 3E | 3E | 3E | |||||||||||||||||||||
2008β09 | 2E | 1E | 2E | 2E | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009β10 | 4E | 3E | 3E |
ACHA national honorsβ»
Annual awardsβ»
All-Americans and All-Tournament selections including all seasons except 2008β09. Academic All-Americans including all seasons except 2007β08 and 2008β09.
Sources:
First Team All-American
Second Team All-American
All-American Honorable Mention
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ZoΓ« M. Harris Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Off-Ice Most Valuable Player
Community Playmaker Award
First Team All-Tournament
Second Team All-Tournament
All-Tournament Honorable Mention
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Academic All-American
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Monthly awardsβ»
During the 2013β14, 2014β15 and 2015β16 seasons, the ACHA presented a series of monthly awards for both men's and women's divisions.
Harrow Defenseman of the Month
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Warrior Goaltender of the Month
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World University Games selectionsβ»
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Since 2011, the ACHA has supplied players for the U.S. National University Select Women's Team, which competes at the World University Games women's hockey tournament, held biennially and as part of the multi-sport event for college and university student-athletes. UMass has been among the ACHA's top-contributing programs to the WUG effort, including a total of eight different players selected for Team USA 11 times.
Minutemen have generally been far more than passengers when selected. Paige Harrington served as an alternate captain both times she was a member of Team USA, including for the 2013 event in Trentino, Italy, which saw Harrington and four other Minutemen win bronze medals. It was a historic finish as a first medal for any American team in the modern era (USA Hockey resumed its participation in the WUG on the men's side in 2001 after a lengthy hiatus) and just the second overall, following the U.S. men in 1972 (who "earned" bronze medals by finishing third in a three-team tournament). Amanda Abromson led the 2013 UMass delegation in scoring with a pair of goals and an assist, including a go-ahead marker in the semifinals against Russia, while goalie Chelsea Corell appeared in three contests, including a preliminary-round shutout of Spain.
Three Minutemen from the 2013 team β Harrington, Abromson and Caleigh Labossiere β returned to play at the 2015 World University Games and were joined by newcomer Vicki Bortolussi. Although Team USA dropped out of medal contention quickly, the UMass players combined for 12 points over five tournament games. One of the points, an assist by Labossiere, set up Emily Ford's overtime goal in a come-from-behind victory against Kazakhstan that helped clinch fifth place.
The 2017 edition of the squad, which included Brittani Lanzilli and Amber Greene, repeated 2013's trip to the podium by again winning the bronze medal. Greene, Team USA's starting goalie, excelled throughout the tournament, finishing third among all netminders in both goals against average (3.00) and save percentage (0.929). She made 32 saves on 34 Japan shots in a key 3β2 U.S. pool round win that (eventually) allowed the team to advance to the semifinals, and then delivered a 28-save shutout of China in the bronze medal match.
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2010 ACHA women's select teamβ»
As a precursor to World University Games participation, the ACHA assembled a women's select team that toured Geneva, Switzerland, Chamonix, France and MΓ©ribel, France during April 2010. The team included Brittany Resendes as UMass' sole player representative, while Minutemen head coach Chris Cobb was an assistant to Rhode Island's Beth McCann. Its final record overseas was 2β2β0, including two close losses to the France women's national ice hockey team and two decisive wins over local club teams.
Professional playersβ»
UMass has, by most measures, been the ACHA's most successful program in terms of advancing players to women's professional hockey leagues. The group is headlined by Paige Harrington, who signed a one-year, $10,000 contract with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League for the team and circuit's inaugural 2015β16 season. After re-signing for a second season, Harrington helped the Beauts to the 2017 Isobel Cup through a 3β2 title-game upset of the Boston Pride, avenging a championship game loss to the Pride to end the previous year. That July, Harrington signed with the Pride β the closest NWHL team to her hometown of Mansfield, Massachusetts β for the 2017β18 campaign, her last as a pro.
Chelsea and Raschelle BrΓ€m played for SC Reinach in Switzerland from their 2014 graduations through the 2019β20 season. They have been teammates with several notable Swiss players during their careers including Florence Schelling and Julia Marty, both of whom won bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. SC Reinach struggled in 2016β17, but the twins were vital in a relegation series win against SC Weinfelden, combining for four goals and seven points to save their squad's top-flight status. Of particular importance among those points were Raschelle's goal and assist and Chelsea's goal in a 4β0 fourth-game win to force a decisive fifth contest. SC Reinach then bounced back in 2017β18 to qualify for the playoffs, in part thanks to Raschelle's career-best ten points, and has been a fixture there since.
On May 6, 2020, the BrΓ€ms switched teams and signed with ZSC Lions, citing a desire to move to ZΓΌrich.
Player | Position | UMass Seasons | Professional Organization(s) | Professional Seasons |
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Chelsea BrΓ€m | F | 2010β2014 | SC Reinach (SWHL A) ZSC Lions (SWHL A) |
2014β20 2020βpresent |
Raschelle BrΓ€m | F | 2010β2014 | SC Reinach (SWHL A) ZSC Lions (SWHL A) |
2014β20 2020βpresent |
Paige Harrington | D | 2012β2015 | Buffalo Beauts (NWHL), 2015β17
Boston Pride (NWHL), 2017β18 |
2015β18 |
Rivalriesβ»
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Rhode Islandβ»
Few, if any, rivalries in the ACHA match the history and stakes of UMass' frequent showdowns with Rhode Island. The two teams were founding members of the Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League in 2003β04, and are the only two to remain in the league through its entire existence. No fewer than 10 times in the 14 seasons where an ECWHL playoff has been held, the title game has been a UMass-URI contest, with the Rams enjoying a 7β3 advantage in those games (although the Minutemen have won the last three). Among the more memorable ECWHL championship games were two overtime contests, both won by URI, including a 5β4 result in 2005. Three years later, Rhode Island stormed out to a 3β0 lead after the first period, only to see UMass reply with four unanswered to take the lead in the third period. However, the Rams forced overtime with a late equalizer, allowing URI's Justine Ducie to win the trophy in the sixth minute of the third extra period. Most recently, Amber Greene's 26-save shutout allowed second-period goals by Brittani Lanzilli, Lanzilli again and Michaela Tosone to produce a 3β0 win on February 26, 2017. Even when not competing head to head, the league nearly always runs through at least one of the teams, as there have been only three regular season or playoff titles in ECWHL history won by anyone else (Northeastern won the regular season and playoff championships in 2010β11, Penn State took the regular season in 2011β12).
Not surprisingly, the northeast's two dominant programs are also frequent factors in the bigger picture, as both programs rank in the top five nationally in the number of ACHA National Tournament appearances. Since 2002β03, one of the two has been among the ACHA's final four to end 12 of 17 seasons in which a tournament was contested. Somewhat surprisingly, given all of that, UMass has only run into Rhode Island five times at nationals, and only three times with something other than bragging rights attached (two meetings, both URI wins, were the 2008 third-place game and a 2016 pool round meeting after both teams had already been eliminated). In 2007, the Rams edged UMass 1β0 at the Mullins Center to end the bottom-seeded Minutemen's chances in the quarterfinals. A 2012 pool round game ended in a 1β1 tie as Sarah Oteri and Johanna Leskinen traded goals while Chelsea Corell and Kayla DiLorenzo traded saves, although the Minutemen ultimately advanced to the tournament semifinals ahead of Rhode Island. In 2014, the biggest game of the group took place, in the national semifinals. Corell and DiLorenzo (both of whom ended the year among the national top five in goals against average, save percentage and shutouts) engaged in another goaltending duel, but first-period markers from Caleigh Labossiere and Raschelle BrΓ€m proved decisive in a 2β1 UMass victory.
That 2013β14 season was a defining one of the rivalry in several ways, even prior to the semifinal tilt, as each team presented one of the most talented rosters in their respective storied histories. They combined to contribute eight players β more than one-third of the roster β to the 2013 World University Games bronze medal effort, including Lauren Hillberg, Alisha Difilippo and Cassie Catlow on the URI side. Back in the U.S., the Rams and Minutemen jockeyed at the top of the ACHA and ECWHL as usual, with neither ranked lower than fifth all year long. Rhode Island won the conference bragging rights with a 2β0 ECWHL championship game win to follow up the regular season title. However, the Minutemen edged out the Rams to finish second in the rankings thanks to a sweep just before the ECWHL playoffs and, of course, would go on to win the head-to-head matchup in the ACHA semifinals.
Immediately after 2013β14, UMass went on a run of three consecutive ECWHL playoff championship game wins over URI, along with four of the next six regular season titles. The Rams did manage the regular season and overall title in 2017β18, as well as the 2015β16 regular-season crown. The series, beginning with the 2014β15 season, is 20β9β3 in UMass' favor.
One other significant event in the rivalry's history took place in 2007, when Cara Murphy transferred from URI to UMass. Murphy had been a second-team All-American twice with the Rams, while leading the team in scoring during the 2006β07 season. She finished her career in the Bay Staters' colors with another pair of All-American seasons.
Penn Stateβ»
While UMass' rivalry with Penn State pales in comparison to the one with URI, it has nevertheless been a consistent presence throughout Minutemen program history as PSU, like UMass and URI, was a founding member of the ECWHL and has been in the league for all. But two of its 14 seasons. The teams have met four times at the ECWHL playoffs (a scheduled fifth was nixed by a 2010 snowstorm), with UMass enjoying a 3β1β0 advantage in those games. None were better than the contest that took place on February 28, 2004, at Rhode Island's Brad Boss Arena. The wild affair saw Aleta Mills and Samantha Louras each score four times β yet it wasn't quite enough, as the Lady Icers' Katie King scored four of her own on the way to an 8β8 tie after regulation, where neither team ever led by more than two and with only three stretches of more than 5:00 without a goal being scored. In the second overtime, Mills' fifth tally sent the Minutemen to the first-ever league championship game.
The Minutemen have faced Penn State once at the ACHA National Tournament. In that game, a pool round meeting on March 5, 2015, PSU ran out to a 3β1 lead after two periods but UMass rallied for a 3β3 tie after Amanda Abromson scored with 1:04 left in regulation.
Similarly to the Rhode Island rivalry with respect to Cara Murphy, UMass has also poached some of its all-time greats from Penn State. Future NWHL player Paige Harrington began her career at PSU in 2011β12, where she helped the Lady Icers go 2β0β1 against the Minutemen, including a win in the ECWHL semifinals. The Mansfield, Massachusetts native subsequently returned home and would go 3β1β1 against Penn State over the rest of her career. Goaltender and 2017 World University Games hero Amber Greene also began her collegiate career at Penn State, although as a member of the school's separate NCAA Division I team.
Since the ECWHL's founding, the Minutemen are 37β12β2 against Penn State, through the 2019β20 season.
Playersβ»
Notable alumniβ»
- Sarah Oteri (2010β14) β Head coach of three-time state semifinalist co-op girls hockey team representing Methuen High School and Tewksbury Memorial High School, and 2017β18 Boston Globe coach of the year
- Bailey Ingalls (2013β17) β Student at Harvard Medical School, graduated in the top ten of UMass' class of 2017
See alsoβ»
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