2002-2003 Archives

BARRIE NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICA AGAIN

March 21: St. Lawrence University goaltender Rachel Barrie has been honored as an American Hockey Coaches Association Second Team All-America selection for the second time. Barrie was also a second team selection in the 2000-01 season.

Barrie, a junior from Arnprior, ON, earned the ECAC’s Goaltender of the Year award for the second consecutive season, and was given the Sarah Devens Award, given to the player in the ECAC who demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice.

Barrie posted a 2.19 goals against average and a .922 save percentage en route to a 16-9-4 record. Barrie set the St. Lawrence Division I record for career shutouts this season, and finishing with three in the 2002-03 season to bring her career total to nine.

The Saints finished the season with a 22-9-4 record, tied for third in the ECAC standings. St. Lawrence has won 20 games in three consecutive seasons.

BARRIE IS GOALIE OF THE YEAR, SARAH DEVENS AWARD WINNER

March 15: St. Lawrence University women's hockey goaltender Rachel Barrie was named ECAC Goaltender of the Year for the second consecutive year and also was presented the Sarah Devens Award in voting by the ECAC Women's Hockey Coaches.

Barrie, a junior who will complete her undergraduate degree this year, was presented the Sarah Devens Award which is given to the player in the ECAC that demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice.

"In her three seasons at St. Lawrence Rachel has exhibited strength of character, poise and maturity making her a cornerstone for her team," said ECAC Assistant Commissioner for Women's Hockey Sarah Hood.

Barrie is a Dean's List student, a dual biology-psychology major and organizes and oversees a Big Brother/Big Sister mentoring program where underprivileged children are exposed to intercollegiate athletics. She has also attended the NCAA Leadership Conference and is a member of the national leadership honor association Omicron Delta Kappa.

The Arnprior, ONT, native was a second team All America, ECAC Rookie of the Year and second-team All ECAC goaltender as a freshman. She was ECAC Goaltender of the Year as a sophomore, posting a 1.96 goals against average and a .925 save percentage to go with a 21-10-3 record. She went 16-9-4 this season with a 2.20 goals against average and a .922 save percentage and has a career goals against average of 2.07, a .925 career save percentage and a three-season record of 52-24-10. In addition to earning Goaltender of the Year, first team All ECAC goaltender honors and the Devens Award, Barrie was also named to the ECAC All Academic team for the second straight season.

Saint forward Gina Kingsbury, a junior from Rouyn-Noranda, QUE was named to the second team after a 15-goal 20-assist season. Kingsbury, who with Barrie played on the Canadian Under-22 Team in a tournament in Germany in February, will take career totals of 48 goals and 47 assists into her senior year. Senior Amanda Sargent, Port Moody, BC, was named to the honorable mention list after a 15-goal, 22-assist season. Sargent finishes her career as the Saint Division I scoring leader with 65 goals and 77 assists for 142 career points. Freshman defender Laurie Ross of Manotick, ONT, was named to the All Rookie Team after scoring four goals with seven assists in her first year of intercollegiate competition.

Chera Marshall tries to turn the corner in Saturday's quarterfinal
game against Brown. Marshall is one of ten seniors whose career
ended with a 3-1 loss to the Bears on Sunday afternoon.
(Photo by Tara LaFredo, St. Lawrence University)

THATCHER SCORES TWO, BROWN BEATS SAINTS TO CLAIM QUARTERFINAL SERIES

(March 9, 2003) - Karen Thatcher scored two goals, including the game winner, to lead Brown to a 3-1 win over St. Lawrence in the third and final game of their 2003 ECAC JPMorgan Chase Women’s Hockey Championship quarterfinal in Appleton Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Bears win the series 2-1 and will host the championship round, facing top-seed Harvard in the semifinals this weekend. The Saints finish the 2002-03 season 22-9-4, ranked sixth in both national polls. Thatcher gave the Bears an early 1-0 lead, putting a shot over St. Lawrence goaltender Rachel Barrie’s glove top shelf at the 8:45 mark. St. Lawrence’s Emilie Berlinguette made a great play to tie the game late in the period by playing the puck off the boards and skating right past the Brown defender to create a 2-on-1 with Whitney Carbone. Berlinguette made a nice cross ice pass to Carbone, who tipped the puck between Brown goalie Pam Dreyer’s legs four her fourth goal of the season with exactly two minutes to play in the period. It didn’t take Brown long to regain the lead, however, as Karen Thatcher scored just 15 seconds later. She made a nice move to break free and cut to give Brown a 2-1 lead after the first period. Brown controlled the second period, outshooting the Saints 14-4, but Barrie came up with a few huge stops to keep the Saints in the game. St. Lawrence turned the tables on Brown in the third, putting 15 shots on Dreyer, including a flurry in the opening minutes on the power play. Gina Kingsbury had the Saints best scoring chance of the period when she picked up a loose puck in front of the net and fired a hard shot glove side, but Dreyer got enough of the shot to deflect it wide and out of harms way to preserve the lead with just over five minutes to play. Thatcher put the game away by taking advantage of a St. Lawrence turnover in the Saints end and scoring an empty net goal with just 1:08 remaining in the game.

Brown improved to 14-13-4 with the win, while the Saints season ends with a 22-9-4 record. The game was the last for ten St. Lawrence seniors, who have an 86-42-12 record in the last four years. They led the Saints to the inaugural Frozen Four in 2001, have been ECAC semifinalists twice, and have been among the nations best for the past three years.

Amanda Sargeant and Chera Marshall try to put the puck past Brown's
Pam Dreyer in game 2 of the quarterfinal series in Appleton Arena.
Dreyer made 19 saves to force a third and decisive game this afternoon.
(Photo by Tara LaFredo, St. Lawrence University)

BROWN THIRD PERIOD COMEBACK FORCES GAME 3

(March 8, 2003) - Brown did what no other team had been able to do this season to beat St. Lawrence 3-1 and tie the 2003 ECAC JPMorgan Chase Women's Hockey Championship quarterfinal series on Saturday night in Appleton Arena.St. Lawrence entered the game with a 19-0-4 record when scoring first, and were 15-0-3 when leading after one period and 17-0-3 when leading after two. But Brown quickly turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead in the opening minutes of the third period to buck the trend. Cassie Turner scored Brown's first goal just 13 seconds into the period with a slap shot from the right point through a screen which deflected off St. Lawrence goaltender Rachel Barrie and into the net to tie the score 1-1. Jessica Link scored just over two minutes later to give the Bears their first lead in the series. Courtney Johnson found Link from behind the net, and Link one-timed the shot low past Barrie. Kim Insalaco put the game away with an empty net goal with just 1:07 to play. St. Lawrence scored the first goal for the 24th time in 34 games this season when Gina Kingsbury put her own rebound over Brown goaltender Pam Dreyer at the 7:50 mark of the first period. The Saints had another great scoring opportunity when Kingsbury set up Trisha Powers on a 2-on-1, but Dreyer moved across the crease before Powers could pull the trigger, closing off the short side of the net with a great stop. Brown finished the game with a 25-20 shot advantage. Dreyer made 19 saves for the Bears, who improve to 13-13-4. Barrie made 22 saves for the Saints, who are 22-8-4. The series will conclude on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. in Appleton Arena. Harvard, a 7-0 winner over Cornell, awaits the winner in the 2003 ECAC JPMorgan Chase Women's Hockey Championship semifinal hosted by Brown.

POWERS SCORES TWICE TO GIVE SAINTS 1-0 LEAD IN PLAYOFF

(March 7, 2003) - Trisha Powers scored two goals, including the game-winner and Gina Kingsbury had three assists to lead the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team to a 4-1 win over Brown in the first game of a three-game series in the 2003 ECAC JPMorgan Chase Women's Hockey championship quarterfinals on Friday night. Powers scored her first goal on the power play with just 5.3 seconds left in the second period to give the Saints a 2-1 lead. St. Lawrence set up a late rush as time was winding down in the period, and Emilie Berlinguette wheeled the puck around from behind the net to Powers, who was right on top of the crease to score her ninth goal of the season. The goal gave the Saints momentum which they carried into the third, scoring twice in the opening four minutes to take the final 4-1 lead. Rebecca Russell gave the Saints their first two-goal lead when she took advantage of a rebound off a shot by Kingsbury on a 2-on-1 at the 1:39 mark of the third. Powers scored her second of the game on another 2-on-1 led by Kingsbury. This time, Kingsbury elected to pass to Powers on the left wing, and Powers one-timed the puck past Brown goaltender Pam Dreyer in the short side at the 3:58 mark. The Saints took a 1-0 lead late in the first period when Berlinguette tapped a loose puck in the crease into a wide open net. Ricki-Lee Doyle had the first scoring chance on the play as she sent a backhand from in deep. Dreyer stopped the shot, but it rolled through her legs and sat in the crease for a split second before Berlinguette sent it in for her 13th goal of the season. Rachel Barrie stopped Brown's best scoring chance of the first period on a breakaway by Cassie Turner with a great glove save. Barrie appeared to make another great glove save in the second period, but Katie Guay's wrist shot on a 2-on-1 break slipped through her glove and trickled over the goal line to tie the score 1-1 at the 13:54 mark of the second period.The Saints outshot Brown 38-19 in the game, and Barrie made 18 saves for her 16th win of the season. The quarterfinal series continues on Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Appleton Arena.

SAINTS TO FACE BROWN IN ECAC QUARTERFINAL ROUND

(March 3, 2003) - The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team will host Brown in the 2003 ECAC JPMorgan Chase Women’s Hockey quarterfinals for a three-game series this weekend. The first game is slated for a 7 p.m. start on Friday, with the second game also scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday. If necessary, the Sunday game will be played at 4 p.m.

The winner of the series will advance to the semifinal round, hosted by Brown in Providence, RI. Tickets for the quarterfinal games are $5 each, or $3 with a student ID.

(March 1, 2003) - After outshooting Niagara 27-12 in the first two periods, the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team still trailed Niagara University 2-1 in a Division I non-conference game on Saturday night.

But it didn't take the Saints long to turn the tide in the third period, as Emilie Berlinguette and Ricki-Lee Doyle each scored in the first five minutes to give the Saints their first lead, and Gina Kingsbury scored just over two minutes after Niagara tied it to give St. Lawrence the lead for good as the Saints took a 4-3 win in their regular season finale.

Candice Moxley gave Niagara a 1-0 lead at the 9:07 mark of the first period, but Chera Marshall scored a power play goal from Kelly Sage and Tracy Muzerall less than two mintues later to tie the score 1-1. The period ended tied, despite a 17-4 shot advantage.

Erin Toth gave the Purple Eagles a 2-1 lead in the second period, setting up the Saints third-period comeback.

Doyle's goal was the 50th of her career, making her the fourth player in St. Lawrence's Division I history to reach the 50-goal mark.

The Saints finish the regular season with a 21-7-4 record, and will either be the No. 3 or No. 4 seed in the 2003 ECAC JPMorgan Chase Hockey Tournament. The Saints will host the quarterfinal round next weekend against either Brown or Yale.

MARSHALL REACHES MILESTONE AS SAINTS CLAIM HOME ICE

(February 23, 2003) - The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team will play at least two more games in Appleton Arena this season, thanks to a 7-0 win over Vermont in their final ECAC game of the year on Sunday afternoon.

The Saints finished the conference schedule with a 10-4-2 ECAC record, clinching at least a tie for third in the standings with Princeton. The Tigers, who still have Dartmouth and Vermont left on their schedule, will need to win both games to claim the No. 3 seed, winning the second tiebreaker (most league wins) with the Saints.

St. Lawrence, an 11-0 winner over the Catamounts yesterday, didn't take long to get back on the board on Sunday, scoring two goals in the first four minutes.

Chera Marshall got the Saints rolling with her 18th goal of the season just 1:40 into the game. With the goal, Marshall became the third St. Lawrence player to reach the 100-point plateau this season. Shannon Smith and Ricki-Lee Doyle also reached the milestone this season, and Amanda Sargeant and Trisha Powers are also active members of the 100-point club for the Saints. Marhsall added an assist later in the game to move to 101 career points.

Rebecca Russell gave the Saints a 2-0 lead just over two minutes later, and Dana Hasson scored her first career goal later in the first period to give St. Lawrence a 3-0 lead. Emilie Berlinguette scored with 23 seconds left in the first to give the Saints a 4-0 lead.

Russell gave the Saints a 5-0 lead, and Sargeant scored a pair of late second period goals to push the lead to seven goals. Sargeant finished with two goals and an assist, and Smith, Gina Kingsbury, Powers and Doyle each had two assists for the Saints.

Senior Shari Bryksa, making her first career start in goal for the Saints, stopped all 11 shots she faced to post the Saints sixth shutout of the season.

The Saints reached 20 wins for the third straight season, improving to 20-7-4, 10-4-2 ECAC. Vermont fell to 3-23-2, 0-13-1 ECAC.

St. Lawrence will wrap up the regular season on Saturday with a non-league road game against Niagara.

SARGEANT ECLIPSES SCORING RECORD IN 11-0 ROUT OF VERMONT

(February 22, 2003) - Amanda Sargeant scored a goal and had three assists to become St. Lawrence University's Division I all-time leader in points en route to an 11-0 rout of Vermont in an ECAC women's hockey game on Saturday afternoon in Gutterson Fieldhouse.

Sargeant, who was one point behind 2001 graduate Caroline Trudeau entering the game, tied the record with an assist with 31 seconds remaining in the first period to give St. Lawrence a 5-0 lead. She later eclipsed the record with her second assist of the game at the 17:55 mark of the second period, then added a goal and another assist in the first two minutes of the third.

Sargeant, a senior from Port Moody, BC, now has 63 goals and 75 assists for 138 points. Trudeau is now second on the Saints Division I all-time scoring list with 135 points. Sargeant will have the chance to become St. Lawrence's all-time scoring leader, but will need more games like Saturday's effort, as Mary Beth Riley '85 holds the record with 146 points. The Saints have just two regular season games remaining and are assured of at least two games in the 2003 ECAC JPMorgan Chase Hockey championship.

Linemate Chera Marshall actually had the most productive offensive day for the Saints, scoring the first hat trick of her career and adding a pair of assists for a five-point game. Marshall's 17 goals leads the team, and she is on the brink of becoming the third St. Lawrence player to enter the 100-point club this season. She has 99 points on 45 goals and 54 assists with two games remaining in the regular season.

Junior defender Lindsay Charlebois scored her first two goals of the season and had a career high three points, while senior forward Shannon Smith scored a goal and two assists. Junior forward Gina Kingsbury also had a multi-point game for the Saints, scoring a goal and an assist. Ricki-Lee Doyle, Christin Powers and Laurie Ross were the other goal scorers for the Saints.

Thirteen players recorded at least one point for St. Lawrence, which outshot the Catamounts 76-12. Lea Armendariz stopped all 12 Vermont shots to record her second shutout of the season.

The Saints had a number of season highs in the game, including goals (11), assists (16), points (27), and shots (76). St. Lawrence tied a season low by allowing just 12 shots.

The Saints will face Vermont again on Sunday in Gutterson Fieldhouse to wrap up the ECAC conference schedule.

HARVARD SERIES TO BE SHOWCASED ON ECAC TV SHOW

(February 20, 2003) - The two-game series between Division I ECAC women's hockey powers St. Lawrence University and Harvard will be featured on the weekly program "This Week in ECAC Hockey" this week.

The series is a 30-minute program hosted by Tom Caron and produced by Bob Borts airs each week in February leading up to the ECAC Championships, which commence March 7-9. Each show comprises game highlights, feature stories, weekly awards and much more on ECAC men's and women's hockey.

The Saints, ranked sixth in both the USA Today/AHM and the USCHO.com national polls, were the first team to get a point from the Harvard, the top-ranked team in both polls, in ECAC play this season. The teams played to a 3-3 tie on Friday night before Harvard came back to beat the Saints 6-1 on Saturday afternoon.

The show will air at 5:30 p.m. on Friday on NESN, and the YES Network will air the show at midnight tonight and will re-air at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.

St. Lawrence will try to solidify their chances for home ice in the first round of the ECAC playoffs this weekend as they wrap up the conference schedule with a two-game road series with Vermont.

HARVARD'S BOTTERILL TOO MUCH FOR SAINTS ON SENIOR DAY

(February 15, 2003) - After being held to just one goal in yesterday's 3-3 tie, Harvard's Jennifer Botterill, the national leader in points per game and the 2001 Patty Kazmaier Award winner, responded by scoring two goals and four assists to lead the Crimson to a 6-1 win over St. Lawrence University's women's hockey team on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon in Appleton Arena.

Botterill scored a goal and had two assists in the first period alone, staking the Crimson to a 3-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game. Botterill set up the first goal just 24 seconds into the game. After winning the faceoff, the Crimson gained control in the Saints zone. Julie Chu passed to Botterill behind the net, and Botterill wheeled the puck to Lauren McAuliffe, who one-timed a shot from just outside the crease past Rachel Barrie's glove side.

Botterill gave Harvard a two-goal cushion less than six minutes later, scoring on a shot through Barrie's legs on the power play, then won a faceoff in the Saints zone back to Angel Ruggiero, who fluttered a shot over Barrie's blocker to give Harvard a 3-0 lead at the 7:36 mark of the first.

Botterill got the Crimson out to a fast start again in the second period. Chu led a 2-on-1 break and passed to Botterill on the right wing. Botterill slid the puck back to Chu, who snuck the puck through Barrie's legs for her 28th goal of the season.

Amanda Sargeant got the Saints on the board, breaking free shorthanded and beating Harvard goaltender Jessica Ruddock with a low shot for her 13th of the season to cut the lead to 4-1. Sargeant's goal brings her career total to 134 points, just one shy of Caroline Trudeau's Division I program record.

Despite a solid second period in which the Saints hung with the top-ranked team in the nation, the Saints couldn't get any closer, and the Crimson added two more third period goals.

Chu got the first on the power play, getting just enough on her shot to keep Barrie from handling it cleanly with her glove. The puck had just enough momentum to cross the red line, giving Chu her second of the game, and Botterill her fourth assist of the day.

She wasn't finished, however, as she capped the day with her 32nd goal of the season with just 12.6 seconds on the clock, taking a pass in front of the Saints net and burying it for the 6-1 win.

The Saints fall to 18-7-4, 8-4-2 ECAC, while Harvard improves to 21-1-1, 10-0-1. The Saints had an eight-game unbeaten streak broken with the loss, while Harvard improved on their national best 19-game unbeaten streak.

The Saints wrap up the ECAC schedule with a pair of road games against Vermont next weekend, then face Niagara in a non-league contest to end the regular season on March 1st.

BERLINGUETTE, BARRIE STAR IN 3-3 TIE WITH TOP-RANKED CRIMSON

(February 14, 2003) - The sixth-ranked St. Lawrence University women's hockey team played to a 3-3 tie with No. 1 Harvard on Friday night in Appleton Arena thanks to the play-making of Emilie Berlinguette and great goaltending by Rachel Barrie.

Berlinguette assisted on two third period goals to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead, and Barrie made 36 saves, including 17 in the third period and overtime, to break the Crimson's 17-game winning streak.

Shannon Smith got the Saints on the board when she parked herself right in front of the Harvard crease. Amanda Sargeant fed Smith from behind the net, and Smith one-timed it past Crimson goaltender Jessica Ruddock into the left side of the net. The Saints became the first team to hold a lead through one period against the top-ranked Crimson, despite being outshot 11-3 in the period.

Barrie held Harvard scoreless with a sparkling first period, stopping all 11 shots she faced, including one sprawling glove save on a rocket slap shot by Nicole Corriero that was earmarked for the top left corner of the net.

The Crimson, however, scored two goals in the second period to take their first lead. Jennifer Botterill got Harvard started at the 8:51 mark, skating through the Saints defense and beating Barrie 1-on-1 with a shot through the legs.

Kalen Ingram gave Harvard a 2-1 lead after a St. Lawrence defender lost an edge, resulting in a 2-on-1 break for the Crimson. Corriero made a cross ice pass to Ingram on the right, and Ingram put her shot over Barrie's left shoulder with just 1:38 remaining in the period.

The Saints, however, played their best hockey in the third period, scoring twice in the first 3:35 to retake the lead. Berlinguette led a 3-on-2 break, crossed the blue line, stopped and found Whitney Carbone streaking towards the left post. Carbone deflected the puck in before Harvard goaltender Jessica Ruddock could get across the crease, tying the score 2-2 at the 1:42 mark.

Berlinguette picked up her second assist of the game less than two minutes later when a scramble in front of the net led to a goal by Rebecca Russell.

The Saints held onto the lead for the next 13 minutes, but Harvard finally got the equalizer with just 3:14 to play when Corriero dumped the puck towards the net from the boards. The floating puck hit Barrie's shoulder and fell into the net, tying the game 3-3.

The Saints move to 18-6-4 overall, 8-3-2 ECAC, giving Harvard (20-1-1, 9-0-1) the first blemish on their ECAC record. The two teams will meet again at 4 p.m. on Saturday in Appleton Arena.

(February 9, 2003) - Rachel Barrie and Gina Kingsbury both helped the Canadian National Under-22 Team win gold at the European Air Canada Cup over the weekend, as Barrie posted a shutout and Kingsbury scored a goal and added two assists.

Barrie made 11 saves in an 8-0 win over Switzerland on Friday, while Kingsbury scored a goal in the game to give Team Canada a 7-0 lead in the third period.

Kingsbury added an assist in a 4-1 win over Finland on Thursday, and also assisted on a goal in the team's 6-1 win over Germany on Saturday.

Kingsbury also scored a goal in an exhibition game against Germany on Wednesday, while Barrie made 10 saves on 12 shots in a 7-2 win.

The pair returns to the states to face the top-ranked Division I women's team this weekend in Harvard.

SAINTS SWEEP NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND DOYLE'S HAT TRICK

(February 9, 2003) - Ricki-Lee Doyle scored three goals for her second hat trick in a month, and Lea Armendariz posted her second straight win in goal as the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team beat North Dakota 5-1 in Grand Forks, ND, on Sunday afternoon.

Doyle, who also had a hat trick against Cornell on January 13th, has 14 goals and 10 assists on the season. Doyle gave the Saints a 1-0 lead just 3:39 into the first period, and Sara Simard boosted the lead to two goals less than three minutes later.

Anne Girtz cut the lead to one goal at the 11:20 mark for North Dakota, and the Fighting Sioux shut out the Saints in the second period, outshooting St. Lawrence 15-10 in the second. The scoreless second period snapped a 29-period scoring streak dating back to the second period in a 2-1 loss to Wisconsin on January 7th. The 29- period streak is a school record.

It didn't take Doyle long to give the Saints some insurance in the third period though, as she scored off assists from Trisha Powers and Whitney Carbone at the 5:39 mark. Christin Powers scored her third of the season at 13:29, and Doyle capped the game with her third of the game less than two minutes later.

Armendariz, making just her fourth start of the season, made 24 saves on 25 shots on goal, posting her second consecutive victory over the Fighting Sioux as the Saints swept the non-league series.

The Saints return home this weekend for their final regular season games at Appleton Arena. Harvard, the nation's top-ranked team, will visit Canton for a two-game series, starting on Friday night at 7 p.m. The two teams will face off again at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

SAINTS TURN BACK NORTH DAKOTA

(February 8, 2003) Amanda Sargeant scored twice and Lea Armendariz stopped 14 of 15 UND shots as sixthranked St. Lawrence defeated the Fighting Sioux 5-1 in women’s hockey action Saturday afternoon at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

Sargeant opened the scoring at 14:01 of the first period - a frame in which the Saints outshot UND 14-7 - and teammate Kate Michael added what would stand as the game-winner just 20 seconds later, giving St. Lawrence a 2-0 lead after one period.

Sargeant extended the lead to three goals with her second tally of the game just 2:55 into the second period. UND’s Jessica Kovacevich got the Sioux on the board when her shot from the top of the faceoff circle
found its way through traffic at 10:43, making it 3-1 after two periods.
The Sioux came out firing early in the third period, but Armendariz stopped UND scoring leader Stasia Bakhit with a brilliant save from point blank range, holding the 3-1 lead. Moments later St. Lawrence’s Kelly Sage put the game away with a shorthanded goal at 3:22. The Saints’ Chera Marshall rounded out the scoring at 7:33.

UND’s Amber Hasbargen made just 18 saves, but several of the spectacular variety. She helped UND kill all seven St. Lawrence power plays. UND was also scoreless on the power play, going 0-for-6 in a penalty-filled contest.

The two teams meet again tomorrow afternoon at 12:05. The game is UND’s final home regular season contest of the 2002-03 season.

ARMENDARIZ POSTS SHUTOUT, MARSHALL SCORES TWICE IN 5-0 WIN OVER COLGATE

(February 2, 2003) - Lea Armendariz made 15 saves to earn her first shutout of the season, and Chera Marshall and Emilie Berlingutte each scored twice to lead the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team to a 5-0 win over Colgate in an ECAC game on Sunday afternoon in Starr Rink in Hamilton, N.Y.

Armendariz, a sophomore from West Covina, Calif., got her second start of the season as Rachel Barrie, the ECAC leader in save percentage, is playing for the Canadian National Under-22 Team in an international tournament in Germany.

Marshall gave the Saints a 1-0 first period lead with a power play goal from Amanda Sargeant and Shannon Smith. Then, for the second consecutive day, scored a pair of second period goals, the first on a power play at 4:54 from Rebecca Russell. Lindsay Charlebois and Ricki-Lee Doyle set up the second goal of the period, Berlinguette's tenth of the year, at the 10:47 mark.

Marshall and Whitney Carbone each scored third period goals to put the game away for St. Lawrence.

St. Lawrence scored at least one goal in each period for the eighth consecutive game, and has not been shut out in a period since the second period of a 2-1 loss to Wisconsin on January 7th. The 25-period scoring streak is a St. Lawrence record.

The Saints will travel to North Dakota for a pair of non-league games next weekend.

SAINTS DOMINATE IN 9-0 WIN OVER COLGATE

(February 1, 2003) - The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team won their third straight lop-sided ECAC game on Saturday afternoon, beating Colgate 9-0 in a Division I game in Colgate's Starr Rink on Saturday afternoon.

Rebecca Russell, Emilie Berlinguette and Laurie Ross each scored two goals, while Rachel Barrie made 24 saves to earn her 50th career win and her ninth career shutout, giving her sole possession of the St. Lawrence career record in both categories.

The Saints jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead behind goals by Amanda Sargeant, Trisha Powers and a shorthanded goal by Russell. Berlinguette scored the next two St. Lawrence goals on power plays in the second period, bringing her season total to eight goals.

Ross gave the Saints a 6-0 lead less than two minutes into the third period with her second goal of the year. Ricki-Lee Doyle, who scored a hat trick in the Saints 8-1 win over Cornell last Saturday, scored her 11th goal of the season at the 11:26 mark. Russell and Ross each added scored their second of the game to cap the scoring for the Saints.

Russell added two assists for the Saints, while Berlinguette and Ross each had one. Powers added two assists for her second three-point game of the season.

The Saints were 2-for-6 on the power play and killed all four shorthanded situations. St. Lawrence outshot the Raiders 44-24.

St. Lawrence scored a goal in each period for the seventh consecutive game, marking 22 consecutive regulation periods in which the Saints have scored a goal, a St. Lawrence Division I record.

The Saints, now 15-6-3 overall, 7-3-1 ECAC, will be without Barrie and junior center Gina Kingsbury for tomorrow's rematch. The duo will be traveling to Germany with the Canadian National Under-22 Team for an international tournament. Kingsbury notched two assists to extend her scoring streak to nine games.

DOYLE SCORES HAT TRICK AS SAINTS BEAT CORNELL 8-1 FOR SECOND STRAIGHT DAY

(January 25, 2003) - Ricki-Lee Doyle's slap shot off a faceoff won by Emilie Berlinguette gave the Saints a 7-1 lead, and gave Doyle her first hat trick as a St. Lawrence player as the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team beat Cornell 8-1 in an ECAC Division I women's hockey game in Appleton Arena on Saturday afternoon.

Vicky Hauck and Tracy Muzerall combined for their first three goals of the season, and Barat Wolfe recorded her first two career points with a pair of assist as the Saints had their highest scoring period of the season with a five-goal third to turn a 3-1 lead into an 8-1 blowout.

Amanda Sargeant got the Saints started with her ninth goal of the season at the 5:01 mark, faking out Cornell goaltender Sanya Sandahl from behind the net and coming around from Sandahl's right for a wrap-around goal.

Doyle gave the Saints a two-goal lead less than three minutes later when Emilie Berlinguette sent a pass through the crease from the left. Doyle dove to the right post and tipped the puck past Sandahl.

Sargeant had a good shot at her second of the game on a power play, but Sandahl got a piece of her hard shot from in deep. The puck did not stop completely, however, and Doyle swooped in and tipped it over the goal line for her second of the day and ninth of the season to give St. Lawrence a 3-0 lead at the 9:43 mark of the second period.

The Big Red cut the lead to two goals when Jen Munhofen beat St. Lawrence goalie Rachel Barrie from in close with just over five minutes remaining in the second, but the Saints erased any hope of a comeback with three goals in the first 6:31 of the third.

Muzerall got the rally started with her first career goal on a shot from the left point that wound its way through a screen and beat Sandahl to the near post. Hauck extended the lead to 5-1 when she found the puck loose in the slot and lifted a shot over Sandahl's blocker. Gina Kingsbury capped the three-goal burst with a rocket into the top right corner of the net.

After Doyle scored her third of the day, Hauck capped the scoring with her second of the day on a backhand with under a minute to play.

Barrie made 18 saves on 19 shots, while Lea Armendariz stopped all three shots she faced in relief of Barrie in the final 13:29. Sandahl allowed six goals and made 29 saves in 47:40, while Connelly made five saves and allowed two goals.

The Saints, now 14-6-3 overall, 6-3-1 ECAC, will travel to Colgate next weekend for another two-game ECAC series. Cornell fell to 1-13-1, 0-7-1.

KINGSBURY STARTS RALLY WITH SHORT HANDED GOAL, SAINTS CRUISE TO 8-1 WIN OVER CORNELL

(January 24, 2003) - Gina Kingsbury blocked from the point by Cornell's Jen Munhofen, then sped through the neutral zone and beat Liz Connelly with a shot through the five-hole to give St. Lawrence a 2-0 lead on a short handed breakaway.

The Saints outshot the Big Red 21-4 in the first period, but had just a 1-0 lead to show for it. Kingsbury's goal, her second of the game, opened the floodgates, as the Saints scored two more times in the next 88 seconds, taking a 4-0 lead at the 2:20 mark of the second period en route to an 8-1 win over Cornell in an ECAC Division I women's hockey game on Friday night in Appleton Arena.

Chera Marshall scored the next goal when Shannon Smith found her open in deep, and Smith scored one of her own just 14 seconds later on a rebound off Marshall's shot.

Kingsbury had two goals and two assists, Smith had two goals and one assist, while Rebecca Russell scored a goal and added two assists for the Saints. Marshall, Trisha Powers and Kelly Sage each had a goal and an assist for St. Lawrence.

Russell got the Saints started, finding Kingsbury from behind the net. Kingsbury skated across the crease from Connelly's left and found the far side of the net open for a 1-0 lead just over four minutes into the game.

After the scoring burst by St. Lawrence, Cornell cut into the lead when Munhofen found Erin Ellis camped out in front of St. Lawrence goalie Rachel Barrie. Ellis tapped home her second of the season to cut the lead to 4-1 with less than seven minutes left in the second period.

But Sage cut the lead to one with less than seven second left in the second when she skated from her own blue line to the left faceoff circle and beat Cornell's Flora Vineberg, who relieved Connelly after the Saints fourth goal, with a low shot to the far post.

The Saints added three goals in the third period, with Russell setting up Powers for a 6-1 lead. Russell slid the puck under Vineberg from behind the net, finding Powers for a high shot over the sprawling goaltender. Russell picked up her tenth goal of the season by tipping in a pass from Kingsbury, and Smith capped the Saints scoring, patiently waiting for an opening from a tough angle from the right and finding it for her 11th of the year.

Barrie made 21 saves for the Saints, while Connelly and Vineberg combined for 37. St. Lawrence improved to 13-6-3, 5-3-1 ECAC, while Cornell fell to 1-12-1, 0-6-1.

The two teams will wrap up the season series on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Appleton Arena.

ZUCKER'S LATE TALLY FORCES SAINTS TO SETTLE FOR TIE

(January 18, 2003) - Keaton Zucker scored her second goal of the day with just 2:38 remaining in the third period to cap a two-goal comeback as Brown earned a 5-5 tie with St. Lawrence in an ECAC Division I women's hockey game at Meehan Auditorium in Providence on Saturday afternoon.

The Sains held a 5-3 lead early in the third period, but Karen Thatcher scored her second of the game, and Zucker's second tied the game for the fourth and final time as neither team beat the opposing goaltender for the rest of the third or overtime periods.

Rebecca Russell gave St. Lawrence a 1-0 lead by tipping a shot by Laurie Ross. Zucker tied it with a power play goal with less than two minutes to play in the first period, but Ricki-Lee Doyle tied it just 32 seconds later as the Saints outshot the Bears 18-11 in the first period.

Thatcher tied the game at the 1:02 mark of the second, and Jessica Link gave Brown a 3-2 lead just four and a half minutes later. But Russell responded for the Saints, scoring her second of the game and ninth of the season just over three minutes later. Chera Marshall added her team-high tenth goal of the season at the 13:26 mark to give St. Lawrence a 4-3 lead after two periods.

Trisha Powers gave the Saints a 5-3 lead with 18:40 remaining in the game, but Thatcher and Zucker's goals tied the game late and the Saints were outshot 10-2 in the third and overtime periods.

St. Lawrence went 1-for-8 on the power play as Brown was whistled for 11 penalties for 22 minutes. The Saints held the Bears to 1-for-3 on the power play.

The Saints return home next weekend, hosting Cornell for a two-game ECAC series on Friday night at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.

SAINTS FALL SHORT OF COMEBACK ATTEMPT, FALL TO BROWN

(January 17, 2003) - Brown took a 4-1 lead halfway through the second period, and although the Saints mounted a comeback attempt, they were unable to close the gap, falling to the Bears 4-3 in an ECAC Division I women's hockey game in Providence, Rhode Island on Friday night.

With the Saints trailing 4-1, Gina Kingsbury scored her second goal of the game to cut the lead to 4-2 at the end of the second period. Shannon Smith added a goal in halfway through the third period to cut the lead to one, and the Saints had a 5x3 power play attempt in the last two minutes of the game, but were unable to score as Brown held on for the win.

Courtney Johnson gave Brown a 1-0 lead just four minutes into the game. Kingsbury responded with her first of the day to tie the game for the Saints, but Brown's Amy McLaughlin scored with less than four minutes remaining in the period to give Brown a 2-1 lead after the first period.

McLaughlin gave the Bears a two-goal cushion at the 7:50 mark of the second period on a hard shot from the right face-off circle. Keaton Zucker added another second period goal just 48 seconds later to give Brown their largest lead of the game.

The Saints had eight power play opportunities, but were only able to convert once, on Kingsbury's second goal. Brown was 0-for-4 on the power play.

Pam Dreyer made 25 saves for Brown, which improved to 8-7-3 overall, 5-3-0 ECAC, while Rachel Barrie made 18 saves in net for the Saints. St. Lawrence fell to 12-6-2, 4-3-0 ECAC.

The Saints will have the chance to split the season series with the Bears on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Providence.

BARRIE MATCHES CAREER SHUTOUT MARK IN SAINT ROUT OF UCONN

(January 11, 2003) - The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team wasted little time getting ahead of the University of Connecticut, and Rachel Barrie added another St. Lawrence record to her credit, recording her eighth career shutout.

Barrie made 27 saves to record her second shutout of the season. The eight recorded in her career ties the program's Division I record. Barrie now shares the record with Caryn Ungewitter, who played for the Saints from 1997-2001.

Shannon Smith scored two goals for the Saints, and Rebecca Russell added a goal and two assists. Trisha Powers and Amanda Sargeant added a goal and an assist, while Chera Marshall and Kelly Sage each had two assists for the fifth-ranked Saints.

Smith scored the Saints first two goals, the first just 1:44 into the game from the side of the crease. Smith's second tally came on the power play less than five minutes later, as she chipped it over UConn goaltender Kaitlyn Shain top shelf. Sargeant, who assisted on Smith's second goal, gave St. Lawrence a 3-0 lead at the 11:19 mark of the first period with a wraparound shot to the lower left, as the Saints outshot UConn 12-4 in the first 20 minutes.

Russell continued the Saint trend of scoring early in periods, giving the Saints a 4-0 on a rebound just 1:19 into the second period. Powers gave St. Lawrence a 5-0 lead by redirecting a pass in front with less than six minutes remaining in the second.

Ricki-Lee Doyle scored the Saints second power play goal of the game, pushing the lead to 6-0 just 50 seconds into the third period. ECAC Rookie of the Week Emilie Berlinguette capped the Saints scoring with 3:31 on the clock.

Shain and Shannon Murphy combined for 25 saves for the Huskies.

The Saints improved to 12-5-2 with the win, while UConn fell to 7-11-3. The Saints, now 5-0-1 on the road, will finish up their four-game road trip by resuming their ECAC schedule with a two-game series against Brown next weekend.

FIVE SAINTS SCORE, SAINTS BEAT UCONN ON THE ROAD

(January 10, 2003) - Five different players scored goals, and Rachel Barrie made 28 saves in goal, including nine shorthanded, to lead the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team to a 5-1 win over Connecticut on Friday afternoon.

Chera Marshall and Shannon Smith each scored a power play goal and added an assist for the Saints, and 12 of the Saints 18 skaters registered at least one point. The Saints were 2-for-5 on the power play, and held the Huskies scoreless in three shorthanded situations.

Marshall got the fifth-ranked Saints started with a power play goal off assists from Smith and Kelly Sage just 2:46 into the first period. Smith gave the Saints a 2-0 lead with another power play goal, this time 2:48 into the second period. Marshall and Amanda Sargeant earned assists on the play.

Emilie Berlinguette, the reigning ECAC Rookie of the Week, gave the Saints a 3-0 lead with less than a minute to play in the second period on a play set up by Ricki-Lee Doyle and Laurie Ross.

Christin Powers scored her second goal of the season off an assist from Lindsay Charlebois at the 4:05 mark of the third period, and Whitney Carbone and Rebecca Russell set up the Saints final goal, giving the Saints a 5-0 lead.

Barrie made 27 saves before final surrenduring one to the Huskies. Angie Wallace scored with 9:22 remaining on the clock to break up Barrie's shutout bid.

The Saints, now 11-5-2 on the season, will play Connecticut again on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.

NINTH-RANKED BADGERS BEAT FIFTH RANKED-SAINTS

The Saints fell into an early hole when the Badgers capitalized on their first power play opportunity. Sis Paulsen found Kendra Anthony skating towards the left side of the Saint net, and Anthony sent her shot top shelf over St. Lawrence's Rachel Barrie's blocker to give Wisconsin a 1-0 lead just 4:49 into the game.

The hole grew deeper for the Saints about ten minutes later when Steph Miller, who also assisted on the first goal, was working against a Saint defender around the net. The puck rolled off the end of her stick and snuck between Barrie's leg pads, giving the Badgers a 2-0 lead after the first period.

The Saints rebounded with a solid third period, and rookie defender Laurie Ross cut the lead to one with her first career goal. Ross scored on a power play when she took a hard slap shot which sneaked through a screen to beat Wisconsin goaltender Jackie MacMillan low to the right post exactly three minutes into the third period.

St. Lawrence outshot the Badgers 7-5 in the third period, and Trisha Powers had the Saints best chance to tie the game as she skated in from the left point and rang a backhand off the short post with under a minute to play and an extra skater on the ice with an empty net.

Barrie made 28 saves for the Saints, while MacMillan stopped 17 of 18 St. Lawrence shots. The Saints, ranked fifth in the most recent national polls, fall to 10-5-2 on the season, while Wisconsin improves to 11-4-4.

St. Lawrence, which finished a nine-game homestand with the loss, will play on the road for the first time since November 17th this weekend. The Saints will play a Friday-Saturday doubleheader with Connecticut, with both games scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday's game will be the Saints fifth in eight days.

Sara Simard fights through two Findlay skaters on Sunday.
Simard scored a goal and an assist in the Saints 7-1 win.
(Photo by Tara LaFredo)

BERLINGUETTE HAS CAREER DAY, SAINTS PULL AWAY FROM FINDLAY

(January 5, 2003) - For the second time in three games, the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team took control of a game with a strong second period.

On Sunday afternoon, the Saints' second period performance turned a 1-1 tie into a 5-1 lead over Findlay in a Division I non-conference game in Appleton Arena. The Saints closed the fall semester with a 5-1 win over Princeton on December 7th, breaking a 1-1 tie after one period with four goals. On Sunday, the Saints duplicated the feat, beating Findlay 7-1.

Rookie forward Emilie Berlinguette had her first multi-point game of her career, and made no doubt about it, scoring two goals and adding two assists. Ricki-Lee Doyle added a goal and two assists for the Saints, who will take a three game winning streak into a rare Tuesday night game when Wisconsin visits Appleton Arena.

The Saints dominated the first period, outshooting the Oilers 17-2, but Findlay managed to escape with a 1-1 tie after the first with a solid period from Findlay goaltender Jessica Moffat, who had 16 saves in the period. Berlinguette gave the Saints a 1-0 lead when she tipped a Kelly Sage slap shot over Jessica Moffat's glove. Tracy Muzerall added an assist on the play as the Saints took the lead at the 10:39 mark of the period.

Meghan Dunlap tied the game for Findlay, taking a pass from Meghan Schlaff right into the slot and beating St. Lawrence's Rachel Barrie with a shot through the five-hole with 4:10 remaining in the period.

The Saints didn't take long to start their second period scoring burst, as Shannon Smith scored her fifth goal of the season just 48 seconds into the period. Lindsay Charlebois set up the play with a shot from the point, which Smith redirected in mid-air into the lower right corner of the net. Chera Marshall, who sat out yesterday's 3-2 win over Ohio State with an illness, added an assist on the play.

Berlinguette scored her second of the day and fourth of the season at the 8:47 mark with a hard shot that sneaked by the right post to give the Saints a 3-1 lead. Sara Simard and Doyle added assists on the play.

Gina Kingsbury gave the Saints a three-goal cushion with a hard wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle after carrying the puck over the blue line on a Saint rush. Doyle capped the period by taking a pass from Berlinguette and stuffing home her fifth goal of the year less than a minute later to give the Saints a 5-1 lead.

The Saints added a pair of third period goals as Christin Powers her first goal of the season. Powers was stationed by the left post when Sage blasted a slap shot from the left point. Moffat made the initial save, but Powers was in perfect position to jam the rebound by the near post at the 2:20 mark.

Simard capped the Saint scoring with her second of the season by burying a rebound off a shot by Doyle. Berlinguette picked up her second assist of the game on the play.

Sage's defensive pair Muzerall also had a pair of assists for the Saints, who held Findlay to just 13 shots on goal.

Moffat made 44 saves for the Oilers, who fall to 7-10-1. Barrie earned the win for the Saints, stopping three of the four shots she faced. Lea Armendariz made nine saves on nine shots in just over 26 minutes in relief of Barrie, including a pair from point blank range.

The Saints, now 10-4-2, will face No. 8 Wisconsin on Tuesday night in Appleton Arena. The game is the last of a nine-game homestand for the No.5/No.6 Saints.

RUSSELL'S THIRD PERIOD GOAL GIVES SAINTS 3-2 WIN OVER OHIO STATE

Amanda Sargeant had her second two-goal game of the year, getting the Saints started by beating Lamme's glove side on a rebound on assists from Vicky Hauck and Shannon Smith.

Jeni Creary tied the game for Ohio State with a power play goal with just 15 seconds remaining in the first period. A group of players battled for the puck in the corner until Jennifer Desson finally gained control and sent a pass cross-ice to Creary, who flipped it over Barrie's blocker.

The Buckeyes took their only lead of the game around the mid-way point of the second period when Jana Harrigan won a faceoff back to Emma Laaksonen, who took a hard shot from the point. Frost redirected the shot, and Barrie couldn't recover as Ohio State took a 2-1 lead.

Sargeant scored her second of the day on a nice feed from Ricki-Lee Doyle just two seconds after an Ohio State penalty expired to tie the game. Smith found Doyle on the left side of the Buckeye blue line. Doyle found Sargeant speeding towards the far side of the net, and Sargeant fired a shot in before Lamme could cover the open side.

Barrie made 21 saves for the Saints, while Lamme made 15 saves for the Buckeyes. St. Lawrence was 0-for-4 on the power play, while Ohio State converted on 1-of-2 power play opportunities.

The Saints, who had not played in four weeks, improve to 9-4-2 on the season, while Ohio State falls to 6-12-2. St. Lawrence, ranked fifth and sixth in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine and the USCHO.com polls, respectively, will face Findlay on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Appleton Arena.

KINGSBURY, BARRIE MAKE CANADA'S UNDER-22 TEAM

(January 2, 2003) - St. Lawrence University's Gina Kingsbury and Rachel Barrie were both selected by the Canadian Hockey Association to play for Canada's National Under-22 team that will represent Canada at an international competition in Germany on February 6th-8th.

Kingsbury, a junior forward from Rouyn-Noranda, QC, was a member of the Canada's Women's World Hockey Championship team that won gold in 2001. Kingsbury is the Saints second leading scorer, notching six goals and eight assists in 12 games this season.

Barrie is making her first appearance as a member of the Canadian National Team. Barrie has started all but one game in net for the Saints this season, leading the ECAC with a .928 save percentage. Barrie has a career 43-19-8 record in the Saint net.

The Saints, ranked fifth in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll and sixth by USCHO.com, who have not played since a 5-1 win over Princeton on December 7th. The team will host Ohio State and Findlay this weekend for a Saturday-Sunday series in Appleton Arena. The Saints will then have a short turn-around and play Wisconsin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Appleton Arena, capping a six-game homestand.

SAINTS BEAT TIGERS ON FOUR SECOND PERIOD GOALS

(December 7, 2002)-The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team scored four goals in the second period to beat Princeton 5-1 in a Division I ECAC game on Saturday afternoon in Appleton Arena.

After both teams notched a goal in the first period, Kelly Sage took a shot from the point that sneaked by the right post to give the Saints a 2-1 lead just 3:09 into the second.

Gina Kingsbury gave the Saints a two-goal cushion after blocking a shot and breaking free, beating Princeton goaltender Megan Van Beusekom with a backhand shot at the 8:34 mark. Just over a minute later, Shannon Smith connected on a feed by Amanda Sargeant after Sargeant intercepted a pass in the Princeton zone to give the Saints a 4-1 lead on the shorthanded goal.

Ricki-Lee Doyle capped the Saint scoring by redirecting a pass by Kingsbury with less than 29 seconds to play in the period.

The Saints took a 1-0 lead on Chera Marshall's team-high eighth goal of the season. Marshall took a pass from Smith behind the net, then scored on a wrap-around to Van Beusekom's left side. Smith's assist was her 100th career point, making her the fourth player in St. Lawrence history to reach the milestone. Smith has 35 goals and is St. Lawrence's all-time leader with 66 assists.

Princeton's Lisa Rasmussen scored with less than five minutes to play in the first period to tie the game for the Tigers.

The Saints improved to 8-4-2 overall, 4-2-0 ECAC, while Princeton fell to 7-3-2, 3-1-0.

The Saints have almost a month off before resuming their nine-game home stand with a pair of non-league games against Ohio State and Findlay on January 4th and 5th.

FIRST PERIOD GOALS STAND UP, GIVE TIGERS WIN OVER SAINTS

(December 6, 2002)-The Princeton Tigers scored two first period goals and Megan Van Beusekom made 23 third period saves to give tenth-ranked Princeton a 3-1 upset against St. Lawrence University in women's hockey action at Appleton Arena on Friday night. The Saints were ranked as high as fourth in the national polls coming into the game.

Princeton snapped a four-game losing streak against the Saints with the win and stay undefeated with a 3-0-0 mark in Eastern College Athletic Conference play and are 7-2-2 overall. The Saints slip to 7-4-2 overall and 3-2-0 in the conference. Van Beusekom had 36 saves in the game while the Saints' Rachel Barrie had 20.

Annamarie Holmes opened the scoring for the Tiger at 6:26 of the first period as she slipped a tough-angle shot between Rachel Barrie's pads. The Tigers extended the lead to 2-0 just 75 seconds later when Andrea Kilbourne scored a power-play goal on assist from Gretchen Anderson and Holmes.

Neither team scored in the first 15 minutes of the second until Tarah Clark made it 3-0 Princeton with her third of the season at the 15:11 mark. Chera Marshall broke up the shutout with her team-leading seventh goal of the season at 16:24, but the Saints would get no closer.

Van Beusekom denied any hopes of a Saint comeback with 23 third period saves, earning first star honors. Holmes was the second star and Kilbourne the third.

These two teams meet again on Saturday, December 7, at 4:00 p.m., again at Appleton Arena.

BARRIE NAMED USCHO.com DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK; ECAC GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK

(Dec. 3)-St. Lawrence junior goalie Rachel Barrie was named both the USCHO.com Defensive Player of the Week and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Goaltender of the Week after her two-game performance in a split with fourth-ranked Dartmouth.

Barrie had 90 saves in the two-game set, including a 49-save shutout of the Big Green to give the Saints a 1-0 win on Sunday afternoon. She had 21 saves in the third period of that game and stopped two breakaway chances in the second period. It marked the first time in 52 games that the Big Green had been shutout, dating back to January 5, 2001. On Saturday, she made 41 stops in a 3-2 loss.

For the weekend, Barrie stopped 90 of 93 shots, a .968 save percentage, and recorded a 1.51 goals against average. On the season, Barrie has a .927 save percentage and a 2.04 goals against average. The shutout was the seventh of her career, leaving her one behind Caryn Ungewitter '01, the current career record holder with eight shutouts.

St. Lawrence (7-3-2, 3-1-0 ECAC) is ranked fifth in the latest national polls and will host #10 Princeton in a conference series on Friday and Saturday at Appleton Arena. Friday's contest is slated for 7:00 p.m. while the Saturday game will start at 4:00 p.m.

BARRIE SHUTOUTS DARTMOUTH AS SAINTS SNAP THREE-GAME SKID

(December 1, 2002)-Junior goaltender Rachel Barrie made 49 saves, including 21 in the third period, to record her first shutout of the season and backstop the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team to a 1-0 win over Dartmouth in ECAC action at Appleton Arena. Ricki-Lee Doyle had the game-winner as the Saints improve to 3-1-0 in conference play and 7-3-2 overall. The win snaps a three-game skid for
St. Lawrence.

Doyle scored the game's only goal at the 8:01 mark of the third period when she one-timed a centering pass from Emilie Berlinguette. Sara Simard hit Berlinguette going down the right wing. Berlinguette carried behind the net and zinged a pass out front where Doyle hammered it past Dartmouth goalie Amy Ferguson.

Ferguson had an impressive game for the Big Green stopping 34 Saint shots. Neither team capitalized on the power play as the Saints held Dartmouth scoreless on seven chances, but failed to score in four of the own opportunities.

St. Lawrence will host Princeton next weekend in a two-game conference series to wrap up the fall semester. Those games are scheduled for Friday, December 6, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 7, at 4:00 p.m.

HAGGARD'S LATE GOAL TIPS SAINTS

Dartmouth College senior Carly Haggard finished off a partial breakaway with her 11th goal of the season with 1:31 to go in regulation time, lifting the Big Green to a 3-2 win over St. Lawrence University in a battle of early-season ECAC Division I leaders Saturday afternoon.

Dartmouth, now 8-2-0 overall and 6-1-0 in the ECAC, handed the Saints their first ECAC loss of the year with the victory. St. Lawrence will take a 6-3-2 overall mark and a 2-1-0 league record into a Sunday afternoon rematch.

The Big Green grabbed an early first period lead when sophomore Meagan Walton scored her fifth goal of the season, picking up a rebound and putting it back past Saint goalie Rachel Barrie at 8:47 of the first period. It went to 2-0 when freshman Gillian Apps scored her ninth of the year on a power play at 10:02.

St. Lawrence came back to tie it up in the second period despite being on the short end of a 15-7 shot count. Freshman Emilie Berlinguette scored the first Saint goal, her second of the season, on a power play off Gina Kingsbury's goal mouth pass at 12:31 and Kingsbury tied it with her fifth of the year off Rebecca Russell's pass on a breakaway at 15:48.

Dartmouth continued to pepper Barrie in the third period, holding a 14-1 edge in shots on goal at one point, but couldn't get anything past the Saint junior until Haggard took a pass from Apps, got a step on a Saint defender and jammed home her own rebound at 18:29 for the game winner.

Barrie finished with 41 saves for the Saints while Amy Ferguson had 18 for the Big Green.

DARWITZ'S HAT TRICK LEADS TOP-RANKED MINNESOTA OVER SAINTS

(November 23, 2002)--Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell scored five points each as the top-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers took a 7-2 win over St. Lawrence University in Division I women's hockey action at Appleton Arena on Saturday evening. The Gophers scored five goals in a 12-minute span during the first period, including Darwitz's natural hat trick. Darwitz had three goals and two assists while Wendell had a goal and four helpers.

Minnesota came out firing on all cylinders, scoring five goals on their first eight shots, taking a 5-0 lead at the 16:20 mark. Wendell scored the first goal, then Darwitz tallied the next three for her third hat trick of the season. Kelly Stephens then got in on the action for the Gophers scoring the fifth goal of the period. St. Lawrence got on the board 36 seconds after Stephen's score. Sara Simard chased down a long lead pass from Vicky Hauck and buried a wrister over Brenda Reinen's shoulder.

St. Lawrence closed the gap to 5-2 at the 10:58 of the second period when Ricki-Lee Doyle slammed home a cross-crease feed from Trisha Powers. Minnesota had an answer in the form of Stephens, who scored her second of the game by going high on Rachel Barrie at the 12:41 mark.

Minnesota's Kristy Oonincx had the only goal of the third period, a short-handed score that deflected off a Saint defenesman's stick in the slot and went over Barrie's shoulder. Darwitz had a chance to add her fourth goal of the game when she was awarded a penalty shot, but her backhand attempt trickled wide of the net.

Reinen had 35 saves in the game, allowing just two goals, while Barrie stopped 22 shots. Both teams were 1-8 on the power-play.

St. Lawrence will host fourth-ranked Dartmouth at 2:00 p.m. next Saturday and Sunday.

#5 SAINTS SUFFER FIRST LOSS OF SEASON, 5-2, TO #1 MINNESOTA

(November 22, 2002)--Despite 36 saves from junior goalie Rachel Barrie, #5 St. Lawrence dropped a 5-2 decision to #1 Minnesota in women's hockey action at Appleton Arena on Friday evening. Krissy Wendell scored two goals and had an assist to extend the Golden Gophers unbeaten streak to 14. The loss was the Saints first of the season as they drop to 6-1-2. Minnesota stays undefeated and sits at 12-0-1 on the year.

Minnesota jumped out to an early lead when Wendell won a face-off, wheeled behind the net and sneaked a wrap-around attempt just inside the far post at the 2:32 mark. St. Lawrence responded at the 9:55 mark when Chera Marshall (above, left) buried Kelly Sage's rebound on the power play. Sage crashed the net from the left side, firing a shot into Jody Horak's pads before Marshall put it away. The Golden Gophers regained the lead with just over five minutes left in the first on Wendell's second of the night. Wendell took a cross-ice feed from Winny Brodt and one timed it high over Barrie's short side for the goal, making it 2-1 at the end of one period.

St. Lawrence knotted the score at 2-2 in the second on Shannon Smith's even-strength goal at 6:06 of the period. Smith took a lead pass from Chera Marshall and ripped a wrister high over Horak's short side for the only scoring in the period.

Minnesota came back early in third when Noelle Sutton scored what proved to be the game-winner at 3:11. Sutton broke in on the left side and deflected a pass from Ronda Curtin into the top of the net for the goal. Kelly Stephens added another score when she took a Natalie Darwitz feed on the doorstep and deflected it home at 9:55. Darwitz finished the scoring with an empty-net goal with 1:10 left in the regulation.

Horak stopped 31 shots in net for Minnesota to pick up the win. St. Lawrence went 1-6 on the power play and held the Gophers scoreless in five chances.

These two teams meet again on Saturday, November 23, at Appleton with face off slated for 7:00 p.m. The Saints are still looking for their first win against the Gophers and are 0-5-1 against Minnesota all-time.

ARMENDARIZ BACKSTOPS SAINTS TO 2-1 WIN

November 17--Sophomore Lea Armendariz made 25 saves in her first start of the season for the fifth-ranked St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team, backstopping the Saints to a 2-1 victory over the Yale Bulldogs in New Haven on Sunday afternoon. Senior Amanda Sargeant scored the gamewinner for the Saints with 5:46 left in regulation to extend the Saints unbeaten streak to eight games and a 6-0-2 record, including a 2-0-0 mark in Eastern College Athletic Conference play.

Yale (1-5-0, 1-3-0 ECAC) opened the scoring in the second period when Deanna McDevitt scored just 31 seconds in after a scoreless first. Natalie Babony and Deena Caplette were credited with the assists.

Junior Gina Kingsbury started the Saint comeback at 12:06 of the second period, scoring on assists from senior Trisha Powers and first-year student Kate Michael. The assist was the first point of Michael’s career. Sargeant found the gamewinner with 5:46 left in the game, her fifth goal of the season, on an assist from senior Shannon Smith.

Sarah Love made 36 saves in net for Yale. Neither team scored on the power-play as Yale went 0-4 and the Saints were 0-5.

The Saints will host perennial WCHA power Minnesota on Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23. Both games are scheduled to face-off at 7:00 p.m. Minnesota is currently ranked second in the nation and are riding an 11-game unbeaten streak heading into their Sunday night game against Harvard.

SAINTS EXTEND UNBEATEN STREAK TO SEVEN WITH WIN OVER YALE

(November 16, 2002)-The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team extended their unbeaten streak to seven games with a 8-1 drubbing of Yale University in their Eastern College Athletic Conference opener in New Haven. Only Minnesota currently has a longer unbeaten streak as they have gone 10-0-1 in their last 11. Trisha Powers and Gina Kingsbury each had two goals and an assist in the game as the their line accounted for four of the Saints eight goals, a season high to this point.

St. Lawrence jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period, outshooting the Bulldogs 19-2. Chera Marshall had the Saints first, that coming just 34 seconds after the opening faceoff. Amanda Sargeant scored the next two before the end of the period.

Kingsbury got her first of the game at 2:37 of the second period, a power-play score, before Erika Hockinson beat Rachel Barrie at 3:44 to make it a 4-1 game. St. Lawrence responded with three goals before the end of the power, including Kelly Sage's first goal of the season. Kingsbury scored with one-tenth of a second left in the period, her second of the game.

Powers scored her second of the game with 9:26 left in regulation, an unassisted power-play goal, to cap the scoring at 8-1 in favor of the Saints.

Barrie made 17 saves to register the win as the Saints outshot Yale, 44-18, in the game. Sarah Love had 25 saves in 31:03, taking the loss and allowing five goals. Nicolette Franck finished in net for the Bulldogs, making 11 saves and allowing three scores in the remainder of the game.

These two teams meet again on Sunday, November 17, at 2:00 p.m. in New Haven.

KINGSBURY, CANADIANS CLAIM FOUR NATIONS GOLD

(November 11, 2002)-Gina Kingsbury, a junior forward on the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team, helped the Canadian National Women's Team claim the gold medal at the Four Nations Cup with a 4-2 win over the United States in Kitchener, ON. Kingsbury had two goals and an assist in four games at the tournament.

The Canadians opened the cup with a 7-0 win over the US in the opening day of round-robin play last Wednesday. Kingsbury had the last goal for the Canadians in the third period. The following night against Sweden, Kingsbury assisted on Hayley Wickenheiser's second period power-play goal, helping the Canadians to a 5-1 win and clinching a spot in the gold medal game. On Saturday, Canada took a 3-1 win over Finland. Kingsbury netted the first Canadian goal when she buried a cross-crease pass from Meagan Walton at 5:13 of the first period.

Kingsbury now has two gold medals with the Canadian National Women's Team. She won gold with Team Canada at the 2001 World Championships, just a week after she helped the Saints to the championship game of the inaugural NCAA Frozen Four.

SAINTS AND WILDCATS SKATE TO A 1-1 TIE

(November 9, 2002)-Randi MacMaster scored an extra-attacker power-play goal with 13 seconds left in regulation to lift #8 New Hampshire to a 1-1 with #9 St. Lawrence University in Division I women's hockey action at Appleton Arena on Saturday afternoon. MacMaster's goal came on the Wildcats seventh power play of the game and with an empty net.

With 1:36 left in the third period, the Saints were whistled for a hooking penalty while holding a 1-0 lead. The Wildcats pulled their goalie with 1:05 left, and for the second night in a row, the move gave UNH a 6-on-4 advantage. And again the move worked. Chandy Kaip carried the puck from behind the net and fired a hard pass across the slot to MacMaster. MacMaster wasted little time in getting the puck into the net before Rachel Barrie could get across the crease, tying the game with 13 seconds left in regulation.

Both goalies stood tall for nearly two periods until Ricki-Lee Doyle scored her first goal of the season with 1:33 left in the second period. Kelly Sage hit Sara Simard skating down the right side and Simard crashed the net and fired a shot that Jen Huggon deflected into the slot. Doyle found the free puck and lifted it into the yawning net to give the Saints a 1-0 lead.

St. Lawrence had eight shots in the overtime period, including a breakaway chance, but Huggon handled the challenge and saving a 1-1 tie.

Huggon finished with 29 saves, including eight in the overtime, while Barrie turned away 32 shots, including 23 in the second and third periods. St. Lawrence was 0-4 on the power play while UNH capitalized on 1-of-7 chances.

St. Lawrence opens the conference schedule next weekend with a two-game set at Yale with the first game on Saturday, November 16, starting at 2:00 p.m.

SAINTS WIN WILD ONE OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE, 4-3

(November 8, 2002)-Rebecca Russell had two goals as #6 St. Lawrence handed #8 New Hampshire their first loss of the season, 4-3, in Division I women's hockey action at Appleton Arena on Friday night. The Saints (4-0-1) carried a 2-1 lead into the third, but needed two more third period goals to hold off a late charge from the Wildcats (7-1-0).

St. Lawrence got on the board first as Russell deflected a pass by Trisha Powers, who was behind the net, through the five-hole of UNH goalie Jen Huggon at 7:49 of the first period. St. Lawrence outshot the Wildcats, 9-5 in the period.

Chera Marshall gave the Saints a 2-0 lead at 5:59 of the third, scoring a power-play goal. Marshall found a rebound from Amanda Sargeant's wrap-around attempt and flicked it high over the prone goaltender. New Hampshire cut the lead in half late in the period as Chandy Kaip go the first of her two goals, finishing off a flurry of three New Hampshire shots on the doorstep. Rachel Barrie turned away the first two shots- one with a pad, the other with her glove- before Kaip found the back of the net.

The Wildcats come out in a flurry in the third and tied the game on Stephanie Jones goal at 4:10 of the period.

However, the Saints responded just 1:45 later with Sargeant on the other end of a rebound. She gathered a shot from Marshall and buried it. Russell then got her second of the game, a quick passing play from Whitney Carbone and Trisha Powers set up the score with 9:44 left in the third. UNH pulled Huggon with 1:21 left and the move paid off as Kaip got her second of the game, beating Barrie high from a tough angle with 56 seconds left in regulation. The Saints and Barrie stood tall for the remainder, holding off a Wildcat flurry for the win.

Both goalies, Barrie and Huggon, finished with 25 saves in the game and each team went 1-for-3 on the power-play.

These two teams meet again on Saturday, November 9, at 4:00 p.m.

KINGSBURY SCORES AS CANADIANS DEFEAT USA, 7-0

November 6, 2002-Gina Kingsbury, a junior on the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team, scored a goal in Team Canada's 7-0 win over the United States in the first game of the 2002 Four Nations Cup in Kitchener, Ontario.

This is Kingsbury's third stint with the Canadian National Women's Team. In 2001, she won a goal medal at the IIHF World Championships as part of the team and was a member of the Under-22 team this summer in a three-game series against the US in Lake Placid.

Kingsbury scored the seventh, and last, Canadian goal with 45 seconds left in the game to wrap-up the scoring at 7-0. The forward had two goals in the U-22 series between Canada and the US this summer.

Finland and Sweden tied 2-2 in the other Four Nations Cup game. Canada will meet Sweden on Thursday.

Kingsbury will miss this weekend's St. Lawrence series with New Hampshire, as will Wildcat forward and Team USA member, Kristen Thomas. The Saints and Wildcats meet on Friday, November 8, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, November 9, at 4:00 p.m. Both games are at Appleton Arena.

SAINTS COME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT NORTHEASTERN

October 27, 2002-The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team scored two third period goals to erase a 1-0 deficit and defeat the 10th-ranked Northeastern Huskies on the road, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon. Rebecca Russell (left)scored the game-winning goal on a Gina Kingsbury assist with 7:20 left in the third period to lift the Saints to the win and a 3-0-1 record.

Northeastern's Pamela Pachal put Northeastern on the board with just 22 seconds left in the second period to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead over seventh-ranked St. Lawrence. The Saints entered the third period down despite outshooting the host Huskies 27-13 in the first two periods, including 18-7 in the second.

Gina Kingsbury knotted the game at one when she scored a power-play goal at the 8:49 mark of the third period. Trisha Powers and Emilie Berlinguette were awarded the assists. Russell then scored the gamewinner, her third goal and second winner of the season.

Rachel Barrie picked the win in net, making 17 saves on 18 shots. Chanda Gunn made 37 saves in net for the Huskies.

St. Lawrence will have an off week before returning to action at home on Friday, November 8 against New Hampshire at 7:00 p.m.

SAINTS TIE AT PROVIDENCE, 2-2

(October 26, 2002)-The seventh-ranked St. Lawrence University women's hockey team saw a 2-0 third period lead disappear as they skated to a 2-2 tie with eight-ranked Providence at Shcneider Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Saints are now 2-0-1 on the young season while Providence moves to 1-2-1.

Junior netminder Rachel Barrie stopped 31 shots in net for the Saints, including 14 in the second period and four in overtime. Jane Bugden had 22 saves in net for the Friars.

Senior Trisha Powers gave St. Lawrence a 1-0 lead with 50 seconds left in the first period, making the most on the assist from junior Gina Kingsbury. The Saints doubled their lead in the second when Rebecca Russell scored on assists from Emilie Berlinguette and Tracy Muzerall with 1:01 left in the second period.

Providence got goals from Rush Zimmerman and Danielle Culgin in the third period to tie the game. Both teams were 0-5 on the power-play.

The Saints travel to Boston on Sunday afternoon to take on 10th-ranked Northeastern in a 2:00 p.m. face-off at Matthews Arena.

MARSHALL PLAN EFFECTIVE FOR SAINTS

(October 20, 2002)—Chera Marshall put a winning game plan in effect for #7 St. Lawrence registering two goals and an assist in the Saints 5-2 win over #9 Mercyhurst in women’s hockey action at Appleton Arena on Sunday afternoon. The senior forward is off to a quick start this season with three goals and two assists in two games.

Senior co-captain Shannon Smith has also hit the ice running and leads the team with six points after just two games. She had a goal and two assists in both of this weekend’s games, helping St. Lawrence jump out to a 2-0 start for the second straight season.

Saint junior goalie Rachel Barrie made 22 saves in just less than 54 minutes of work to improve to 2-0 on the year. Lea Armendariz had seven saves in a busy 6:15 of work, allowing one goal. Desirae Clark had 23 saves as she picked up the loss in net for the Lakers (4-2-0).

Like Saturday when they took a 4-0 first period lead, the Saints got on the board early and exited the first period with a 2-0 cushion on Sunday. Smith recorded her second goal of the year when she corralled a rebound from Amanda Sargeant’s shot and ripped it into the open net at the 5:43 mark of the first. Marshall got a power-play score at 15:35 when she finished a cross-ice feed from Smith. Sargeant, who had three assists in the game, set-up the play up from the blue line.

Rookie Emilie Berlinguette got into the action in the second period with the prettiest goal of the game. The first-year forward spun by one defender and ripped a backhand into the roof of the net for her first career goal, the power-play variety, at 1:18 of the second. Whitney Carbone extended the lead to 4-0 with a short-handed breakaway score at 10:36. Kelly Sage sprung the break from the Saints defensive zone.

Sara McDonald solved Barrie with 1:33 left in the period when she buried a rebound from Jennifer Jeffrey’s shot during a power-play.

Marshall scored her second of the game early in the third with Smith and Sargeant picking up the assists. Chrissy Yule rounded out the scoring at 5-2 when she beat Saints back-up goalie Armendariz on the power play.

The Saints hit the road next weekend with games at Providence on Saturday and Northeastern on Sunday.

FOUR-GOAL FIRST PERIOD KEYS SAINT WIN IN OPENING GAME

(Oct. 19, 2002)— The St. Lawrence University women’s hockey team started out the season with an impressive first period, scoring four goals in under 11 minutes, to hand Mercyhurst their first defeat,
4-1, in Appleton Arena on Saturday afternoon.

Amanda Sargeant scored a power play goal at the 6:43 mark to give the Saints the early lead. Shannon Smith set up Kelly Sage for a shot on Mercyhurst goaltender Tiffany Ribble, and Sargeant, who was standing right next to the left post, jammed the rebound into the open net. Rebecca Russell added another power play goal from the right side of the ice on assists from Emilie Berlinguette and Gina Kingsbury.

The Saints doubled their lead in a span of 16 seconds as Chera Marshall and Smith helped each other net their first goal of the season. Smith set up the Saints third goal with a hard shot from the left. Marshall collected the rebound and put the puck past Ribble at the 17:23 mark. Marshall returned the favor at 17:39, feeding Smith across the slot. Smith put her shot high, over Ribble’s shoulder for a 4-0 lead.

While the Saints held a 4-0 lead after the first period, they were outshot 15-8 in the period. The Saints quickly reversed the trend, however, allowing just 13 shots in the second and third period combined.

C.J. Ireland finally beat Saint goalie Rachel Barrie 50 seconds into the third period, getting her stick on a rebound of a shot by Lyndsay Rush and putting it past Barrie into the left side of the net.

Barrie made 27 saves in the St. Lawrence net for her first win of the season, while Desirae Clark made 17 saves and did not allow a goal in relief of Ribble, who made four saves in the first period.

The Saints, now 1-0-0, will have a rematch with the Lakers, 4-1-0, at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Appleton Arena.

ST. LAWRENCE OPENS SEASON WITH MERCYHURST ON SATURDAY

As the Saints open their 2002-2003 campaign on Saturday against Mercyhurst, they look to continue their recent trend of finishing at the top of the Eastern College Athletic Conference standings, no matter what the conference looks like or calls itself. After one season, the ECAC North and the ECAC Eastern have given way to the ECAC and Hockey East. But the goal for the St. Lawrence University women's hockey team remains the same- finish at the top of the conference standings and make a run for the Frozen Four and a NCAA championship.

With 17 letter winners and nine of their top-10 scorers returning from last season's squad, that's a very reachable goal. The Saints return 84% percent of their scoring from last season and the players returning to the lineup scored 100 of the team's 117 goals a year ago. Included among those returning are two ECAC North All-Conference first-team selections, the conference's Goaltender of the Year, two career 100-point scorers and two more players on the verge of breaking the century mark.

Last year's team put up an impressive 22-10-4 record, including a 12-3-1 mark in the conference and marched into the conference playoffs as the number three seed after knocking Cornell out in two-games in the quarterfinals. The Saints season came to an end with a 3-1 loss to eventual champion Brown, but the team set several marks while getting that far. They set team records for save percentage at .922 and goals against average, a miniscule 1.97. They also set marks for fewest conference losses and most road wins, 10 10-4-3 away from the friendly confines of Appleton Arena.

The 2002-2003 team is in an unusual yet enviable situation with the lineup predominantly made-up of upperclassmen. 16 of the Saints 25 players are in either their junior or senior year. A talented, and large, senior class should provide the leadership for a team with high expectations. Nine seniors are listed on the Saints roster, six as forwards and three as defenseman. With just nine underclassmen, and only four freshmen, quality over quantity is the underlying theme of the last two recruiting classes.

The biggest loss to graduation came on defense as the Saints lost four-year starters Meghan Maguire, a second-team all-conference pick, and Colleen Coakley. Also missing from the this year's team is Suzanne Fiacco, who spent time on the Saints blue line as well last season, and Jessica Wilson.

Offensively, the Saints return plenty of firepower with the top-four scorers from last season returning in senior co-captains Trisha Powers and Shannon Smith, senior Amanda Sargeant and junior Gina Kingsbury. Powers and Sargeant tied for the team lead with 35 points last season, both with identical lines of 14 goals and 21 assists. They also have 204 career points between them. Powers has 100 points on 46 goals and 54 assists in three seasons while Sargeant has 49 goals and 55 assists for 104 points. Smith is not far from reaching the 100-point plateau as she sits with 85 career points on 31 goals and 54 assists. She finished fourth on the team in scoring with 26 points last season, registering 12 goals and 14 assists in 36 games.

Kingsbury missed the 2001 portion of the 2001-2002 season while trying out for the Canadian National Women's Team, but still managed to score 31 points, including a team-leading 19 goals, in 21 games played last season. She earned a place on the all-conference first-team for the effort as well as a position on the Canadian Under-22 squad. In her first game back last January, Kingsbury scored three goals against St. Cloud State, one of two hat tricks on the season, and finished the year with six power-play goals.

Senior Chera Marshall is physically the strongest player on the Saints roster. She was seventh on the team with 19 points, scoring seven goals and dishing out 12 assists. Classmate Vicky Hauck added to the senior scoring effort with four goals and two assists and displayed a knack for scoring the big goal with two of her scores acting as game winners. Senior Casey Peterson rounds out the senior class of forwards. She saw time in five games last season.

Kingsbury leads the junior class, but don't look past classmates Ricki-Lee Doyle and Sara Simard on the offensive end. Doyle transferred to St. Lawrence from St. Cloud State for her sophomore season and chipped in with 18 points, including eight goals. A stellar rookie campaign saw her put in 26 goals and 36 assists for a 62-point season with the Huskies. She has 80 career points and can eclipse 100 for her career with another solid season. Simard is a gritty, hard-skater essential to the success of any team. She had 15 points last season with five goals and 10 assists. Junior Dana Hasson could also see time for the Saints after playing in six games as a sophomore.

A trio of sophomores- Rebecca Russell, Whitney Carbone and Christin Powers - were surprisingly effective players for the Saints as freshmen. Russell finished with 21 points and was fourth on the team with 17 assists. Like Hauck, she showed the penchant for the big goal with three of her four scores proving to be game winners. Carbone had thirteen points with three goals and 10 assists while Powers tacked on nine points with five goals and four assists. Sophomore Amy Bombay made the most of her limited playing time, getting her first career goal in eight games played.

The lone first-year student among the forwards is Emilie Berlinguette from Ottawa, Ontario. Berlinguette tallied 14 goals and 10 assists in 32 games for the Ottawa Raiders last season and was a member of Team Ontario.

Defensively, the Saints will need to fill the void left by Maguire, Coakley and Fiacco. Five defenseman return to the lineup and three freshmen look to solidify an already stiff back line that allowed just 72 goals in 36 games in 2001-2002.

Expected to lead the group are senior Kelly Sage and junior Lindsay Charlebois. Sage was second among Saint defenseman with a goal and nine assists for 10 points. Seven of her points came in conference games. Sage owns the Saint defenseman record for points in a period with two, a feat she accomplished against Cornell in 1999. Charlebois is a fundamentally sound defender and her size makes her tough in front of the net. She tallied eight points and scored two goals last season.

Senior Amy Hewitt played in 28 games last season, registering three assists and will also be counted upon heavily in the defensive zone. Classmate Jessica Knapp had her best season as a junior, picking up just three penalties in 34 games and collected the first points of her career after 81 games without one. She finished the season with a goal and three assists. Junior Barat Wolfe will also be a factor as she played in 15 games as a sophomore.

Rookies Tracy Muzzerall, Laurie Ross and Kate Michael will likely make an immediate impact on the blue line. Muzzerall was an assistant captain with her last team while Michael earned her team's courage and spirit award.

In goal, junior Rachel Barrie will again see the majority of the time and clean up whatever gets through the tough St. Lawrence defense. Barrie had another impressive campaign, earning ECAC North Goalie of the Year and first-team all-conference honors to add to her Rookie of the Year and second-team AHCA All-America honors she picked-up as a freshman. In her sophomore year, she posted a record of 21-10-4 with a 1.96 goals against average and a .925 save percentage. In the process, she set the season records for wins, save percentage, appearances, minutes played and saves while tying the record for shutouts. She played in 2,055:01, or 93.8 percent of the time. Barrie also notched four shutouts and now has six in her two-year career. She owns every career record except shutouts, needing two to tie that record. Her career numbers are incredible- a 2.00 goals against average, a .926 save percentage, a 36-15-6 record and a .684 save percentage.

Sophomore Lea Armendariz proved to be a solid back up as she posted a 0.92 goals against average and a .943 save percentage, getting a shutout against Vermont. She had 33 saves on 35 shots while playing in three games and picking up one win.

St. Lawrence again will have one of the toughest schedules in the nation. They play perennial national powers and ECAC foes Dartmouth, Harvard, Brown and Princeton. The rest of the ECAC schedule includes up-and-comer Cornell, Colgate, Yale and Vermont. In non-conference games, the Saints take on Frozen Four participants Niagara and Minnesota along with Mercyhurst, New Hampshire, Providence, Northeastern, Ohio State, Findlay, Wisconsin, Connecticut and North Dakota. Of those, 12 received votes in the preseason national polls.