November 28, 2006

Four ECACHL Women's teams Among Nation's Best

Four ECACHL Women's teams Among Nation's Best

ALBANY, N.Y. - The ECAC Hockey League has claimed four of the top 10 spots in the latest women's national polls. Harvard, Dartmouth, St. Lawrence and Princeton are all listed among the nation's best according to this week's USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Polls.

Harvard leads the way, checking in as the No. 5 team on both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls with 82 and 101 points, respectively. Dartmouth also has the same ranking on both lists, checking in at the No. 6 and spot with 81 points in the USCHO.com poll and 100 in the USA Today rankings.

St. Lawrence and Princeton claimed different slots on the two lists this week. St. Lawrence is tied for 7th in the USCHO.com poll with 53 points and is 8th on the USA Today list with 63 points. Princeton is 10th according to USCHO.com (22 points) and 9th according to USA Today (34 points).

Colgate also makes an appearance this week, listed among USA Today's others receiving votes with 1 point.

Mercyhurst has taken over the No. 1 spot in both polls, dethroning Wisconsin, which is ranked second this week.

 

USCHO.Com Division I Women's Poll - Nov. 27, 2006

1

Mercyhurst, (10)

145

2

Wisconsin (5)

139

3

New Hampshire

119

4

Minnesota

101

5

Harvard

82

6

Dartmouth

81

t-7

Minnesota-Duluth

53

t-7

St. Lawrence

53

9

Boston College

27

10

Princeton

22

Others Receiving Votes: Ohio State 3.

 

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I Women's Poll - Nov. 28, 2006

1

Mercyhurst (10)

181

2

Wisconsin (9)

180

3

New Hampshire

150

4

Minnesota

133

5

Harvard

101

6

Dartmouth

100

7

Minnesota-Duluth

70

8

St. Lawrence

63

9

Princeton

34

10

Boston College

31

Others Receiving Votes: Colgate 1; Ohio State 1.