March 5, 2010

RPI's First Batch of Recruits Elevated Program

The following article appeared in the March 5 issue of the Troy Record.



By Ed Weaver
The Record

TROY — When Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute women’s hockey program elevated to the Division I level in 2006, head coach John Burke knew he had to make a pretty big recruiting haul with his first all-Division I recruiting class.

While he was limited in quantity, the five Class of 2010 players Burke brought to RPI were of the utmost quality.

Center-winger Whitney Naslund, defenseman Laura Gersten, wingers Allison Wright and Allysen Weidner and center Rossli Chace, who moved to defense for her senior year, have been outstanding, helping the Engineers reach the ECAC Hockey Tournament semifinals for the second straight year this season.

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