Minnesota Returns To No. 1 In USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll
Feb. 18, 2004
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of Minnesota returned to the top of the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll after three weeks in the No. 2 position. Minnesota split the weekend series with No. 5 University of Wisconsin. Both the Badgers and the Golden Gophers notched a single goal in regulation on Friday, but the Badger's Carla MacLeod scored the game-winner at 2:02 of the overtime period to earn the win 2-1 for Wisconsin. Minnesota came back on Saturday, defeating the Badgers, 2-1.
The former No. 1, Dartmouth College, slipped to No. 4 in this week's poll after suffering two losses at the hands of ECAC opponent No. 3 St. Lawrence University. The Saints blanked Dartmouth, 3-0, on Friday and followed up with a 3-2 victory on Saturday. Forward Gina Kingsbury notched two goals and three points for the Saints including a game-winning power-play goal on Saturday.
No. 2 Harvard University climbed one place in the poll after registering three victories this week. Harvard defeated Northeastern University, 5-1, on Tuesday to take the Beanpot title for the sixth consecutive year. Angela Ruggiero led Harvard with a goal and three assists and earned MVP honors. The Crimson went on to sweep conference opponent No. 10 Brown University by scores of 5-2 and 4-3, on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
The seventh annual USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from women's college ice hockey coaches and journalists, as well as composite votes from officers of the American Hockey Coaches Association and American Hockey Magazine, the official publication of USA Hockey.
USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll -- #18 (first-place votes in parentheses)Last Week's 2003-04 Ranking Record 1. University of Minnesota, 180 (10) .................2 ...........21-4-1 2. Harvard University, 178 (8) ...........................3 ...........20-2-1 3. St. Lawrence University, 141 (1) ...................5 ...........20-5-1 4. Dartmouth College, 139 ................................1 ...........17-4-2 5. University of Wisconsin, 121 .........................4 ...........18-5-3 6. University of Minnesota-Duluth, 89 ...............6 ...........15-9-2 7. Mercyhurst College, 77 .................................7 ............22-4-4 8. Princeton University, 60 ................................8 ...........16-6-0 9. University of New Hampshire, 34 ..................9 ...........15-8-4 10. Brown University, 16 .................................10 ...........12-7-2
Others receiving votes: Minnesota State University-Mankato, 9; Ohio State University, 1.
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