USCHO Poll
Elmira, NY -- The Elmira College women's ice hockey team concluded the 2015-16 season just a few days ago at the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championships in Plattsburgh, NY, with a third-place finish. As a result, the Soaring Eagles wrapped up the season with a No. 3 national ranking according to the final U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) poll, marking the fifth straight season EC has ended with a Top-10 ranking.
Elmira jumped two spots from the last ranking period from five to three, EC's third-highest year-end national ranking in the last five seasons. Since the last ranking period, Elmira picked up wins over former No. 2 Adrian College in the NCAA First Round and No. 4 Middlebury College in the third-place game.
After opening the NCAA Final Four with a heartbreaking loss in overtime to tournament runner-up University of Wisconsin-River Falls, the Soaring Eagles bounced back nicely with a dominant 4-1 win over the Panthers of Middlebury to win the NCAA Third-Place trophy. With the win, Elmira improved to 3-0 in NCAA Third-Place games, and concluded the 2015-16 campaign with a 23-5-1 overall record.
USCHO POLL| No. | Team (1st-Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll |
| 1 | Plattsburgh (15) | 29-1-0 | 150 | 1 |
| 2 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 23-6-2 | 130 | 3 |
| 3 | Elmira | 23-5-1 | 118 | 5 |
| 4 | Middlebury | 21-6-3 | 102 | 4 |
| 5 | Adrian | 25-3-1 | 98 | 2 |
| 6 | Amherst | 22-3-3 | 69 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 20-6-2 | 62 | 7 |
| 8 | Lake Forest | 20-4-3 | 40 | 9 |
| 9 | Norwich | 21-7-0 | 22 | 8 |
| 10 | Utica | 19-8-1 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 6, Massachusetts-Boston 5, Bethel 2, St. Norbert 1.
