Elmira College Athletics

The only thing sweeter than winning a national championship: winning it in back-to-back years. After taking the Division III women's ice hockey world by storm the previous year, the 2002-03 women's ice hockey team encored with a second consecutive ECAC West Conference tournament title and an NCAA Division III national championship. Elmira became the first program in NCAA history, across all divisions, to win back-to-back national titles in the first two years of existence.
 
Elmira logged a 23-4-2 overall record and a perfect 12-0-0 mark against ECAC West opponents, which once again helped the Soaring Eagles secure the conference regular-season and tournament titles. EC opened the 2002-03 season with seven consecutive wins, all of which came in the form of shutouts, representing seven of Elmira's 14 total shutouts throughout the season.
 
Elmira topped Buffalo State, 4-0, and Plattsburgh State, 4-2, in postseason play to secure the ECAC West tournament title. Then, in the national tournament, Elmira edged Wisconsin-River Falls, 2-1, before scoring four unanswered goals the following day in a rematch of the 2002 national title game against Manhattanville, a contest that saw Elmira skate away with a 5-1 win on home ice.
 
Statistically, the Soaring Eagles were one of the most well-rounded teams in the country. Elmira finished the season third in the country in scoring offense (5.86 gpg), second in scoring defense (1.07 gpg), second in scoring margin (4.79 gpg), seventh in penalty kill (91.6%), and eighth in power-play efficiency (22.3%). Additionally, the 2002-03 team featured the most 20-point scorers (10) in Elmira's history and shares the program record for the longest unbeaten streak (33).

2002-03 Roster
Jenelle Bauer ’05
Sheena Calic ’06
Stacey Calic ’06  
Caitlin ‘cat’ Crowl ’06
LeAnne Denman ’05
Siobhan Edington ’06
Sarah Fewchuk ’05
Shannon Fong ’05
Charissa Gawant Haines ’05
Teegon Black Hoey ’03
Laura Hurd ’05
Bronwyn Hart-Irwin ’05
Kristen Jodoin ’05
Megan Lafave ’05
Kristin Lillie ’05
Sonya Lynk ’05
Jaclyn O’Neil ’06
Leah Pabst ’05
Lindsay Palmer ’05
Edith Racine ’05
Michelle Rennie ’04
Amy Rudisill ’05
Julie Clune Sadler ’05
Emily Sand ’06 
Shannon Sargent ’05
Maryse Joelle Simard ’06

Head Coach: Jamie Wood
Assistant Coach: Jamie Jewers
Assistant Athletic: Trainer Nick Camp