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MIT Senior Dies in Fall

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Lucy Crespo DaSilva, a 22-year-old senior on MIT’s women’s team, fell to her death Sunday night from her 14th-floor dorm room. Police are calling it a suicide after the discovery of a note in her room. Crespo DaSilva, a native of Brazil, was scheduled to graduate this fall. She was planning on starting graduate work … Read more

Two New Programs, One Close Tie

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The coaching fraternity is a close bond, but the ties that bind Tom Osiecki and Jason Lesteberg go much deeper than that. Now, these ties get tighter, as these two coaches both lead fledgling programs into a new season, and kick it off by facing each other.

Former St. Lawrence Coach McKinnon Dead from Cancer

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Former St. Lawrence men’s and women’s ice hockey coach Bernie McKinnon died Sunday after a battle with bone cancer. The recent St. Lawrence Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, who was the men’s varsity coach from 1971-76, was considered a pioneer in women’s coaching.

Barrett Named Sacred Heart Women’s Coach

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Michael Barrett has been named the new women’s head coach at Sacred Heart. Barrett replaces Joy Woog, who became the interim head women’s coach at Northeastern on Sept. 14. Barrett was the head coach of Lyman Hall High School, and also runs the Mike Barrett Hockey School during the summer months. Sacred Heart is coming … Read more

Change Brewing in Women’s Hockey

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Women’s hockey is about to get a major facelift, thanks to the announcement that the ECAC, at both the Division I and III level, will split and form two leagues for each division beginning in 2001-02.

Lesteberg Named First Women’s Coach At UWSP

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Jason Lesteberg, a former All-America performer at Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.), has been named Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s first women’s ice hockey coach, the school announced. The program will make its debut as a varsity sport at UWSP in the fall of 2000 after spending the past several years as a club sport. “I’m very excited about … Read more

Kristine Pierce – Hockey Humanitarian

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When John Greenhalgh, the founding director of the Hockey Humanitarian award, received Kristine Pierce’s nomination from Rochester Institute of Technology sports information director Chuck Mitrano, he couldn’t help himself. “She’s not eligible,” he told Mitrano. “She’s an angel.” She’s also this year’s recipient, announced Friday in Anaheim, Calif., site of the Division I Frozen Four. … Read more

Middlebury Tops the ECAC Division III Women’s Poll

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The first ever Division III Women’s Poll has the Panthers of Middlebury atop the rankings. The Panthers have won the first three ECAC Division III Championships, and has never lost a conference game. They have won 48 straight conference games, and a total of 54 straight games. They earned 15 of the 16 first place … Read more

Women’s Hockey To Be Added As MIAC Sport

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Women’s hockey will be a championship sport in the 1998-99 season, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has decided. A vote was taken on the issue at a meeting of the conference’s faculty athletic representatives May 22 at Macalester College. “I am pleased and excited about the conference decision to expand opportunities for women in collegiate … Read more

St. Thomas Moves Women’s Hockey To Varsity Level

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The University of St. Thomas announced Tuesday that it will upgrade women’s hockey, which has been played as a club sport the past two seasons, to varsity status beginning in 1998-99. The Tommies’ first head coach will be Tom Osiecki, who coached the Burnsville High School girls’ team to state runner-up honors in 1996 and … Read more

Colgate Women Gain Varsity Status

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After seven years of litigation, a Title IX lawsuit against Colgate University on behalf of the women’s ice hockey club team, was settled at the end of last week. The women’s ice hockey club at Colgate has applied for varsity status four times since 1979, and filled suit in Federal Court in 1990. Final approval … Read more