By Janet Schultz, NYHOL Writer/Photographer
Well the season came to an end with most Championships in women’s hockey being completed just before the cancellation of events due to CoVID 19. In the women’s collegiate hockey scene, only the biggest Championship was canceled…the NCAA Frozen Four.
With that being said, the Schultz’s, your NYHOL staff that covers women’s hockey, had it’s own challenges this season. Randy had cancer surgery in August, back surgery in November and with recuperation they did not make as many collegiate games as they usually did. In fact, for the first time in many years Janet never made it to RIT for their media day or a game and she apologizes. We are hoping things will be better in the Fall and we look forward to the 20-21 season.
While Janet and Randy may not have gotten to the arenas, they did follow the teams and thank the Sports Information people at each College for making sure press releases were sent and the web sites were up-to-date! This is one time when the world wide web kept NYHOL going.
So without further ado, here is a recap of the season, with photos from Janet’s archives!
East
Manhattanville
With a 4-2 win over Chatham on Senior Day, Manhattanville closed out the season with a 17-8-3 record.
In the UCHC Tournament they won the quarterfinals vs Chatham (7-1) and beat William Smith in the semis (2-1). Their loss came at the hands of Elmira, 5-3 in the Championship round.
All UCHC honors went to David Turco, Coach of the Year; Zoey Pellowitz, First Team;p Tianna Lopes, First Team and Lena Flores, All Rookie Team.
Head Coach Turco in his ninth season, was also a finalist for the ACHA Coach of the Year Award.
Scoring leaders include Tianna Lopes with 17 goals/26 assists; Amanda Sabia 22 goals/17 assists; Ali Howard, 16 goals/20 assists,
In Goal it was Lena Flores with a 9-5-1 record and three shutouts and Elias Taylor with 8-3-2 and 3 shutouts.
Graduating seniors include Janet Xu, Marsey Kettelwood, Brayden James, Zoey Pellowitz, Amanda Sabia and Taylor Elias.
Union
Union’s season ended with a 5-3 loss to Cornell and a 5-24-5 record.
Grae Heiting had 6 goals and 8 assits and Leah Herrford had 5 goals/8 assists.
Goalie Bella McKee went 5-17-5 with one shutout and a .916 save percentage.
Seniors include Ava Reynolds, Cheyenne Harris, Haley Shugart, Katelynn Russ, Jordi Naidrich, Kate Spooner, Amelia Murphy and East Amherst’s Rachel de Perio, who played for the Niagara Junior Purple Eagles.
dePerio had 6 goals and 6 assists in her senior year. I 2018-19 she was nanmed to the ECAC All-Academic Team and tied her career high points with 12.
RPI
Not a great season for RPI with a 0-33-1 record.
Senior Sabrina Repaci received the Team’s MVP Award; Senior Meghan Hayes was the recipient of the Bill Cahill Coaches Award and Senior Kirsten Iwanski, the Will Stanton Community Service Award.
Lilli Friis-Hansen, the Bob Conway Scholar Athlete Award; Teeghan Dalby, Freshman of the Year Award and Morgan Ondrick, Most Improved Player.
Other seniors are Kendra Farole and Blake Orosz.
