ELMIRA, N.Y. — After earning a weekend sweep of United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) foe Neumann University, the Elmira College women’s ice hockey team held onto its No. 1 ranking in both the U. S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) and D3hockey.com national polls for a second consecutive week.
Elmira improved to 3-0-0 on the year after dispatching the Knights in a pair of league games by 7-1 and 2-1 scores, this after opening the season with a 4-2 win over defending national champion Norwich University.
EC returns to the ice this Friday, November 9, when the Purple and Gold battle Lebanon Valley in a 7:00 p.m. UCHC contest at the Murray Athletic Center. The top-ranked Soaring Eagles will wrap-up the weekend the following afternoon with a 3:00 p.m. showdown against the Flying Dutchmen.
The Soaring Eagles received all 15 first-place votes in the USCHO poll, and 11 of the 15 first-place votes in the D3hockey.com poll, to hold steady at No. 1 for a second consecutive week.
The USCHO poll stayed fairly consistent from the previous week, as Norwich, Plattsburgh, Hamline, Middlebury, Adrian, Wisconsin-River Falls and Gustavus Adolphus remained at spots second through eighth, respectively. However, some movement could take place in next week’s poll with No. 2 Norwich squaring off with No. 3 Plattsburgh this Wednesday, November 7.
St. Thomas jumped one spot to No. 9 after downing Wisconsin-Stevens Point in back-to-back games. Meanwhile, Wisconsin-Eau Claire dropped one spot to No. 10 after defeating Bethel and tying Gustavus Adolphus, 2-2, in overtime.
USCHO Poll
No. Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Pts Prev.
1 Elmira (15) 3-0-0 150 1
2 Norwich 2-1-0 133 2
3 Plattsburgh State 2-0-0 122 3
4 Hamline 2-0-0 94 4
5 Middlebury 0-0-0 89 5
6 Adrian 3-1-0 74 6
7 Wisconsin-River Falls 3-1-0 66 7
8 Gustavus Adolphus 1-0-1 31 8
9 St. Thomas 4-0-0 30 10
10 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2-1-1 26 9
Others receiving votes: Amherst 10
D3hockey.com Poll
No. Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Pts Prev.
1 Elmira (11) 3-0-0 146 1
2 Plattsburgh State (4) 2-0-0 137 2
3 Norwich 2-1-0 120 3
4 Hamline 2-0-0 107 4
5 Middlebury 0-0-0 86 5
6 Adrian 3-1-0 67 6
7 Wisconsin-River Falls 3-1-0 65 7
8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2-1-1 41 9
9 St. Thomas 4-0-0 31 10
10 Gustavus Adolphus 1-0-1 18 8
Others receiving votes: Amherst 7
