{"id":64451,"date":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-womens-hockey-team-takes-6th-straight-eastern-crown\/"},"modified":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-womens-hockey-team-takes-6th-straight-eastern-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/03\/uri-womens-hockey-team-takes-6th-straight-eastern-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 women\u2019s hockey team takes 6th straight eastern crown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rams make it to national club championship quarter-finals<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n


\n \tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 10, 2009 \u2013 Beth McCann has had her fill of just reaching the final four in the women\u2019s national ice hockey club championship.<\/p>\n


\n\tIt\u2019s not that the head coach of the 溏心vlog免费B站 women\u2019s ice hockey team is against reaching the final round again this year. But after having been among the four finalists in each of the last five years, the Westerly resident is hoping her team is ready to seize championship glory.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis team believes in itself and it has the tools to accomplish something special in a few weeks at the national championships,\u201d McCann said. \u201cWe have a great group of parents that normally travel with us and we\u2019re hoping to have our Rhody (student) crazies up there. But they\u2019ll have to wait until the semifinals because they can\u2019t miss classes.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tThe team has accomplished a great deal already. Just a little over a week ago, the Rams captured their sixth straight Eastern Collegiate Women\u2019s Hockey League title with 4-1 wins over the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Rams hope to carry momentum from that title to the Division 1 American Collegiate Hockey Association\u2019s championship tourney in Rochester, N.Y. March 12 through 15. The ACHA is the national organization for collegiate club hockey. Ranked No. 1 in the east by the ACHA and No. 3 nationally, Rhody is seeded third in the nationals with a 19-3-3 overall record. McCann and her charges are also optimistic about their chances in the national tourney because they open against Liberty University, a team Rhody beat 3-2 and 3-1 during the regular season.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve been a bridesmaid for five years in a row,\u201d McCann said. \u201cWe have what we need to succeed at the nationals, but we also have a young squad with eight freshmen. We also have two seniors who\u2019ve been to the final four and they know what it takes to make it to semifinals and the finals.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe two seniors are Ashley Pagliarini, of Cranston, and Kate Garcia, of Scituate. Garcia had a goal against Penn State in the semifinal round of the eastern championship. \u201cAshley and Kate bring experience that will definitely benefit us at the national tournament,\u201d McCann said. <\/p>\n


\n\tTwo junior forwards, Jolene Rambone of Burrillville, and Justine Ducie of Sandwich, Mass. have combined to generate plenty of offense for the Rams. Also on offense, two freshmen have become standouts this season, Johanna Leskinen of Finland and Meghan Birnie of Mansfield, Mass. Freshman Daria Olink of North Providence has been a key part of the Rams\u2019 outstanding defense.<\/p>\n


\nSophomore goalie Nina Goncarovs of Clayton, N.C. was solid throughout the year. Other defensive leaders for the Rams are sophomores Amanda Tassoni of Smithfield and Emily Gasper of Chelmsford, Mass. and junior Jennifer Bragger of East Greenwich, a transfer from Division 1 Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.<\/p>\n


\n\u201c We have some of the best hockey players in New England here, and they really are very talented. One of the reasons we are thriving is because of our players\u2019 hard work and dedication,\u201d McCann said.<\/p>\n


\nOther members of the team and their hometowns are:<\/p>\n


\nBridget Honsey, Junior, Cumberland

\nDanielle DiCeglie, Sophomore, New Canaan, Conn.

\nJessica Morgrillo,\tFreshman, Hamden, Conn.

\nNicole Ouellette, \tJunior, Randolph, Mass.

\nDanika Korpacz, Freshman\t, West Greenwich

\nRebecca Manning, Freshman, Brick, N.J.

\nKelsey Joseph, Freshman, Pawtucket

\nRachel MacDonald, Sophomore, North Smithfield

\nCaroline Greene, Sophomore, East Greenwich

\nMichelle Paquin, Junior, Warwick

\nChristina Ferencevych, Junior, Riverdale, N.J.

\nChelsea Keach, Freshman, Burrillville<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nCHAMPIONS AGAIN: Members of the 溏心vlog免费B站 women\u2019s hockey team pose at the Boss Arena. The team won its sixth straight Eastern Collegiate Women\u2019s Hockey League title recently, and begin play for the women\u2019s national Division I club title this week in Rochester, N.Y.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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