The Colby Mules women's ice hockey program represents

Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philant ...

. The team used to compete in the ECAC. Currently, the club is a member of the

New England Small College Athletic Conference The New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eleven highly selective liberal arts institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. ...

(NESCAC). The Mules were one of only two non-Division I schools at the time in the 12-team Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Players

*During the 1995-96 season, Meaghan Sittler led the NCAA with 41 goals and 40 assists in 21 games. In her final 13 games, Sittler had eight hat tricks and either scored or assisted on 82 of 111 White Mules goals.

Coaches

Laura Halldorson Laura Halldorson (born January 12, 1963) is an American retired women's college ice hockey player and head coach. She was the first head coach of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers Women's Hockey team, leading the new team to national pr ...

led the Mules to a 12-9-1 overall record in 1995-96. In the process, she earned ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors as well as being named the New England Hockey Writers’ Coach of the Year. While at Colby, she recruited and coached U.S. National Team members Meaghan Sittler and Barb Gordon. Following two seasons as an assistant at Princeton, she took over at Colby, where she spent seven seasons building a program that turned a 5-12-2 record in her first season into a 12-9-1 mark in her last season.

Postseason

ECAC Tournament

*1988 **FIRST ROUND, New Hampshire 4, Colby 0 *1996 **QUARTERFINALS AT HIGHER SEEDS, No. 1 Brown 7, No. 8 Colby 2 *1997 **QUARTERFINALS, No. 1 Brown 6, No. 8 Colby 2

Awards and honors

*Laura Halldorson, ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors *Laura Halldorson, New England Hockey Writers’ Coach of the Year. *Courtney Kennedy, 1998 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans * Meaghan Sittler, 1998 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans *Meaghan Sittler, 1998 Top 10 Finalist,

Patty Kazmaier Award The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998. The awa ...

References

External links

Ice Hockey, Women Ice hockey teams in Maine College women's ice hockey teams in the United States Former ECAC Hockey teams Women's sports in Maine {{US-icehockey-team-stub