2009–10 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season
Introduction The Purple Eagles were the third most improved team in the NCAA (behind Quinnipiac and Ohio State, respectively). The Purple Eagles only won 6 games in 2008–09.Compared to 2009–10, the Purple Eagles won 14 games, an 8 win improvement.Jenni Bauer started in net in every game en route to earning First-Team All-CHA honors. Bauer's 2.19 goals against average and .918 save percentage ranked second in the conference. Bauer was among 45 candidates nominated for the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (most outstanding player). Jenna Hendrikx became the first freshman to lead the Purple Eagles in goals (14) and points (24) since the 2004–05 season. Hendrix won three CHA Rookie of the Week awards and was named to the CHA All-Rookie Team
Offseason *April 7: Niagara welcomes seven newcomers for the upcoming season. The forwards are Kathleen Bortuzzo, Sarah Connelly, Daniela Dal Colle, Natasha Fryer, and Jenna Hendrikx. On defence, the newcomers are Carleah Angeles and Samantha Curk. *May 20: Niagara alumnus Chris MacKenzie has been named the head coach. The announcement was made by Niagara University's Director of Athletics Ed McLaughlin. MacKenzie will be the second head coach in the history of the program. *June 24: Niagara announced the hiring of new assistant coach Shivaun Siegl. Siegl spent the 2008–09 season as an assistant coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Her primary duties were working with goaltenders, video analysis and recruiting. *Sept 17: Niagara has been predicted to finish fifth in the College Hockey America Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released Sept. 17 by CHA league officials.
Exhibition  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''   '''Score''' '''Record'''9/27/2009 	Brock University	5-21-0-0
Regular season *November 13: On Nov. 14, the Purple Eagles will don pink jerseys in an effort to help '''Pink the Rink''' in the annual CHA's initiative '''Skate for the Cure''' game for breast health awareness. *January 30: Niagara became only the second team all year, and the first in the CHA team to defeat Mercyhurst. The Purple Eagles defeated the Lakers 2-1.Jenni Bauer stopped 44 of 45 shots, including all 19 fired her way in the second period in what was a scoreless game until the 42nd minute. The victory was the first-ever for the Purple Eagles over a top-ranked team and their first over the Lakers since 2004.The result snapped Mercyhurst's nation-leading 16-game unbeaten streak and 26-game CHA unbeaten run. *February 17: Jenni Bauer is among 45 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.===Standings======Roster=== '''Number'''  '''Name'''  '''Class'''  '''Position'''  '''Height''' 	 Carleah AngelesFr. D	33	 Jenni BauerJr. G	5'5"	 Kathleen BortuzzoFr. F	5'1"21	 Kayla ColangSo. F		 Sarah ConnellyFr. F		 Samantha CurkFr. D	5'8"	 Daniela Dal ColleFr. F	5	 Kara EdwardsJr. D	5'8"	 Natasha FryerFr. F	5'7"27	 Rachel HauserSr. D	5'4"	 Jenna HendrikxFr. F	5'10"24	 Christina JablonskiSr. D/F	5'5"89	 Caitlin JenkinsSo. F	5'4"13	 Jocey KleiberSo. D	5'6"7	 Nathalie LarsenJr. F	5'4"18	 Jennifer MacLeanSr. F	5'7"14	 Alison MaltySr. D	5'5"4	 Mary McKinnonSr. F	5'3"19	 Frances McPhailSr. F	5'7"	 Erica OwczarczakSo. D	5'6"17	 Megan PriceSr. D/F	5'8"31	 Amanda RoweSr. G	5'6"9	 Jacqueline SpringSr. F	5'8"22	 Autumn StuntzJr. F	5'1"23	 Leah WhittakerSo. D	5'6"10	 Sarah ZachariasSo. D	5'9"1	 Jill ZelonisSr. G	5'5"===Schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Time'''  '''Score''' '''Record'''10/2/2009 	at St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, Minn.) 	7:07 PMLoss, 4-30-1-010/3/2009 	at St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, Minn.) 	4:07 PMWin, 3-11-1-010/9/2009 	RPI (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PMLoss, 2-01-2-010/10/2009 	RPI (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PMTie, 3-31-2-110/17/2009 	at New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.) 	2:00 PMTie, 3-31-2-210/18/2009 	at New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.) 	2:00 PMLoss, 6-11-3-210/23/2009 	at Quinnipiac (Hamden, Conn.) 	7:00 PMWin, 3-2 (OT)2-3-210/24/2009 	at Quinnipiac (Hamden, Conn.) 	4:00 PMWin, 2-13-3-211/6/2009 	at Syracuse (Syracuse, N.Y.) 	7:00 PMLoss, 2-13-4-211/7/2009 	at Syracuse (Syracuse, N.Y.) 	2:00 PMWin, 3-24-4-211/14/2009 	ROBERT MORRIS (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	7:00 PM11/15/2009 	ROBERT MORRIS (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PM11/20/2009 	MERCYHURST (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	7:00 PM11/21/2009 	MERCYHURST (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PM11/28/2009 	at Cornell (Ithaca, N.Y.) 	7:00 PM11/29/2009 	at Cornell (Ithaca, N.Y.) 	2:00 PM12/2009 	WAYNE STATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PM12/13/2009 	WAYNE STATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	1:00 PM1/8/2010 	COLGATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PM1/9/2010 	COLGATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PM1/23/2010 	NORTHEASTERN (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	7:00 PM1-21/24/2010 	NORTHEASTERN (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PM2-61/29/2010 	at Mercyhurst (Erie, Pa.) 	7:00 PM1/30/2010 	at Mercyhurst (Erie, Pa.) 	2:00 PM2/5/2010 	SYRACUSE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	7:00 PM2/6/2010 	SYRACUSE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.)	2:00 PM2/12/2010 	at Wayne State (Detroit, Mich.) 	7:00 PM2/13/2010 	at Wayne State (Detroit, Mich.) 	2:00 PM2/19/2010 	at Robert Morris (Moon Township, Pa.) 	7:00 PM2/20/2010 	at Robert Morris (Moon Township, Pa.) 	7:00 PM3/4/2010 	vs. CHA Tournament (TBA)	TBA
Player stats  = Indicates team leader===Skaters=== '''Player''' '''Games'''  '''Goals'''  '''Assists'''  '''Points'''  '''Points/game''' '''PIM''' '''GWG''' '''PPG''' '''SHG'''Jenna Hendrikx3114 10 24 0.7742 26 3 1 0 Jennifer MacLean31 10 12 22 0.7097 22 2 4 0 Frances McPhail31 6 11 17 0.5484 22 1 1 0 Kathleen Bortuzzo31 3 8 11 0.3548 6 0 0 0 Caitlin Jenkins29 5 5 10 0.3448 26 2 4 0 Mary McKinnon31 5 5 10 0.3226 43 0 4 0 Erica Owczarczak29 2 7 9 0.3103 26 1 1 0 Daniela Dal Colle31 4 4 8 0.2581 4 0 2 0Jacquiline Spring31 4 3 7 0.2258 16 1 0 0 Leah Whittaker30 3 3 6 0.2000 30 1 1 1 Alison Malty19 1 5 6 0.3158 14 1 0 0 Autumn Stuntz31 2 3 5 0.1613 24 0 0 1 Christina Jablonski31 1 4 5 0.1613 18 0 0 0 Carleah Angeles 22 1 4 5 0.2273 10 0 1 0Jocey Kleiber 31 1 4 5 0.1613 22 0 1 0 Natasha Fryer 19 3 0 3 0.1579 2 0 0 0 Sarah Connelly 31 0 3 3 0.0968 0 0 0 0 Kara Edwards 21 0 2 2 0.0952 8 0 0 0 Sarah Zacharias 16 1 0 1 0.0625 2 0 0 0 Samantha Curk5 1 0 1 0.2000 2 0 1 0 Michaela DiFazio 10 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0 Kayla Colang 4 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Jill Zelonis 2 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Amanda Rowe 1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Nathalie Larsen 12 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0 Jenni Bauer31 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Rachel Hauser 1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0===Goaltenders=== '''Player''' '''Games'''  '''Wins'''  '''Losses'''  '''Ties'''  '''Goals against''' '''Minutes''' '''GAA''' '''Shutouts''' '''Saves''' '''Save %'''Amanda Rowe1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0000 0 0 .000 Jenni Bauer31 1214 570 1869 2.2476 0 755 .915 Jill Zelonis2 0 0 0 1 10 6.1017 0 3 .750
Postseason On March 5, 2010, the Orange won the first playoff game in program history. Sophomore Lisa Mullan scored two goals, as the Orange defeated Niagara by a score of 5-3.
Awards and honors *Jenni Bauer, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (November 16)*Jenni Bauer, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (November 30)*Jenni Bauer, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (February 1)*Jenni Bauer, First Team All-CHA*Kathleen Bortuzzo, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of February 22)*Daniela Del Colle, CHA Player of the Week (Week of February 15)*Jenna Hendrikx,  CHA Rookie Of The Week Award (Oct 6, 2009)*Jenna Hendrikx,  CHA Rookie Of The Week Award (Oct 26, 2009)*Jenna Hendrikx, CHA All-Rookie Team ===Team awards===*Goalie Jenni Bauer and forward Jennifer MacLean were named co-MVPs. *Frances McPhail was honored with the Brother Steve Award, which is giving to the player that demonstrates dedication and commitment to the team. McPhail was part of the season-long “Pink the Rink” program to raise funds to fight breast cancer. *The Rookie of the Year award went to forward Jenna Hendrikx. * Daniela Dal Colle was named Most Improved Player. *Sophomore forward Nathalie Larsen and senior defenseman Allison Malty were honored with the Jennifer Goulet Award.
See also *2009–10 College Hockey America women's ice hockey season
References
External links * Official site