2009–10 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season
Introduction The '''2009–10 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey team''' represented Cornell University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The Big Red were coached by Doug Derraugh and assisted by Dani Bilodeau and Edith Zimmering. The Big Red were a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and were one of the most improved teams in the NCAA. The Big Red won 21 games, an improvement of nine wins over the 2008-09 season. The Big Red finished second in the USA Today poll and were 21-9-6 overall. The team won both the regular season ECAC title with a 14-2-6 record as well as the Ivy League title. Cornell won the league's post-season tournament, defeating Clarkson 4-3 in overtime in the championship game. The team qualified for the NCAA tournament and advanced to the championship game before losing to Minnesota-Duluth 3-2 in the third overtime period. Coach Derraugh was named the AHCA Division 1 Coach of the Year.
Offseason * August 17: A trio of Big Red players were selected to the Canadian U22 National Team. Sophomore Catherine White and incoming freshmen Lauriane Rougeau and Laura Fortino were selected among the 23-player roster. Chelsea Karpenko participated at the camp but was not named to the team. * Sept. 4: Rebecca Johnston has scored five goals in two games, including her first career hat trick, in the 2009 Canada Cup.
Exhibition  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''   '''Location'''  '''Score''' October 18  Toronto Aeros  Lynah Rink  5-5
Regular season * Oct 31: The Cornell women's hockey team defeated its second straight ranked opponent with a 4-3 victory over #9 Harvard on Saturday afternoon. The win gives the Big Red its first ever weekend sweep against Dartmouth and Harvard after Cornell's 3-0 win against Dartmouth. * February 17: Laura Fortino, Lauriane Rougeau and Catherine White are among 45 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. * March 4: Catherine White has been named a finalist for the ECAC Player of the Year Award. * March 6: ECAC Hockey announced that Catherine White has been awarded the Player of the Year award. White led the ECAC in assists with 24.===Standings======Roster=== '''Number'''  '''Name'''   '''Position'''  '''Height'''  '''Class'''4  Kendice Ogilvie F 5-7 So.6  Melanie Jue F 5-5 Sr.7  Lauriane Rougeau D 5-8 Fr.9   Xandra Hompe F 5-8 Fr.12  Kelly McGinty F 5-2 Sr.13  Amanda Young D 5-6 So.14  Laura Danforth F 5-4 Sr.15  Jess Martino D 5-5 So.19  Hayley Hughes F 5-6 Jr.20  Catherine White F 5-9 So.21  Amber Overguard D/F 5-8 Jr.23  Jenna Paulson D 5-9 So.24  Liz Zorn F 5-6 Sr.26  Chelsea Karpenko F 5-6 So.27  Karlee Overguard F 5-8 Jr.29  Amanda Mazzotta G 5-5 So.35  Katie Wilson G 5-6 Jr.77  Laura FortinoD 5-6 Fr.===Schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''   '''Location'''  '''Score''' '''October 23'''  '''Mercyhurst (nc)'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   1-4 Loss  '''October 24'''  '''Mercyhurst (nc)'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   1-4 Loss  '''October 30'''  '''Dartmouth'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   3-0 Win  '''October 31'''  '''Harvard'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   4-3 Win  November 6  at Union  Schenectady, NY   4-0 Win  November 7  at RPI  Troy, NY   3-1 Win  '''November 13'''  '''Clarkson'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   2-0 Win  '''November 14'''  '''St. Lawrence'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   3-2 Loss  November 20  at Princeton  Princeton, NJ   1-0 Win  November 21  at Quinnipiac  Hamden, CT  3-3 Tie '''November 28'''  '''Niagara (nc)'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   2-1 Win  '''November 29'''  '''Niagara (nc)'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   2-1 Loss  '''December 4'''  '''Yale'''  '''Lynah Rink'''  2-2 Tie '''December 5'''  '''Brown'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   5-0 Win  January 9  at Providence (nc)  Providence, RI   6-3 Loss  January 10  at Providence (nc) Providence, RI  3-0 Loss  January 15  at Harvard  Boston, MA   4-4 Tie  January 16  at Dartmouth  Hanover, NH   3-1 Win  January 22  at Colgate  Hamilton, NY  3-3 Tie '''January 23'''  '''Colgate'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   6-0 Win  January 29  at St. Lawrence  Canton, NY  2-2 Tie January 30  at Clarkson  Potsdam, NY   2-1 Loss  '''February 5'''  '''Quinnipiac'''  '''Lynah Rink'''  0-0 Tie '''February 6'''  '''Princeton'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   6-0 Win  February 12  at Brown  Providence, RI   4-0 Win  February 13  at Yale  New Haven, CT   1-0 Win  '''February 19'''  '''RPI'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   2-1 Win  '''February 20'''  '''Union'''  '''Lynah Rink'''   6-1 Win Home Games in '''BOLD'''
Player stats  = Indicates team leader===Skaters=== '''Player''' '''Games'''  '''Goals'''  '''Assists'''  '''Points'''  '''Points/game''' '''PIM''' '''GWG''' '''PPG''' '''SHG'''Catherine White 33 13 2942 1.2727 34 3 3 0Laura Fortino 33 13 21 34 1.0303 2 3 6 1Lauriane Rougeau 33 10 22 32 0.9697 38 3 3 1Chelsea Karpenko 3517 14 31 0.8857 14 2 8 0Karlee Overguard 34 13 9 22 0.6471 28 2 1 2Melanie Jue36 9 11 20 0.5556 38 2 3 0Kendice Ogilvie36 6 10 16 0.4444 22 4 1 0Liz Zorn 36 5 11 16 0.4444 20 1 1 0Laura Danforth36 5 6 11 0.3056 28 0 1 0Hayley Hughes 31 6 3 9 0.2903 2 1 1 0Amber Overguard35 3 6 9 0.2571 14 0 0 0Amanda Young36 2 5 7 0.1944 14 0 2 0Jess Martino 34 0 6 6 0.1765 4 0 0 0Kelly McGinty36 1 4 5 0.1389 10 0 0 0Katie Wilson1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Amanda Mazzotta35 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Jenna Paulson 32 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0Xandra Hompe 30 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0===Goaltenders=== '''Player'''  '''Games played'''  '''Minutes'''  '''Goals against'''  '''Wins'''  '''Losses''' '''Ties''' '''Shutouts''' '''Save %''' Amanda Mazzotta   7   417  11  5  2  0  138  .926 Katie Wilson
Postseason * March 7: Sophomore Kendice Ogilvie beat Clarkson goaltender Lauren Dahm at 7:52 mark in overtime. With the victory, Cornell wins its first ECAC tournament, and earns its first trip to the NCAA Frozen Four.===NCAA tournament===* On March 13, 2010, Cornell defeated the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program by a score of 6-2 to earn its first ever trip to the NCAA Frozen Four. * March 21: Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta set a record for most saves in an NCAA Championship game with 61 saves. The former record holder was Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter who had 41 saves in 2003.
Awards and honors * Doug Derragh, Division I Coach of the Year* Laura Fortino, 2010 ECAC All-Rookie Team* Amanda Mazzotta, ECAC Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 2)* Kendice Ogilvie, ECAC tournament Most Outstanding Player* Lauriane Rougeau, 2010 ECAC All-Rookie Team* Catherine White, Pre-Season All-ECAC Team* Catherine White, ECAC Player of the Year* Liz Zorn, finalist for the 2009-10 ECAC Women’s Best Defensive Forward Award===All-America selections===* Laura Fortino, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America First Team* Lauriane Rougeau, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team* Catherine White, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team===Ivy League honors===* Laura Fortino, Defense, Freshman, 2010 First Team All-Ivy* Chelsea Karpenko, Forward, Sophomore, 2010 Second Team All-Ivy* Amanda Mazzotta, Goaltender, Sophomore, 2010 First Team All-Ivy* Lauriane Rougeau, Defense, Freshman, 2010 First Team All-Ivy* Lauriane Rougeau, 2010 Ivy League Rookie of the Year* Catherine White, Forward, Sophomore, 2010 First Team All-Ivy* Catherine White, 2010 Ivy League Player of the Year
See also * 2009–10 College Hockey America women's ice hockey season* 2009–10 Eastern College Athletic Conference women's ice hockey season
References
External links *  Cornell Official site*  Cornell ECAC hockey site