Love Named Preseason All-ECACHL, Bulldogs Tabbed for 4th in Coaches' Poll

Sept. 20, 2005

Goaltender Sarah Love (Bayfield, Ont.) was named to the preseason All-ECACHL team and Yale was picked for 4th in the coaches' poll at the league's annual Media Day Tuesday. With 68 points in the poll, the Bulldogs trailed St. Lawrence (97 points, 8 first-place votes), Dartmouth (84, 1) and Harvard (81, 2). The league also released its media poll, in which Yale was picked for 6th.

Love, who owns the school single-season records for wins (14), save percentage (.931) and goals-against average (2.25), is a two-time team MVP and was second team All-ECAC in 2003-04.

The Bulldogs won a school-record 16 games last season, registering their first playoff victory and first appearance in the ECACHL semifinals.

Yale opens the regular season Oct. 28 at Ingalls Rink against Quinnipiac in the first game of the Nutmeg Classic.

2005-06 Preseason Coaches Poll
1.      St. Lawrence (8)        97
2.      Dartmouth (1)           84
3.      Harvard (2)             81
4.      Yale                    68
5.      Brown                   61
6.      Colgate                 57
7.      Princeton               55
8.      Clarkson                43
9.      Quinnipiac              27
10.     Cornell                 22
11.     Union                   10
(first-place votes in parenthesis)

2005-06 Preseason All-League Team
F - Emilie Berlinguette, St. Lawrence
F - Tiffany Hagge, Dartmouth
F - Liz Keady, Princeton
D - Annie Guay, St. Lawrence
D - Myria Heinhuis, Brown
G - Sarah Love, Yale

2005-06 Preseason Media Poll
1.      Harvard (2)             50
2.      St. Lawrence (2)        49
3.      Dartmouth (1)           48
4.      Brown                   36
5.      Princeton               35
6.      Yale                    32
7.      Colgate                 28
8.      Clarkson                19
9.      Quinnipiac              12
10.     Cornell                 11
11.     Union                   8
(first-place votes in parenthesis)

report by Sam Rubin '95 (sam.rubin@yale.edu), Yale Sports Publicity