The Forester women's hockey team had its season officially come
to an end Monday morning (March 8) as the NCAA announced the
seven-team field for this year's Division III National Championship
Tournament. Lake Forest did not receive one of the tourney's two
at-large bids, which instead went to Plattsburgh State University
of New York and Trinity College in Connecticut.
The 2009-10 Foresters captured their first Northern Collegiate
Hockey Association Championship and hosted last weekend's NCHA
O'Brien Cup Tournament, where they were defeated 1-0 by UW-Superior
in the semifinals.
The team set a program record with a 10-game unbeaten streak to
start the season and accomplished the feat again later in the year.
Lake Forest also established new single-season team records with 19
victories, a .808 winning percentage, 107 goals, 4.1 goals per
game, 50 goals allowed, and just 1.9 goals allowed per contest.
Carisa Zaban earned the program's first NCHA Coach of the Year
Award and sophomore forward Kim Herring
(Dover, N.H./Groton School) was the first Forester to be named NCHA
Player of the Year. Herring leads the nation with 2.04 points per
game (second is 1.67) and ranks among the top five in the country
in both goals and assists per contest. She set team records with 28
goals and 25 assists this season.
Seniors Courtney
Bean (Peoria, Ill./Team Illinois) and Jamie Sauer
(Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines H.S.) joined Herring on the
NCHA's First Team after ranking first and tied-for-second among the
league's defensemen in points with 18 and 17, respectively. Junior
forwards Lynn Switaj
(Avon Lake, Ohio/Ohio Flames) and Melissa
Kravich (Wilmette, Ill./Gustavus Adolphus College) and just
goaltender Alyssa
Wintermute (Belmont, Ontario/St. Thomas Panthers) were
Honorable Mention All-NCHA selections. Switaj tied the program's
previous single-season records with 31 points and 20 assists and
Kravich was next on the squad with 26 points. Wintermute became the
winningest goalie in team history (30 career victories) and fellow
junior goaltender Brittany
Lemke (St. Charles, Ill./St. Mary's University) set a new team
record with a 1.43 goals against average on the year.
Each of the Foresters' 14 regular skaters scored at least one goal
and assisted on two or more scores this season. Eleven players on
the team reached double figures in points and five recorded a
combined eight hat tricks.
Lake Forest Not Included in the Seven-Team NCAA Tournament Field
Posted: Mar 08, 2010
March 18, 2010
Kim Herring and Courtney Bean Named All-American
February 28, 2010
Lake Forest Wins 7-0 to Complete Quarterfinal Sweep of Finlandia
February 26, 2010
Kim Herring and Carsia Zaban Named NCHA Player and Coach of the Year
February 23, 2010
Kim Herring Named NCHA Player of the Week after Eight-Point Weekend
February 13, 2010
#7 Lake Forest and #6 River Falls Finish Tied at Three Again
February 12, 2010
#7 Foresters Skate to a 3-3 Tie with #6 River Falls
January 30, 2010
Foresters Remain in First Place after Defeating Eau Claire at Home
January 28, 2010
Rosy Fujimoto Named Forester Athlete of the Week
January 23, 2010
Lake Forest Blanks Host Marian for Second Straight Game
January 17, 2010
Lake Forest Suffers First League Loss of the Season at Adrian
January 16, 2010
Foresters Come from Behind and Win in overtime at Adrian College
December 10, 2009
Kim Herring Named Forester Athlete of the Week
December 7, 2009
Kim Herring Named NCHA Player of the Week
December 5, 2009
Kim Herring Records Hat Trick in Foresters' Rout of Stevens Point
November 22, 2009
Lake Forest Finishes off Sweep of Visiting Finlandia
November 21, 2009
Three-Goal Third Period Gives Foresters a 4-0 Victory over Finlandia
November 19, 2009
Melissa Kravich Named Forester Athlete of the Week
November 15, 2009
Lake Forest Completes Weekend Sweep at Augsburg with Another 6-1 Victory
November 14, 2009
Foresters Win Convincingly at Augsburg College
November 7, 2009
Lake Forest Takes Three of Four Points at Nation's #10 Team
November 6, 2009
Foresters Open NCHA Schedule with 2-1 Triumph at #10 UW-Superior
November 5, 2009
Jessica Dare Named Forester Athlete of the Week
November 1, 2009
Lake Forest Completes Weekend Sweep of St. Mary's
October 31, 2009
Foresters Erase 3-0 Deficit in 5-4 Victory over St. Mary's
July 30, 2009
Ryann McCarthy Passes Away after Battle with Cancer
