The latest rankings, as of December 11, from U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today Hockey Magazine put the Friars at 8/9 in Division One Women’s Poll.
Alanna Serviss, a senior goalie on the team, says it’s inspiring to play with this group of women, and they have big goals for the rest of the season.
“We’re focusing on getting to the National Tournament,” Serviss says, “we as a team really believe we can win Hockey East and we can get to the National Tournament.”
The Friars head into the holiday break and return to play Brown University in a battle for the Mayor’s Cup on January 2 at Schneider Arena.
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The Friars won their second NIT Championship two years after the first one. Led by Ray Flynn, John Thompson Jr. and Vinnie Ernst, the Friars won 15 straight games to claim the title.
Providence finished the season with a 24-4 record.
The Bears repeated their triple-crown performance from the season before, once again winning the Eastern Sprints, the IRA and the National Championship.
The 1995 Providence Friars won the programs first NCAA title. On the way, PC won their first BIG EAST and ECAC Championships.
Head Coach Ray Treacy was named NCAA Division I Women's National Coach of the Year, BIG EAST Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, Rhode Island Words Unlimited Women's Coach of the Year and NCAA District I Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Brown women's crew won the first NCAA Division I Championship in Brown University History by defeating the University of Virginia by a three-second margin at lake Natoma in California.
Brown also won the Eastern Sprint Championship and the Ivy Championship, setting a new course record in the process.
The URI Women won the programs first National Championship in small boat sailing in the 79 year history of the program and hoisted the Gerald C. Miller Memorial Trophy at the Sperry Top-Sider/Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championship.
The Rams won the title as a club team and were one of two club teams competing for the title. The other club team was Western Washington, who finished 17.