February Sport Club Highlight: Women's Ice Hockey
February Sport Club Highlight
The season is coming to a close for our winter sport clubs
and a lot of them are seeing well-deserved playoff action as a result of their
hard work.
Women’s Club Hockey has been one of our most successful
competitive clubs, recently winning the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey
Conference (DVCHC) D2 Championship in 2015 and the D3 DVCHC Championship in
2017. This season, they returned to Division 2 looking to bring their success
back to a more competitive division.
After a hot 6-2 start to the season, Rowan faced some
midseason struggles losing three straight games in December and January. The
losing streak included two losses to their rivals, the University of
Pennsylvania and a loss to a Villanova team that was 2-6 heading into the game.
Rowan overcame these struggles and closed out the regular
season on an impressive three game win streak which included a 1-0 win over
Montclair State, giving Montclair their only loss of the season.
Their success came from some great team play on offense and
quality goaltending. Two players finished the regular season in the top 10 in goals
scored Aubrie Weyhmiller (17) and Emily Render (11), Weyhmiller also finished
in the top 10 in points with 25.
Both of Rowan’s goalies also had impressive seasons. Starting
goalie Liz Ditzel finished the year first in the division in wins with 9 and
fourth in save percentage (.870) and backup goalie Emily Render finished second
in save percentage (.877) in her limited time in net.
The teams strong start and finish earned them a 9-5 record
on the season and the #2 seed in the DVCHC playoff tournament. Unfortunately,
UPenn had Rowans number this season and defeated the Profs for the fourth time
in the DVCHC semi finals this past weekend.
Thank you Women’s Club Hockey for another great season! Please
come out and support the rest of our winter and spring sport clubs as they make
their playoffs runs.
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