2003-04 Women's Ice Hockey Players of the Week

March 8, 2004
Meghan Gillis, Bowdoin
(First Year, Forward - Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia)
NESCAC Rookie of the Year Meghan Gillis single-handedly carried Bowdoin to the NESCAC Championship last weekend, collecting a hat trick in both the conference semifinal win against Hamilton and Championship game against Middlebury. Gillis set the tournament record for points (6) and goals (6).

March 1, 2004
Caitlin Connelly, Hamilton
(Fr., Goaltender - Cheltenham, Pa.)
Connelly set the tone for Hamilton's first-ever post-season victory by making 13 first-period saves and stopping 23 of 24 overall in the Continentals' 6-1 first round conference tournament win over Amherst on Saturday. Hamilton will face top-seeded Bowdoin in the conference semifinals.

February 23, 2004
Lorna Gifis, Middlebury
(Junior, Forward - Princeton, N.J.)
Gifis scored two goals and assisted on another as second-ranked Middlebury topped seventh-ranked Williams, 3-2. The win was the 13th straight for Middlebury against Division III opponents. Gifis now leads the team and is second in the NESCAC with 41 points on the season.

February 16, 2004
Suzie Connor, Connecticut College
(Sophomore, Defender - Bridport, Vt.)
Connecticut College sophomore defenseman Suzie Connor keyed a weekend NESCAC sweep for the Camels. Friday night, Connor tallied two goals in a 3-1 victory over Wesleyan. Connor’s first goal came just :17 seconds into the first period. Saturday afternoon, Connor anchored a Camel defensive unit that held Trinity scoreless in a 2-0 victory.

February 9, 2004
Mimi MacKinnon, Trinity
(Senior, Goaltender - Glen Cove, N.Y.)
MacKinnon totaled 118 saves in two games against nationally-ranked Williams and Middlebury, stopping 61 shots in a 3-0 loss to 9th-ranked Williams and 57 the next day against 4th-ranked Middlebury. Her save percentage was .914 for the weekend and she only allowed six goals in the first five periods she played while facing 86 shots for a .935 save percentage during that span.

February 2, 2004
Emily Quizon, Middlebury
(Sophomore, Forward - Chino Hills, Calif.)
Quizon scored five goals and dished out five assists in a 3-0 week for the Panthers. She began the week with a goal at Williams, before scoring one and assisting on three others in a victory over Connecticut College. Quizon capped off the week with a hat trick and two assists in the Panthers win over Amherst.

January 26, 2004
Britney Carr, Bowdoin
(Senior, Forward - Conway, N.H.)
Bowdoin senior Britney Carr scored five goals and assisted on three others in three Polar Bear wins last week. Bowdoin has out-scored opponents 63-5 in eight straight wins.

January 19, 2004
Renee Sisti, Amherst
(Sophomore, Forward - Coventry, Conn.)
Sisti had two goals and two assists in two victories for Amherst this week. After dishing out both assists in the Jeffs 6-3 win at St. Michael's on Tuesday, Sisti netted both the game-tying and the game-winning goals in their 3-2 overtime win at New England College on Wednesday.

January 12, 2004
Eden Self, Hamilton
(Senior, Forward - Fairport, N.Y.)
Eden scored four goals and assisted on two others in a 1-1-1 week for Hamilton. She recorded a hat trick and added an assist in a 6-3 win at Wesleyan. Self scored an unassisted goal and recorded an assist on the tying goal in the third period of a 3-3 deadlock at Rochester Institute of Technology earlier in the week.

December 8, 2003
Molly Wasserman, Williams
(Senior, Forward - Minnetonka, Minn.)
Wasserman led Williams to a 2-0 week scoring five goals and assisting on two others. The senior became the program’s all-time leading scorer with her game winner in a 3-1 defeat of Connecticut College. Wasserman added four more scores and two assists in a 8-1 victory over Amherst including a score just :45 seconds into the contest.

December 1, 2003
Zoe Baldwin, Hamilton
(Sophomore, Forward - Nepean, Ontario)
Baldwin scored four goals and assisted on another in a 1-1 week for Hamilton. She scored two goals in a 6-4 loss at Amherst on Nov. 29, then figured in three of Hamilton's five goals in its 5-3 win at Amherst on Nov. 30. Baldwin opened the scoring just 1:28 into the contest and later added a power play goal to give the Continentals a 4-2 lead midway through the third period. Her assist came on a short-handed goal near the end of the first period that put Hamilton up 3-0.

November 24, 2003
Meghan Gillis, Bowdoin
(First Year, Forward - Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia)
Bowdoin first-year Meg Gillis led the Polar Bears to back-to-back road victories at Middlebury and Williams. Gillis scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over the fourth-ranked Panthers before scoring twice more in a victory over the seventh-ranked Ephs. Bowdoin’s victory in Vermont snapped Middlebury’s record-setting 125-game regular season unbeaten streak.