“To the valiant of heart, nothing is impossible.”

A staple in the New York region and an emerging program on the national stage, the Manhattanville College Athletic Department continues to bolster its reputation as a program on the rise in all areas: athletic achievement, academic success and overall participation.

A program-record 305 Valiant student-athletes (nearly 20 percent of the student body) took part in intercollegiate athletics during the 200809 season, showcasing the continued and rapid growth of athletics at Manhattanville. Following the successful integration of the men's and women's indoor and outdoor track teams last season, the program has expanded to a record 21 intercollegiate teams ? including seven new teams established in the last two years alone.

And teams at Manhattanville do not just compete, they win. Three Valiant squads (men's basketball, baseball and men's tennis) earned Freedom Conference regular-season championships in 2008-09 and both the men's and women's hockey teams spent much of the year with national rankings. Sixteen of 21 Valiant teams earned berths in their respective conference tournaments last year, including four conference championship game appearances. In all, Manhattanville teams posted an impressive .548 winning percentage (184-151-6) last season, with two Valiants teams also setting new program records for wins in a single season.

On an individual level, many Valiant student-athletes were honored in 2008-09 as well. Men's hockey forward Chris Trafford and women's hockey center Holly Nonis became the 15th and 16th Valiants to earn All-American honors following the season, while the pair were two of four players to be named conference Player of the Year. Manhattanville athletes also earned three conference Rookie of the Year awards and 31 All-Conference honors. In the last 10 years, at least 30 former Valiants have went on to play professionally either domestically or overseas.

But at Manhattanville, athletics is only one part of becoming a wellrounded student-athlete. In the classroom, Valiant athletes consistently achieve higher grade-point averages than the student body as a whole, as evidenced by the 3.202 Athletic Department GPA for the Spring 2009 semester. Every Valiant team recorded a team GPA of 3.000 or higher for the spring term, while a program-record 89 student-athletes were named Academic All-Conference honorees.

Community service also continues to play a vital role in the studentathlete experience at Manhattanville, as each team performs hundreds of community service hours each year. In addition to active involvement with many local sports teams and youth organizations both on and off campus, Valiant teams sponsor events such as the women's basketball "Pink Zone" night and the women's hockey "Think Pink" event to promote cancer awareness. As a result of these and other efforts, the school was the recipient of two Jostens/NADIIIAA Community Service Awards in 2008-09, one of only 13 institutions honored and the only school to receive two awards. The service aspect of the Manhattanville studentathlete experience plays a large role in helping Valiant athletes fulfill the college's mission of educating ethically and socially responsible leaders for the global community.

Manhattanville Quick Facts:

? 21 Varsity Sports ? Over 300 Student-Athletes ? 7 Sports Added in the Last Two Seasons ? 20 All-Americans (12 since 2003) ? Over 1,000 Service Hours Per Year ? Cumulative Department GPA over 3.200

"To the valiant of heart, nothing is impossible." - Jacques Coeur (ca. 1443)

Quick Facts and Contents

Table of Contents

Quick Facts and Contents.....................1 Coaching Staff....................................2 Coaching/Support Staff........................3 2009 Roster/Schedule..........................4 2009 Season Preview..........................5 Returning Players........................... 6-11 Newcomers.................................. 11-13 2008 Season in Review................. 14-15 Game-by-Game Results..................... 16 All-Time Records vs. Opponents......... 17 All-Time Roster.................................. 18 Record Books............................... 19-21 Individual Honors.............................. 22 Facilities........................................... 23 Manhattanville College....................... 24

On the Cover

Left to right: Seniors Erin Brawley, Sophia Kokkonis and Monique Rafferty

Quick Facts

Location: Founded: Enrollment: Nickname: Colors: Affiliation: Conference: Home Facility:

Dimensions: Year Opened: President: Athletic Director: Sr. Woman Administrator: Department Phone: Website: School Address:

Purchase, N.Y. 1841 1,700

Valiants Crimson & White NCAA Division III

ECAC East Playland Ice Casino

205' x 80' 1930

Dr. Molly Easo Smith Keith Levinthal Julene Fisher (914) 323-5280

2900 Purchase St.

Purchase, N.Y. 10577

Media Information

BROADCAST: Several Valiant home games this season will be broadcast live on as either an audio or video stream. Director of Sports Information Steve Sheridan and Assistant Director of Sports Information Nick Guerriero will call all the action both from Playland Ice Casino and on select road trips through new partnerships with Pack Network and WMVL 88.1 FM.. For more information, a complete broadcast schedule, or to listen to and/ or watch the broadcasts, log on to and click the Broadcast tab on the top of the page, under the Fan Zone section.

CREDENTIAL REQUESTS: Members of the media wishing to attend Valiant women's ice hockey games must contact the Manhattanville Sports Information Office in advance. Limited seating and phone access is available for working media in the press area of Playland Ice Casino above the team benches. Game programs and updated statistics for both teams will be available in the press area prior to the game. Following the game, a final box score will be made available to media outlets and can be faxed or e-mailed to requested outlets not in attendance.

INTERVIEW POLICY: All interview requests for Valiant student-athletes and coaches must be made through the Manhattanville Sports Information Department. Media planning to attend practice should contact the Sports Information office to confirm practice times and player/coach availability. Game-day interviews prior to the match are not permitted. Coach Lang and requested student-athletes will be available to credentialed media members after a 10-minute cooling-off period following the game.

Directions to Playland Ice Casino

From the North: Take the Taconic State Parkway South to the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287) East. Merge onto I-95 South and follow to Exit 19 (Playland Parkway). Follow Playland Parkway for two miles until it ends at Rye Playland; turn left to reach the hockey rink.

From the South: Take the Cross Island Parkway North to the Throgs Neck Bridge, following signs for I-95 North. Merge onto I-95 North and follow to Exit 19 (Playland Parkway). Follow Playland Parkway for two miles until it ends at Rye Playland; turn left to reach the hockey rink.

WOMEN'S HOCKEY STAFF

Head Coach:

Eric Lang

Alma Mater:

American International '98

Career Record:

20-7-0 (1 Season)

Office Phone:

(914) 323-7278

Assistant Coach:

David Turco

Alma Mater:

American International '09

Office Phone:

(914) 323-3174

TEAM INFORMATION

2008-09 Record:

20-7-0

Final Ranking:

Receiving Votes

ECAC East Record:

17-3 (2nd place)

Home/Road/Neutral:

9-2/9-5/2-0

Letterwinners Ret./Lost:

13/8

Newcomers:

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SPORTS INFORMATION

Director of Sports Information: Steve Sheridan

Office Phone:

(914) 323-7280

Fax:

(914) 323-3180

E-Mail:

sheridans@mville.edu

Assistant Director of Sports Information/

WIH Contact:

Nick Guerriero

Office Phone:

(914) 323-7280

Fax:

(914) 323-3180

E-Mail:

guerriero@

From the West: Take the Tappan Zee Bridge (I-287) and continue on the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287) East. Merge onto I-95 South and follow to Exit 19 (Playland Parkway). Follow Playland Parkway for two miles until it ends at Rye Playland; turn left to reach the hockey rink.

From New England: Take I-90 West to I-84 West and then to I-91 South. Merge onto I-95 South and follow to Exit 19 (Playland Parkway). Follow Playland Parkway for two miles until it ends at Rye Playland; turn left to reach the hockey rink.

Media Guide Credits

The 2009-10 Manhattanville College women's hockey Media Guide was designed, written and edited by Steve Sheridan, Director of Sports Information, and Nick Guerriero, Assistant Director of Sports Information. Photography courtesy of Gene Boyars and the Manhattanville Sports Information Department.

Anyone with historical information that may be incorrect or that have been omitted from this guide is encouraged to contact the Manhattanville Department of Sports Information. All information in this guide is current as of November 6, 2009. All match times listed throughout the guide are Eastern.

Launched in November 2009, is the new online home for Manhattanville Athletics video streaming and the only place you need to watch home games for all of your favorite Valiant teams, including women's hockey! Partnering with Pack Network, will feature one of the most ambitious and wide-ranging video broadcasting platforms in all Division III and puts Manhattanville on par with some of the top Division I programs in the country.

With a All-Access pass, subscribers can watch every broadcasted event for every Manhattanville team for a full year. The pass also gives the subscriber access to the complete archives section as well as premium content such as full-screen game view, exclusive interviews and other web-only content. Only want to watch one game? also offers a payper-game rate as well.

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Manhattanville Coaching Staff

Head Coach Eric Lang

Second Season ? American International '98

The fourth head coach in the program's 11-year history, Eric Lang enters his second season as the head women's hockey coach at Manhattanville in 2009-10 and is continuing his goal of bringing an elusive first Division III national championship to Purchase.

In 2008-09, Lang led Manhattanville to a 20-7-0 overall record and the program's eighth consecutive top seed in the ECAC East Conference Tournament. The Valiant squad featured five ECAC East All-Conference performers, including ECAC East Player of the Year and second-team AHCA All-American Holly Nonis, the 11th All-American in Manhattanville's proud women's hockey history.

Manhattanville also excelled in the classroom under Lang's watch, putting a conference-best 12 players on the ECAC East All-Academic team and posting a team cumulative GPA of 3.386.

Lang came to Manhattanville after spending two seasons as an assistant men's hockey coach at American International College, an NCAA Division I athletic program in Springfield, Mass. As an assistant at AIC, Lang was responsible for conducting video analysis and film breakdown of opponents and he also worked with the defense and power-play units, the latter of which improved from 59th to 31st in the nation in 2007-08. Lang's Yellow Jacket players had tremendous success off the ice as well, as 21 out of 25 players earned a 3.0 GPA in 2007-08.

A 1998 graduate of American International, Lang was a four-year letterwinner for the Yellow Jackets, serving as team captain his junior and senior years. He was also the recipient of an ECAC Merit Medal as well as American International's Henry Butova Leadership Award, which recognizes a varsity hockey player that demonstrates outstanding leadership ability. In his career, he scored 25 goals and tallied 34 assists for 59 points. As a sophomore, Lang led the Yellow Jackets with 14 assists.

The Lang Ledger

Year Record (Ranking) Conference

2008-09 20-7-0 (RV)

17-3-0 (2nd)

Totals

20-7-0

17-3-0

Postseason ECAC East Semifinals

Prior to his work at AIC, Lang worked for the National Hockey League as an off-ice official, assisting in game scoring and analysis.

Lang resides in White Plains, N.Y., with his wife Christine and their newborn daughter Addison Grace, born on July 12, 2009.

Assistant Coach David Turco

First Season ? American International '09 David Turco is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Manhattanville women's

hockey team in 2009-10. Turco works heavily with the team's forward unit as well as helping with video work and academic monitoring.

A 2009 graduate of American International College, Turco played four seasons with the Division I Yellow Jackets. In four collegiate seasons, he played in 73 career games with seven goals and 26 assists for 33 career points, including a career-high four goals and 12 assists in his junior season of 2007-08. Turco was the captain of AIC his senior season. Turco had three multi-point games in his junior year against Holy Cross (2 assists), Sacred Heart (1 goal, 1 assist), and Bentley (1 goal, 1 assist).

Turco is also involved with multiple hockey schools throughout his native Northern Ontario.

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Goaltending Coach Karine Turmel

First Season ? Manhattanville '09

Karine Turmel is entering her first season as the

goaltending coach with the Manhattanville women's hockey

team in 2009-10. Turmel will work heavily with the team's

goaltending unit following a four-year career in goal for the

Valiants from 2005-09.

A 2009 graduate of Manhattanville, Turmel finished her

collegiate career as one of the most decorated goaltenders in

program history. A two-time ECAC East Conference Goaltender

of the Year (2006-07, 2008-09) and two-time All-Conference

honoree, Turmel played in 64 career games (a program-record 3709:11 minutes in

goal) and finished with a stellar record of 43-17-2 (.710).

The Ste-Marguerite, Quebec, native finished her career first all-time at the school

with 1,446 saves ? including four of the school's top-10 single-game save totals and

the top-three single-season save totals ? and also ranks second in program history

with 14 shutouts and 43 career victories. Turmel also ranks fifth all-time in save

percentage (.929) and sixth in goals against average (1.78) in the Manhattanville

all-time annals.

Turmel helped backstop the Valiants to three ECAC East Conference Tournament

championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances in four seasons with the

Career Statistics

Yr. 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Totals

GP/GS 14/12 18/18 14/14 18/17 64/61

MIN 766:05 1084:17 854:42 1004:07 3709:11

W-L-T 10-2-1 11-6-1 10-4-0 12-5-0 43-17-2

GAA 1.41 2.05 1.83 1.73 1.75

SV% .936 .927 .929 .927 .929

ShO 4 2 4 4 14

team, including a berth in the 2008 NCAA Div. III National Championship game as a junior.

Outside of Westchester, Turmel has also spent time working at the EPHQ Camp in Quebec City from 2003-07.

Athletic Trainer Scott McIver

Sixth Season ? Iona '83

Scott McIver is in his sixth season as the head athletic trainer at Manhattanville in 2009-10. McIver previously served as the school's head trainer from 2000-02 before returning to the school before the 2006-07 school year.

McIver operates in the evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation and injury prevention of the more than 300 Valiant student-athletes. In addition, McIver works with practice and game coverage for all of Manhattanville's 21 varsity sports.

After departing Manhattanville in 2002, McIver was named the head athletic trainer at Iona Prep High School, providing coverage for 20 sports and 250 student-athletes. McIver returned to Manhattanville in 2006 after working as a certified orthotics fitter for Orthotics, Ltd. Before his first stint in Purchase, McIver served as an associate athletic trainer at Pace University for 12 years from 1989 to 2000, coordinating athletic training coverage and strength and conditioning for all Setter sports. McIver received his Masters in Athletic Training and Exercise Science from Long Island University in 1990. He has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Iona College. A member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, he is also an Emergency Medical Technician and a licensed massage therapist.

Strength & Conditioning Coach Corey Crane

Third Season ? Northern Iowa '97

Corey Crane is in the second season of his second stint as Manhattanville's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach in 2009-10. Crane also serves as the school's Assistant Athletic Director for Academics.

At the school, Crane is responsible for managing and providing the design, implementation, supervision and evaluation of the strength and conditioning program utilized by all 21 varsity sports.

Crane brings a wealth of strength and conditioning experience to Manhattanville. He previously spent two years as the Associate Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point, working with all of the school's 17 sports but focusing primarily on the Academy's football, men's lacrosse, hockey and volleyball programs.

Crane also has worked as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Western Illinois University in 2005-06 and previously spent one year in Purchase as Manhattanville's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach before taking an assistant position at Army for four years.

Crane received a bachelor's degree in Community Health Management with a minor in coaching from the University of Northern Iowa in 1997. He earned his master's degree in Physical Education from Northern Iowa in 2000.

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