2. Harvard
4. Northeastern
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the off-season was in Boston, where longtime Northeastern Coach Heather Linstad left the Huskies to start a Division I program at Connecticut. Joy Woog, who has a year of head coaching experience at Sacred Heart under her belt, has replaced Linstad on an interim basis this season.
The bad news for Woog is that the Huskies (22-9-3, 15-6-3) lost Hilary Witt, a perennial Kazmaier nominee and the fourth-leading scorer in the conference last year, as well as Brooke White, who followed Brown's Mounsey to the National Team. The good news is that the emphasis never has been on offense at Matthews Arena.
The heart and soul of Northeastern this season will be senior goaltender Erika Silva, who finished third in the ECAC with a 1.63 goals-against-average (GAA) and fourth in save percentage at .931. Silva's skills forced four overtime games last season, but she will need to be even more reliable between the pipes in 2000-01.
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