2001-02 ECAC East Women's Season

This is the 2001-02 ECAC East Women's season.
==Membership Changes==
*Salve Regina Seahawks join the conference from being a D-III Independent
*St. Michael's Purple Knights added to the conference as a new program
*The Colgate Raiders and Vermont Catamounts leave the conference to join D-I ECAC
*Nine schools leave the conference to form the New England Small College Athletic Conference.  They include the Amherst Lord Jeffs, Bowdoin Polar Bears, Colby Mules, Connecticut College Camels, Hamilton Continentals, Middlebury Panthers, Southern Maine Huskies, Trinity Bantams, Wesleyan Cardinals, and Williams Ephs
==Standings==
Conference Standings 	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Conference Standings	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	P 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Manhattanville Valiants 	18 	16 	0 	2 	131 	11 	34 	27 	23 	2 	2 	164 	25
RIT 	18 	14 	2 	2 	126 	15 	30 	27 	21 	4 	2 	174 	24
Southern Maine Huskies 	18 	12 	3 	3 	83 	21 	27 	27 	16 	7 	4 	102 	38
Sacred Heart Pioneers 	18 	12 	6 	0 	78 	38 	24 	26 	17 	9 	0 	96 	59
RPI 	18 	11 	7 	0 	101 	28 	22 	27 	15 	11 	1 	128 	61
Union 	18 	8 	9 	1 	66 	48 	17 	26 	8 	16 	2 	76 	97
Holy Cross Crusaders 	18 	7 	11 	0 	59 	54 	14 	27 	12 	12 	3 	98 	72
Salve Regina Seahawks 	18 	4 	14 	0 	34 	128 	8 	21 	4 	17 	0 	41 	146
St. Michael's Purple Knights	18 	2 	16 	0 	28 	154 	4 	21 	2 	19 	0 	29 	179
MIT 	18 	0 	18 	0 	2 	211 	0 	19 	0 	19 	0 	2 	226
==Conference Tournament==
===Quarterfinals===
*Rensselaer Engineers defeated Union Dutchwomen 9-2
*Southern Maine Huskies defeated Salve Regina Seahawks 5-1
*RIT Tigers defeated MIT Engineers 15-0
===Semifinals===
*RIT Tigers defeated Southern Maine Huskies 2-1 (ot)
*Manhattanville Valiants defeated Rensselaer Engineers 5-1
===Final===
*Manhattanville Valiants defeated RIT Tigers 4-3
==NCAA Tournament==
The Manhattanville Valiants earned the conference bid to the 2002 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. They defeated the Bowdoin Polar Bears 2-1 in overtime in the semifinals, and lost to the Elmira Soaring Eagles 2-1 in the national championship game.
==ECAC Open Tournament==
===Semifinal===
*Holy Cross Crusaders defeated St. Michael's Purple Knights 9-0
===Final===
*Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 3-2 (ot)
Category:2002 in hockey
Category:ECAC East
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