Stonehill Skyhawks women's ice hockey

The Stonehill Skyhawks represent Stonehill College of Easton, Massachusetts. The team plays as a member of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance and are based out of the Bridgewater Ice Arena in nearby Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
==Women's Program History==
The College announced on December 9, 2019 that a women's program will begin playing with the 2021-2022 season. The team will be a member of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance. The team will be based out of the Bridgewater Ice Arena in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.https://www.uscho.com/2019/12/09/stonehill-announces-addition-of-womens-hockey-will-join-newha-for-21-22-season/ The Bridgewater Ice Arena is hoped to be a temporary home for the program as the college has plans in place for the building of an on campus arena pending the raising of the finances to build the arena. Due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the university would announce on September 11, 2020 that it would be delaying the start of its' program until the 2022-23 season.https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/wice/2020-21/releases/20200911g35z1y
Tara Watchorn, a 2014 Olympics gold medalist with the Canada national women's ice hockey team and a former Boston Blades player, was named the team's first head coach on May 12, 2021. https://www.uscho.com/2021/05/12/boston-university-womens-hockey-assistant-watchorn-tabbed-first-coach-for-stonehill-which-will-start-newha-play-in-22-23/ The team would later add Watchorn's former Boston Blades teammate/Utica Pioneers women's ice hockey alumnus Megan Myers and Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey alumnus Lauren Williams as assistant coaches for the inaugural 2022-23 season.
On April 5, 2022 the college announced that it would transition to NCAA Division I status in all sports as a member of the Northeast Conference effective the end of the 2021-22 academic year.https://www.uscho.com/2022/04/05/stonehill-mens-hockey-moving-from-ncaa-d-ii-northeast-10-to-ncaa-division-i-for-2022-23-season-womens-hockey-to-join-newha-in-22-23/
The team would get off to a competitive start in their first season, enough to be featured in an article in the Boston Globe on October 27th.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/27/sports/starting-scratch-was-no-problem-stonehill-womens-hockey/?event=event25
Watchhorn would leave after one season to become head coach of the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey team and would be replaced by Lee-J Mirasolo who had been serving as associate head coach with the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team.
==Head Coaches==
*Tara Watchorn (2022-2023) 19-16-2
*Lee J Mirasolo (2023-present) 21-16-2
==Season by Season==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	 	 	 	
New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2022-23 	24 	14 	9 	1 	87 	56 	29 	4th 	W, QF 4-3 (3ot), L, SF 4-2 (St. Anselm) 	37 	19 	16 	2 	120 	96 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	28 	17 	9 	2 	83 	55 	36 	3rd 	W, QF 2 games to none (Assumption) W, SF 3-2 (ot) (LIU) W, F 3-2 (ot) Franklin Pierce)	38 	21 	15 	2 	100 	94 	 	 	 	
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
Season	First Round 	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2024 	L, 7-1 (Cornell)	-- 	-- 	--
==References==
==Links==
*New England Women's Hockey Alliance website
*Stonehill Skyhawks women's ice hockey website
Category:Established in 2019
Category:New England Women's Hockey Alliance teams
Category:American women's ice hockey teams