College Hockey America Women's League

TORONTO, Ont. – The Syracuse University women's ice hockey team is gaining national prominence in the offseason. The 2010 CHA Rookie of the Year, Isabel Menard, earned a spot on the 2010 Canadian National Women’s Under-22 team. Throughout the past week, she participated in the selection camp in Toronto, Ontario and has been selected for one of 22 spots on the roster.

Moon Township, Pa. - August 16, 2010 – Robert Morris University women’s ice hockey head coach Nate Handrahan announced Monday the hiring of Logan Bittle as an assistant coach.

ERIE, Pa. – The Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team will play 32 games during the 2010-11 season, including a home-and-home series against 2010 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four opponent Cornell and a regular-season contest against perennial power Wisconsin.

TORONTO, Ontario – The 2010 College Hockey America (CHA) Rookie of the Year Isabel Menard will represent Syracuse at the 2010 Canadian National Women’s Under-22 Selection Camp, that began on Saturday, Aug. 7, at the Mastercard Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

CALGARY, Alberta – Three members of the Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team will take part in the 2010 Canadian National Women’s Under-22 Selection Camp, beginning on Saturday, Aug. 7, at the Mastercard Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

ERIE, Pa. – Head coach Michael Sisti of the Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team announced Tuesday the addition of four newcomers to the 2010-11 women’s hockey roster.  Lauren Barnes (Eagan, Minn. / Burnsville), Christine Bestland (Brunkild, Manitoba / Pursuit of Excellence), Christie Cicero (Manalapan, N.J. / New Jersey Rockets) and Ashley Harper (Butler, Pa. / Culver Military Academy) will join 19 players returning from a team that finished 30-3-3 a season ago and three-time All-American Meghan Agosta, who returns after taking the year off to compete at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse University women's ice hockey head coach Paul Flanagan announced that Sabrina Harbec will join the Orange coaching staff for the 2010-11 season.

DETROIT - The Wayne State University women’s hockey program has finalized its schedule for the upcoming 2010-11 season, which will begin Sept. 25 with an exhibition game at York University in Toronto.

Moon Township, Pa. - Robert Morris University women's ice hockey head coach Nate Handrahan has announced RMU's captains for the 2010-11 season. Senior defenseman Whitney Pappas (Evergreen, Colo. / Belle Tire) will serve as RMU's captain for the second consecutive season while senior forward Sara O'Malley (Guelph, Ontario / Hamilton Hawks) and junior defenseman Kathryn Stack (Edmonton, Alberta / Edmonton Thunder) will be assistant captains.

Hockey Canada announced last Thursday that Wayne State University head women's hockey coach Jim Fetter will serve as head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team for the 2010-11 season.