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Women's Hockey picked for 8th in WCHA preseason poll
9/13/2022 2:44:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Minneapolis, Minn. -- Tommie Women's Hockey has been picked for eighth place in the eight-team WCHA race for 2022-23 in the preseason poll with votes from league head coaches.
The rugged conference has the Nos. 1-2-3 teams in the national preseason poll, and two other teams in the top 15 or receiving votes. The WCHA coaches' poll tabs Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin as the 1-2-3 teams, as those perennial powers share all eight first-place votes.
Second-year coach Joel Johnson and his Tommie program are preparing for season two of Division I competition, starting with a Sunday Sept. 25 home exhibition game against Manitoba in Mendota Heights (2 p.m.).
Johnson already had Anna Solheim coming back for the 2022-23 season as a graduate student using her fifth year of eligibility. One of seven Division III-era hockey players still competing with the Tommies, Solheim brings a 97-college game resume, including 33 played last season in Division I.
Johnson and his staff added seven freshmen, and this summer they secured three graduate transfers to join the team:
Odnoga (Hungarian National Team) joined her new Tommie teammates Nicole Vallario and Saskia Maurer (Swiss National Team) as competitors in recent the 10-team Women's World Championships in Denmark.
Last Season
The Purple look to improve on last season's 5-27-1 record. Seventeen of those losses came against four WCHA opponents that advanced to the 11-team national tournament. The Purple also lost seven games by one- or two-goal margins.
St. Thomas opens its season with a Sept. 25 home exhibition game against Manitoba, and starts WCHA play Oct. 7-8 with two games in Madison, Wis. against the Badgers. The home-ice opener is Oct. 14 against Franklin Pierce.
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See WCHA news release HERE
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The rugged conference has the Nos. 1-2-3 teams in the national preseason poll, and two other teams in the top 15 or receiving votes. The WCHA coaches' poll tabs Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin as the 1-2-3 teams, as those perennial powers share all eight first-place votes.
Second-year coach Joel Johnson and his Tommie program are preparing for season two of Division I competition, starting with a Sunday Sept. 25 home exhibition game against Manitoba in Mendota Heights (2 p.m.).
Johnson already had Anna Solheim coming back for the 2022-23 season as a graduate student using her fifth year of eligibility. One of seven Division III-era hockey players still competing with the Tommies, Solheim brings a 97-college game resume, including 33 played last season in Division I.
Johnson and his staff added seven freshmen, and this summer they secured three graduate transfers to join the team:
- Forward Gabby Billing, a Twin Cities-area native and a transfer from Dartmouth College, where she played in 87 D-I games;
- Defender Lotti Odnoga, a native of Hungary and a transfer from Dartmouth College where she played in 80 D-I contests;
- Forward Anna Promersberger, a Fargo native and a transfer from Penn State, where she played in 110 D-I games.
Odnoga (Hungarian National Team) joined her new Tommie teammates Nicole Vallario and Saskia Maurer (Swiss National Team) as competitors in recent the 10-team Women's World Championships in Denmark.
Last Season
The Purple look to improve on last season's 5-27-1 record. Seventeen of those losses came against four WCHA opponents that advanced to the 11-team national tournament. The Purple also lost seven games by one- or two-goal margins.
St. Thomas opens its season with a Sept. 25 home exhibition game against Manitoba, and starts WCHA play Oct. 7-8 with two games in Madison, Wis. against the Badgers. The home-ice opener is Oct. 14 against Franklin Pierce.
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See WCHA news release HERE
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Follow Along
For more information on St. Thomas Women's Hockey, follow along on Twitter at @TommieWHockey
Join Us
To reserve your seat to be a part of the Tommies' 2022 season, click HERE to view ticketing information and purchase options.
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