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Five Pointers Named to NCHA Women�s First Team,
Idalski Coach of the Year
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association champion UW-Stevens Point
landed five of the 12 players on the league�s first-team All-Conference
squad, including sophomores Nicole Sankey and Diane Sawyer, who both earned
their second career selections.
Freshman forwards Ann Ninnemann, Jackie Schmitt and Emily Teachout
were also honored, and coach Brian Idalski was named the league�s Coach of
the Year. Freshman forward Liz Goergen was an honorable mention performer.
The Pointers finished 26-1 this season and won the league�s regular
season and tournament titles in just their second year as a varsity program.
Sankey, the team�s captain, was one of the leaders of a defense
that allowed just 35 goals in the Pointers� 27 games this season.
UW-Stevens Point also surrendered just 10 goals over its season-ending
15-game winning streak. The Stevens Point native also posted five goals and
four assists.
Sawyer, a Stillwater, Minn. native, had an incredible mid-season run
to finish the year with league-bests 1.11 goals against average and .939
save percentage. She also had five shutouts and a perfect 13-0 record.
Sawyer went from Dec. 9 until Feb. 8 without allowing a single goal,
spanning 294:59 consecutive minutes.
Ninnemann, a Rosemount, Minn. native, led the Pointers in scoring
with 20 goals and 19 assists for 39 points. She scored points in 22 of the
team�s 27 games, including school-records four assists and five points in
a win over St. Olaf.
Schmitt, a Buffalo Grove, Ill. native and Wheeling High School
graduate, totaled 23 goals and 13 assists for 36 points. Schmitt led the
nation with 10 game-winning goals, including a mid-season streak of
game-winners in six straight victories. She scored six goals and seven
points in a late-season sweep of UW-Eau Claire.
Teachout, an Edina, Minn. native, posted 17 goals and 16 assists for
33 points. She scored goals in each of the last seven regular season games,
including the game-winning goals in both victories at UW-Superior that
clinched the NCHA regular season title and earned her national offensive
Player of the Week honors.
Goergen, an Apple Valley, Minn. native and Eastview High School
graduate, had 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points. She scored points in 13
of the first 14 games of the season.
Idalski is the second Pointer coach to earn the league�s Coach of
the Year award in the two-year history of the league. Jason Lesteberg won
the conference�s inaugural award. Idalski piloted the squad to its
successful season with a 19-player roster that featured 14 freshmen and five
sophomores.
UW-Superior�s Melanie Salatino was named the Player of the Year. 2001-02 All-NCHA
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