Feb. 26, 2008

Colorado Springs, Colo. - Despite a 1-1 weekend at Wayne State, Mercyhurst remained in the seventh spot in the latest USA Today/USA Hocket women's poll released today. The Lakers, 22-7-3 overall and 7-2-1 in College Hockey America (CHA), close the regular season next weekend with a conference home-and-home series against Robert Morris. The teams play Friday night at 7 at the Ice Center before heading to suburban Pittsburgh for a 7:35 game Saturday.

Harvard (27-1-0) retained the top spot and picked up 18 of 19 first-place votes. New Hampshire, which split a weekend series at Mercyhurst last December, picked up the other first-place vote and remained second.

ABOUT THE POLL: The 11th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the American Hockey Coaches Association and USA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.

Team (First Place)	         Record	Pts	Last Week
1. Harvard (18)              27-1-0  	189	1
2. New Hampshire (1)         28-3-1	166	2
3. Minnesota Duluth          27-4-1	158	3
4. Minnesota	         25-5-4	127	4
5. Wisconsin 	         24-7-3	114	5
6. St. Lawrence	         25-8-1	101	6
7. Mercyhurst	         22-7-3	65	7
8. Connecticut	         22-5-5	63	8
9. Clarkson                  22-7-5     38        9
10. Wayne State	         19-8-3	13	NR