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When A.J. Mleczko left school after her juniorseason, she already held the Harvard careerscoring record with 143 points, and she toppedthat off with the best season of her career--114points and a national championship. Now it is upto Botterill, Shewchuk and the rest of atalent-laden Crimson roster to...
As every women's hockey coach in the ECAC muttered in disgust all season long, freshmen Jen Botterill and Angela Ruggiero did not play like rookies.
Botterill, a winger, finished third in the nation in scoring with 37 goals and 51 assists behind linemates A.J. Mleczko and Tammy Shewchuk.
Ruggiero finished sixth in the country, and first amongst all defensemen, with 21 goals and 40 assists. Princeton winger Andrea Kilbourne finished a distant third in freshman scoring with half as many points as Botterill (44) and 17 points less than Ruggiero.
Playing on probably the most feared line in the history of women's hockey, Botterill provided a balance between Mleczko's playmaking and Shewchuk's stickhandling. Botterill rose to the occasion when her team needed her most, leading the nation with eight game-winning goals.