BREAKING NEWS: Syracuse to join Women's CHA Immediately
Posted by Dave Weldon at 3/06/2008 01:31:00 PMUPDATE 3:35PM
Official Link to Press Release: http://carrierdome.syr.edu/News/wice/2008/3/6/chaannoucement.asp?path=
The Syracuse Women's program was inaugurated this past October into NCAA hockey and this coming season will be their first play in an NCAA Conference.
Check out the new member to the CHA here:
SU Women's Hockey Home Page
Orignial Story
This came in from an inside source, but will be up on the CHA website in the next few hours:
CHA Press Release
"NIAGARA
UNIVERSITY, N.Y. -- College Hockey America Commissioner R.H. “Bob” Peters announced this evening during the annual year-end awards ceremony for the CHA women’s conference that Syracuse University will become the fifth member of the league.
“College Hockey America Women’s Conference is pleased and proud to welcome Syracuse University as a conference member effective immediately,” stated Commissioner Peters. “Syracuse University has a storied history of athletic excellence and therefore will add further to the competitive strength of the College Hockey America Women’s Conference.”
“We are excited to start our journey to becoming extraordinary in women’s ice hockey,” remarked Syracuse Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross. “We are grateful to College Hockey America for recognizing the commitment we’ve made to be competitive in the sport. We believe we will enhance the conference and will do our best to represent it in the most amazing fashion.”
The CHA Women’s Conference is in its sixth year and currently has two teams (Mercyhurst and Wayne State) ranked in the top 10 nationally.
Niagara was a charter member of the league along with Mercyhurst and Wayne State. Robert Morris joined the conference for the 2005-06 campaign."