[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S5008]
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CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 168, which was
submitted earlier today.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A resolution (S. Res. 168) congratulating the University of
Wisconsin women's hockey team for winning the 2007 NCAA
Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
resolution.
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, today, as a proud alumnus, I
congratulate the University of Wisconsin for another fantastic season.
This year, the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team defended its
National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship, earning its
second straight title.
The hard work of the Badger women's hockey team culminated in a 4-1
victory over the University of Minnesota-Duluth in the NCAA
championship game on March 18, 2007, in Lake Placid, NY. The Badgers
finished their season on a 26-game unbeaten streak and totaled an
outstanding final record of 36-1-4.
I commend and congratulate Coach Mark Johnson, a member of the
championship Badger hockey team of 1977. The Badgers won the title at
Lake Placid, the site of the 1980 ``Miracle on Ice'' U.S. Olympic
hockey team, of which Johnson was a member.
The continuing success of University of Wisconsin athletics has made
the people of Wisconsin, and alumni throughout the country, proud to be
Badgers. The success of this superb team helps remind sports fans in
Wisconsin and around the country of UW-Madison's place as a dominant
force in Big Ten and national athletics.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to
reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating
thereto be printed in the Record, without intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The resolution (S. Res. 168) was agreed to.
The preamble was agreed to.
The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:
S. Res. 168
Whereas, on March 18, 2007, in Lake Placid, New York, by
defeating the University of Minnesota-Duluth by a score of 4-
1 in the championship game and defeating St. Lawrence
University by a score of 4-0 in the semifinals, the
University of Wisconsin women's hockey team (referred to in
this preamble as the ``Badgers'') won the women's Frozen Four
championship, earning their second consecutive National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title;
Whereas Sara Bauer scored a goal and tallied 2 assists,
Erika Lawler scored a goal and tallied an assist, Jinelle
Zaugg scored a goal, Jasmine Giles scored a goal, Meghan
Duggan contributed an assist, Meaghan Mikkelson contributed
an assist, and Jessie Vetter stopped 17 shots in the final
game to earn her 20th win of the season;
Whereas every player on the University of Wisconsin women's
hockey team (Sara Bauer, Rachel Bible, Christine Dufour,
Meghan Duggan, Maria Evans, Jasmine Giles, Kayla Hagen, Tia
Hanson, Angie Keseley, Heidi Kletzien, Emily Kranz, Erika
Lawler, Alycia Matthews, Alannah McCready, Meaghan Mikkelson,
Phoebe Monteleone, Emily Morris, Mikka Nordby, Kyla Sanders,
Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Ally Strickler, Jessie Vetter, Kristen
Witting, and Jinelle Zaugg) contributed to the success of the
team;
Whereas Sara Bauer was named to the RBK/American Hockey
Coaches Association All-American First Team, and was a
finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for national
player of the year, the United States College Hockey Online's
(USCHO) Player of the Year for the second straight season,
and the WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Scoring Champion,
and earned a spot on the All-USCHO First Team and the All-
Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) First Team;
Whereas Bobbi-Jo Slusar was named to the RBK All-American
Second team, the All-USCHO First Team, and the All-WCHA
Second Team, and was named USCHO Defensive Player of the
Year;
Whereas Meaghan Mikkelson was named to the All-USCHO First
Team and the All-WCHA First Team, and was named the WCHA
Defensive Player of the Year;
Whereas Jessie Vetter was named to the RBK All-American
First Team, All-USCHO Second Team, and All-WCHA First Team;
Whereas Meghan Duggan was named to the All-USCHO Rookie
Team and named WCHA Rookie of the Year, Christine Dufour was
named to the All-WCHA Third Team and was WCHA Goaltending
Champion, and Erika Lawler was named to the All-WCHA Third
Team;
Whereas Coach Mark Johnson, who won an NCAA championship as
member of the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team in
1977, was a member of the gold-medal winning 1980 United
States Olympic hockey team, and is one of the few people who
have won a national championship as both a player and coach,
was named the WCHA Coach of the Year;
Whereas the Badgers are the first University of Wisconsin
program to repeat as NCAA champions since the University of
Wisconsin women's cross country team won the title in both
1984 and 1985; and
Whereas the Badgers ended the season on a 26-game
undefeated streak, finishing with a record of 36-1-4, while
outscoring opponents 166-36, and the Badgers broke or tied 6
NCAA single-season team records: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) congratulates the University of Wisconsin women's
hockey team, the coaching staff, including Head Coach Mark
Johnson and Assistant Coaches Tracey Cornell and Daniel Koch,
Program Assistant Sharon Eley, Director of Women's Hockey
Operations Paul Hickman, Athletic Trainer Jennifer Pepoy,
Volunteer Coach Jeff Sanger, and Athletic Director Barry
Alvarez, and Chancellor John D. Wiley on an outstanding
championship season; and
(2) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to
transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the
Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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