[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5531]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       TRIBUTE TO THE MIDDLEBURY PANTHERS WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM

 Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I would like to commend the 
Middlebury College women's ice hockey team on its recent victory in the 
NCAA Division III National Championship against Elmira College. This is 
the second straight national championship for the Panthers and their 
fourth in the past 6 years.
  Over 120 years ago, Middlebury College began admitting female 
students, decades before many similar institutions were willing to do 
so. Since that time, Middlebury has offered young men and women alike a 
superb liberal arts education amidst the beauty of the Green Mountains. 
Reflecting Middlebury's proud and pioneering tradition of academic 
excellence and coeducation, the women's athletic program at Middlebury 
has developed into one of the best Division III athletics. Over the 
last 10 years, women's athletic teams at Middlebury have captured 13 
national titles.
  The women's hockey team has been one of the most consistently 
successful athletic teams at Middlebury. In the 2005 national 
championship, the Panthers exhibited their characteristic spirit and 
determination by overcoming an early 2-1 deficit to win by a final 4-3. 
I am pleased our local schoolchildren have the opportunity to see such 
accomplished and impressive student-athletes competing in Vermont.
  I congratulate each member of the team: Head Coach Bill Mandigo, 
Assistant Coach Jean Butler, Team Trainer Rachel Eldredge, Team 
Physician Mark Peluso, Abby Kurtz-Phelan, Shannon Tarrant, Emily 
McNamara, Rose Babst, Liz Yale-Loehr, Allison Liati, Karen Levin, 
Gillian Paul, Shannon Sylvester, Emily Quizon, Jackie Cohen, Lindsay 
Jones, Tory MacNeil, Gloria Velez, Alison Graddock, Margaret MacDonald, 
Samantha Ritt, Lacey Farrell, Ellen Sargent, Lorna Gifis, Tania Kenny, 
Kerry Kiley, Abby Smith, Angie Todd, Nina Daugherty, and Kate Kogut.
  Again, congratulations Panthers on another national championship, I 
wish you all the best next year.

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