[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9873]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     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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