POSTED: Tuesday February 1st 2011
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University of Wisconsin Remains No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of Wisconsin remains No. 1 in this week's USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll after posting a 1-0-1 record against No. 5 University of Minnesota last weekend. The Badgers, who boast a 24-2-2 record, accumulated 180 points and 11 first-place votes to earn the top spot for the fifth week in a row.

Cornell University sits at No. 2 with 179 points and eight first-place votes after defeating Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, while Boston University remains at No. 3 with 152 points following a weekend sweep of the University of Connecticut. Mercyhurst College (129) is No. 4 after twice defeating Niagara University, while the University of Minnesota (117) rounds out the top five.

Harvard University returns to the poll for the first time in 10 weeks at No. 10, following wins over Brown University and Yale University.

This weekend features one top-10 match-up, with No. 7 Boston College traveling to No. 9 Providence College on Sunday (Feb. 6).

NOTES: The Western Collegiate Hockey Association leads all conferences with four ranked programs, while Hockey East boasts three, ECAC Hockey has two ranked teams and College Hockey America has one ... A total of 14 teams received votes.

ABOUT THE POLL: The 14th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the four NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.

Link to poll: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/hockey/usatwomen.htm

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