David Venditti, who helped the University of Southern Maine women's ice hockey team to 60 wins the past four years, has been named the new head coach of the Colby College women's ice hockey team.

Venditti, a 1991 graduate of Southern Maine and a former men's hockey player at USM, becomes the ninth head coach in Colby women's hockey history. The Mules started play in the 1974-75 academic year and are one of the oldest women's hockey programs in the country.

"I am extremely excited about David joining us at Colby College," said Marcella Zalot, Colby's Athletics Director. "David has built a very well respected program at USM. He is a proven leader and I look forward to his work with the Colby women's ice hockey program."

Venditti took over a Southern Maine program that was 28-34-4 in three previous seasons. He led the Huskies to a 60-34-8 record in four years, helped the team earn a top 10 national ranking, and was part of three ECAC East semifinal teams. Venditti also had a 5-1-2 record against Colby during his time at USM.

"We had a core group of players (at USM) who wanted to learn and be successful," said Venditti, a Boston native. "During the interview process at Colby, I got a chance to meet some of the players and I saw the same thing in them."

Before his head coaching stint at USM, Venditti spent nine years as boys' hockey coach at Cheverus High School. He spent the first two years as an assistant coach and then was the head coach for seven years. Cheverus had an 83-37-2 record in his seven years as head coach.

Jennifer Holsten '90 will go from being the head coach to assistant coach. Holsten remains the head coach of the Colby women's soccer team. Over her eight years as hockey coach, Holsten has led her team to a berth in the ECAC Division I playoffs and has helped the Mules make the New England Small College Athletic Conference semifinals in 2001-02 and 2002-03, the first two years of the league playoffs. A native of western Massachusetts, Holsten was a three-sport varsity athlete in soccer, ice hockey, and softball at Colby and earned a bachelor's degree in government. She also holds a master's degree in education with a concentration in athletic administration from Springfield College. At Springfield Holsten served as a graduate assistant coach for the women's soccer team.

phone 207-872-3079
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e-mail jholsten@colby.edu

2003-2004 Roster
#	Name	Year	High School	Hometown
1	Lynn Hasday	'05	South Side HS	Rockville Centre, N.Y.
2	Lindsay Barada	'06	St. Paul's School	New Caanan, Conn.
3	Caitlin Hickey	'06	Milton Academy	Waltham, Mass.
5	Kate Sweeney *	'04	Milton HS	Milton, Mass.
8	Heather DeVito	'05	Arlington HS	Arlington, Mass.
9	Caitlin Leahy	'06	Cushing Academy	Ashburnham, Mass.
10	Jennifer McAleer	'07	Lawrence Academy	Dublin, N.H.
11	Erin Schlossman	'07	Fargo South HS	Fargo, N.D.
12	Lindsay Tedeschi	'07	Kimball Union	Elkins, N.H.
17	Anna Morro	'06	Latin School of Chicago	Chicago, Ill.
20	Sasha Schroeder	'05	Albuqerque Academy	El Prado, N.M.
21	Christina Dotchin *	'04	Essex HS	Essex, Vt.
22	Kristin Putnam	'05	Messalonskee HS	Oakland, Maine
23	Mallory Young	'05	Hanover HS	Hanover, N.H.
25	Meghan Barringer	'05	Kent School	Leverett, Mass.
26	Michele Barmash	'05	Deerfield Academy	Kirkland, PQ
28	Sarah Goodrich	'05	Yarmouth GS	Yarmouth, Maine
29	Sarah Webster	'05	Champlain Valley Union	Shelburne, Vt.
30	Alex Harris	'07	Kingswood-Oxford	Windsor, Conn.