Venditti, a 1991 graduate of Southern Maine and a former men's hockey player at USM, is the ninth head coach of women's hockey in Colby history. The Mules began competing 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," said Marcella Zalot, Colby's athletic director. ³David has built a very well-respected program at USM. He is a proven leader, and I look forward to his work with Colby's women's ice hockey program.²

Venditti took over a Southern Maine program that was 28-34-4 in three previous seasons. Over four years he led the Huskies to a 60-34-8 record, 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.

³We had a core group of players at USM who wanted to learn and be successful,² said Venditti, a Boston native. ³During the interview process at Colby I got a chance to meet some of their players and I saw the same qualities in them.²

Before his head coaching stint at USM, Venditti spent nine years as a 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 during Venditti's seven years as head coach.

phone 207-859-4915
fax 207-859-4965
e-mail dvenditt@colby.edu

Jennifer Holsten '90 begins her first year as assistant coach with the women's ice hockey team after eight years as head coach of the Mules. She led Colby to a berth in the ECAC Division I playoffs and helped the Mules make the New England Small College Athletic Conference semifinals in the first two years of the league playoffs. A native of western Massachusetts, Holsten was a three-sport varsity athlete at Colby in soccer, ice hockey, and softball 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. Holsten is also the head women's soccer coach at Colby.

2004-2005 Roster
#	Name	Year	Position	High School/Last Team	Hometown
1	Lynn Hasday	'05	GK	South Side HS	Rockville Centre, N.Y.
2	Lindsay Barada	'06	F	St. Paul's School	New Caanan, Conn.
3	Caitlin Hickey	'06	D	Milton Academy	Waltham, Mass.
4	Marissa Mullane	'08	D	Kent School	Wallingford, Conn.
7	Caroline Voyles	'08	D	Mounds View High	North Oaks, Minn.
8	* Heather DeVito	'05	F	Arlington HS	Arlington, Mass.
9	Caitlin Leahy	'06	D	Cushing Academy	Ashburnham, Mass.
10	Jennifer McAleer	'07	F	Lawrence Academy	Dublin, N.H.
11	Erin Schlossman	'07	D	Fargo South HS	Fargo, N.D.
12	Lindsay Tedeschi	'07	F	Kimball Union	Elkins, N.H.
14	Margaret Chute	'08	F	CT Northern Lights	West Hartford, Conn.
18	Lauren Goethals	'08	D	Pomfret School	Needham, Mass.
19	MaryClaire McGovern	'08	F	Stowe High	Stowe, Vt.
20	Sasha Schroeder	'05	F	Albuqerque Academy	El Prado, N.M.
21	Victoria Work	'08	D	Aspen U-19	Aspen, Colo.
22	Kristin Putnam	'05	D	Messalonskee HS	Oakland, Maine
23	Mallory Young	'05	F	Hanover HS	Hanover, N.H.
25	* Meghan Barringer	'05	D	Kent School	Leverett, Mass.
26	* Michele Barmash	'05	F	Deerfield Academy	Kirkland, PQ
28	Sarah Goodrich	'05	F	Yarmouth GS	Yarmouth, Maine
30	Genevieve Triganne	'08	GK	Westminster School	Point-Claire, QC