Venditti helped the University of Southern Maine's women's ice hockey team achieve 60 wins over four years before coming to Colby.

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.

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.

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 second 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.

2005-2006 Roster of Returning Players
#	Name	Year	Position	High School/Last Team	Hometown
2	Lindsay Barada	'06	F	St. Paul's School	New Caanan, Conn.
3	Amanda Comeau	'09	F/D	Gunnery Academy	Southbury, Conn.
4	Marissa Mullane	'08	D	Kent School	Wallingford, Conn.
5	Lauren Bizzari	'09	F	Stowe HS	Stowe, Vt.
7	Caroline Voyles	'08	D	Mounds View High	North Oaks, Minn.
8	Jennifer Caruso	'09	F	CT Stars	Darien, Conn.
9	Caitlin Leahy	'06	D	Cushing Academy	Ashburnham, Mass.
11	Laura Clemson	'09	F	Team Alaska U-19	Anchorage, Alaska
12	Lindsay Tedeschi	'07	F	Kimball Union	Wilmot, N.H.
14	Margaret Chute	'08	F	Conard HS	West Hartford, Conn.
15	Rebecca Julian	'09	F	Westminster School	South Windsor, Conn.
17	Nicole Crocker	'09	F	Phillips Academy	Dover, Mass.
18	Lauren Goethals	'08	D	Pomfret School	Needham, Mass.
19	MaryClaire McGovern	'08	F	Stowe HS	Stowe, Vt.
20	Heather Nickerson	'09	F/D	Tabor Academy	Falmouth, Mass.
21	Victoria Work	'08	D	Aspen U-19	Aspen, Colo.
22	Colette Finley	'09	F	St. Paul United	St. Paul, Minn.
23	Laura Anning	'09	F	Westminster School	Ingramport, Nova Scotia
28	Lacey Brown	'09	GK	Taft	Freeport, Maine
30	Genevieve Triganne	'08	GK	Westminster School	Point-Claire, QBC
31	Shelley Payne	'09	GK	Loomis Chaffee	Pelham, N.Y.