2001-02 ECAC East Women's Season

This is the 2001-02 ECAC East Women's season.

Membership Changes

 * Salve Regina Seahawks join the conference from being a D-III Independent
 * St. Michael's Purple Knights added to the conference as a new program
 * The Colgate Raiders and Vermont Catamounts leave the conference to join D-I ECAC
 * Nine schools leave the conference to form the New England Small College Athletic Conference.  They include the Amherst Lord Jeffs, Bowdoin Polar Bears, Colby Mules, Connecticut College Camels, Hamilton Continentals, Middlebury Panthers, Southern Maine Huskies, Trinity Bantams, Wesleyan Cardinals, and Williams Ephs

Quarterfinals

 * Rensselaer Engineers defeated Union Dutchwomen 9-2
 * Southern Maine Huskies defeated Salve Regina Seahawks 5-1
 * RIT Tigers defeated MIT Engineers 15-0

Semifinals

 * RIT Tigers defeated Southern Maine Huskies 2-1 (ot)
 * Manhattanville Valiants defeated Rensselaer Engineers 5-1

Final

 * Manhattanville Valiants defeated RIT Tigers 4-3

NCAA Tournament
The Manhattanville Valiants earned the conference bid to the 2002 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. They defeated the Bowdoin Polar Bears 2-1 in overtime in the semifinals, and lost to the Elmira Soaring Eagles 2-1 in the national championship game.

Semifinal

 * Holy Cross Crusaders defeated St. Michael's Purple Knights 9-0

Final

 * Sacred Heart Pioneers defeated Holy Cross Crusaders 3-2 (ot)