June 4, 2009
Williams Selects O'Neil as Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College athletic director Harry Sheehy announced on Thursday that Marissa O’Neil, formerly an assistant coach for national champion Amherst College, has been named the head coach of the women’s ice hockey program. O’Neil replaces Shannon Bryant, who resigned. Bryant spent three years at Williams and compiled a record of 21-46-7.

April 1, 2009
Amherst's Plumer Named AHCA Coach of the Year
GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Jim Plumer, who led Amherst College to the school's first Women’s NCAA Division III Ice Hockey Championship, has been voted by his peers as the Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year for the 2008-2009 season. The Jeffs went 24-5-0, defeating the three schools who had won all seven previous NCAA Division III Ice Hockey titles en route to this year's honors.

March 21, 2009
Amherst Wins 2009 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Title
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Amherst won its first NCAA Women’s Hockey Championship with a 4-3 overtime victory over Elmira in the title game played in Middlebury College’s Kenyon Arena. Kate Dennett scored the game-winner 12:22 into the overtime to lift the Jeffs to the victory. After her first shot was saved driving in on the left wing, Dennett poked in the rebound as it lie just infront of Elmira goaltender Allison Cubberley. Amherst ends its championship season with a record of 24-5, while Elmira falls to 24-5-1.