However, unlike the rest of her classmates, Bowe will make her return to the Jeff roster this year. As the Edward J. Hitchcock Fellow, Bowe will assist Head Coach Chris Paradis during the 2001 Amherst campaign. From the sideline, Bowe will watch Jeff Tri-captains Mairin Brady '02, Marcy Busch '02 and Anne Close '02 lead a deep and talented squad back to the postseason. Brady, along with senior goaltender Beth Sensing, earned postseason recognition. Brady marked five goals and five assists during her junior year co-captainship and received AstroTurf NFHCA Division III All-American honors as well as First Team All-NESCAC nods, while Sensing followed suit with a Second Team AstroTurf Division III All-Region bid.
The 2000 Jeffs were helped along by the maturing play of Abby Ouimet '03, who seconded Bowe's scoring efforts last season, with eight goals. Busch came in with six goals and two assists, while Christine Ryan '04, Robin Ackerman '02, Allison Aldrich '04 and Katherine Ryan '03 also helped chip away.
On the defensive end, Sensing, along with Close and Laurie Smith '02, anchored a stringent defense that held its opponents to less than one-third of the season-total 35 Jeff goals. The defense will play a key role this year, although the offensive play from last year's freshman crop seems promising as well.
The Jeffs will start their campaign by taking on Colby College on Sept. 9. The following Wednesday, they will begin a three-game homestand.