Rhode Island Rams women's ice hockey

Rhode Island Rams Women's Ice Hockey
University	University of Rhode Island
Conference	Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League
Governing Body	ACHA Women's Division 1
Head coach	Ashley Pagliarini 3rd season, 57–36–5
Assistant coaches	Richard Torres, Tom McCormick
Arena	Bradford R. Boss Arena Capacity: 2,500
Location	Kingston, Rhode Island
Colors	Keaney Blue, White, and Navy Blue
ACHA Tournament appearances
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Conference Tournament championships
ECWHL: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
Conference regular season championships
ECWHL: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016
Current uniform

The Rhode Island Rams women's ice hockey team represents the University of Rhode Island (URI) in Women's Division 1 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). Since the team's 1999 inauguration, the Rams have been one of the most successful programs in intercollegiate women's ice hockey, winning eight regular season and nine playoff titles in the 13-year existence of the Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League, both ECWHL records. The Rams have also qualified for 12 of the 17 ACHA National Tournaments held for women's teams, a number that trails only Massachusetts, Michigan and Michigan State. Highlighting Rhode Island's 12 ACHA tournament bids are eight semifinal appearances, including five in a row from 2004 through 2008. The team's present coach, Ashley Pagliarini, was a standout defenseman at URI from 2004 through 2009 and is just the second head coach in team history, taking over for program founder Beth McCann for the 2014–15 season.

The first women's teams at URI, typical of a new program, lost more games than they won, posting a 6–33–1 mark from the inaugural 1999–2000 season through 2001–02. For the team's first four years, it primarily used the West Warwick Ice Rink in West Warwick, Rhode Island - roughly a half hour drive from campus - as its home facility. Early schedules featured a mix of top club programs of the day, as well as junior varsity teams from NCAA Division I schools and NCAA Division III teams. Rhode Island's 2000–01 schedule, for example, included future ECWHL opponents Boston University, Massachusetts and Penn State from the first category, alongside the JV team from Brown and DIII's Salve Regina. The Rams' sole victory that year came against the Providence Lady Reds program.

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