Forester Women's Hockey

Career Highlights
	Entering her fourth season as head coach at Lake Forest
	At 14-9-3, the 2002-03 Foresters posted the best record in the program's history
	Current team members hold or share school records for point and assists in a season
	Spent 2000-01 as an assistant coach at Middlebury College, where she helped the Panthers to an AWCHA national championship adn a 23-1-1 overall record
	Set school records for goals and points in a career and season during her hockey career at Wesleyan University
	Named ECAC Division III Player of the Year and a First Team All-American following her senior season

Susie Bellizzi is entering her fourth season as Lake Forest College's head women's hockey coach. She was named the Foresters' second-ever head coach in May of 2001 prior to the program's second year as a varsity sport.

All but five of the teams the Foresters faced in 2003-04 were ranked among the top 10 in the nation at some point during the season and, after losing two of its top three scorers from the year before, the team struggled to a 2-22-1 record. The inexperienced squad featured just one senior and three juniors.

The 2002-03 team improved eight games from the year before and finished the season with an overall record of 14-9-3. After placing fourth and fifth in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association in 2000-01 and 2001-02, respectively, the squad climbed to third place with as many league victories as the previous two years combined.

In addition to the Foresters' won-loss record, their 2002-03 statistics also showed significant improvement. Lake Forest set school records for goals, assists, and points in a season and posted its lowest-ever goals against average.

Bellizzi directed four Foresters to All-NCHA honors in 2002-03, including a pair of First Team selections.

Prior to making her head coaching debut at Lake Forest, Bellizzi spent the 2000-01 season as an assistant coach at Middlebury College, where she helped the Panthers to the American Women's College Hockey Association (AWCHA) national championship, a 23-1-1 overall record, and an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship. In addition, Middlebury was undefeated versus NCAA Division III teams.

Bellizzi is a 1999 graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She earned a B.A. degree in History and French Literature at Wesleyan. During her four-year hockey career, she set school records for career points, career goals, points in a single-season, and goals in a single-season. Bellizzi was the ECAC Division III Player of the Year and a First Team All-American in 1999. She was a two-time team captain and ECAC All-Star. Bellizzi was also a member of the East-West Senior All-Star team for lacrosse in 1999.