The RPI Engineers women's ice hockey team (the "Engineers") had a successful season in 2008–09 under the leadership of John Burke.
The club finished as the ECAC Hockey conference’s runner-up at the league tournament.
The Engineers defeated Princeton in the quarterfinals, and proceeded to beat Harvard in the semifinals with a 3-2 overtime victory to advance to its first championship appearance.
RPI posted an overall record of 19-14-4, including an 11-8-3 ECAC Hockey mark.
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