ITHACA, N.Y. -- Edith Zimmering, a 2005 graduate of Elmira College who has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Brown University, has been named an assistant coach with the Cornell women's hockey team, announced on Monday by head coach Doug Derraugh.

"We're really excited to have Zimmering on the coaching staff," Derraugh said. "She's someone who has won two national championships and who knows what it takes to win. She was an outstanding goaltender and has coached one of the best in the league while at Brown. It's also very helpful that she has experience at the Ivy League and Division I level. She's a very good recruiter and is fluent in French."

Zimmering coached the past two seasons at Brown University, first as a volunteer assistant during the 2007-08 season and then as a full-time assistant coach last year. Under her guidance, Brown goaltender Nicole Stock posted a .922 save percentage last year, good for 16th in the nation and sixth in ECAC Hockey. Her coaching career also includes six summers as the head goaltending instructor at the Elite Hockey Camp in Hanover, N.H.

As a player, Zimmering played four seasons with the Elmira College women's hockey team, guiding her squad to a pair of national titles and a national runner-up finish. She was twice named All-American by the American Collegiate Hockey Association.