Kate Kogut made 27 saves to lead Middlebury to a 2-1 win over Plattsburgh in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Women’s Championship. The Panthers will face Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a 4-1 winner over Manhattanville, in the national title game on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Plattsburgh will meet Manhattanville in the third-place game at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh had a nice chance to score just 2:00 minutes into the game, but Elizabeth Gibson’s shot was snared with a glove save by Middlebury’s Kogut. Middlebury had two great chances to score during the 12:00 mark on the power play, but Carolyn Roy made point-blank saves on Abby Kurtz-Phelan and Shannon Sylvester.<\/p>\n
Middlebury took a 1-0 lead 8:04 into the second period when Abby Kurtz-Phelan backhanded a shot into the net from the slot after a feed from Lorna Gifis. The assist was the 100th point of Gifis’ career.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh continued to battle for the equalizer in the third period, but Kogut was very impressive, including a huge stop on Jenn Clarke at the 8:30 mark. <\/p>\n
The Panthers took a 2-0 lead at 10:38 when Emily McNamara found a breaking Gifis who converted the breakaway with a fake left before sliding it into the right side of the net. <\/p>\n
The Cardinals cut the lead in half at 15:13 as Clarke picked up a loose puck and snapped a shot under the arm of Kogut that fell into the net after a partial save. <\/p>\n
The Cardinals kept up the pressure in the final five minutes, but Kogut was impressive as she turned away 27 of 28 shots on the night.<\/p>\n
“Plattsburgh outplayed us in the third and much of the game, but Kate Kogut was the difference, as she has been for the last several games. She’s in a zone,” said Middlebury coach Bill Mandigo.<\/p>\n
“I’ve waited three years to get to this point,” said Gifis, “I can’t wait to play for a championship, we’re all very excited.”<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh coach Kevin Houle said, “It was a great game, we played unbelievably well, for two periods we carried the play. It was a typical Middlebury-Plattsburgh game, but I thought we deserved to win.”<\/p>\n
This was the third one-goal game between the schools this season, with Middlebury picking up a pair of 3-2 wins during the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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