Seven conference champions have been crowned in Division III women’s circles. Suffice to say, several title games had their share of drama. Colonial Hockey Stevenson’s Jessie Capanelli’s power-play goal at 13:15 of double overtime lifted the Mustangs to a 2-1 win over Endicott Sunday afternoon. Lexi Klein opened the scoring for Endicott early in the … Read more
Championship weekend is here and the seven women’s Division III conferences titles will be handed out Saturday or Sunday. Some conferences award auto-bids to the NCAA tournament, and some do not. The tournament selection show is slated for next Monday. That said, here and Candace and Matt’s picks for the seven championship games this weekend. … Read more
No fancy intro this week, just need to get right to the recaps for the start of the Division III women’s conference playoffs that started this past weekend. One word, though: overtime. Colonial Hockey Just two quarterfinal games went down Saturday, and both were shutouts. Morrisville downed Johnson and Wales 7-0 (and outshot J and … Read more
The postseason is here! Even after the MIAC tournament play-in game Thursday night that saw Concordia (Minn.) eliminate St. Mary’s by a 3-1 score, there is still tons of hockey to play. Also Thursday, Utica bounced Cortland 5-0 in the ECAC West tournament. Candace and Matt continue to prognosticate and from here on out, the … Read more
The seven regular-season Division III women’s conference champions are now official, as the season wrapped up Saturday. Four conferences were already mathematically decided last week — Colonial Hockey (Stevenson), ECAC West (Plattsburgh), NEHC (Norwich) and WIAC (Wisconsin-River Falls). That left us with just the MIAC, NCHA and NESCAC this past weekend. Bethel wrapped up its … Read more
Four conference championships have been decided so far; all others come down to the final weekend. For this weekend’s picks blog, Candace and Matt will predict what each conference’s last weekend of the regular season will yield in terms of regular-season champions. Colonial Hockey Candace: This is one of the conferences that is decided alrady. … Read more
For the seven Division III women’s conferences, the playoff picture for each became a bit clearer over the weekend, or in most cases, more blurry. Colonial Hockey-leading Stevenson will go into the conference tournament as the top seed with an 11-0-1 mark in league play, head and shoulders the class of the conference. Last weekend, … Read more
This is it — the penultimate weekend in Division III women’s hockey. Where did the season go? More importantly, what lies ahead? Candace and Matt pick this weekend’s top games and bite down their fingernails in the process. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 12-13 Hamilton at No. 5 Amherst Candace: This will be close, as it’s a good … Read more
Ho hum. Can any team stop Plattsburgh? The top-ranked, undefeated, untied Cardinals (22-0-0) swept Cortland over the weekend, winning 7-1 Saturday and 3-1 Sunday. Saturday, Courtney Moriarty scored twice with an assist and Camille Leonard made just 10 saves. Leonard had to make 13 stops Sunday to move to 20-0-0 and Moriarty and Bridget Balisy … Read more
Just two more weekends of the regular season after this one. If that isn’t enough motivation for some of these D-III women’s teams, I’m not sure what is. Candace and Matt are back again to forecast the weekend. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 5-6 Concordia (Minn.) at No. 8 St. Thomas Candace: St. Thomas had a rough weekend … Read more
The games are getting more and more intense, as every team is hoping to peak at the right time. In the women’s Division III ranks, it appears top-ranked Plattsburgh is on a mission. The Cardinals remained undefeated (20-0-0) in knocking off No. 2 Elmira by scores of 4-2 Saturday and 7-1 Sunday. On Saturday, Melissa … Read more
This weekend, two games may be a major preview for what to expect at the national tournament in short order. In a series, that needs no formal introduction, No. 1 Plattsburgh plays two at No. 2 Elmira on Saturday and Sunday. That above sentence speaks volumes, says plenty. So who wins? Friday, Jan. 29 St. … Read more
The women’s Division III schedule was chock-full this past weekend, and with less than a month left in the regular season, every game matters at this point. Still, even with the action from this weekend, don’t expect Monday’s USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll to change much, save for a possible tweak in spots 8-10. All … Read more
There are a handful of important games this weekend in the world of women’s Division III hockey, so without further ado, Candace and Matt make their picks. Friday, Jan. 22 No. 9 Castleton at St. Anselm Candace: A tough game to pick. I think the home team wins a close one. St. Anselm 3-2 Matt: … Read more
With just about five weeks left until the end of the regular season, every game now takes on a whole new meaning as teams begin to jockey for position in conference standings and contenders start to separate themselves from pretenders. There was a lot of that last weekend in the women’s Division III docket. Top-ranked … Read more
Tons of action this weekend, but only one instance where ranked teams face one another. Matt did a little better than Candace last week by correctly picking Sacred Heart to win the St. Michael’s Tournament. This season is flying by, hard to believe that in just two months’ and change time, we’ll be crowing the … Read more
Even as a subtle winter storm blanketed the Midwest over the weekend, the action was far from cold as it pertains to D-III women’s contests. Ranked teams got back on the ice, two tournaments went down, and, as always, overtime games were in abundance. At the Adrian College Bruiser Bowl Classic, the hometown and No. … Read more
The action gets back to full force this weekend as most women’s D-III teams are back at it. Last week, Candace did better than Matt, correctly picking Holy Cross to win the Rutlant tournament and Middlebury to beat Lake Forest. Numerous ranked teams are on the ice with a few marquee matchups and tournaments to … Read more
In terms of women’s Division III action, 2016 picked up right where 2015 left off as teams hit the ice this past weekend. Overtime and upsets seemed to be the weekend trend. Kicking off the year on Jan. 1, Wisconsin-Eau Claire and St. Mary’s battled to a 1-1 tie as both teams popped their goals … Read more
Well, here we go with the second half. Matt and Candace pick this week’s best games. Jan. 1 – Wisconsin-Eau Claire at St. Mary’s Candace: This will be a battle, but it goes to the road team. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 3-1 Matt: The only game on the schedule to kick off 2016, but it should be … Read more