The Division III women’s tournament selection show takes place Monday morning, March 6, at 10 a.m. EST. The final public regional rankings came out on Tuesday. One more set of regional rankings will happen on March 5, but those will not be released to the public. We’ve got the final set of conference tournament games … Read more
Teams head into the first round of conference tournaments this weekend. As each conference has a different format, here’s a breakdown of each conference and how their first-round matchups shake out. Colonial No. 1 seed Endicott (21-3-1, 11-1-0) and No. 2 seed Morrisville State (18-6-1, 8-4-0) earn byes to the semifinals, which will be held … Read more
Last year’s champion Stevenson was the inaugural regular season and CHC tournament champion. Favorites Endicott topped Stevenson in the conference preseason poll by just two points. The Gulls return most of their roster, while Stevenson graduated 13 players. Dark horse If anyone will unseat the top two, it’s Morrisville State College. They made a great … Read more
Castleton announced Monday the hiring of DJ Fimiani as the head coach of the Spartans’ women’s team. Fimiani comes to Castleton after building the women’s program at Daniel Webster from scratch starting in April 2014. He was able to recruit young women from all over North America for the inaugural season of 2015-16, bringing in … Read more
Syracuse received five first-place votes in the annual CHA preseason coaches poll, which was released Monday, and was deemed the top team heading into the 2016-17 season. Mercyhurst garnered the other first-place vote and is slotted second in the poll.
UPDATE (Sept. 15): The Nashua Telegraph reported Thursday that Daniel Webster fall sports will continue on their current schedule, and SNHU staff are working on next steps for fall and spring athletics. “Our hope is to continue those sports and schedules as planned,” SNHU president Paul LeBlanc said in an email statement. The report also … Read more
Plattsburgh and Adrian led the All-USCHO D-III Women’s teams with six and four selections. A total of 13 schools were represented on the four teams.
Nine of the 24 women’s Division III AHCA All-Americans announced Thursday are in Plattsburgh this weekend for the national championship semifinals and finals. Top-ranked Plattsburgh has four selections, while Wisconsin-River Falls has three and Elmira and Middlebury have one each. Lake Forest leads all schools with five honorees. Women’s D-III First Team East All-Americans Women’s … Read more
Andy Williams had it right when he sang, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” And while the holidays certainly are a joyful time, some can argue that hockey playoffs also fit that mold. In Division III circles, the women get underway this weekend, with some games starting as soon as Wednesday night. Here … Read more
Women’s D-III columnist Matt Mackinder has a quick look at each conference in women’s D-III.
Starting in the fall of 2015, Johnson and Wales will offer women’s hockey at the NCAA Division III level. “The popularity of women’s ice hockey continues to grow nationally and New England has some of the greatest high school programs,” said JWU senior VP of administration Marie Bernardo-Sousa in a news release. “JWU is excited … Read more
The Commonwealth Coast Conference Board of Directors announced Friday that the CCC will begin sponsoring men’s hockey as a championship sport beginning in 2016-17. The addition of men’s hockey increases the number of CCC championship sports to 16 and marks the first new CCC championship sport since the addition of men’s golf in 2013-14. “As … Read more
Rensselaer has announced the hiring of Christie Cicero as an assistant women’s coach, joining Derek Alfama on the staff of head coach John Burke. “We are excited to have Christie join the RPI family,” said Burke in a news release. “She will bring tremendous amount of passion and energy to our program, which are attributes … Read more