Lake Forest senior forward Michelle Greeneway has been named the winner of the 2016 Laura Hurd Award, given by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the Division III women’s player of the year. Greeneway, a two-time First Team CCM All-American and the 2016 NCHA Player of the Year, leads the nation with 33 goals and … Read more
Two weekends left. Eight teams. Game on. The NCAA Division III women’s tournament gets underway this weekend as the top four teams in the country host quarterfinal matchups on home ice. In the lone game Friday night, No. 3 Wisconsin-River Falls hosts No. 7 St. Thomas at the Hunt Arena. The two teams tied the … Read more
The NCHA women’s conference on Thursday announced its player, freshman and coach of the year, in addition to its All-NCHA Team and All-Freshman Team. Lake Forest senior forward Michelle Greeneway scored a nation’s-best 33 goals among 46 points to take home top player honors. Greeneway also won the honor in 2014 as a sophomore. “I’ve … 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
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota State’s tie with North Dakota, what the Mercyhurst-Syracuse split means in the CHA, Plattsburgh’s perfect season, the chaos in the ECAC and bottom half of Hockey East, and the Beanpot results.
Women’s D-III columnist Matt Mackinder has a quick look at each conference in women’s D-III.
After an impressive 20-2-4 season in 2014-15, Adrian has been picked to again win the NCHA by virtue of being selected first in the annual coaches’ poll.
Meredith Roth has been named the new head coach for the St. Norbert women’s team. Roth comes to St. Norbert after serving as an assistant coach at Providence for the last three seasons, in addition to being on the Friars’ staff from 2006 to 2010. She was also a volunteer assistant coach at Cornell for … Read more
Rob Morgan, who spent the past five seasons as the head coach for the St. Norbert women’s team, has joined the Yale women’s hockey staff as associate head coach. Earlier in his career Morgan served in a similar position for six seasons at Dartmouth, helping the Big Green make five NCAA tournament appearances. “We are … Read more
Northland announced Monday that it will add women’s hockey for the 2016-2017 season. The school, which has a men’s team playing in the NCHA, has already begun a search for a coach. “The driving force behind the decision is the continued growth of hockey and Northland’s location, central in a region renowned for highly competitive … Read more
Wisconsin-River Falls led the selections for the All-USCHO Women’s D-III teams with five players, while national champion Plattsburgh has four players on the teams.
And we are down to eight. The NCAA women’s Division III tournament field is set, and it looks extremely wide-open. Play begins this weekend, with four teams moving on and four teams heading back to campus looking to regroup and try again next season. This year’s field has seven ranked teams, including the top six … Read more
The NCAA Division III women’s national tournament is set as the eight teams selected for the event were announced Monday morning. Five of the teams received automatic qualification berths as winners of their conference championship and the other three were selected from Pool C, which consists of independent schools and schools from automatic-qualifying conferences that … Read more
Nina Waidacher came to play hockey at St. Scholastica from Switzerland, and has found the American college hockey experience invaluable to her development as a player, including her opportunity to play for the Swiss National Team in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
Kelsea Martalock is moving from Wisconsin-Stevens Point to be an assistant coach for the St. Norbert women’s team.
Concordia (Wis.) has named Steve Fabiilli the second women’s head coach in program history. Fabiilli joins the Falcons after spending the last nine seasons as the men’s head coach at Northland. “I am extremely excited to be the next women’s hockey head coach at CUW,” Fabiilli said in a statement. “The area is a great … Read more
Plattsburgh and Elmira, two of the top squads throughout the year, lead our All-USCHO D-III teams.
Combined, Plattsburgh’s Kevin Houle and Norwich’s Mark Bolding have won seven of the past eight women’s Division III national coach of the year awards. And both are nominees again this season. Ten coaches are up for the award and to be eligible, a coach must have been named their conference’s coach of the year or … Read more
The NCHA women’s conference named its annual award winners on Thursday, highlighted by three individual honors, an all-conference team and an all-freshman team. Lake Forest’s Michelle Greeneway was award player of the year and Adrian’s Kristin Lewicki took home freshman of the year honors. Three coaches were named the league’s top bench boss as Carisa … Read more
Whatever trepidation Adrian coach Chad Davis held coming out of summer camp has faded into a distant memory. The Bulldogs (14-3-0 overall, 7-3-0 NCHA), seemingly on their way to eclipsing last year’s program-best 20-win season, have locked onto success in a way that rubs against the grain of conventional wisdom in regards to a roster … Read more