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
Playing for Holy Cross, a D-I school competing in D-III in the ECAC-East in women’s hockey, Mary Klimasewiski is leading her team in goals scored while looking to have fun with her teammates
Rochester Institute of Technology announced on Wednesday that former NCAA goaltending standout Lisa Marshall will join the RIT women’s hockey staff as an assistant coach for the 2014-15 season. Marshall began her collegiate career at Wayne State before transferring to Elmira for her sophomore season. At Elmira, Marshall went 32-8-1 with a 1.22 GAA with … Read more
The Plymouth State women’s team has named Dayle Wilkinson as an assistant coach for the 2014-15 season. Wilkinson graduated from St. Lawrence in 2014 after four years as a standout defenseman for the Saints where she served as captain her senior year and was selected to the ECAC All-Academic team in each season. “Dayle … Read more
Castleton has announced the hiring of Steph Moberg as head coach of the women’s team. “We’re thrilled to hire someone with such an impressive background,” said associate dean for athletics and recreation Deanna Tyson in a news release. “Steph excelled as a player at one of the top hockey programs in the country (Plattsburgh) and … Read more
Tanis Lamoureux has been selected the new assistant coach for the Utica women’s team. Lamoureux graduated from Elmira in the spring of 2014 after four years playing for the Soaring Eagles. She served as team captain in her final two seasons. In her senior season of 2013-14, she was named an AHCA Second Team All-American and an … Read more
Salve Regina has tabbed Beth McCann as its new women’s head coach. McCann founded the University of Rhode Island club hockey program and has served as its only head coach since 1999. She also led the initiative of the ACHA to create the women’s National Select Team Development Camp and Program. The culmination of that … Read more
Following two years in Stamford, Conn., the Manhattanville men’s and women’s teams will return to Playland Ice Casino for the 2014-15 season. Playland Ice Casino served as the home of the Valiants for a decade from 2002 until 2012, when parts of the facility were badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy just weeks before the start … Read more
St. Michael’s has announced the hire of Meghan Sweezey as the program’s top women’s assistant coach. Sweezey, who is also the assistant director of alumni and parent Relations at the school, served as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2013-14 season. “I am very thankful for the opportunity to give back to the sport, school … Read more
New Hampshire announced recently that Bill Bowes has been hired as a new assistant coach for the Wildcats’ women’s program. Bowes comes to UNH from Castleton, where as head coach he led the Spartans to a single-season high 16 wins last season when Castleton finished as ECAC East runner-up and two student-athletes became the first … Read more
Northeastern announced the hiring Thursday of Nick Carpenito as an assistant women’s coach. A 2011 graduate of Northeastern, Carpenito returns to his alma mater after spending time on the coaching staffs at Elmira and Union. “We would like to welcome Nick back to Huntington Avenue,” Huskies’ head coach David Flint said in a statement. “We … Read more
Plattsburgh and Elmira, two of the top squads throughout the year, lead our All-USCHO D-III teams.
The uncertainties and speculation of the Frozen Four will unfold this weekend at Plattsburgh’s Robert Stafford Ice Arena. Defending champion Elmira and runner-up Middlebury will be on the outside looking in this time around, leaving familiar final four participants Plattsburgh and Norwich to return to the podium. Wisconsin-River Falls’ last appearance in the final four … Read more
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
A vision nearly unrealized. Such was the status of Castleton’s postseason hopes, just weeks into the 2013-14 season. With a modest .500 record, the Spartans were lukewarm at best in terms of contending for a ECAC East championship. Saturday, coach Bill Bowes’s team will vie for the aforementioned conference championship against No. 3 Norwich. At … Read more
Turning youthful inexperience into a positive became the focus from the outset for ECAC East second seed Salve Regina. As such, the Seahawks, who are eagerly advancing to unexplored territory, will engage third-seeded Castleton in the ECAC East semifinal on Saturday. Having essentially skimmed below the top-tier radar in the past, constantly building with an … Read more
And the Division III college hockey world continues to grow. Daniel Webster College, located in Nashua, N.H., announced Wednesday that it will add women’s hockey for 2014-15 and will elevate it’s men’s ACHA program to varsity status, also for the ’14-15 season. Wrestling was also added to the school’s slate of new programs. “This is … Read more
Under the veneer of a perfect conference record, struggle remains constant. From the outside looking in, No.4 Norwich’s run to the ECAC East regular season title has been nothing short of a pronounced success. For forward Tori Charron however, such achievements have transpired from pure inner strength among her teammates. “The most positive surprise … Read more
With two-thirds of the season completed, the inevitable question arises: Can the defending national champions reenact their victorious celebration from last spring? With the arduous task clearly in sight, the resounding response from the Elmira camp is mutually optimistic. “Although there is a lot of pressure in being the defending national champions, there are also … Read more