Women’s D-III: NESCAC

D-III Women’s East Week 7 Recap: Plattsburgh wins the East/West Classic, Hamilton gets a ranked sweep, and Colby wins the Castleton Invitational

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This past week in Women’s hockey out east, we saw another huge tournament featuring four top-10 teams, Hamilton pulled off two big wins versus the former #15 team, and Colby remains undefeated after winning the Castleton Invitational.  Plattsburgh wins the Norwich East-West Hockey Classic Over the weekend, Norwich hosted their annual East-West Hockey Classic tournament … Read more

Women’s College Hockey: Women’s World University Games roster announced

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The women’s team competing for Team USA at the World University Games in Lake Placid January 11-22 is set. Coach Brandon Knight’s squad consists of 23 players. Thirteen are currently enrolled in college – 10 at the Division I level, three from Division III schools. The ten 2022 graduates on the roster are split evenly … Read more

D-III Women’s East Week 6 Recap: Amherst shocks No. 3 Middlebury, Cortland shocks No. 4 Plattsburgh, Utica’s making some noise

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We had a wild week of Women’s hockey out east as we had three shocking upsets, two involving the same teams and one involving a team that hadn’t been shutout since 11/24/2018! Weeks like this show us once again how the competition levels have never been better and the amount of dominant teams are decreasing … Read more

Women’s College Hockey: Current and former DI and DIII players will represent USA at FISU World University Winter Games

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The World University Games are the second-largest multi-sport winter event in the world, after the Winter Olympics and are put on every two years by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) as “a celebration of international university sports and culture.” While the competition is a large and competitive event for countries all around the world, … Read more

D-III Women’s East Week 5 Recap: Bowdoin’s top-5 upset, Oswego’s streaking, and the Cardinal/Panther Classic east perspective

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This past weekend on the eastern front of hockey, we saw Bowdoin pull off a big upset during the annual Codfish Bowl tournament hosted this year by UMass-Boston. We saw Oswego continue their recent momentum, while also revisiting the Cardinal/Panther Classic from the east perspective.  Bowdoin takes down #5  This year’s Codfish Bowl hosted by … Read more

D-III Women’s West Week 5 Recap: UW-River Falls… That’s all that needs to be said…

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  The University of Wisconsin – River Falls made the headlines this weekend after their big tournament victory in the annual Cardinal/Panther Classic held this year in Plattsburgh, NY. There weren’t many games played by west teams this weekend, none holding a large amount of significance besides UWRF. Some teams played earlier this week on … Read more

D-III Women’s East Week 4 Recap: Teams get some statement wins, holiday tournaments, and the NESCAC is back!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate. Another week of D-III Women’s hockey has wrapped up on the eastern front and we’re moving into an exciting time of the season, holiday tournaments and NESCAC play finally beginning. We saw some teams get some big wins this week and reality is now showing itself more and … Read more

D-III Women’s Hockey Preseason Preview – More competition amongst top teams, a new program, and teams to look out for

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D-III Women’s Hockey is finally back as we await the first puck drops of the opening season this Friday, October 28, 2022. We saw a huge leap in the overall competition within the top teams last season, closing the skill-gap further between the bottom-half and the top-half ranked teams. While the common group of top … Read more

Former Plattsburgh standout, Williams assistant coach Lipson added to Lindenwood women’s hockey staff as new assistant

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Lindenwood has announced the addition of assistant coach Jordan Lipson to the program’s coaching staff for the 2022-23 season. Lipson arrives in St. Charles, Mo., after spending the previous four seasons as the women’s hockey assistant coach at Williams. “We are excited to have Jordan join or staff,” said Lions head coach Shelley Looney in … Read more

Middlebury scorer Leidt selected NESCAC women’s hockey player of year, Colby’s Rittenhouse top rookie, Middlebury’s Mandigo tops in coaching

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Middlebury senior Madie Leidt has been selected as the 2022 NESCAC Player of the Year by the conference coaches. Leidt earns the honor for the second consecutive season and is the seven Panther to garner the award. The player of the year honor bookends her career after being selected as the NESCAC Rookie of the … Read more

Colby graduate San Roman named director of hockey operations for Vermont women’s hockey team

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Vermont has announced that 2021 Colby graduate Cierra San Roman will join the women’s hockey staff as the director of hockey operations. “We are really excited to have Cierra join our staff this year,” said UVM coach Jim Plumer in a statement. “She has a unique skill set not only as a former goalie, but … Read more

NESCAC cancels winter sports, including men’s, women’s hockey conference play, for 2020-21 season

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The NESCAC announced Thursday that winter sports conference play has been canceled. Both men’s and women’s hockey play within the conference. The statement from conference schools presidents: With the fall semester for NESCAC institutions well underway, the health and safety of students, faculty, staff and the broader community remain our foremost concerns. Our institutions have … Read more

First-year RIT women’s coach Brown adds to staff, names Simpson assistant coach

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First-year RIT women’s coach Brown adds to staff, naming Simpson assistant coach

Rochester Institute of Technology women’s hockey coach Celeste Brown on Monday named Justin Simpson assistant coach. Simpson spent the last two seasons in the same role at Division III Colby and the previous five seasons with the Providence women’s program, four of those as director of hockey operations. Simpson also served as video coach for … Read more