Women’s D-III in general
For most athletes, one sport is time-consuming enough. But two? Only a select few can pull that off, especially in college. Maybe that’s what makes Lake Forest senior Michelle Greeneway the unique individual that she is. Greeneway already has six goals in five games for the Foresters, and just wrapped up soccer season to boot … Read more
Utica is off to a quick 2-0 start this season, and some of that success can be attributed to Gabrielle Schnepp. The junior forward out of the Detroit suburb of Northville has exploded for three goals (all on the power play) and six points so far, good for team-best numbers and tops in the country … Read more
The award honors college hockey’s finest citizen; nominations are being accepted through Dec. 18.
Sixteen schools formerly comprising the ECAC East announced a change in name and administration to the league on Friday. The league will be named the New England Hockey Conference, effective for the 2015-16 season, and will have both a men’s and women’s division. Both the men’s and women’s teams will remain eligible for automatic bids … Read more
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.
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
Massachusetts-Boston has named Lindsay Berman the interim women’s coach. Berman replaces Colleen Harris, who stepped down earlier this summer due to “health reasons.” “Lindsay Berman spent time on our coaching staff in the past, and she worked extremely hard for us,” said UMB vice chancellor for athletics and recreation, special projects and programs Charlie Titus … Read more
Colleen Harris recently stepped down from her post as Massachusetts-Boston women’s head coach. Harris fell on the ice after a game at Norwich late last season and reportedly, has not recovered fully to come back and coach. “Unfortunately, Coach Harris is no longer at UMass Boston due to health issues,” said a UMB spokesman in … 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
St. Anselm College president Steven DiSalvo announced Tuesday that the school has applied to enter “the exploratory phase of NCAA Division III membership for all athletic programs.” The school’s hockey programs currently compete at the Division II level. The move to D-III would allow the programs to have an NCAA postseason. “We evaluated our academic, … Read more
Bowdoin has announced the hiring of 2012 graduate Dominique Lozzi as assistant coach for the women’s hockey team. Lozzi will return to Brunswick after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Trinity, where she helped lead the Bantams to a NESCAC championship and NCAA tournament appearance in 2015. A decorated member of the women’s … Read more
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
Plattsburgh director of athletics Bruce Delventhal has announced his decision to retire, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Delventhal has served as AD for the past 10 years. “It has been an honor to be the athletic director at SUNY Plattsburgh for the past ten years,” Delventhal said in a statement. “I have been fortunate to work … Read more
Men’s and women’s officials will be authorized to judge whether incidental contact impacted the goalkeeper’s ability to defend the goal beginning with the upcoming 2015-16 season as the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the modification to the rule regarding contact with the goalkeeper on Thursday. USCHO previously reported the modification on June 15.
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
The former Quinnipiac player led Neumann in the 2013-14 season.
Union has announced the hiring of Chris Cobb as the new women’s assistant coach. Cobb takes over for Liz Keady who has accepted a position “elsewhere in the profession,” according to a Union press release. It was confirmed later Monday that Keady had accepted an assistant’s job with Harvard. Cobb has spent the past three … Read more
In its June 3-4 meeting, the rules committee decided to give the referee latitude to determine whether incidental contact prevented the goaltender from defending the net when a goal is scored.