Women’s D-III in general
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
Jenny Potter has been named the new head coach of the Ohio State women’s team. Potter, who is just the third coach in Buckeyes’ team history, replaces Nate Handrahan, who resigned in March. “We are extremely excited to welcome Jenny Potter to the Ohio State family as the head coach of the women’s hockey program,” OSU … Read more
Natalie Darwitz, three-time Olympic medalist and one of the best known names in women’s hockey, has agreed to become the head women’s coach at Hamline. “Characteristics such as drive, passion, and work ethic that ultimately made Natalie one of the best women’s hockey players in the world, are the same characteristics Natalie has as coach,” … Read more
Post University announced on Monday that it will add men’s and women’s hockey programs to its athletic department beginning with the 2015-16 academic year, with the men’s team becoming the seventh member of the Northeast-10. Pete Whitney has been named the head coach of the men’s team, while a search is underway for a women’s … 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.
After posting a perfect conference record in the regular season, Elmira coach Dean Jackson led his team to the national championship, where they were edged by Plattsburgh. Jackson is the USCHO coach of the year.
After finishing fourth in the country in scoring as a rookie, with 15 points more than the next highest rookie in scoring, Plattsburgh star Kayla Meneghin has been named USCHO Women’s D-III rookie of the year.
Ashley Ryan of Elmira has been named USCHO’s D-III player of the year.
Plattsburgh hosts the D-III Women’s Frozen Four this weekend, facing Norwich in one semi, while Elmira faces Wis.-River Falls in the other. The teams have been near the top of the rankings all year, so it comes down to one weekend.
The finalists for 2014-15 AHCA awards, including the STX/AHCA Division I Women’s Coach of the Year Award, the STX/AHCA Division III Women’s Coach of the Year Award, the 2015 Laura Hurd Award (best Division III women’s player) and the 2015 Sid Watson Award (best Division III men’s player) were announced Tuesday. The coaching awards finalists … Read more
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
Wisconsin-Stevens Point goaltender Janna Beilke-Skoug was selected WIAC women’s Player of the Year for the 2014-15 season. In addition, Wisconsin-Superior’s Dan Laughlin was tabbed Coach of the Year. Beilke-Skoug posted 16 wins, four shutouts and a 1.90 GAA this season. Laughlin secured the coaching honor after directing the Yellowjackets to a 15-12 overall record. An … Read more
Middlebury forward Emily Fluke has been selected by the conference coaches as the NESCAC Player of the Year. Fluke was the league’s top scorer with 30 points on 11 goals and 19 assists during in-conference games. First-year forward Jessica Young, also from Middlebury, picked up Rookie of the Year honors after notching 11 goals and … Read more
It’s that time of the season — conference tournament finals. All six women’s Division III conference championships will be decided this weekend, which will set the stage for the NCAA tournament that will kick off next weekend. The ECAC East is down to Norwich taking on Massachusetts-Boston and Castleton playing Salve Regina. Norwich is No. … Read more
It’s tournament time for the six women’s Division III conferences and one other tournament for ECAC teams that don’t qualify for their tournament. The ECAC East, ECAC West, MIAC, NCHA, NESCAC, and WIAC all play one-and-done formats, with some games getting underway Thursday night. Games continue through the weekend, with championships being decided a week … Read more
Lebanon Valley College announced Monday that it will add women’s hockey and its men’s hockey program will return to NCAA Division III, both effective for the 2016-17 season. On April 20, the school announced the men’s program will join the ECAC West. “I am very excited for our program to be rejoining ECAC West,” LVC … Read more
Ninth in the nation in scoring, Wis.-River Falls senior Alice Cranston is enjoying her best collegiate season, and hopes that translates to success for her team.
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.
For No. 4 Middlebury, Emily Fluke is a key contributor and having her best offensive season.