Women’s D-III in general
Chatham has named Denver senior associate athletics director/major gifts officer Scott Koskoski as its new director of athletics. Koskoski returns to his native Pennsylvania after an eight-month stay at DU. With Denver, Koskoski managed various external efforts for the athletics division. He also directed fundraising priorities, worked closely on capital project development, oversaw sport coach … Read more
As with the men’s program, Marian’s women’s team has plucked a St. Norbert assistant to be its head coach. Marian named Jamie Kivi, an assistant at St. Norbert for the past two seasons, its head coach on Wednesday. “She was successful as a player at a top-notch Division III program in Elmira and she understands … Read more
RIT finishes the season as Division III national champions and also on top of the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll with all 15 first-place votes this week. Norwich is again second, followed by Plattsburgh up three to No. 3, Gustavus Adolphus up one to No. 4 and Middlebury down a pair to No. 5. Amherst … Read more
Rochester Institute of Technology will announce on Tuesday that it is moving its women’s hockey program to Division I beginning next season. The Tigers, who won the Division III national title on Saturday, have reportedly been accepted into the College Hockey America conference and will begin league play in 2013-14. Sources tell USCHO.com that RIT … Read more
A total of 12 of the 24 players honored today as 2012 CCM D-III All-Americans are competing for the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in Rochester, N.Y., this weekend. Norwich University has four selections, followed by three each from Gustavus Adolphus College (all on the West First team) and host R.I.T. The other … Read more
Norwich’s Mark Bolding has won his third-consecutive Coach of the Year Award.
Norwich’s Julie Fortier claimed the 2012 Laura Hurd Award at the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship banquet in Rochester, N.Y.
Seven of the eight teams still remaining in the battle for the 2012 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament are the same names you see pretty much every year in the hunt. Gustavus Adolphus, Wisconsin-River Falls, Norwich, Middlebury, Plattsburgh, Amherst, and RIT have all been there before, and are traditional powerhouses year in and … Read more
RIT garnered 14 first-place votes this week and stays atop the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. Norwich sits second and had the other first-place vote. Middlebury is third this week, leap-frogging Amherst, while Gustavus Adolphus jumps to fifth and Plattsburgh falls to sixth. Wisconsin-River Falls stays seventh, as does Elmira in the eighth slot. Concordia … Read more
The eight teams selected for the 2012 NCAA Division III women’s championship were announced Monday morning. Of the eight teams selected, five received automatic qualification berths as winners of their conference championship: ECAC East (Norwich), ECAC West (RIT), MIAC (Gustavus Adolphus), NESCAC (Middlebury) and NCHA (Wisconsin-River Falls). Three schools (Amherst, Concordia (Minn.) and Plattsburgh) were … Read more
Amherst swept the NESCAC player of the year awards as senior goalie Jonathan La Rose is the men’s honoree and junior defender Geneva Lloyd won top honors for the women’s conference. La Rose has been the foundation for a remarkable season for the Lord Jeffs, as they rolled to the top seed in this year’s … Read more
The Norwich Cadets enter this weekend’s Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East championship looking to win the one title that eluded them last season. Although Norwich won the 2011 National Championship, a few weeks prior, the Cadets didn’t even know if they were going to make the NCAA Tournament after losing, 4-2, to Manhattanville in … Read more
RIT earned 14 of 15 first-place votes to remain atop the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll this week. No. 2 Norwich had the other first-place vote. Ranks 3-6 are unchanged from last week with Amherst, Middlebury, Plattsburgh and Gustavus Adolphus, respectively, holding down those spots. Wisconsin-River Falls is up one to No. 7, while Elmira … Read more
Wisconsin-Superior freshmen Dani Schultz has been voted Player of the Year in the NCHA women’s conference, while UW-Superior coach Dan Laughlin earned Coach of the Year honors. “As a freshman, to come in and be the hardest worker is remarkable,” said Laughlin in a news release. “We wanted her to come in and score goals … Read more
Coming into this season, Trinity went through as much of a changeover as any other team in Division III. Not only did the Bantams lose five impact seniors, headlined by Laura Hurd Award finalist and all-time program leading scorer Kim Weiss, they also lost their head coach that helped build the program from the ground … Read more
Realignment has hit D-III hockey with the defection of the WIAC schools. What will the future hold for the NCHA’s remaining members, and what do the Wisconsin schools plan for scheduling? Jason Karnosky reports.
Not much changed in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll from last week to this week, including RIT remaining the top-ranked team among the voters. RIT earned 14 of 15 first-place votes, with No. 2 Norwich getting the other first-place vote. Amherst remains third, while Middlebury is again fourth. Plattsburgh moves from sixth to fifth. … Read more
On the week leading up to a pair of crucial showdowns pairing the current second to fifth place teams in the standings altogether, the four Division III women’s Wisconsin state schools dropped the bombshell that they’ll be leaving the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA), effective starting in 2014-15. Wisconsin-Superior, Wisconsin-River Falls, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Wisconsin-Stevens … Read more
The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced Wednesday that its men’s and women’s hockey teams will be leaving the NCHA and will compete solely under the WIAC banner, effective with the 2014-15 school year. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin-River Falls and Wisconsin-Superior are charter members of the men’s NCHA which was formed in 1980, while Wisconsin-Stevens Point and … Read more
Rochester Institute of Technology women’s coach Scott McDonald, who has already served a school-imposed one-game suspension, is reportedly facing a misdemeanor third-degree assault charge after an alleged Dec. 1 fight at a men’s recreation league hockey game, according to the Democrat and Chronicle. According to court documents, Taylor Scott suffered three broken teeth and nerve … Read more