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Curry defeats #13 Endicott 1-0 to advance to the CCC finals vs Western New England. (Photo via Curry College Athletics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s conference championship weekend, we\u2019ve got some new faces in the mix, one conference giving us a first timer in the NCAA tournament since both have not been to the dance and they play for the conference title this weekend, you love to see it. We\u2019ll recap briefly this past week and then look ahead at the games we\u2019ve got this weekend to determine the auto-bids and see how the results affect pairwise.<\/p>\n

CCC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019ll be a new face in the NCAA tournament this season coming from the CCC. We\u2019ve got the Golden Bears of Western New England vs the Colonels of Curry. WNE is a 4th year program (three years of playing due to covid year), while Curry is in their 3rd season. Head Coach Katie Zimmerman of WNE and Kelly Rider of Curry have done amazing jobs with the programs considering where they began and what it takes to build programs from nothing.<\/p>\n

This past weekend, the Golden Bears defeated Univ. New England 2-1 and Curry shocked #13 Endicott, shutting them out 1-0.<\/p>\n

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2024 CCC Women’s D-III hockey playoff bracket. (Graphic via Scott Huston – Contributor: @DIIIHockeyNews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curry enters the final with a record of 2-0-3 in their last five games, winning three-consecutive shootouts, then shutting out Salve Regina and Endicott for the two wins. It\u2019ll be quite the story if Curry can pull this off, a team that\u2019s played everyone close, but hasn\u2019t gotten the consistency they\u2019ve wanted on a weekly basis. Still though, the Colonels are currently 11-11-5, their best season to date.<\/p>\n

Western New England enters this game at 16-7-1, a stellar season for them, best as a program considering how young they are like Curry. WNE earned the #2 seed in the CCC, while Curry holds the #5. Western New England\u2019s Head Coach Katie Zimmerman has worked wonders with this program, she took on a team, like Coach Rider, that was new and had to be built from the ground up. She\u2019s led the Golden Bears to three seasons with records of: 7-15-4, 15-8-3, & now so far, they\u2019re 16-7-1.<\/p>\n

WNE has had Endicott\u2019s number on occasion, that was the expected matchup we thought we\u2019d see, but Curry has arrived and is looking to shock the world just like WNE.<\/p>\n

Pairwise Analysis:<\/em><\/p>\n

One team will come out of the CCC, it\u2019s that simple. Endicott was the highest-rated team in PWR, they lost to Curry, that tanked their rating and the auto-bid will be the lone bid. It\u2019ll be between Curry & Western New England.<\/p>\n

NEHC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What a shocking weekend we saw in the NEHC\u2026 Norwich, the team who seemed to be the frontrunner for the auto-bid, fell to Cinderella Univ. Southern Maine over the weekend, losing 2-1 in overtime. The Huskies will be facing Elmira, the Soaring Eagles defeated William Smith a handily 4-0, sending them to the finals.<\/p>\n

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2024 NEHC Women’s D-III hockey playoff bracket. (Graphic via Scott Huston – Contributor: @DIIIHockeyNews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Huskies of USM have pulled off a historic season for the program for various reasons, led by three-time NEHC goaltender of the year Haley McKim<\/em>. USM defeated Elmira for the first time ever as a program earlier this season, winning 1-0, now they recently defeated Norwich as mentioned by the score of 2-1 in OT, the first time the Huskies have ever beaten the Cadets in program history as well.<\/p>\n

Head Coach John Lauziere has his team rolling, speaking to him early in the season really showed his confidence and optimism in his group. It seems to be paying off for him and it\u2019s nice to see a new face in the final\u2019s vs the usual teams.<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame Broadcaster Jim Ward can still be heard yelling from his home:<\/p>\n

\u201cHUSKIES WIN!!!!<\/p>\n

HUSKIES WIN!!!!<\/p>\n

HUSKIES WIN!!!!<\/p>\n

THE HUSKIES WIN!!!!<\/p>\n

WE’RE ONTO THE SHIP!!!!!!!\u201d (via @JimWard_USMpxp on X (Twitter)).<\/p>\n

Pairwise Analysis:<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Like the CCC, we\u2019ll see one bid come from the NEHC, Elmira or Univ. Southern Maine. Elmira\u2019s looking to get back to the dance under first-year Head Coach Greg Haney, the program\u2019s third HC in three years.<\/p>\n

Norwich wasn\u2019t high enough for an at-large in the first place, but losing to USM dropped them out of the picture completely.<\/p>\n

NESCAC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The matchups have been set for the NESCAC semifinals set to be played at Orr Rink in Amherst, MA as it was last season.<\/p>\n

The four matchups in the quarterfinals resulted like this:<\/p>\n

#3 Amherst 2-0 Bowdoin<\/p>\n

#7 Middlebury 4-1 Williams<\/p>\n

#8 Hamilton 2-0 #10 Trinity<\/p>\n

#12 Colby 3-2 Wesleyan<\/p>\n

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2024 NESCAC Women’s D-III hockey playoff bracket. (Graphic via Scott Huston – Contributor: @DIIIHockeyNews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The matchups we\u2019ll see in the semifinals are this:<\/p>\n

#8 Hamilton vs #3 Amherst<\/p>\n

#10 Colby vs #7 Middlebury<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll be an interesting weekend, seeing four top-ten teams in the NESCAC tournament, great competition within the league as always. Hamilton ended Trinity\u2019s hot streak; the Bantams pulled many upsets this season just like Wesleyan who was also eliminated.<\/p>\n

Colby is a team that\u2019s been slightly underrated compared to the other NESCAC competition this season, the Mules sit at 17-7-1 (8-7-1 conference), compared to Hamilton who sits at 14-5-6 (6-5-5 conference).<\/p>\n

Amherst has dominated once again, currently 21-2-2 (12-2-2 conference) led by sophomore goaltender Natalie Stott<\/em>, who\u2019s led the Mammoths once again to a top-seeded season within the conference.<\/p>\n

Pairwise Analysis:<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s another season where all teams will be invited to the NESCAC invitational that might be held in UW-River Falls. We may see four teams in the dance, one via auto and three via at-large. If Cortland loses to Plattsburgh, Colby may sneak into the final spot, which many including myself would argue deserve in over others.<\/p>\n

Current teams projected to make the tournament via Pairwise rank (assuming favorites win):<\/p>\n

#3 Amherst (21-2-2) – auto<\/p>\n

#6 Middlebury (14-6-4) – at-large<\/p>\n

#7 Hamilton (14-5-6) – at-large<\/p>\n

#9 Colby (17-7-1) at-large<\/p>\n

No one is denying these teams aren\u2019t skilled, but if you\u2019re hardly .500 in your own conference and your overall wins are nearly equal to your ties + losses, then I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019ll take the Blugolds of Eau Claire (21-6-0), Saint Mary\u2019s (19-5-2), or Augsburg (19-7-0).<\/p>\n

If the NESCAC is this good where these records are frontrunners, Amherst is the best team in the country and UW-River Falls at 27-0-0 is #2. There\u2019s a strong argument to be made based on these statistics. I don\u2019t believe this, but if these records are considered frontrunners, I don\u2019t know why Amherst isn\u2019t the highest-rated team in the country at 21-2-2?<\/p>\n

SUNYAC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The SUNYAC has greatly improved over the years and this season was one of the best. Plattsburgh will face Cortland in the finals, the common finals matchup, but Oswego made great sides this season, only falling 2-1 to Cortland in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Plattsburgh will host Cortland who defeated the Cardinals once this season, winning 3-2, but fell to the Cardinals on two other occasions during league play.<\/p>\n

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2024 SUNYAC Women’s D-III hockey playoff bracket. (Graphic via Scott Huston – Contributor: @DIIIHockeyNews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Morrisville made strides, but the Mustangs fell short to Plattsburgh 5-1, not much else was expected, but the Mustangs made great strides under a new coaching staff, first year Head Coach John Briggs and first year assistant Monica Cahill. Briggs, coming over from the Red Dragons coaching tree and Cahill coming in as a former player.<\/p>\n

Pairwise Analysis:<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The SUNYAC is intriguing\u2026 Plattsburgh is in with a win or loss, but Cortland is looking to make the dance after narrowly missing it on multiple occasions in the recent years, most famously missing the final at-large spot by 0.001 or so to Colby.<\/p>\n

Cortland may still get in with a loss to Plattsburgh due to the Cardinals being so highly ranked. Colby would need to lose, but if Hamilton loses, they may fall a little as well. If River Falls defeats Eau Claire, Cortland remains above them, but Cortland needs a few things to fall into place if they want in with a loss. Highly possible, but they\u2019d need a few dominos to fall their way if they were to lose to Plattsburgh this weekend.<\/p>\n

In short, the SUNYAC will have Plattsburgh no matter whether it\u2019s auto or at-large. They will get two teams in if Cortland defeats Plattsburgh or if the correct teams lose for Cortland\u2019s sake who would be trying to get an at-large.<\/p>\n

UCHC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The UCHC comes down to the two common teams we\u2019ve seen as of late, Nazareth & Utica will be battling at it once again in Rochester, NY this weekend for a trip to the NCAA tournament. Utica\u2019s never been, this would be their first-ever appearance in the dance. Nazareth has made it numerous times, most recently the past two seasons they\u2019ve made the tournament after defeating Utica both times in the UCHC final.<\/p>\n

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2024 UCHC Women’s D-III hockey playoff bracket. (Graphic via Scott Huston – Contributor: @DIIIHockeyNews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nazareth sits with a record of 21-5-1, Head Coach Chris Baudo has put up an impressive record with a young program, 115-25-7. Utica sits with a record of 22-3-2, Head Coach Dave Clausen with a career record of 348-213-37.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll turn things over to Scott Kinville<\/a>, owner of the Central New York Hockey Report (CNYHockeyReport.com<\/a>) to give a brief preview of this game:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number one seed Nazareth Golden Flyers (21-5-1 overall, 19-0-1 UCHC, #13 USCHO) and number two seed Utica Pioneers (22-3-2 overall, 16-2-2 UCHC, #11 USCHO) collide in Rochester this Saturday for the UCHC Championship for the second season in a row. It is a rematch of last season\u2019s thrilling 3-2 double overtime victory by the Golden Flyers, sending them to the NCAA Tournament and ending the Pioneers season. Like last season, the winner of this game will go on to the NCAA Tournament via the UCHC automatic bid, while the loser will most likely have their season ended. Nazareth won both regular season matchups between the teams this season.<\/p>\n

The Pioneers are a veteran heavy team, while the Golden Flyers are one of the youngest teams in Division III. Otherwise, the similarities between the squads are striking. They are top two in the conference in goals per game and goals against per game, and top three in the UCHC on the power play and penalty kill. On the other end of the ice, both teams have outstanding goaltending. Utica\u2019s Angela Hawthorne did not play in the regular season games against Nazareth, will be in net on Saturday with her 0.94 GAA. Her counterpart, McKinley Hoff, is second in the UCHC in GAA at 0.96.<\/p>\n

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Utica Women’s Hockey vs Nazareth. (Photo by Scott Kinville, Owner, CNYHockeyReport.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s been 11 games since Utica has beaten Nazareth. To advance to the NCAA Tournament, they will have to overcome the Golden Flyers on the ice and the mental obstacle that comes with going that long without a win over that opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n

I spoke with Head Coach Dave Clausen of Utica and asked him some questions. His initial thoughts were: \u201cLooking forward to what should be a fantastic hockey game. We have played them five times in the last two years and they\u2019ve all been one goal games.\u201d<\/p>\n

I asked Coach Clausen if the mental aspect of this game plays a bigger role than most would think, seeing he has one of the oldest teams in women\u2019s D3 hockey versus one of the youngest in Nazareth. Coach Clausen said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mental part of the game is always important. While the games haven\u2019t gone our way, they\u2019ve all been competitive. We expect it to be tough, but I think we know we can compete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look for another amazing game between these two this weekend.<\/p>\n

Pairwise Analysis:<\/em><\/p>\n

One team will receive a bid, If Utica wins, Nazareth\u2019s PWR will be tanked, if Nazareth wins, Utica isn\u2019t high enough to receive a bid in the first place via at-large. This game determines it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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