{"id":96426,"date":"2011-02-22T17:19:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T23:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/womens-d3-blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2011-02-22T17:19:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T23:19:46","slug":"weekend-rewind-feb-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2011\/02\/22\/weekend-rewind-feb-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Rewind Feb. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four out of the five conferences have wrapped up their regular season schedules and every single one of those leagues had a different regular season champion than they did last year.<\/p>\n
Wis. River Falls completed its undefeated regular season with a 22-0-3 mark to claim the NCHA crown. The Falcons are just the second team in NCAA D-III history to make it through the regular season unbeaten. Plattsburgh was the only other team to accomplish the feat when they went 27-0-2 on its way to winning the 2007 National Championship.<\/p>\n
RIT (22-1-2) won its first ECAC West regular season title with a 15-1-2 record. Even though the Tigers were tied with Plattsburgh in the standings, RIT held the tie-breaker and thus gained the conference tournament hosting rights.<\/p>\n
Norwich (22-3-1) claimed its first ECAC East regular season title with a undefeated mark of 17-0-1. The Cadets were the first time to finish undefeated in the ECAC East regular season since Manhattanville accomplished the feat in 2001-2002.<\/p>\n
Middlebury (18-4-1) regained the top spot in the NESCAC after a two-year absence. The Panthers finished with a 14-1-1 mark to beat out Amherst, Trinity and Bowdoin.<\/p>\n
The only league that still has to wrap-up its regular season is the MIAC as per usual, the Minnesota schools end their regular season a week later than the rest of the leagues.<\/p>\n
After being a jumbled mess for much of the season, Gustavus Adolphus has once again emerged from the pack as the leader of the league with 26 points, which is four points clear of second-place St. Thomas. Bethel and St. Olaf are tied with 20 points each for third place, while St. Mary’s is clinging to the fifth and final playoff spot with 19 points. Concordia-Moorhead sits just one point behind in sixth and St. Catherine lurks three points behind in seventh.<\/p>\n
The two matchups this week pit St. Thomas and Concordia-Moorhead, as well as St. Mary’s and St. Olaf against each other in home and home series. The Tommies and Gusties have already clinched playoff spots, but the other three are still plenty up for grabs and those two series will have a major impact on how it all shakes out.<\/p>\n
As I have done over the past few years, I will continue to do a list of all the teams that have played their final game of the 2010-2011 season as it happens week-by-week. I got the idea originally from the former Division III men’s national writer, Chris Lerch.<\/p>\n
There are nine teams that have played their final game so far this season.<\/p>\n
1.Plymouth State<\/address>\n2.Chatham<\/address>\n3.Cortland<\/address>\n4.Buffalo State<\/address>\n5.Potsdam<\/address>\n6.Marian<\/address>\n7.Finlandia<\/address>\n8.St. Scholastica<\/address>\n9.Wesleyan<\/address>\n<\/address>\nAfter this weekend’s games, the list will double and come close to tripling.<\/p>\n