This past weekend in the NCAA Division III ranks made for some great action across the country.
ECAC EAST
No. 3 Norwich topped New England College 5-0 on Friday night as the Norwich defense held NEC to just seven shots on goal, including zero in the second period. Massachusetts-Boston scored in the opening minutes of the first period (Angela Dandreo at 3:47) and the last two minutes of the third (Samantha Fallon at 18:32) to beat Nichols 2-1 on Friday night. Sydney Helmbreacht’s 27-save shutout helped the University of New England down Plymouth State 2-0 Friday night. Gabriela Moscato and Emily Corrales notched UNE’s goals. Manhattanville goalie Kirsten Shaughnessy stopped all 30 shots in blanking Massachusetts-Boston on Saturday night. Amanda Kempainen’s second goal of the game 2:50 into overtime Saturday night lifted St. Michael’s over UNE 4-3 as Tina Frasca stopped 34 shots in goal. Norwich blanked Plymouth State 4-0 on the strength of Loren Carrier’s 15-save shutout. Salve Regina fired 64 shots in a 6-0 win over NEC Saturday night. Marisa Ketterman’s goal with 3:24 to play in the third period stood as the game-winner in Franklin Pierce’s 2-1 win against Holy Cross Saturday night. Rachel Bombardier’s goal 6:58 into the game was all Castleton needed and Jess Cameron made 31 saves in a 1-0 win Saturday over Nichols.
ECAC WEST
Buffalo State topped Neumann 3-2 Saturday on Bri Carroll’s winner at 1:52 of overtime. Bek Lucas had tied the game 2-2 at 16:10 of the third period. Top-ranked Plattsburgh blanked Chatham 6-0 Saturday night in front of 648 spectators at the Stafford Ice Arena. Bridget Balisy scored two goals and netminder Ally Ross finished with 19 saves. On Sunday, Kayla Meneghin scored three with an assist as Plattsburgh drubbed Chatham 11-1. Ashton Hogan posted a hat trick and Ashley Ryan six assists in No. 2 Elmira’s 10-2 win Saturday night over Cortland and then Sunday, Louisa Lippiatt Durnell scored twice with a pair of helpers in an 8-1 win for Elmira. The Utica-Oswego home-and-home series was postponed with rescheduled dates to be announced.
MIAC
Augsburg tied No. 10 Bethel 1-1 on Friday night as Erika Allen made 27 saves in net. Allen then came back Saturday night and made 32 stops as Augsburg blanked Bethel 2-0. Rachel Hennessy and Megan Robertson scored and Hallie Gudmonson assisted on both. No. 7 Gustavus Adolphus beat Concordia (Minn.) 3-1 Friday night and then 2-0 Saturday night to get the sweep as Lindsey Hibbard pitched an 18-save shutout in the finale. No. 8 St. Thomas beat St. Mary’s 4-1 Friday, but then settled for a scoreless tie Saturday night as Tori Herrmann made 43 saves for St. Mary’s and Paige Kittelson 29 for St. Thomas. St. Benedict swept St. Olaf with scores of 5-3 and 6-3. St. Catherine and Hamline tied 1-1 Saturday night after St. Catherine took a 3-1 win Friday in the opener.
NCHA
Marian swept Finlandia in convincing fashion, with a 7-4 win Friday and then a 6-1 win Saturday. Nina Laurie tallied a hat trick on Saturday night. Concordia (Wis.) and Lake Forest split their weekend set as Lake Forest won 5-1 Friday night and Concordia rallied for a 3-0 shutout on Saturday as Bridget Slater turned aside all 33 shots she faced. St. Norbert and St. Scholastica also did the splits as four different goal scorers led SNC Friday night in a 4-3 win and then the Saints scored three unanswered Saturday night for a 3-1 victory.
NESCAC
Allie Aiello scored twice Saturday night in No. 4 Middlebury’s 7-1 win over Colby and then Madeline Marsh recorded a 13-save shutout in Middlebury’s Sunday afternoon 2-0 shutout. Neither team scored more than two goals each game, but Trinity took a 2-1 win Sunday over Connecticut College after the two squads tied 2-2 Saturday. Amherst blanked Hamilton in consecutive games, 2-0 Saturday and 1-0 Sunday. Brenna Sullivan scored both goals Saturday and Yuna Evans stopped all 14 shots and then Sunday, Erin Martin scored and Evans finished with 18 saves. Williams topped Wesleyan 3-1 Saturday, only to have Wesleyan goalie Laura Corcoran throw a 28-save shutout in a 5-0 win Sunday as Cara Jankowski registered a pair of goals.
WIAC
No. 5 Wisconsin-River Falls and No. 6 Wisconsin-Stevens Point split their series in River Falls. Friday, Wis.-River Falls won 3-2 on Amy Auran’s game-winner midway through the third period. Meredith Ingbretson’s goal with 1:59 left in regulation gave Wis.-Stevens Point the 3-2 win on Saturday night. Ninth-ranked Wisconsin-Superior swept Wisconsin-Eau Claire with 5-3 and 4-2 victories. Dani Schultz scored twice for Wis.-Superior on Friday, while Paige Dale scored two of her own for Wis.-Eau Claire Saturday, Haley Olmstead had a two-goal, one-assist game as Wis.-Superior won its second in a row.
Nonconference
Sacred Heart swept Canton by scores of 4-0 and 6-3. Amanda Fontaine made 13 saves Friday and Megan Ofner scored twice, while Casey Stathopoulos tallied two goals and an assist Saturday.
