{"id":133612,"date":"2022-03-18T23:57:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T04:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=133612"},"modified":"2022-03-19T01:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T06:34:37","slug":"middlebury-gustavus-adolphus-earn-spots-in-ncaa-division-iii-womens-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2022\/03\/18\/middlebury-gustavus-adolphus-earn-spots-in-ncaa-division-iii-womens-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlebury, Gustavus Adolphus earn spots in NCAA Division III women’s championship game"},"content":{"rendered":"
Middlebury’s pursuit of a perfect season will go down to the final day.<\/p>\n
The Panthers improved to 26-0 with a 3-2 victory against Elmira on Friday in an NCAA Division III women’s semifinal in Middlebury, Vt.<\/p>\n
Kyle Quinlan’s second-period goal put Middlebury ahead for good. Madie Leidt made it 3-1 in the third period before Elmira’s Holley Riva scored to cut the lead to one.<\/p>\n
Sophia Merageas made 16 saves for the Panthers. Leonie Kuehberger stopped 29 shots for the Soaring Eagles (25-3-1), who had a winning streak end at 15 games.<\/p>\n
The Golden Gusties advanced to their first NCAA championship game thanks to a goal and two assists each from Kristina Press and Hailey Holland.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh went ahead 1-0 on a goal by Emma Killeen 81 seconds into the game but Molly McHugh and Holland answered later in the opening period for Gustavus (25-3-2).<\/p>\n
“A lot of alumni have paved the way for the girls,\u201d Gusties coach Mike Carroll said. “Our coaches did a good job and the girls hung with it and I couldn\u2019t be happier for our school. We’re really looking forward to tomorrow.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Panthers will try to finish a perfect season and the Gusties will make their first championship game appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":133613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[949],"tags":[825],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n