{"id":23673,"date":"1998-03-16T21:39:30","date_gmt":"1998-03-17T03:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1998\/03\/16\/alabamahuntsville-tops-bemidji-state-captures-division-ii-title\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:09","slug":"alabamahuntsville-tops-bemidji-state-captures-division-ii-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1998\/03\/16\/alabamahuntsville-tops-bemidji-state-captures-division-ii-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama-Huntsville Tops Bemidji State, Captures Division II Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama-Huntsville broke open the game in the second period Saturday en route to a 5-2 victory over Bemidji State University, giving the Chargers their second NCAA Division II championship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"boxright\" style=\"width: 122px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"boxgif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/images\/logos\/uah.gif\" width=\"120\" height=\"82\" alt=\"logos\/uah.gif\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wingers Ryan Stewart and Colin Schmidt scored late in the middle stanza to put UAH in control, and Cedrick Billequey made 30 stops in the Charger net.<\/p>\n<p>The win completed a 2-0 sweep of the championship series, as the Chargers (24-3-3) won the first game 6-2 on Friday night. 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