1997-1998 ECAC Division I - Women Hockey Championship results ============================================================= ----------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 16:46:53 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Division I ECAC Championship 03/07/98 Harvard 1 at New Hampshire 2 NC ot 7:00 ECAC League Championship quarterfinal #8 vs #1 03/07/98 Princeton 3 at Northeastern 2 NC 1:30 ECAC League Championship quarterfinal #7 vs #2 03/07/98 Providence 4 at Dartmouth 6 NC 2:00 ECAC League Championship quarterfinal #6 vs #3 03/07/98 Cornell 0 at Brown 1 NC 7:00 ECAC League Championship quarterfinal #5 vs #4 03/14/98 Princeton 2 vs New Hampshire 7 NC 1:00 ECAC League Championship semifinal (@Northeastern) #7 vs #1 03/14/98 Brown 3 vs Dartmouth 1 NC 4:00 ECAC League Championship semifinal (@Northeastern) #4 vs #3 03/15/98 Brown 4 vs New Hampshire 3 NC 2:00 ECAC League Championship final (@Northeastern) #4 vs #1 Quarterfinals: A wild day in the ECAC Women's League quarterfinals as Northeastern is upset, and UNH and Brown pull out close wins to advance. So the final four next weekend will feature three Ivy League teams and top seeded New Hampshire. Semifinal 1: The first match saw the New Hampshire Wildcats slowly stuff the Tigers of Princeton 7-2. It was a match that featured a nice pace and some interesting scores. Semifinal 2: In the later game, the Brown Bears defeated the Big Green of Dartmouth 3-1. It was a deadly dull affair. Final: The Brown Bears become the first Ivy League team to win the ECAC League Championship when they upset the number one seeded University of New Hampshire Wildcats 4-3. While it is wonderful to have a new team win the play-offs, and an Ivy at that, Brown's ugly tactics brought them no honor. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 17:56:15 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: UNH Women 3 - Brown 4 (FINAL) Sunday afternoon at Matthews in the ECAC Women's League Championship final, the number one seeded University of New Hampshire Wildcats were upset by the Bears of Brown 4-3. It was the first time an Ivy League team has won the ECAC Championship. While it is great to have a new winner, how you play the game does matter. Brown used ugly tactics and came away with no honor. The game opened with UNH dominating play. Michelle Thornton (Melissa McKenzie) went up the gut on the Bear defense, deked the goalie and scored. Lovely goal! Soon after that the Wildcats went off the boil, and the game deteriorated. Brown tied the match at one when Jordan Jiskra scored on a shorthanded breakaway. The Bears took the lead when Tamra Jones (Ali Kenney) was left unmarked. The refs were allowing the underdog to get away with a lot of cross-checking, hooking and general junk. New Hampshire for unknown reasons was in nap mode. In the second, the Wildcats remained flat. Brown looked like a team who thought they could win it. Julie Iler (Kathleen Kauth, Jill Graat) went on a long break and eventually knocked in a rebound to make it 1-3 Bears. Right after that score, Thornton (Sara Cross) cut the lead to one when UNH applied the pressure. Brown was at sixes and sevens. The next goal was critical. It was a non-score allowed by the zebras. Brown's Iler had crashed the net and wiped out the UNH goalie during a 4 on 3 power play. The puck was gathered by Graat who dumped it in the vacant net. Giving the Bears a two goal cushion, in a final, changed the course of the match. In the final period, New Hampshire put on spells of pressure, but Brown's goaltender Alison Brewer hung tough. In the closing minutes of the game the Wildcat's fresher defender Winny Brodt (Samantha Holmes) scored an offside goal. The refs were not up with the play. However, with little time left, UNH could not equalize. It is perfectly ghastly how many Ivy League teams are resorting to junk systems to win the game. Perhaps to them quality has no meaning. While New Hampshire did not play well today, I was pleased to see them not get involved with the trash side of the game. Clearly it was not their day. Defenders Jaime DeGriselles, Kerry Maher and Nicki Luongo all looked good. They played with spirit, provided good marking and moved the puck. The line of Thornton, Tina Carrabba and Cross were the best unit. Carrabba was effervescent. Senior Brandy Fisher tried to get her team back in the match with numerous plays. In the end, the Wildcats looked tired. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 08:32:42 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: DC Women 1 - Brown 3 In the second ECAC semifinal at Matthews on Saturday, the Dartmouth College Big Green were defeated 1-3 by the Brown Bears. It was a disappointing affair. Basically we had two teams in search of a game, but they never found one. I suppose, it being the finals, both teams were tense. The game revolved around Brown's checking stratagem smattered with moments of the elegant DC skate and pass system. Dartmouth took a first period lead when fresher Liz Macri's (Jessica Clark, Kristin Romberg) point slapper found the low far post. Bruno responded in the dying seconds of the interval when Jordan Jiskra dumped in a rebound. In the second, Julie Iler (Carly Regnier, Christina Sorbara) knocked in the third rebound to give the Bears a 1-2 advantage. In the final frame, Brown's Marcie Deering cut in front of the DC net and buried her try. The reason Bruno won was their checking game created turnovers. That kept Big Green off their form and let Brown make the final. Goaltender Alison Brewer looked sharp and made some super saves. Senior captain Jodi McKenna looked good at both ends of the ice. The line of Ali Kenney, Tamra Jones and Deering was easily Bruno's best unit. They move very well together. Fresher Cara Gardner showed a ton of zip and provided solid defensive coverage with her intelligent reads. Dartmouth, the Ivy League titlist, was pretty much a no show. They could only put together their sophisticated patterns occasionally. The line play of Sarah Hood, Michelyne Pinard and first-year Carrie Sekela did provide some relief from the tedium. When they were moving that unit was excellent. Kathleen O'Keefe looked good on the blue line. Fresher forward Kristina Guarino clearly had the most energy today as she hit the jets. Given the talent of Big Green, I expected more. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:31:47 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: UNH Women 7 - Princeton 2 Saturday afternoon at Matthews in the ECAC semifinals, the New Hampshire Wildcats pummeled the Tigers of Princeton 7-2. It was a good match played at a quick pace. Princeton defended well, but the patient Wildcats eventually stuffed the Tigers. The game started at a frantic tempo. Both teams were up for the finals. Gradually the contest settled into Princeton forming their student body wall in front of their goal and UNH pouring on the pressure. It looked for a while like it might be a scoreless period as movement off the puck was poor, and few players were getting their heads up. After a Wildcat interception, Samantha Holmes (Brandy Fisher) deked through the Tiger defense, kept her eyes up and drilled her chance. Lovely goal! In the second, New Hampshire slowly started to slam the door shut on Princeton. The refs were trying to assist the underdog by allowing the Tigers' continual hooking, while giving UNH some dubious penalties. Fortunately the zebra plot was foiled by the character of the Wildcats. Tina Carrabba (Sara Cross, Nicki Luongo) made it 2-0 UNH when she struck on a quick counterattack. The play was made by Luongo who dug back, got the puck and feed it up ice to the forwards. Wonderful move! Cross (Michelle Thornton, Carrabba) put the Wildcats further in front, when she banked one in. The Tigers could not get the puck out of their zone and New Hampshire was pressing. Princeton scored their first goal when fresher Abbey Fox (Dani Holtschlag) knocked one in after a nice setup from Holtschlag. UNH made it 4- 1 when Fisher (Holmes, Winny Brodt) put home a rebound on a power play. The New Hampshire penetration and passing created that opening. In the final interval, Princeton was looking tired and UNH has tightening its grip on the game. Melisa Heitzman (Fisher, Holmes) extended the lead to four goals when she twirled and fired in off the post. Princeton's Ali Coughlin (Laura Hays, Holtschlag) nailed her try from the slot during a 5 on 3 power play to cut the lead to 5-2. However, the Wildcats were not to be denied, and Kerry Maher (Christen Ledder) finished off an excellent solo rush to restore their lead. UNH's fresher defender Brandi Kerns concluded the rout when she circled the net and stuffed her chance under the goalie's pads. Princeton did extremely well to just make it to the ECAC semifinals. Their lack of mobility and poor passing killed them today. Undoubtedly just being in the finals will be a great experience for this young team. The Tigers did very well to stay with the Wildcats as long as they did. I would like to see them not revert to hooking so much. Coughlin played fairly well today, but did not generate as many of her gorgeous rushes. She is a big time player with some super moves. Holtschlag was the other Tiger who had a strong outing. Her movement with and without the puck was superb. Holtschlag also laid on some marvelous setups. Overall, Princeton has to be thrilled with their fine run in the championship. New Hampshire played a smart game. They waited and made the plays that produced the chances that won the game. Persistence was their key. Early on I was very impressed with the 1-2's developed by Carrabba and Thornton. Melissa McKenzie produced some driving plays down her wing and held onto the puck long enough for her mates to get open. The line of Fisher, Holmes and Heitzman is super. Fisher drives the team forward with her energy. Holmes seemed to always be in the right place. Heitzman used her speed to push the Tigers back. Together, they are a commanding presence on the ice. On the blue line, fresher Kerns used her excellent anticipation and fabulous movement to beat back Tiger sorties. The woman of the match was junior defender Luongo. Her reads and ripping style here splendid. Luongo's ability to dig back, get the puck and send it forward was sensational. Overall, I look for UNH to complete the double tomorrow by winning the ECAC Championship. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 00:25:41 -0500 From: Brian Fisk Subject: ECAC Women Semifinals: Brown vs. Dartmouth In a sparsely attended game this afternoon at Northeastern's Matthews Arena, the fourth-seeded Brown Bears upset the third-seeded Big Green of Dartmouth by a score of 3-1. Looking back I'm also inclined to agree with hungerf's assessment that this was kind of a dull game to watch, but it offered a peek of what to expect from Bruno tomorrow. I thought Brown came out of the locker room looking like the stronger team, but got out of sync midway through when the Green took over. Dartmouth opened the scoring midway through the first when Liz Macri took a shot from the right point. Jordan Jiskra dove to try and block the shot but missed (too early) and the shot went cleanly past netminder Ali Brewer's left pad. She may have been screened on the play, but in any case DC was up 1-0. Jessica Clark and Kristin Romberg got the assists. It looked like the period would end with that score as Bruno got it together again near the end of the period, until Christina Sorbara took a shot from the slot and the rebound bounced left to a waiting Jordan Jiskra, who poked it home to knot the score at one apiece at 19:42. Carly Regnier also got the assist here. In the second period Brown found its rhythm and largely dominated the period, although Dartmouth would put some pressure on with glimpes of their speedy potential. Early in the period the "fiery" Julie Iler drove into the Dartmouth zone down the left side and took the shot on Megan Cahill. The rebound went to the right, and somehow Iler appeared deep in the zone to scoop up the puck and put it top-shelf from a tough angle for the eventual gamewinner at 4:14. Regnier and Sorbara also got the assist here. Finally the third featured more of the same. Marcie Deering would score Brown's insurance goal at 6:11 when she skated down the left wing, across in front of the net and beat Cahill handily into the right side, unassisted. Brown played conservative defense for the rest of the game and they held on for the priviledge of facing top-seeded UNH tomorrow in the final. Dartmouth is a speedy team that was well qualified to play in the tournament. Once they got the puck they could put some good first efforts on Ali Brewer but were having trouble keeping their drives alive. I particuarly like the all-freshman line of Lauren Trottier-Kristina Guarino-Jen Wiehn. They showed a lot of potential and worked together fairly well. Guarino is particularly speedy and caused trouble on the breakaways. Look for the Green to be back with a vengance next year, even if they are losing a good hunk of their roster to graduation. Brown played well enough today but will have to step it up tomorrow to score the goals. The offense didn't astound me, but it hasn't really all year. Yet they manage to get the job done. The defense however was moving nicely and should keep them in the game tomorrow vs. offensive powerhouse UNH. First-year Cara Gardner played very well today -- she made a lot of nice defensive moves and seemed to have her wits about her. She will be a big benefit to the Brown D over the course of her career. Tomorrow, of course, marks the first time Brown will go to the ECAC Finals in recent history (ever?), and ironically as the #4 seed instead of the #1 seed as in the last three years. The puck drops again at 2:00PM at Matthews. -- March 14, 1998 Matthews Arena ECAC Semifinal Match Unofficial Box Score (from notes) Brown 3 Dartmouth 1 ------------------- 1 2 3 Total ------------------ Dartmouth 1 0 0 1 Brown 1 1 1 3 First Period: ------------- Scoring: DC- MACRI (Clark, Romberg) 8:06 BRN- JISKRA (Sorbara, Regnier) 19:42 Penalties: none Second Period: -------------- Scoring: BRN- ILER (Regnier, Sorbara) 4:14 Penalties: BRN- JISKRA (interference) 4:40 DC- O'KEEFE (holding) 9:56 BRN- McKENNA (hitting after the whistle) 16:55 DC- ROMBERG (hitting after the whistle) 16:55 Third Period: ------------- Scoring: BRN- DEERING (unassisted) 6:11 Penalties: BRN- GARDNER (hitting from behind) 10:45 DC- MACRI (roughing) 13:13 Shots on Goal: -------------- BRN- 15 19 12 -- 36 DC- 8 12 15 -- 35 Goaltending: ------------ BRN- Ali Brewer (60:00, 34 saves) DC- Meaghan Cahill (59:30, 33 saves) Brian Fisk bfisk@netspace.org ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 18:07:44 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: NU Women 2 - Princeton 3 Saturday afternoon at Matthews in the ECAC League quarterfinals, the Northeastern Huskies were shocked by the Tigers of Princeton 2-3. It was a great game that featured some excellent skate and pass hockey. The Huskies dominated the match, but couldn't buy a goal. Princeton finished their chances and so move on to the semifinals next weekend at Northeastern. The contest opened with two quick strikes. Princeton's Ali Coughlin (Annamarie Holmes) eventually got the puck after the opening face-off, broke down the right wing and cut in on net. Coughlin's shot bounced off and over the NU goalie to make it 0-1 Tigers. On the ensuing restart, now playing 4 on 4 hockey, Northeastern's Hilary Witt (Stephanie Acres, Emily Pemrick) tied the match at one, when she was left free in the slot to drill her try high glove side. After the explosive start, things settle into a high tempo, up and down the ice game. It was great to watch. Periodically the Huskies would pen the Tigers up in their own zone and apply the pressure. In the first NU was using feeds from the deep corners, and it was cutting up the Tiger defense. Acres (Witt, Pemrick) made it 2-1 Northeastern when she was left unmarked in the slot and buried her shot high into the netting. In the second, the game evolved into the patterns of last Sunday's final league meeting between the two. The result was relentless fore-checking by the Huskies and quick breaks from Princeton. Liz Shea (Danya Marshman) scored early on for the Tigers, when she walked out of the corner and stuffed her opportunity. With the score tied, Northeastern still looked in control of the game, but were generating less dangerous plays. During a spell of Husky pressure, Witt provided a brilliant setup pass. As that play just missed, the Tigers' Coughlin collected the puck and hit the jets. She dusted the field and deked in on goal before tucking the puck into the back of the net. Lovely goal! In the final interval, Northeastern turned up the volume and went close on numerous occasions. Princeton made some super rushes of their own, but there was no scoring. In the final few minutes the Huskies hit the crossbar and had two wide open net chances, but failed to convert. It is the year of the Tiger, and Princeton stunned the defending ECAC Champions to move on to next weekend's finals. Princeton made the most out of what they had. At times their defense was running around in its own end and having all kinds of problems breaking the puck out, but they held together and when things did go their way, they gunned it. Dani Holtschlag saw some duty today on defense and was easily the Tigers' best blue liner. Her reads and movement in her own end defused many Husky tries. Fresher Holmes saw time up front and also looked really strong. She stormed forward with the puck and was excellent on the back-check. I was highly impressed with the teamwork of Marshman and first-year Abbey Fox. They motored up the ice and worked some lovely one-twos. The woman of the match was Coughlin. She was at her swooping best as she carried the puck and cut in on net. Coughlin also laid on some elegant dishes. It was her commanding performance that enabled Princeton to pull off a grand upset. Overall, a splendid team victory by the Tigers. If Northeastern had received points for keeping the Tigers in their own end, they would have won with ease. The Huskies played a superb match. They could not put the puck away, but they went out playing wonderful skate and pass hockey. Merci beaucoup! The NU attack was led by the refined play of the Acres, Witt and Pemrick line. They strung together some marvelous passes. Witt was particularly stunning with her feeds. Kathryn Waldo had a strong outing. She used her vision well to create chances. Fresher Lisa Giovanelli was at her leeching best on the back-check. On the blue line, Kim Beneduce and Jessica Ferwerda controlled their end of the ice. The Northeastern woman of the match was defender Jennie Setaro. She was flying. The sensational sophomore used her speed to push the team forward, but always seemed to have enough to dig back and stop the Princeton breaks. Overall, it wasn't the Huskies' day. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 22:22:38 -0500 From: Brian Fisk Subject: Brown Women 1 - Cornell 0 Tonight at Meehan Auditorium the Brown Bears narrowly defeated the Cornell Big Red in ECAC Quarterfinal action. This was a very close game all the way to the end, and was tremendously enjoyable to watch. In the end Bruno ground the Red into submission to get the win. The first opened up with both teams playing fast and hard. The play was largely end-to-end with a couple good breaks here and there. Cornell poured it on hard in the first half of the period and had several good scoring opportunities, but the momentum swung the other way for the second half, as the final minutes were spend mostly in the Red end. These are two strong teams and I expected to see some chippy play and a fair amount of penalties. To my surprise they kept it fairly clean and the first closed out without any scoring or penalties. In the second Brown continued to dominate play, and made several very good attempts on the power play. Cornell's netminder, Alanna Hayes, played very, very well between the pipes and really kept Cornell in the game. Brown was beating Cornell to the puck and their puckhandling was quite good here, and the Red had some trouble breaking out of their zone except on the power play. Cornell had several scoring opportunities in the beginning and the end of the period but at the end there were still goose eggs on the board. Cornell came out with renewed energy in the third and applied the pressure early. Brown goalie Ali Brewer came up with the big saves here. After two periods of great competetive hockey the teams and the crowd were really into this game. Tensions ran higher though when Brown's Jaime Abel was called for roughing at 8:32 and Brown's penalty kill unit came on the ice. A little under a minute into the penalty, Brown's Carly Regnier broke out of her own zone and sped down the ice to Hayes' right. Jordan Jiskra (I think) also broke out down the left side unmarked and the two took advantage of the 2-on-0. Regnier started the fake to Jiskra but instead shot on Hayes (outside the crease to cut off the play) so Jiskra could get the rebound. Hayes made the block down low, but couldn't control the rebound and was laid out, vulnerable. Regnier took the puck around Hayes' left and into the resulting empty net at 9:31. A fabulous shorthanded goal! Shortly thereafter Ali Kenney drew a questionable tripping penalty and Brown killed off a 15 second 5-on-3 and the rest of the power play quite nicely. After this point Brown did not play very well as they appeared very hyper and found themselves scrambling on defense. Shades of the playoff monkey on Bruno's back appeared again! Brewer withstood the assault on net (including some *very* close calls), and the 1:20 of 6-on-5 to get the shutout win and advance Brown to the semis next Saturday. This was the most enjoyable game I've seen in a long time. Cornell really deserves a lot of credit for playing a very competetive match, but they were simply outworked by the Bears. This match was also as much about goaltending as any other aspect of the game, and both put on an excellent show. Hayes was the key in keeping Cornell in the game. Next weekend #4 Brown faces Ivy rival #3 Dartmouth in the ECAC Semifinals at 4:00pm in Northeastern's Matthews Arena (which actually creates quite a problem for me -- Women at 4:00 in Boston or Brown Men at home at 7:00pm? :-) Brian Fisk Brown Hockey on the web: http://www.netspace.org/~bfisk/hockey ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 23:17:05 -0600 From: Craig Roberts Subject: ECAC WOMEN'S QUARTERFINAL ECAC WOMEN'S LEAGUE QUATERFINAL Brown 1, Cornell 0 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The most evenly-matched first-round ECAC playoff game lived up to its billing as Brown defeated Cornell 1-0 to move into the ECAC's Final Four. The game featured a goaltending duel between Cornell junior Alanna Hayes and Brown sophomore Ali Brewer, who combined to stop 73 of 74 shots. Brewer was flawless, stopping 30 shots in all, including 12 in the final period. Hayes, who stopped 43 shots, faced 33 shots in the first two periods but was beaten once, by Carly Regnier, who scored short-handed at the 9:31 mark of the final period. The Bears, 19-6-4, will face Dartmouth next Saturday at Northeastern's Matthews Arena in one of two semifinal games. Cornell finishes the season at 15-8-3. GAME SUMMARY ------------ Cornell 0 0 0 -- 0 Brown 0 0 1 -- 1 1st period--No scoring. Penalties--None. 2nd period--No scoring. Penalties--Tamra Jones, BU (tripping), 2:40; Erica Olson, CU (cross checking), 10:07; Patricia Kemp, CU (roughing), 14:39; Cara Gardner, BU (hooking), 15:01. 3rd period--1, BU, Carly Regnier, 9:31 (sh). Penalties--Jamie Abel, BU (roughing), 8:31; Ali Kenney, BU (tripping), 10:17; Alison Stewart, CU (checking), 15:18. Shots on goal--Cornell 7-11-12--30. Brown 15-18-11--44. Power-plays--Cornell 0 for 4. Brown 0 for 3. Penalties--Cornell 3 for 6. Brown 4 for 8. Goalies--Cornell, Alanna Hayes L (44 shots-43 saves). Brown, Ali Brewer W (30-30). Craig Roberts, University of Minnesota ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 23:16:54 -0600 From: Craig Roberts Subject: ECAC WOMEN'S QUARTERFINAL: Dartmouth 6, Providence 4 HANOVER, N.H. -- Jen Wiehn and Lauren Trottier each had a goal and two assists as Dartmouth earned a spot in the ECAC semifinals with a 6-4 win over Providence. The Big Green, 20-8-1, got on the board first when Sarah Hood scored at 4:17 of the opening period, but Myia Yates evened the scored for the Friars, 9-21-2, at the 5:50 mark of the opening period. Dartmouth proceeded to score the first four goals of the second period, taking a 5-1 lead before the eight-minute mark of the frame. However, Providence refused to fold as Valerie Bono scored on the power-play with 5:48 remaining in the period to cut the lead to 5-2. After Kristina Guarino gave the Big Green it's four-goal lead back at the 10:58 mark of the final period, the Friars struck again on the power-play, this time with Jessica Tabb tallying the marker. Corrine Rosen would score for Providence with 4:07 left to play but Dartmouth held on from there. The Big Green held a 27-19 advantage in shots on goal. Meaghan Cahill stopped 16 shots for the hosts while Pilar Christopherson made 21 saves for the Friars. Dartmouth moves on to face Brown Saturday, March 14th, at Northeastern in one of two ECAC semifinal games to be held at Northeastern's Matthews Arena. GAME SUMMARY ------------ Providence 1 1 2 -- 4 Dartmouth 1 4 1 -- 6 1st period--1, DC, Sarah Hood (Wendy Soutsos, Michelyne Pinard), 4:17; 2, PC, Myia Yates (Jessica Tabb), 5:50. Penalties--Kathleen O'Keefe, DC (cross checking), 7:22. 2nd period--3, DC, Jen Wiehn (Kristina Guarino, Kathleen O'Keefe), 1:27; 4, DC, Liz Macri (Lauren Trottier, Jen Wiehn), 5:52; 5, DC, Lauren Trottier (Jen Lane), 6:40; 6, DC, Michelyne Pinard (Sarah Hood), 7:57; 7, PC, Valerie Bono (Jessica Tabb, Katie Lachapelle), 14:12 (pp). Penalties--Jen Wiehn, DC (interference), 13:24; Sarah Hood, DC (tripping), 17:38; Myia Yates, PC (holding the stick), 19:20. 3rd period--8, DC, Kristina Guarino (Jen Wiehn, Lauren Trottier), 10:58; 9, PC, Jessica Tabb (Valerie Bono, Corinne Rosen), 13:44 (pp); 10, PC, Corinne Rosen (Catherine Hansen), 15:53. Penalties--Catherine Hansen, PC (tripping), 1:19; Myia Yates, PC (hooking), 7:47; Kristin Romberg, DC (hooking), 12:03. Shots on goal--Providence 6-8-6--20. Dartmouth 8-9-10--27. Power-plays--Providence 2 for. Dartmouth 0 for 3. Penalties--Providence 3 for 6. Dartmouth 4 for 8. Goalies--Providence, Pilar Christopherson L (27 shots-21 saves). Dartmouth, Meaghan Cahill W (20-16). Craig Roberts, University of Minnesota Women's Sports Information Assistant ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 18:28:15 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: finals preview 03/14/98 Princeton vs New Hampshire NC 1:00 03/14/98 Brown vs Dartmouth NC 4:00 03/15/98 vs NC 2:00 ECAC League Championship final (@Northeastern) Semifinals #1 New Hampshire over #7 Princeton The UNH Wildcats pounded the surprising Tigers of Princeton twice in the regular season: 6-1, 2-8. It is fabulous to have peaking Princeton in the semifinals. They will need all of their quick break scoring techniques in this contest if they hope to make the final. However, I believe this will be the weekend of the Wildcat. New Hampshire survived a close quarterfinal with Harvard and I see them taking no chances and dusting the Tigers as they cruise to the finals. #4 Brown over #3 Dartmouth The Dartmouth College Big Green and Brown Bears split their league matches, each winning at home: 2-1, 3-0. The key in this all-Ivy semifinal will be the tempo of play. If DC can get their run and gun game online they could blitz Brown and make the finals. Dartmouth has the talent to do it, but in big games, with the pressure on, sometimes that is hard to accomplish. I think Bruno will control the flow of the game, and with their superior defensive game will pull out a close victory. Can you say overtime? Final #1 New Hampshire over #4 Brown The Wildcats and Bears tied both of their league games: 2-2, 3-3. Over the last several years, these two fine programs have been fighting it out for the number one spot in the ECAC League. The final should be an intense affair. Bruno will need their control game at its best. The Bears will also need to generate as many scoring chances as possible. I think the ECAC League titleholding Wildcats have the depth and ability to adapt to any manner of play and win. UNH could win big against any side in the finals. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- File last Updated: Sun Mar 15 18:26:29 EST 1998 -----------------------------------------------