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2025-26 Division III Women's Hockey

Lily Mortenson makes much more sense for that spot given she actually plays for a western school.

And I promise I wasn't hallucinating, I have the screenshot

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Looks like some technical difficulties for the commentators to start semi #1 between Nazareth and Norwich. The NCAA did put some effort as the opening graphics said Kelly Jo Freichel, one of the most accomplished female announcers in hockey, is on the call. It's a shame something has happened
 
Norwich scores 2 goals within about 16 seconds, 5 minutes into the first.

The audio was fixed around 7 minutes in and we can hear the announcers. Hopefully, they can keep the config intact for the rest of the weekend.
 
Absolutely embarrassing for the NCAA to not have working audio for their first 7 minutes of that game.

How did you not test it 20 times before the start of the game?
 
The buzzing/static noise that was the audio when the stream came up sounded like a cable issue, which might have broken or come loose. Maybe someone stepped on or knocked into something without realizing.
 
4-3 Norwich with 10:30 left in the 3rd. Play stopped as after a player crashed into the boards, one of the NCAA board banners came loose, and became an on-ice obstruction.
 
After being down 3-0 after the first, Nazareth ties it at 4 after three forwards crash the net together. 6 minutes left in the third. Golden Flyers have all the momentum.
 
Scott_TG said:
What a collapse by Norwich...Nazareth wins 27 seconds into OT. They face the winner of Amherst vs UWRF
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You said it best. Absolute collapse by Norwich.

Up 3-0 and 4-2 and somehow dont win.

They were lucky to not lose it a few moments before the GWG when they gave up an odd player rush almost instantaneously.

I didn’t have a good feeling once we went to OT…the way the two teams went off it was all Nazareth momentum wise and confidence wise and sure enough 30 seconds in it’s over.

Colored me surprised…I really thought Norwich was going to have more poise. But turns out, Nazareth showed some impressive resiliency after looking completely lost in the first 10 minutes of the game.

Hat tipped to Naz…Norwich is going to be thinking about that one for a long time. Brunet certainly wants that last goal back.
 
3-0 UWRF after 2. The Falcons went up 1-0 on a power play goal from Alexa Niccum in the 1st. They added two more in the second frame, a power play goal from Goodreau and a breakaway from Madison Kadrlik where Stott had the pad save on the initial breakaway shot; the puck rebounded right to Kadrlik, who pulled it around Stott's outstretched leg to score.

What stands out to me is two things: UWRF has more dangerous forwards than Amherst and the Falcons as a whole are moving the puck significantly faster than the mammoths which is not a good recipe for Amherst.

I said early on in the season that this UWRF team reminded me of the 2015-16 Plattsburgh squad from a decade ago who were the runaway favorites from October to March, and nothing has disabused me of that idea.

EDIT: I meant to add that with her assist on the opening goal and scoring the second goal, Megan Goodreau is now one point away from tying Laura Hurd's single-season points record that has stood since 2002, meaning it was set over 2 years before Goodreau was even born.
 
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Maeve Reynolds breaks the shutout for O'Kane with a power play goal, but it was too late to affect the outcome. We have a 3-1 final. The University of Wisconsin - River Falls Falcons will defend their two consecutive championships at home on Sunday as they will face Nazareth.
 
Why is it always such a hassle to acquire a ticket for NCAA DIII Ice Hockey Championship games. You can only buy a ticket online. There is almost never an announcement of the exact time when tickets will go on sale, there is no one you can actually call and talk to. The NCAA says it is the host school, the host school says it's the NCAA. You can't buy tickets for the weekend, both Semifinals and championship ahead of time. You can't get information of when the participating schools release unused tickets.

I attended the games Friday and understood today's tickets would only go on sale online after Friday's second game, left after the game ended and by the time I got home about 30 minutes later today was sold out. I can't be on my phone trying to get a ticket while I am driving. I am expected to believe everyone that was at Friday evening game that wanted a ticket for today made it home before me, was able to get online and purchase all the tickets to sell out the event, give me a break. This is Wisconsin, at least half those people went to a bar Friday night after the game before getting home.

I guess my options are 1. to take an hour+ round trip to River Falls and stand around for an hour hoping I can find anyone with an extra ticket to sell and if not successful, miss watching the game online. 2. stay home to watch the game online and hope the NCAA doesn't screw up the video and audio feed like they are known to do. 3. give up any interest. Very frustrating trying to support DIII Women's and/or men's hockey when it is such a pain year after year.
 
I wonder how many tickets are actually released to the public after playoff priority request. As some are reserved through the UWRF R Club fundraising program, UWRF students, and the other team which probably has a similar setup. It can't be many, they do sell out very fast.
 
Congrats to Wisconsin-River Falls on their third straight national championship! They've reached rarified air, and there's only one program they have left to chase down in terms of consecutive championships for a DIII women's program.

Also congrats to Megan Goodreau, who, with her assist in the championship game, tied Laura Hurd's record of 77 points in a single season. As I wrote in my last post, it's a record that stood longer than she's been alive, and the fact that she only tied and didn't break it speaks to how much of an accomplishment it is.
 
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