HAMILTON – After winning the program’s first ever ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship on Sunday afternoon, the Colgate Raiders were awarded the fourth seed in the NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.
March 15 Quarterfinals
No. 1 Northeastern vs No. 8 Robert Morris, 2 p.m.
No. 4 COLGATE vs No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, 7 p.m.
March 16 Quarterfinals
No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Boston College, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Wisconsin vs No. 7 Providence, 2 p.m.
March 18 Semifinals, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
March 20 Championship, 7:30 p.m.
Colgate faces fifth-seed Minnesota Duluth in a quarterfinal matchup on Monday, March 15, at 7 p.m. in Erie, Pennsylvania. Should the Raiders advance, they would play a semifinal against the winner of No. 1 Northeastern-No. 8 Robert Morris on Thursday, March 18, with the national championship game set for Saturday, March 20.
The Raiders improved to 15-6-1 after defeating St. Lawrence 3-2 in Sunday’s ECAC Hockey championship game. Coming out of the WCHA, UMD is 11-6-0 overall with an 11-5-0 conference record. The Bulldogs received an at-large bid after losing to No. 3 Ohio State 7-2 in the WCHA Final Faceoff Semifinal.
This is just the third time throughout history these two programs are facing off. Last season, the Raiders fell to the Bulldogs by a score of 3-1 in the Icebreaker Tournament.
Colgate last made the NCAA tournament during the 2017-18 season. The Raiders advanced to the national championship game before losing to No. 1 Clarkson in a 2-1 overtime decision.
From the Source
On playing UMD in the NCAA Quarterfinals, head coach Greg Fargo said, “Obviously, being the four-seed is great and we’re in a bracket with some really good teams. We are somewhat familiar with the four teams in our bracket, which is great. We’ve played all of those teams within the last year or so, so there’s some familiarity there. We had a close lost to Duluth in Buffalo last year and had a really good game against them. I expect both teams have grown since then.
“It’ll be nice to play someone different as we get ready for what’s next. Overall, we’re excited about the opportunity just to be going to the NCAA tournament, and we’re going to look to represent the ECAC in the best way we can.”
