Olivia Spellmire 
National champion leads the way on our All-USCHO Women’s D-III teams with five players, while runner-up Hamline and Elmira each had three players on the teams. A total of 11 programs are represented.
After coaching at St. Norbert College for the last four years, Meredith Roth has been named the new associate head coach of Holy Cross Women’s ice hockey program. During Roth’s time at St. Norbert College, she led her team to an NCHA championship game in her first season as head coach. Roth said she thoroughly … Read more
Plattsburgh’s Kevin Houle led the Cardinals to another national championship, their fifth in the last six years. For leading the Cardinals to success, Houle is the USCHO Women’s D-III Coach of the Year.
Hamline’s Molly Garin was named USCHO D-III Women’s Rookie of the Year, making it a clean sweep of the player awards for Hamline after Bre Simon was named player of the year.
She led the country in scoring and helped take her team to the national championship game, capping that with the Laura Hurd Award. Hamline’s Bre Simon adds more recognition by being named USCHO Women’s D-III Player of the Year.
Plattsburgh State claimed the 2019 national title with a 4-0 win over No. 4 Hamline on Saturday (photo: Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com).
Plattsburgh is in familiar territory, playing for the national championship, this time against Hamline, while St. Thomas takes on Adrian in the third-place game. Olivia Spellmire previews the contests.
Bre Simon, who won the 2019 Laura Hurd Award, has matured a player. She led the nation in scoring with 63 points at the start of the weekend, and is big reason Hamline will be competing against Plattsburgh for the national championship.
USCHO D-III columnist Olivia Spellmire is in St. Thomas for the NCAA Women’s D-III Frozen Four. She recaps the semifinals, where Plattsburgh crushed Adrian and Hamline upset St. Thomas.
No. 1 St. Thomas faces a tough test from conference rival No. 4 Hamline, while No. 5 Adrian looks to make it an all-West affair, but No. 2 Plattsburgh is in the way. Olivia Spellmire picks the semis.
It’s down to four teams and one weekend in the season. Olivia Spellmire previews the two semifinal matchups. Watch for her coverage all weekend from St. Thomas.
St. Thomas survived a tough challenge from Wisconsin-Eau Claire, while Adrian upset Elmira in overtime. Olivia Spellmire recaps the first round of the NCAA Women’s D-III Hockey Tournament.
The quarterfinal round may see some upsets, particularly with a hot Williams squad facing Plattsburgh and Wisconsin-Eau Claire facing St. Thomas. Olivia Spellmire picks the winners.
High-powered Plattsburgh and defending national champion Norwich kick off their NCAA tournament drives today. Olivia Spellmire picks the games.
The conference tournament semifinals and finals happen this week, and with one or two exceptions, columnist Olivia Spellmire sees the favorites advancing.
The conference tournaments wrap up this weekend, and teams will soon know whether they advance to the NCAA tournament. Olivia Spellmire previews each of the conference tournaments.
Both Middlebury and Norwich avoided upsets in their conference tournaments, while Hamline beat Augsburg to set up a huge MIAC showdown with St. Thomas.
The women’s D-III conference tournaments feature a lot of action this weekend. Olivia Spellmire dives deep into the possible winners.
The conference tournaments start this weekend. Olivia Spellmire previews who she thinks will win the tournaments and the resulting pool A bids to the NCAA tournament, as well as the pool B and C winners.
Hamline handed St. Thomas its first loss of the year. Williams defeated Middlebury twice, and St. Scholastica defeated Lake Forest.