Ncaa Womens Tournament

Women's ice hockey releases 2011-2012 schedule

Released the 2011-12 schedule, which includes 34 contests against 10 non-league opponents and the 11 members of ECAC Hockey. The season begins on Friday, September 30 with a 7:00 p.m. contest at Minnesota. It will mark the first ever meeting between the Dutchwomen and the Gophers, who made the NCAA Tournament last season.

 

“We are very excited to start our year with a road trip and playing one of the best teams in the country,” Asano said. “It will be a great trip and a wonderful way to start the season.” 

 

Union will conclude its Minnesota trip with a game against St. Cloud St. on Oct. 1 before returning to Messa Rink on Oct. 8 for the team's home opener against Sacred Heart at 4:00 p.m.

 

The Dutchwomen will hit the road for two straight weekends with a trip to Boston to face Northeastern and NCAA finalist Boston University on Oct. 14-15, followed by a two-game set at Syracuse on Oct. 21-22.

 

Union will open conference play at home with games against Princeton and Quinnipiac on Oct. 28-29, followed by a visit to Messa Rink from North Country foes Clarkson and St. Lawrence.

 

“We also are looking forward to another competitive year in the ECAC,” Asano said. “We have some great players coming to our team and many other talented players have also joined the ECAC, so the games will be competitive and strong.”

 

The Dutchwomen continue ECAC play with road games at Yale and Brown on Nov. 11-12 before hosting Providence of Hockey East on Nov. 27 at 2:00 pm. Two days later, Union will travel to Durham to face New Hampshire on Nov. 29 before returning to conference play with games at St. Lawrence and Clarkson on Dec. 2-3.

 

Union will face a fourth opponent from Hockey East when it hosts Maine for a two game series on Dec. 9-10. After a four-week break, Frozen Four participant Cornell (Jan. 6) and Colgate (Jan. 7) visit Messa Rink. Union completes its non-conference slate with a rare Tuesday night road contest at Connecticut on Jan 10.

NCAA Women's Tournament 2011: Day 1 Scores & Summaries, Day 2 ...

We know at least one Swish Appeal contributor probably expected this and really there were three of us who did. For Arizona State, it was essentially a continuation of the story of their season: depth, but very little synergy as they committed 18 turnovers compared to Temple's 10, shot 2-for-15 from three, and 30.9% overall from the floor. That's not going to win tournament games.

#10 Marist 74, #7 Iowa State 64

Again this was predictable, but Marist got this win in impressive fashion: everyone knows they can shoot and they hit 37% of their threes (10-for-27). But getting 21 assists on 24 field goals while only committing 7 turnovers is a remarkably efficient offensive game. Any questions about whether Marist is for real should be starting to grind to a half - beating a Big XII team in the tournament is no small feat for the program.

The rest:

 

#5 Georgia Tech 69, #12 Bowling Green 58

As SBN's Hustle Belt described this game that some of us at Swish Appeal might have given to Bowling Green ended up being decided by athleticism, defensive pressure and size.

What BG has always lacked during this dynasty was size. The tallest player on the current roster was 6'2" Chelsea Albert, a reserve center. Even when they reached the Sweet 16 in 2007, center Liz Honegger was a stocky 5'11" centerpiece of that offense who could launch it from three. This team didn't really have that; they had some very talented senior guards.

So not only was I wrong, but Obama was wrong too. And I'm cool with both of us going down together, because that's just how America rolls.

If even President Obama picked this to be an upset, the Georgia Tech winning must be one.

#6 Penn State 75, #11 Dayton 66

If Dayton had won this one it might not have been a major upset - this two teams played an overtime thriller to open the 2010-11 season. As described by SBN's Black Shoe Diaries , this time Alex Bentley stepped up to end this one in regulation.

#8 Marquette 68, #9 Texas 65

People often talk about how much a difference hitting free throws can make in a game. That might be especially true in a three point game. So SBN's Anonymous Eagle (Marquette) has plenty of reason to get excited about Texas' free throw attempts, or lack thereof.

Gonzaga is playing at home, where they are 12-1 on the season losing only to Stanford by 6 points (Iowa is 6-5 on the road this year, further increasing the belief of a first round upset). Gonzaga swept through their conference season with a 16-0 record and are on an 18 game winning streak. What makes Gonzaga such a dangerous team is that they do have a star player, Point Guard Courtney Vandersloot, who on the season has a ridiculous 327 assists against only 98 turnovers, averaging over 10 assists per game, and could be very successful against UCLA’s press. Their hot streak, hot player, and home court advantage has many Bruin fans crying foul and national pundits claiming UCLA got one of the toughest matchups for a top seed.

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