May 22, 2012

St. Norbert hockey closes in on NCHA title

St. Norbert College entered the final weekend of NCHA play needing 3-points to clinch the regular season title.  The Green Knights narrowed that margin, earning 2-points with an 8-3 win over UW-Stevens Point in Ashwaubenon.

Eight different players scored the goals for the Green Knights, who will host UW-Stout tonight in the regular season finale.  A win or a tie would give the Green Knights the point they need to clinch the NCHA regular season title and give them home ice advantage in the upcoming NCHA playoffs.

The Knights are seeking their 13th NCHA regular season title.

St. Norbert hockey seeks another NCHA title

The St. Norbert College men’s hockey team can control its own destiny in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association championship race heading into the final two games of the regular season.

The Green Knights need three points to secure their 13th NCHA title and clinch the No. 1 seeding for the NCHA Peters Cup Playoffs.

St. Norbert hosts UW-Stevens Point at 7pm tonight and UW-Stout at 7pm Friday at the Cornerstone Community Center in Ashwaubenon.

 

St. Norbert’s Tilley earns 900th career victory

The St. Norbert College women’s basketball team wrapped up their league best 11th Midwest Conference Championship, rolling past Beloit College 60-36 last night.

In the win, coach Connie Tilley earned her 900th coaching victory at the school, 571 in basketball, 199 in softball and 130 in volleyball, in 35 years of coaching at St. Norbert College.

St. Norbert Hockey to raise championship banner

The top ranked Division 3 hockey team, St. Norbert College, opens NCHA play this weekend.  The Green Knights are at UW-Stevens Point tonight for the first of two games this weekend. 

The two teams return to Green Bay for the rematch on Saturday night as the Green Knights will celebrate their most recent NCAA Division 3 National Hockey Title by raising the Championship Banner to the rafters. 

St. Norbert leads the series with UW-Stevens Point by a 38-18-5 margin.  St. Norbert is 38-10-2 in the last 50 games against the Pointers after opening the series 0-8-3. 

The Knights open the season 1-0, blanking Concordia 8-0 on Oct. 25th.  The Pointers are 0-1, after dropping their season opener last Friday, 5-4 to Marian College.

St. Norbert Hockey is #1

2011 NCAA Division 3 champion St. Norbert College starts the 2011-12 hockey season as the top-ranked team in the country according to U.S. College Hockey Online.com

The Green Knights received 16 of a possible 20 first place votes in the balloting.

Oswego is second and Norwich third.

Among the Wisconsin schools in the top 15 are UW-Superior at #9 and the Milwaukee School of Engineering comes in at #14.