Bison upended in NCAAs.GENEVA, N.Y. - The most successful season for the Nichols College The Nichols College sports teams, known as the Bison (men) and the Lady Bison (women) are the pride of their hometown of Dudley in Massachusetts. History It was founded in 1815 as Nichols Academy. The founder was Amasa Nichols, a wealthy industrialist in Dudley, MA. men's hockey team came to an end with a 3-0 loss to Hobart in the first round of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 3 Championship last night at the Cooler. It was the first NCAA appearance for Bison and capped an incredible season in which they finished 25-4 and captured their first ECAC Northeast ECAC Northeast is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.
Nichols will have to go forward without a senior class that helped turn around a program that had suffered 26 straight losing seasons before they arrived on campus. Those seniors are goaltender Keith Fink fink Slang n. 1. A contemptible person. 2. An informer. 3. A hired strikebreaker. intr.v. finked, fink·ing, finks 1. To inform against another person. , defensemen Glenn Cacaro, Cole Ruwe and Jeff Bieber and forwards Anthony Monte and Ryan Gervais. After a scoreless first period, Hobart (20-6-2) connected at 8:17 of the second on Ryan Adler's goal. Gregory Alberti made it 2-0 with 2:17 left in the period. Hobart goalie Keith Longo made 18 of his 35 saves on the night, while Bryant Harris added a third-period goal. Freshman transfer goaltender Jacob Rinn made 17 of his 34 saves in the first period to keep the Bison in the game. Neither team scored on the power play, with the Bison going 0 for 7 and Hobart 0 for 5. Hobart will play at Amherst in a quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. on Saturday. |
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