The Hamilton College Continentals will travel to Adrian, Michigan to face Adrian College in the quarterfinals of the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship at Adrian Arlington Ice Arena on Saturday, March 9th at 3 p.m. .
The two teams met in Adrian in 2023 in the quarter-finals, with Hamilton winning 2-0. Saturday's winner will face the winner of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Gustavus Adolphus University in the semifinals on Friday, March 15. Place and time to be determined.
General admission tickets can be purchased on the Adrian Athletics website by clicking on the ticket link for the Hamilton game listed on the women's hockey team's schedule. Section D is available to Hamilton parents and fans and must use the passcode HamiltonWIH.
Let's take a look at the two teams heading into Saturday afternoon's match.
record
Hamilton: 16-6-6 (6-5-5, tied for third in the New England Small College Athletic Conference)
Adrian: 27 wins, 2 losses, 0 draws (16 wins, 0 losses, 1st place in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association)
Ranking
Hamilton: 8th in the March 4th USCHO.com Division III Top 15 Poll, 8th in the March 3rd PairWise
Adrian: 3rd place in USCHO.com Division III Top 15 poll on March 4th, 5th place in PairWise on March 3rd
how did they get here
Hamilton: At-large bid after losing in NESCAC Championship final. On March 6th, they defeated Nazareth University 2-1 in overtime in the first round of the NCAA Championship.
Adrian: Automatic bid to win the NCHA Slaats Cup finals.
NCAA history
Hamilton: Second NCAA Championship appearance, 3-1 record.
Adrian: Eighth NCAA Championship appearance, 4-6 record.
head coach
Hamilton: Kate Holtzfirst season, record of 16 wins, 6 losses, and 6 draws
Adrian: Sean Skelly, 6 seasons, 139 wins, 21 losses, 7 draws.
team statistics
Hamilton: 2.0 goals/game. 29.6 shots/game. 21.9% PP Percent (14-64); 91.4% PK Percent (6-70); 5.3 PIM/Game; Faceoff Rate 44.5%
Adrian: 5.2 goals/game. 50.8 shots per game. 27.9% PP Percent (31-111); 91.4% PK Percent (7-81); 7.3 PIM/Game; Faceoff Rate 56.8%
personal statistics reader
Hamilton: abby smith '24 (F, 5-4, 9G-9A-18P); claire mcgennis '24 (F, 5-7, 13G-3A-16P); Sami Quackenbush '24 (D, 5-6, 3G-13A-16P); lydia block '26 (F, 5-7, 6G-9A-15P)
Adrian: Une Bjerland (Gr., F, 5-4, 27G-30A-57P); Maya Roy (Sr., D, 5-5, 12G-24A-36P); Carmen Anderson (Sr., F, 5) -6, 10G-23A-33P); Callie Vollschlager (Sr., F, 5-5, 8G-16A-24P); Zoe Lorey (Junior, F, 5-4, 6G-18A-24P) . Katherine Truban (Sr., D, 5-3, 5G-19A-24P)
goaltenders
Hamilton: Teagan Brown '27 (5 wins, 7 losses, 19 starts, 11 wins, 4 losses, 4 draws, 1.13 GAA, save percentage 0.951, 5 shutouts)
Adrian: Michaela O'Brien (G, 5-5, 15 starts, 14-2-0, 0.77 GAA, 0.958 save percentage, 6 shutouts)
Note
Last year's NCAA quarterfinal meet was the only meet for both teams…Smith and Quackenbush were first-team All-NESCAC selections, and Brown was named Rookie of the Year…from Northville, about 86 miles from Adrian. Brown has made 29 saves since his first appearance in goal Wednesday night, Feb. 9…The Continentals have played 13 overtime games this season, tying a team record with six…Hamilton Assistant Coach abby coons He was the NESCAC Player of the Year in '23 and was a first-team All-American defender with the Continentals last year…The Bulldogs are on a 20-game winning streak and are 15-0 at home this season…Vigeland was selected as an NCHA Player of the Year. The following year, he became the team and conference's career leading scorer…head coach Sean Skelly collected co-coach of the year honors…O'Brien was named NCHA Sluts Cup Tournament MVP.
