Plattsburgh State's Camillie Leonard (31) with the pad save for one of her 30 saves on the night. It would be a battle of the top two teams in the nation for the Cardinal/Panther Classic Championship as the Plattsburgh State Cardinals and Elmira Soaring Eagles would do battle. The Cardinals would take the 1-0 lead with 4:12 left in the first period on Caitlin Gilligain's goal. Then at the 10:23 mark of the second period, the Eagles would tie the game up at one on Johanna Eidensten's goal. Then just 12 seconds into the third period Shannon Stewart would score on the powerplay to make it 2-1 Cardinals. Then just over three minutes, the Cardinals would extend the lead to 3-1 on Melissa Sheeran's goal. Then another three minutes later Cardinal's Mia Favretto would score to make it 4-1. The Soaring Eagles would add a late goal to make it 4-2 but it would not be enough as the Cardinals would get the 4-2 win and go to 8-0-2 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Shannon Stewart (18) comes down close on goalie and puts the wrister on her for the power play goal. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Ally Ross (32) with the stick on the scoring try during the shootout. In the semi-finals of the Cardinal/Panthers classic we would have a battle of two of the top four teams in the nation as #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #4 Gustuvas Adolphus Yellow Jackets. The Cardinals would get the lone goal of the first period just a 1:28 in on Melissa Sheeran's goal to make it 1-0 after the 1st period. Then at the 5:53 mark of the second period the Carddinals would make it 2-0 Mia Favretto's goal. The Yellow Jackets would come back and make it 2-1 at the 10:33 mark of the second period. Then at the 17:32 mark of the second period the Cardinals would regain the two goal lead on Bridget Bailsey's goal to make it 3-1. Then at the 9:03 mark of the third period the Cardinals would extend there lead to 4-1 the Andreas Zeissman goal. However the Yellow Jackets would come charging back getting three goals in a 4 minute span to send the game to overtime tied at four. In the overtime there would be no scoring so the game would offically go down as a tie but seeing that it was a tournament they went to shootout and the Cardinals would win it in the 4th round to head to the Championship and go to 7-0-2 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Bridget Bailsey (21) with the tap in goal on the shot just in front of the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Sydeny Aveson (33) would make the glove save on the point-blank shot by Norwich's Haley Gibson (28). The 2014 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship would come down just the way it should as it would be the top two teams in the country the Plattsburgh State Cardinals and Norwich Cadets. The Cadets would jump out to the 1-0 lead at the 8:30 mark of the first period on Madyson Moore's goal. The Cardinals would come right back and tie the game up at one on Bridget Bailsey's goal just 90 seconds later. The Cardinals would take the lead 2-1 on Julia Duquette's goal at 13:13 of the first. Then just about 90 seconds the Cardinals would make it 3-1 on Chelsea VanGahlan's goal. The Cardinals would strike one more time before the period ended on Bridget Bailsey's second goal of the night to make it 4-1 after the first period. In the second period, the Cardinals would keep the tempo up as Jordan Caldwell scores at 8:11 to make it 5-1 Cardinals. The Cardinals would keep it going in the third period as Chelsea VanGalhan would get her second goal of the night at 2:26 of the third to make it 6-1 Cardinals. The Cardinals would strike again at 6:58 on Jenny Kistner's goal to make it 7-1 Cardinals. Then in case, the game was in dought Jordan Caldwell would get her second of the night at 16:58 to make it 8-1. The Cadets would make the score a little better when Haley Gibson would score to make it 8-2 at 18:26. The Cardinals would answer back in the last minute on Ali Vakos goal to secure the 9-2 victory. In the winning effort, Sydney Aveson would make 37 saves on the night as the Cardinals are crowned the 2014 NCAA Champions and for the third team in team history. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Jordan Caldwell (27) rises her arms as she slides the puck in the back of the net for her second goal of the night. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Jordan Caldwell (27) came in on the breakaway and had her shoot just poked to the side to keep the game tied. In the NCAA Semi-Finals, it would be an east vs west showdown as the #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #6 St. Thomas Tommies. It would be a great game between two evenly matched teams that both would have their chances. When it was all said and down though there would just be on game scored in the game as Allison Era would light the lamp with 4:49 left in overtime on the power play to give the Cardinals the 1-0 win. In the winning effort, Sydney Aveson would get another shutout victory as she stopped all 30 shots on the night as the Cardinals advance to the National Championship against the #2 Norwich Cadets. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Alyssa Parke (4) and Jenny Kistner (8) battle for the loose puck on the rebound to get the games first goal. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Sydney Aveson (33) with the blocker save that she sends to the corner as part of a 24 save night. The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #10 Williams Ephs in the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Williams Ephs would be looking for the upset as they would score just 1:15 into the first period on Gabrielle Vukasin goal to give the Ephs the 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till there was 1:27 left in the first and Ali Vakos would tie the game up at one. The Cardinals would make some obvious adjustments as Ali Vakos would score just 28 seconds into the second for her second of the night and give the Cardinals the 2-1 lead. Then at the 12:11 mark of the second period, Ali Vakos would finish off the natural hat trick and give the Cardinals the 3-1 lead. Then just 31 seconds into the third period Ali Vakos would strike again and have a texas hat trick for the 4-1 lead and from there the Cardinals would hold on for the win. In the winning effort, Sydney Aveson would make 24 saves on the night and the Cardinals head to the final four next weekend where they will take on St. Thomas. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Chelsea VanGlahan gets halled down from behind on her break to the net. Gallery