#1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs #8 St. Thomas Tommies March 14th 2015

NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Quarterfinals
frozen four bound
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Kyle Coryea

The Plattsburgh State Cardinals celebrate as they get a win to advance to the NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Frozen Four. It would be the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women's Hockey Division III Tournament. The Cardinal's and Shannon Stewart would get on the board first at the 7:14 mark of the first period to make it 1-0 Cardinals. The game would stay there all the way till the third period when the Cardinals would extend the lead to 2-0 on Mellisa Sheeran's power-play goal at the 8:06 mark of the period. The Cardinals would make it a 3-0 game on Bridget Bailey's goal at 10:06. The Tommies would get on the board at the 12:28 mark of the period on a power-play goal by Tori Bailey to make it 3-1. In the final minute of the game, the Cardinals would add an empty netter on Giovanna Senese's goal to secure the 4-1 victory. In the winning effort, Camille Leonard would make 28 saves as they advance to the Frozen Four. Gallery

NCAA Quarterfinals #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs #8 St. Thomas Tommies March 14th 2015

glove save
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Camille Leonard (31) with the glove save as part of a 28 save night. It would be the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women's Hockey Division III Tournament. The Cardinal's and Shannon Stewart would get on the board first at the 7:14 mark of the first period to make it 1-0 Cardinals. The game would stay there all the way till the third period when the Cardinals would extend the lead to 2-0 on Mellisa Sheeran's power-play goal at the 8:06 mark of the period. The Cardinals would make it a 3-0 game on Bridget Bailey's goal at 10:06. The Tommies would get on the board at the 12:28 mark of the period on a power-play goal by Tori Bailey to make it 3-1. In the final minute of the game, the Cardinals would add an empty netter on Giovanna Senese's goal to secure the 4-1 victory. In the winning effort, Camille Leonard would make 28 saves as they advance to the Frozen Four. Gallery

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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Giovanna Senese (20) drops to a knee to get the close shot off as she came in on the breakaway. Gallery

ECAC West Women's Hockey #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs Oswego State Lakers January 24 2015

pad save
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Camille Leonard (22) with the pad save to keep the Lakers off the board. The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Oswego State Lakers in ECAC West action at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. The Cardinals would take the early lead at 5:29 of the first period on the Melissa Ames goal to make it 1-0. Them at the 13:59 mark of the first period Giovanna Sense would put it top shelf to make it 2-0 Cardinals. The game would remain there all the way til 1:42 of the third period Kayla Meneghin would score on the wrap-around goal to make it 3-0. Then at 15:54 of the third period Kayla Meneghin would get her second of the night to secure the 4-0 victory. In the winning effort Camille Leonard would make 20 saves in shutout victory as the Cardinals go to 14-0-2 on the season. Gallery

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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Melissa Ames (24) fires the shot on net from the breakaway attempt. Gallery

#1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs Oswego State Lakers January 24 2015

ECAC West Women's Hockey
beats the goalie
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Giovanni Sense (20) with the goal to the top shelf over the goalie's pad. The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Oswego State Lakers in ECAC West action at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. The Cardinals would take the early lead at 5:29 of the first period on the Melissa Ames goal to make it 1-0. Them at the 13:59 mark of the first period Giovanna Sense would put it top shelf to make it 2-0 Cardinals. The game would remain there all the way til 1:42 of the third period Kayla Meneghin would score on the wrap-around goal to make it 3-0. Then at 15:54 of the third period, Kayla Meneghin would get her second of the night to secure the 4-0 victory. In the winning effort, Camille Leonard would make 20 saves in shutout victory as the Cardinals go to 14-0-2 on the season. Gallery

NCAA Championships #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs #2 Norwich Cadets March 22 2014

glove save
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Kyle Coryea

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

celeberate goal
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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

NCAA Semi-Finals #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs #6 St. Thomas Tommies March 21 2014

shot on net
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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

scramble in front
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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

NCAA Quarterfinals #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs #10 Williams Ephs March 15 2014

blocker save
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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

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

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