Moriah's Lexi Cheney (11) with the runner along the baseline for the score as they keep it tight. It would be the opening round of the NYSPHSAA Class C Girls' Basketball Tournament. We would have a battle inside the top ten as the #8 Lisbon Golden Knights from Section X would face the #10 Moriah Vikings from Section VII at the Florence Gym at Clinton Community, with the winner advancing to Section II in the Quarterfinals. It would be a defensive battle to start the game, as both teams looked to control the paint on defense. The Golden Knights would have a slim 10-8 lead after the first quarter. It would stay low-scoring through the second quarter as well, but the Vikings would win the quarter 7-6, and the Golden Knights would have the 16-15 lead at intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, it would remain a defensive battle, and the Golden Knights would finish the quarter 8-7, taking a 24-22 lead into the fourth. In the fourth quarter, both teams had chances to win and advance, but they tied the quarter at 8, and the Golden Knights would go on to win 32-30 and advance to the Quarterfinals. In the Golden Knights' victory, they went to 18-5, with Allison Bell leading the way with 19 points, as they head to the quarterfinals against Greenwich. As for the Moriah Vikings, Lezi Macarenas would lead the way with 12 points as their season comes to an end. Gallery

Lisbon's Allison Bell (1) drives from the wing on Moriah's Maggie Speshok (24) as she goes to the hoop. Gallery

Malone's Denali Boyea Woodward with the hit along the boards that would pin Beekmantown;s Braeden Nephew (7) to break up the play. It would be the NYSPHSAA Boys' Hockey Division II North Regional final from the Ronald B Stafford Arena with 1400 fans in attendance as the #2 Malone Huskies from Section X would travel to take on the #11 Beekmantown Eagles from Section with the winner headed to the final four next weekend at the LeCeom Harbor Center in Buffalo for the championship weekend. The Eagles would get the opening goal of the game at the 13:49 mark of the first period, when Jackson Deyo would make it 1-0. Then just 59 seconds later, the Eagles would strike again, this time from Edward Sweenor, to make it a 2-0 Eagles lead at the end of the first period. The Huskies would have a quick answer in the second period, just 1:43 in on the Jonathan Scaef marker to make it a one-goal game at 2-1. The Eagles would have an answer, though, at the 12:32 mark of the period when Jackson Deyo would strike for his second goal of the game and regain the two-goal lead at 3-1, and that's how the period would end. In the third period, both teams would have their chances, but it would take until the 15:57 mark for Jake Kaska to score on the extra attacker, tying the game at 3-3 down the stretch. The Huskies would have their chances in the last minute to tie the game, but they couldn't find the back of the net to tie the game, and the Eagles would hold on for the 3-2 win. In the winning effort, Jack Bell would make 27 saves as they go to 15-6-2 on the season and head to the final four against Bryham Hill on March 14th. As for the Malone Huskies, Liam Maloney would make 16 saves as their season comes to an end at 19-2-2. Gallery.

Beekmantown's Evan Bruyere (4) with the poke check from behind as he chases down Malone's Rylan Patenaude (18) to break up the play. Gallery

Quinnipiac's Felicia Frank (30) with the pad save as part of a 31 save performance to win the championship and tournament MVP. After the ECAC Hockey Conference Men battle for the title at the Herb Brooks Arena for over 20 years, this would be the first time that the Women decide their title there, and the first finals would see the #1 Yale Bulldogs and the #3 Quinnipiac Bobcats go to battle in front of 2,200 fans. The upset-minded Bobcats would get the first answer of the game at the 6:32 mark of the first period when Ella Johnson would get the opening goal to make it a 1-0 game, and that's how the first period ended. The game would stay there till the 9:21 mark of the second period when last night's hero, Avery Bairos, would score to make it a 2-0 Bobcats lead for the lone goal of the second period. The Bobcats would keep coming, and at the 3:45 mark of the third period, Zoe Uens would score on the power play to make it a 3-0 game. Then, at the 12:54 mark of the third period, the Bulldogs would get on the board thanks to Mariya Rauf finding the 5-hole, making it a 3-1 game. Then, with just under three minutes left in the game, the Bobcats would add to empty netters from Ella Johnson and Emerson Jarvis to secure the 5-1 victory and be crowned the 2026 ECAC Hockey Conference Women's Hockey Champion and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In the winning effort for the Bobcats, Felicia Frank would make 31 saves as they went to 28-8-3 on the season. As for the Bulldogs, Samson Frey would make 22 saves as they fall to 25-9 on the season and await an NCAA at-large bid to the Tournament. Gallery

Yale's Mariya Rauf finds the back of the net to get the Bulldogs on the board midway through the third period Gallery

Princeton's Angelina DiGirolamo would tie the game up with 12 minutes left and send the game to overtime. It would be the second semi-final of the ECAC Hockey Conference Women's Semi-Finals at the Herb Brooks Arena, and 1,000 fans would see whether the #2 Princeton Tigers or the #3 Quinnipiac Bobcats would battle the Yale Bulldogs for the 2026 ECAC Hockey Conference Women's Hockey Finals tomorrow The Bobcats would get the opening goal of the game at the the 11:38 mark of the first period when Taylor Brueske would score to make it a 1-0 Bobcats. There would be many chances for both teams to score until the midway point of the third period. Still, there would be nothing till the 8:38 when Princeton's Angelina Digirolamo would score to tie the game at one, and that is where the game would stay through the rest of regulation Once the game went to vertime it would take little time for the Bobcats to net the game winner when Avery Bairos would get her own rebound off the breakaway and stuff it away for the game winner and send the Bobcats to the championship. In the winning effort, the Bobcats' Felicia Frank would make 30 saves as they went to 27-8-3 and head to the championship. As for the Princeton Tigers, they would fall to 23-10 behind Uma Corniea's 23-save night as they await an NCAA Tournament bid. Gallery

Quinnipiac's Aynsley D'Ottavio (3) blocks the shot from Princeton's Brooklyn Nimegeers (20) with her skate. Gallery

Yale's Samson Frey (27) with the pad save as part of a 26 save night in the 7-2 win over Cornell. For the first time in the history of the ECAC Hockey Conference, the Women's Hockey Tournament would have its final four and championship at the famed Herb Brooks Arena, the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice. The first semi-final game would see the #1 Yale Bulldogs take on the #4 Cornell Big Red in front of 1,800 fans, with the winner advancing to the championship the next day. The Big Red would get the opening goal of the game just 44 seconds into the game from Avi Adam for the 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs would get the tying goal at the 14:04 mark when Gracie Gilkyson would score on the power play to make it a 1-1 game. The Bulldogs would answer again just three minutes later, from Emma McGowan, to give the Bulldogs the 2-1 lead, and that's where the first period would end. The Bulldogs would stay on fire as they returned for the second period when Molly Boyle would strike just 2:47 into the second period to give them the 3-1 lead. Then at the 8:55 mark of the period, the Bulldogs would extend their lead to 4-1 when Carina DiAntonio would score. The Big Red would finally have an answer just 1:33 into the third period when Delaney Fleming would light the lamp and make it a 4-2 game. The Bulldogs would regain their three-goal lead when Stephanie Stainton would score on the short-handed to make it a 5-2ThenTh, en at the 14:55 mark of the thirperiodri, Carina DiAntonio would get her second goal of thgamega, this time on an empty-netter, to make it 6-, and then,e n with just seconds left in the gam, Avery Peters would score to secure the 7-2 victory. In the Bulldogs' winning effort, Samson Frey made 26 saves as they went to 25-8 and advanced to the championship game. In the losing effort for the Big Red, Annelies Bergman would make 26 saves as they fell to 20-11-2 and await an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Gallery

Yale's Naomi Boucher (44) and Cornell's McKenna Van Gilder (17) battle for the in-zone faceoff. Gallery