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Gophers Set for NCAA Quarterfinal
3/10/2019 8:12:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Minnesota will host Princeton in the NCAA quarterfinal after earning an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA tournament.
MINNEAPOLIS - The No. 2 seed Golden Gopher women's hockey team will face Princeton in the NCAA quarterfinal round as the NCAA unveiled the eight-team National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship bracket Sunday evening.
Minnesota and Princeton will face off at 4 p.m. CT Saturday at Ridder Arena, and tickets go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. CT Tuesday. A pre-sale for Gopher Score members begins at 9 a.m. CT Monday.
After posting a runner-up finish in the WCHA postseason tournament, Minnesota is making its 12th-straight and 17th overall appearance in the NCAA postseason. The 2019 WCHA regular-season champion Gophers have won four of the last seven national championships, and Minnesota has only missed the NCAA tournament twice in its 19-year history.
Syracuse (CHA), Clarkson (ECAC Hockey), Northeastern (Hockey East), and Wisconsin (WCHA) earned the four automatic bids by winning their respective conference tournaments while Minnesota, Princeton, Cornell, and Boston College earned at-large bids.
2019 NCAA Quarterfinal Match-Ups
No. 2 seed Minnesota (30-5-1) hosts Princeton (20-7-5)
No. 1 seed Wisconsin (32-4-2) hosts Syracuse (13-21-3)
No 4 seed Clarkson (29-7-2) hosts Boston College (26-11-1)
No. 3 seed Northeastern (27-5-5) hosts Cornell (23-5-6)
Quarterfinal competition will take place on the campuses of the participating institutions with the winners advancing to the 2019 Women's Frozen Four on Friday, March 22 and Sunday, March 24 at the People's United Center in Hamden, Ct. Tickets for the 2019 NCAA Women's Frozen Four are on sale now at QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
Minnesota is hosting an NCAA quarterfinal for the first time since 2016 -- when the Gophers also hosted Princeton and used a 6-2 win to earn an NCAA Frozen Four berth. Last season, the Gophers fell to top-seeded Wisconsin in the NCAA quarterfinal round. Minnesota is 10-3 all-time in NCAA quarterfinal games since the tournament expanded to eight teams in 2005.
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Minnesota and Princeton will face off at 4 p.m. CT Saturday at Ridder Arena, and tickets go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. CT Tuesday. A pre-sale for Gopher Score members begins at 9 a.m. CT Monday.
After posting a runner-up finish in the WCHA postseason tournament, Minnesota is making its 12th-straight and 17th overall appearance in the NCAA postseason. The 2019 WCHA regular-season champion Gophers have won four of the last seven national championships, and Minnesota has only missed the NCAA tournament twice in its 19-year history.
Syracuse (CHA), Clarkson (ECAC Hockey), Northeastern (Hockey East), and Wisconsin (WCHA) earned the four automatic bids by winning their respective conference tournaments while Minnesota, Princeton, Cornell, and Boston College earned at-large bids.
2019 NCAA Quarterfinal Match-Ups
No. 2 seed Minnesota (30-5-1) hosts Princeton (20-7-5)
No. 1 seed Wisconsin (32-4-2) hosts Syracuse (13-21-3)
No 4 seed Clarkson (29-7-2) hosts Boston College (26-11-1)
No. 3 seed Northeastern (27-5-5) hosts Cornell (23-5-6)
Quarterfinal competition will take place on the campuses of the participating institutions with the winners advancing to the 2019 Women's Frozen Four on Friday, March 22 and Sunday, March 24 at the People's United Center in Hamden, Ct. Tickets for the 2019 NCAA Women's Frozen Four are on sale now at QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
Minnesota is hosting an NCAA quarterfinal for the first time since 2016 -- when the Gophers also hosted Princeton and used a 6-2 win to earn an NCAA Frozen Four berth. Last season, the Gophers fell to top-seeded Wisconsin in the NCAA quarterfinal round. Minnesota is 10-3 all-time in NCAA quarterfinal games since the tournament expanded to eight teams in 2005.
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