DVCHC Women's

The national title is on the line!

The ACHA Women's Championship, going on now in Ashburn, VA, will give eight university teams (4 East, 4 West) a chance to call themselves champion.

The DVCHC's own West Chester University (#1), California University of Pennsylvania (#2) and University of Delaware (#3) join Penn State in representing the country's best D2 teams in the East.

In February these teams met as competitors, doing battle for the DVCHC crown.  This week they fight on the same side, taking on the West through 9 games & pushing to be the first DVCHC team to take home gold.  Once pool play is complete, a final bracket will be played through Saturday to the big Sunday showdown at 1:15pm.

If you're in the DC metro area, come out and support our squads!

THE LATEST FROM VIRGINIA:

DAY 1

GAME 1: PSU 2, Alaska 1
GAME 2:  WCU 6, UMD 0:  #5 alive!  Becky Dobson scores 5 goals & Aly Golia earns the shutout in this penalty-filled start.  Shots favor Rams, 40-25.
GAME 3: DEL 2, UW-S 4:  Delaware made it 1-1 with seconds left in the 1st but gave up 3 in the 2nd.  Despite winning the 3rd, the comeback wasn't to be.
GAME 4: CAL 4, NDSU 3:  Cal stikes 1st with 10 seconds left in period 1 then quickly goes to 3-1.  A costly penalty & hat-trick by #14 ties the game at 3 but with 40 seconds left, Kelsey DeNardo notches the game-winner & completes her own hat-trick.  Cal kills a penalty to hold on, barely outshooting NDSU 30-27.

DAY 2

GAME 1: WCU 6, NDSU 0: The Golden Rams stay perfect as Aly Golia stretches her shutout to 102 mins and Becky Dobson tallies a hat-trick in one period.  Defense is winning the day.
GAME 2: DEL 0, ALASKA 4: The West's top team showed their stuff early this morning, connecting on a PP and scoring a late goal to hand the Blue Hens their 2nd loss of the tourney.
GAME 3: PSU 3, UW-S 1
GAME 4: CAL 2, UMD 2:  Down 2-0 in the 3rd, the Vulcans connected on a 2-on-1 and then scored a PPG to tie the game, 2-2.

GAME 5: PSU 3, NDSU 3
GAME 6: DEL 2, UMD 4:  2-1 the entire game, Minnesota scored a shorthanded goal in the third.  Delaware answered with 0:36 left in the game, just too late.
GAME 7: CAL 0, ALASKA 3: Hard-fought and even until the middle of the 2nd.  UA scored a PPG and put in #2 at the end of that period.  A breakaway goal in the 3rd ended Cal's chances. 
GAME 8: WCU 1, UW-S 3: After a scoreless 1st, each team used the man advantage, well, to their advantage.  Stout scored on two power-plays and West Chester had a PPG with 36 seconds left in the game.