3/1/04
Prep Playoff Matchups
Here are the seeds for the New England Girls Prep Tournament, which gets underway with quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Div. I
1. Nobles
2. Pomfret
3. Cushing
4. Berkshire
5. Choate
6. Tabor
7. Hotchkiss
8. Taft
Div. II
1. Brewster
2. Brooks
3. Holderness
4. Governor Dummer
5. Greenwich
6. Gunnery
7. Kingswood-Oxford
8. Hebron
Schedule for Wed. March 3 Quarterfinals:
Div. I
#1 Nobles vs. #8 Taft, 2:30 pm @ Pomfret
#2 Pomfret vs. #7 Hotchkiss, 2:30 pm @ Loomis
#3 Cushing vs. #6 Tabor, 3:00 pm @ Cushing
#4 Berkshire vs. #5 Choate, 4:00 pm @ Berkshire
Div. II
#1 Brewster vs. #8 Hebron, 3:30 pm @ Brewster
#2 Brooks vs. #7 Kingswood, 4:00 pm @ Brooks
#3 Holderness vs. #6 Gunnery, 3:30 pm @ Groton
#4 Gov. Dummer vs. #5 Greenwich, 4:30 pm @ Loomis
On Sat. March 6, Wednesday’s winners will convene for the semis at the Dexter and Southfield School rinks (they’re about 20 feet apart) in Brookline, Mass. The finals will be Sun. March 7 at the same site. Here are the schedules for those days.
Sat. March 6 (at the Dexter and Southfield Schools)
10:00 am – DII semi: Brewster/Hebron winner vs. GDA/Greenwich winner
12:00 pm -- DII semi: Holderness/Gunnery winner vs. Brooks/Kingswood winner
2:00 pm -- DI semi: Nobles/Taft winner vs. Berkshire/Choate winner
4:00 pm – DI semi: Cushing/Tabor winner vs. Pomfret/Hotchkiss winner
Sun. March 7 (at the Dexter and Southfield Schools)
10:30 am -- DII Championship Game
12:30 pm – DI Championship Game
3/7/04
Nobles Wins Second Div. I Title in Three Years
Brookline, Mass. -- For the second time in three years, Nobles won the Div. I title here this afternoon, topping Cushing 4-2. A Sarah Parsons goal with 4:17 remaining in the first period broke a 1-1 tie. Goals by Helen Resor and Leanna Coskren stretched it to 4-1 before Cushing's Erika Lawler scored with 28 seconds remaining.
Earlier, Julie Flynn scored to put Nobles up 1-0. Lindsay Wilde answered for Cushing, tying the game at one.
Parsons (1g,2a) would figure in three of Nobles' four goals. Helen Resor and Julie Flynn each had two point afternoons.
3/7/04
Osgood Goal Lifts Brooks to Div. II Title
In Div. II, Brooks topped Greenwich Academy, 3-2, fighting pack from a 2-1 deficit midway through the second period.
Brooks led 1-0 after a first period goal by Celia Medeiros, but Greenwich's Steph Holmes scored a pair of goals three minutes apart in the second period to put Greenwich up 2-1 going into the second intermission.
Brooks came up with all the scoring in the thrid, as Annie Michalek tied the game at 22-2 with 2:25 on the clock, then Liz Osgood got the game-winner with 1:18 left.
Katie Nickerson had a pair of assists for Brooks.
3/6/04
Saturday’s Semifinals
Brookline, Mass. -- In Div. II, Greenwich Academy got goals from three different scorers in a 3-0 blanking of Brewster…. Cherie Hendrickson notched all three Brooks goals in a 3-2 win over the Gunnery. Amand Comeau scored both Gunnery goals…. In Div. I play, Nobles topped Berkshire, 4-3. For Nobles, Pam McDevitt scored two goals, Helen Resor had a goal and an assist, Sarah Parsons had two assists, and Helen Resor had a goal and an assist. For Berkshire, Becky Zavisza had a goal and an assist, Katie Morrison had two assists, and Kacey Bellamy and Nicki Wiart each had a goal…. Cushing got goals from Meghan Duggan and Hayley Moore in a 2-0 win over Pomfret.
Sunday’s Schedule – games at the Dexter and Southfield Schools
10:30 am -- DII Championship Game: Brooks vs. Greenwich
12:30 pm – DI Championship Game:Nobles vs. Cushing
Directions to Dexter and Soutfield Schools: www.dexter.org/map.html
3/3/04
Wednesday's Quarterfinals
Div. I
#1 Nobles 6, #8 Taft 0
#2 Pomfret 5, #7 Hotchkiss 0
#3 Cushing 2, #6 Tabor 1
#4 Berkshire 4, #5 Choate 1
Div. II
#1 Brewster 3, #8 Hebron 0
#2 Brooks 4, #7 Kingswood-Oxford 0
#6 Gunnery 5, #3 Holderness 4 (3 OT)
#5 Greenwich Academy 7, #4 Gov. Dummer 5
On Sat. March 6, Wednesday’s winners will convene for the semis at the Dexter and Southfield School rinks (they’re about 20 feet apart) in Brookline, Mass. The finals will be Sun. March 7 at the same site. Here are the schedules for those days.
Sat. March 6 (at the Dexter and Southfield Schools)
10:00 am – DII semi: Brewster vs.Greenwich Academy
12:00 pm -- DII semi: Gunnery vs. Brooks
2:00 pm -- DI semi: Nobles vs. Berkshire
4:00 pm – DI semi: Cushing vs. Pomfret
Sun. March 7 (at the Dexter and Southfield Schools)
10:30 am -- DII Championship Game
12:30 pm – DI Championship Game
Directions to Dexter and Soutfield Schools: www.dexter.org/map.html
