Both USCHO.com polls were released today, and both Norwich University hockey programs remained in the No. 2 slots. The Cadet men were surpassed by Oswego in a prior poll and the women still sit behind RIT, one of the few teams to defeat Norwich this season.
Both teams will host ECAC East quarterfinal games this weekend after both earned No. 1 seeds in the conference tournaments. The women will host Nichols at 3 p.m. on Saturday, followed by the men vs. the University of New England.
-Anna Grearson
Here are the releases from USCHO.com:
USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./February 20, 2012
Oswego stays atop the USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll this week
after getting 16 of 20 first-place votes.
No. 2 Norwich and No. 3 Amherst each garnered two first-place
votes.
Plattsburgh stays fourth, while St. Norbert and St. Thomas trade
places this week as St. Norbert moves from sixth to fifth.
Adrian moves up one to No. 7, Castleton drops one to No. 8,
Elmira is up two to No. 9 and the Milwaukee School of Engineering
is again tenth this week.
At No. 11, St. Scholastica is up one place, Bowdoin jumps two to
12th, Wisconsin-River Falls drops four to No. 13, Gustavus
Adolphus rises one to No. 14 and Utica falls two ranks to No.
15.
In addition, eight other schools received votes.
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Oswego (16) 21- 2-2 296 1
2 Norwich ( 2) 20- 2-2 275 2
3 Amherst ( 2) 20- 3-1 266 3
4 Plattsburgh 17- 4-4 232 4
5 St. Norbert 15- 5-5 215 6
6 St. Thomas 18- 4-2 201 5
7 Adrian 19- 5-1 162 8
8 Castleton 17- 6-2 141 7
9 Elmira 15- 7-3 127 11
10 Milwaukee School of Engineering 19- 5-1 114 10
11 St. Scholastica 15- 7-5 90 12
12 Bowdoin 15- 5-3 84 14
13 Wisconsin-River Falls 16- 9-2 50 9
14 Gustavus Adolphus 14- 6-5 45 15
15 Utica 15- 8-2 32 13
Others receiving votes: Neumann 21, Wentworth 16,
Wisconsin-Eau Claire 12, Middlebury 7, Wisconsin-Stevens
Point 7, Williams 4, Manhattanville 2, Plymouth State 1.
The USCHO.com Poll is compiled weekly and consists of 20 voters,
including 18 coaches of Division III programs and two men's
hockey writers. USCHO.com provides in-depth coverage of college
hockey.
USCHO.com Division III Women's PollMinneapolis, Minn./February 20, 2012Not much changed in the USCHO.com Division III Women's Poll fromlast week to this week, including RIT remaining the top-rankedteam among the voters.RIT earned 14 of 15 first-place votes, with No. 2 Norwich gettingthe other first-place vote.Amherst remains third, while Middlebury is again fourth.Plattsburgh moves from sixth to fifth.Gustavus Adolphus falls two to No. 6, Elmira stays seventh, asdoes Wisconsin-River Falls at No. 8, Concordia (Minn.) at No. 9and Wisconsin-Superior tenth.Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week1 RIT (14) 23- 1-1 149 12 Norwich ( 1) 22- 2-1 136 23 Amherst 19- 4-1 110 34 Middlebury 18- 3-3 89 45 Plattsburgh 17- 5-3 86 66 Gustavus Adolphus 19- 2-2 79 47 Elmira 20- 4-1 76 78 Wisconsin-River Falls 19- 4-2 43 89 Concordia (Minn.) 13- 4-4 22 910 Wisconsin-Superior 15- 7-3 12 10Others receiving votes: St. Thomas 5, Bowdoin 3, Trinity 3,Adrian 2, Manhattanville 2, St. Scholastica 1.The USCHO.com Poll is compiled weekly and consists of 15 voters,all coaches of Division III programs. USCHO.com provides in-depthcoverage of college hockey.
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