ST. PETER, MINN. – Following a series sweep of Hamline University this past weekend, the Gustavus Adolphus women’s hockey team jumped from No. 7 to No. 4 in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll, and jumped from No. 6 to No. 5 in the D3hockey.com Division III Women’s Poll. Both polls were updated Monday.
On Friday, Gustavus defeated the Pipers by a score of 6-3 and followed that up with a 4-0 shutout of Hamline on Saturday. This weekend, the Gusties will face their stiffest competition yet, when they travel to Plattsburgh, New York to compete in the Cardinal Classic hosted by Plattsburgh State University. Gustavus will begin the tournament with a game against No. 1 Plattsburgh on Saturday evening at 6 p.m. Sunday’s game time and opponent will depend on Saturday’s game result. Other teams competing in the tournament are No. 2 Elmira College and No. 5 Middlebury College.
At 5-0-0, Gustavus is one of only two teams in the USCHO poll that has not recorded a loss, with Elmira (6-0-0) being the other. Middlebury, No. 6 UW-Stevens Point and No. 7 UW-River Falls all fell one spot in the poll after each suffered their first loss of the season over the weekend.