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Despite neither team coming up with a conference championship to get an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, both the Plattsburgh State men's and women's hockey teams received at-large bids into the NCAA tournament.
The men, who fell, 6-3, to Oswego in the SUNYAC championship game Saturday night, will travel to Middlebury for a quarterfinal game, after receiving a first-round bye.
The women, who dropped their third straight ECAC-West championship game to Elmira Sunday afternoon, will play host to ECAC-East champion Norwich — making its second-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.
Earlier in the season, the men traveled to Middlebury and gave up three early goals to lose, 5-3, in a midweek game.
Hosting Norwich at the end of January, the Lady Cardinals defeated the Cadets, 7-2, on home ice.
The women will play at 3 p.m. Saturday at Stafford Ice Arena. The men's game is slated to start at 7 p.m. Saturday at Chip Kenyon Arena in Middlebury.
MEN'S TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS - FIRST AND QUARTERFINAL ROUNDS
FIRST ROUND
Curry (18-8-1) @ Elmira (19-8-1)
Adrian (24-3-) @ St. Norbert (21-3-3)
St. Thomas (13-10-4) @ Gustavus Adolphus (19-6-2)
QUARTERFINALS
Plattsburgh State (18-5-4) @ Middlebury (19-4-4)
Elmira/Curry @ Norwich (23-1-4)
Adrian/St. Norbert vs. St. Thomas/Gustavus Adolphus
Bowdoin (19-6-1) @ Oswego (25-2)
HOW THEY GOT THERE:
Curry: ECAC-Northeast champions
Elmira: ECAC-West champions
Adiran: MCHA champions
St. Norbert: NCHA champions
St. Thomas: MIAC champions
Oswego: SUNYAC champions
Norwich: ECAC-East champions
Middlebury: NESCAC champions
Bowdoin, Elmira, Gustavus Adolphus, Plattsburgh State: At-large selections
For complete men's bracket, click here
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
FIRST ROUND
Wisoncsin-River Falls (20-3-6) @ Gustavus Adolphus (21-4-2)
Trinity (21-4-2) @ Elmira (22-4-1)
Norwich (18-5-5) @ Plattsburgh State (23-2-2)
Amherst — No. 1 seed, first-round bye
HOW THEY GOT THERE:
Wisconsin-River Falls: NCHA champions
Gustavus Adolphus: MIAC champions
Elmira: ECAC-West champions
Norwich: ECAC-East champions
Amherst: NESCAC champions
Trinity and Plattsburgh State: Pool C at-large selections
For complete women's bracket, click here
-compiled by Matt Rosenberg
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