Tufts beat Middlebury 2-0 in the NESCAC field hockey championship Sunday, Nov. 8, with both goals in the third quarter. UVM field hockey won the America East title Friday and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Results are final as of 6:55 p.m. Eastern Sunday, Nov. 8. All times are Eastern.
Middlebury
The second-seeded Panthers were scoreless with top-seeded Tufts (18-0) through halftime before Eleanor Helm scored twice in the third quarter. Goalie Izzy Redzic made four saves. It beat Bowdoin 2-0 in Saturday's semifinals.
Volleyball, which swept Williams 3-0 Saturday for its first quarterfinal win in 14 years, plays No. 2 Wesleyan in the semifinals Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Colby. Women's soccer lost 2-0 to Williams in the NESCAC semifinals Saturday. Football beat Hamilton 20-17 to keep the Old Rocking Chair for a 30th straight year and visits Tufts on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 12:30 p.m.
UVM
Field hockey (14-5) beat UAlbany on a 6-5 shootout Friday for its second America East title and a program-record 14 wins.
Men's basketball lost 79-76 to Quinnipiac before 1,934 at Patrick Gymnasium and is 1-2. It hosts Plattsburgh State on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. Women's basketball lost 74-50 at Fairfield and hosts Oregon on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m.
Women's hockey lost 4-2 to No. 4 Northeastern Saturday, and plays at New Hampshire on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. The men host Maine on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m. Men's soccer hosts Bryant in the America East tournament Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m.
Norwich
Men's basketball opened its season with an 81-75 win at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Paul Comba scored 16. The Cadets play at Skidmore on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 5:30 p.m.
No. 7 men's hockey beat New England College 2-1 Saturday on Easton Swift's overtime goal, and the women beat Western Connecticut State 7-0. Both are 3-0, and both play Friday, Nov. 13: the men host Babson at 7 p.m. and the women visit Plymouth State at 5 p.m. Both soccer teams lost GNAC finals Saturday, the women 5-1 at Rivier and the men 2-0 at Saint Joseph's of Maine.
Vermont State, Saint Michael's
At Vermont State University Castleton on Saturday, women's hockey beat Keene State 5-1, men's hockey tied Plymouth State 2-2, and volleyball beat Rhode Island College 3-2 to reach its first Little East tournament.
At VTSU Lyndon, the men beat VTSU Randolph 108-99 Saturday for the Tip-Off Classic title, and the women beat VTSU Johnson 58-28 Sunday after a 62-46 win over Randolph. The men play at Wheaton on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., and the women meet Emmanuel at 3 p.m. that day.
Saint Michael's men's hockey beat Post 3-0 in its Northeast 10 opener Saturday, and women's hockey beat Saint Anselm 3-1. Women's soccer, which lost its NE10 semifinal Thursday, learns its NCAA fate Monday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. on NCAA.com.
