March 21, 2011

Union Set to Face Minnesota-Duluth in NCAA Tournament

SCHENECTADY — So what if it was expected? The Union College Dutchmen made history Sunday morning, when for the first time in school’s Division I history, they earned a bid to the NCAA Hockey Tournament.

After their most successful season in program history, the Dutchmen (26-9-4) will make a short 150-mile trip to the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. Union, the No. 2 seed in the East Region, will take on third-seeded Minnesota-Duluth at 3 p.m. on Friday,

“It means a lot; a lot of people have put a lot of hard work in ever since the program went Division I and to finally get to the level of making the tournament shows that we’ve taken a lot of steps in the right direction,” Union senior forward John Simpson said.

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