Cornell Returns to Frozen Four Aiming for National Title
The following article appeared in the March 18 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun.
BY LAUREN RITTER
After months of hard work, triumph and disappointment and an exponential increase in fan base size, the women’s hockey team will end its season this weekend as the final four teams left in the NCAA tournament go head-to-head in the semifinal and championship games. Cornell (31-2-1, 20-1-1 ECAC Hockey) is scheduled to face off against Boston University (26-6-4, 15-3-3 Hockey East) on tonight at 8 p.m. at Tullio Arena in Erie, Pa. This will be the first time that the two teams have faced-off since tying, 2-2, in overtime in Boston, Mass., during the 1982-1983 season, back in the era when B.U. was only a club team — the Boston program eventually gained varsity status during the 2005-06 season.
“We’ve never played [B.U.] before, so it’s very different … Even last year leading into the Frozen Four until the final game it was teams that we’ve played before. So, it’s a new experience but I mean it’s another hockey game at the same time,” said junior goaltender Amanda Mazzotta. “The coaches have seen the game tape and we’ve been working on certain things in practice, but I think ultimately it’s going to come down to us playing our game and just being focused and ready. You know — having fun. It’s a once in a life experience and we’ve been lucky enough to do [it] twice.”
This year marks the second year in a row that Cornell has played in the NCAA Frozen Four — finishing second last year in an extremely close triple-overtime loss to Minnesota-Duluth, a game that lasted a record four hours and twenty minutes.
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