Yale women’s hockey team sweeps Harvard in ECAC quarterfinals

Pia Dukaric made 19 saves as the No. 2 Yale women's hockey team beat Harvard 4-0 on Saturday in New Haven to sweep a best-of-three ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series.

Grace Lee scored a paif of goals for the Bulldogs (28-2-1), who advanced to next weekend's semifinals. Carina DiAntonio and Anna Bargman also scored in the Game 2 win.

In Game 1 on Friday, Jordan Ray scored a pair of goals in a 4-2 victory.

Lee and Charlotte Welch also scored for the Bulldogs, who overcame a first-period two-goal deficit. Dukaric finished with 20 saves.

Harvard ended their season 7-21-3.

St. Lawrence 3, Quinnipiac 2: At Hamden, the Saints scored a pair of third-period goals to force a deciding Game 3 in their ECAC quarterfinal series against the Bobcats on Saturday.

Lexie Adzija scored a pair of goals for Quinnipiac, which will host Game 3 on Sunday at 3 p.m.

In the series opener on Friday, Alexa Hoskin and Sadie Peart both scored for the Bobcats in a 2-1 win. Logan Anders finished with 23 saves.

MEN’S HOCKEY

No. 2 Quinnipiac 4, Union 1: At Schenectady, N.Y., Yaniv Perets finished with 19 saves as the Bobcats extended their win streak to nine games on Friday.

Charles-Alexis Legault, Joey Cipollone, Michael Lombardi and Ethan deJong all scored for Quinnipiac (27-3-3, 19-2-0 ECAC).

Yale 4, Colgate 2: At New Haven, Ian Carpentier, Reilly Connors and Ryan Conroy all scored in the third period to help the Bulldogs rally for an ECAC win on Friday.

Connor Sullivan opened the scoring for Yale (7-17-4, 6-13-2 ECAC). Colgate fell to 14-15-4 (11-8-2 ECAC).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Niagara 76, Fairfield 68: At Lewiston, N.Y., Noah Thomasson's 25 points helped Niagara defeat Fairfield on Friday night.

Thomasson was 11 of 18 shooting and 3 of 3 from the free throw line for the Purple Eagles (15-12, 10-8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Braxton Bayless shot 7 of 12 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line to add 19 points. Joe Kasperzyk finished 5 of 7 from the field to finish with 11 points.

Allan Jeanne-Rose finished with 17 points for the Stags (12-16, 8-10). TJ Long added 17 points for Fairfield. In addition, Jalen Leach had eight points.