PLATTSBURY EDGED BY HAMLINE IN OT, 5-4 THIRDPLACE GAME

NORTHFIELD, VT. » Despite receiving a single-game program record 47saves from junior goaltender Kassi Abbott (Medford, Mass./

Boston Shamrocks Elite), the No. 1⁄2 Plattsburgh State women’s ice hockey team lost, 5-4, in overtime to No. 6⁄7 Hamline University in the NCAA Division III Tournament third-place game Saturday afternoon at Norwich University’s Kreitzberg Arena. Plattsburgh State is ranked at No. 1in the D3hockey. com Women’s Top-10Poll and No. 2in the USCHO.com Women’s Division III Top-10 Poll, while Hamline is ranked at No. 6in the D3hockey.com Women’s Top-10Poll and No. 7in the USCHO.com Women’s Division III Top-10Poll. Sydney Aveson set the former single-game save record of 44on Jan. 28, 2012, against Elmira College. Senior goaltender Brooke Wolejko (South Windsor, Conn./St. Lawrence University) stopped 43shots in Friday’s semifinal-round double-overtime loss to Elmira, which now stands as the third-highest singlegame save total in program history.

Senior forwards Kayla Meneghin (Clifton, N.J./ The Gunnery) and Melissa Sheeran (Schaghticoke, N.Y./Millbrook School) each contributed offensively in their final game wearing the Cardinal sweater. Meneghin finished with a goal to lock in her career point total to 188, while Sheeran had a goal and an assist to finish her career at 186points. The two wound up ranking fourth and fifth, respectively, in NCAA Division III history in career points, and they are the only teammates to appear in the top 10.