Jim Teresco writes:
> - Practice begins Tuesday, just 16 days before the season opener
> against Merrimack. The late start is required under the NCAA rules.
> Union is classified as a Division III school, with hockey being the
> only Division I program.
Isn't this an ECAC rule and not an NCAA rule? I don't think it has anything
to do with division, either. I know of several DivII or DivIII schools
(classified as such by the NCAA) who have DivI hockey programs that stepped
on the ice back in the first week of October.
I hope this doesn't mean Union won't be prepared to play Merrimack on Nov 1;
I was looking forward to a good game between two former DivII rivals who
have made the step up to DivI.
- mike