Sat 03/09 ECAC League Semifinals @UNH: #1 Brown __ - #4 Providence __ 12:00 pm #2 UNH __ - #3 Dartmouth __ 3:00 pm Sun 03/10 ECAC League Final @UNH: (Tape delayed-Ch.50 (WNDS) at 8:00 pm) Winner g1 __ - Winner g2 __ 2:00 pm With no upsets in the quarterfinals we move into the ECAC Women's League finals with the Rhode Island and New Hampshire derbies. It's the Ivies versus the Big Three. Will this be the year an Ivy team finally wins the ECAC League Championship? #1 Brown over #4 Providence Brown won both league matches 4-3 this season. The Brown Bears will have to be firing together this weekend if they want to beat the four-time defending champion PC Friars. Providence has an excellent goaltender and remains the hottest team in the ECAC. I expect a close match with several lead changes before the talented Bears deliver the telling blow. If PC makes it to the final, it's lights out. The Friars will then have established "target lock" and will find a way to win their fifth championship in a row. #2 UNH over #3 Dartmouth The UNH Wildcats won the lone league game 2-3 at Hanover. Recently at Durham, New Hampshire again beat the DC Big Green 6-2. Playing at home I think UNH will be too tough for anyone to stop. They have the most confident team play I have seen this year. Dartmouth could pull out a victory if they start scoring. Big Green has the players and tactics to defeat any team. I look for the Wildcats to come out with an early score and unless DC answers quickly, UNH could run away with this match. #2 UNH over #1 Brown The Wildcats and Bears played a 1-1 tie in a shortened game at Durham. On the last weekend of the season, Brown beat UNH 5-4 in Providence to win the League title. There is no doubt in my mind that the Bears have more firepower than New Hampshire. Brown's problem lies in their emotional baggage and the lack of a coherent offensive plan. I believe UNH will exploit these areas of weakness and win the championship, with their superior team play, in a close match. The Brown attack could turn it on and devastate the Wildcats, but I think the tense nature of the final will give UNH the edge. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.