The Utica University and Hamilton College Men's Hockey teams both moved on to the quarterfinal round of the DIII National Tournament on Saturday. Utica beat Fitchburg State 5-1 in the early game at the Adirondack Bank Center, and Hamilton defeated University of New England 4-2 on the road in the State of Maine in the nightcap.
When the bracket came out for this year's NJCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) fourth year head coach Harley Fuller said he had a hunch that it could all come down to two cross-county rivals that had already played three times since November. Fuller said, no matter the record of either team, when MVCC plays Herkimer "it's going to be fireworks, it doesn't matter what kind of a season either team had."
Nobody on the Utica side was happy with the outcome of the UCHC championship game at the Adirondack Bank Center on Saturday night. It was not the Pioneers night as they fell to visiting Geneseo by a score of 7-4.
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The Utica Pioneers men's hockey team hoped to be giving fans a taste of an exciting postseason play as they hosted Manhattanville on Friday night at the Adirondack Bank Center.