2009 Men ' s Division III NCAA Tournament The 2009 Men ' s Division III NCAA Tournament will take place March 11 through March 21 , 2009 . The participants are : East Region : West Region : Plattsburgh is the SUNYAC champion and receives a first - round bye . Amherst is the NESCAC champion . Babson is the ECAC East champion . Nichols is the ECAC Northeast champion . Gustavus Adolphus is the MIAC champion . Wisconsin - Stout is the NCHA champion . Neumann is the ECAC West champion , and Adrian is the MCHA champion , but those leagues do not have an automatic qualifier . The Pool B bid , for teams without an automatic qualifier , goes to Hobart ( ECAC West ) . The Pool C at - large bids go to Elmira ( ECAC West ) , Neumann ( ECAC West ) , St . Scholastica ( NCHA ) , and Wisconsin - Superior ( NCHA ) . For the first time ever , two leagues have three teams in the tournament : ECAC West and NCHA . The ECAC West champion ( Neumann this year ) has never failed to make the tournament . Conversely , no MCHA team has ever made the tournament . Adrian , the league champion , had a 27 - 1 - 1 record this year but still could not break into the West Region rankings . The defending national champions , the St . Norbert Green Knights did not make the tournament , likely due to Neumann ' s win over Hobart in the ECAC West final on a tie - breaking goal with just 4 . 3 seconds remaining . First round . All three first - round games are in the East this year . The four West teams , plus Plattsburgh , receive byes into the quarterfinals . The first - round games will be held at the homes of the higher seeds ( although the tournament selections were not seeded , home games were awarded based on " some " criteria ) . Neumann at Elmira . In the ECAC West tournament , fourth - seeded Neumann upset top - seeded Elmira in Horseheads , en route to the Knights ' first league championship . Now , 11 days later , the Soaring Eagles were looking for revenge , but Neumann prevailed again , earning a win in their first - ever NCAA game . Neumann moves on to face top - ranked Plattsburgh . Nichols at Hobart . Hobart lost the ECAC West championship on a very late goal by Neumann , but they still earned their way to the Pool B bid ahead of Elmira and Neumann . Hobart moves on to play Amherst . Babson at Amherst . Amherst will next host Hobart . Quarterfinals . The quarterfinal games were played on March 14 at the homes of the higher seeds . Three of the games were won by the lower seed , two of them in overtime . East . Neumann at Plattsburgh . Neumann continued their unprecedented postseason run , improving to 2 - 0 all time in the national tournament with a win over heavily - favored Plattsburgh . An intense back - and - forth game , neither team ever led by more than one goal . Neumann ' s tying goal ( 4 - 4 ) in the third came just ten seconds after Plattsburgh ' s fourth and final goal . Neumann ' s Bill Foster scored the winner 2 : 38 into overtime . Neumann advances to play Hobart ( again ! ) in the semifinals . Hobart at Amherst . Amherst had a perfect record at home coming into the game . The two teams played a strong , physical contest , with the defenses keeping quality shots to a minimum and both goalies playing nearly lights - out . Hobart ' s Jason Merritt netted the winner at 11 : 40 of overtime , after picking a Lord Jeff ' s pocket deep in the Amherst zone . Hobart will advance and meet Neumann ( again ! ) in the semifinals . West . Gustavus Adolphus at Wisconsin - Superior . Gustavus Adolphus will face Wisconsin - Stout in the semifinals . St . Scholastica at Wisconsin - Stout . Wisconsin - Stout previously beat visiting St . Scholastica 3 - 2 on February 28 in the NCHA semifinals . This was the only quarterfinal game that was won by the home team . Wisconsin - Stout will face Gustavus Adolphus in the semifinals . Semifinals . The semifinal and final rounds will be held at the legendary Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid , New York , site of the Miracle on Ice in the 1980 Olympics . The semifinals will be held on Friday , March 20 . The later semifinal is a rematch of the ECAC West title game , in which visiting Neumann upset Hobart on a tie - breaking goal with less than five seconds left in regulation . Final . The semifinal winners will play in the final on Saturday , March 21 .