2017-18 NESCAC Women's Season

This is the 2017-18 New England Small College Athletic Conference Women's hockey season.
==Membership Changes==
*None, but Amherst College had announced that it was abandoning its nickname the "Lord Jeffs".  The nickname had become a source of division within the campus community as Lord Jefferson Amherst was a British general who openly supported giving the Native American poplulation blankets infested with smallpox during the French and Indian War. The school's teams were playing without a nickname for the 2016-17 season.  The new nickname was announced April 3, 2017 and it is the Amherst Mammoths.
==Membership==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst, Massachusetts 	Orr Rink
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Brunswick, Maine 	Sidney J. Watson Arena
Colby Mules 	Waterville, Maine 	Alfond Rink
Connecticut College Camels	New London, Connecticut 	Dayton Arena
Hamilton Continentals 	Clinton, New York 	Russell Sage Rink
Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury, Vermont 	Chip Kenyon '85 Arena
Trinity Bantams 	Hartford, Connecticut 	Koeppel Community Sports Center
Wesleyan Cardinals 	Middletown, Connecticut 	Spurrier-Snyder Rink
Williams Ephs 	Williamstown, Massachusetts	Lansing Chapman Rink
==Standings==
New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	New England Small College Athletic Conference	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Middlebury Panthers 	16 	13 	1 	2 	49 	17 	28 	28 	20 	5 	3 	85 	33
Connecticut College Camels 	16 	9 	3 	4 	35 	23 	22 	26 	15 	6 	5 	57 	38
Amherst Mammoths 	16 	9 	4 	3 	44 	28 	21 	27 	16 	7 	4 	80 	43
Hamilton Continentals 	16 	9 	4 	3 	32 	18 	21 	25 	13 	8 	4 	50 	29
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	16 	6 	7 	3 	32 	35 	15 	25 	13 	9 	3 	59 	47
Williams Ephs 	16 	4 	6 	6 	35 	39 	14 	25 	10 	8 	7 	66 	51
Colby Mules 	16 	2 	10 	4 	20 	42 	8 	25 	8 	13 	4 	42 	51
Wesleyan Cardinals 	16 	2 	10 	4 	17 	38 	8 	25 	6 	15 	4 	32 	60
Trinity Bantams 	16 	3 	12 	1 	18 	42 	7 	24 	7 	16 	1 	31 	66
Note: Amherst won season series 1-0-1 against Hamilton and Colby won season series 1-0-1 to win tie-breakers for seeding
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
The top 8 teams qualify for the single elimination conference tournament.  Quarterfinal round are held at the rink of the higher seeded team.  The semifinal and final rounds are held at the Chip Kenyon '85 Arena on the campus of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. The conference tournament winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Middlebury Panthers defeated Wesleyan Cardinals 5-0
*Connecticut College Camels defeated Colby Mules 3-1
*Amherst Mammoths defeated Williams Ephs 5-2
*Bowdoin Polar Bears defeated Hamilton Continentals 3-1
===Semifinals===
*Middlebury Panthers defeated Bowdoin Polar Bears 2-1
*Amherst Mammoths defeated Connecticut College Camels 3-1
===Final===
*Middlebury Panthers defeated Amherst Mammoths 2-0
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