The Hamilton College Continentals travel to Adrian, Mich., for a 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship quarterfinal against Adrian College at Adrian's Arrington Ice Arena on Saturday, March 9 at 3 p.m.
 
These two teams met in the quarterfinals at Adrian in 2023 and Hamilton came away with a 2-0 win. Saturday's winner plays the winner of University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Gustavus Adolphus College in the semifinals on Friday, March 15 at a site and time to be determined.
 
General admission tickets are purchased on Adrian's athletics website by clicking on the tickets link listed for the Hamilton game on the women's hockey team schedule. Section D is available to Hamilton parents and fans, who should use the passcode HamiltonWIH.
 
Here's a glance at both teams heading into Saturday afternoon's matchup.
 
Records
Hamilton: 16-6-6 (6-5-5 in New England Small College Athletic Conference, tie for third place)
Adrian: 27-2-0 overall (16-0-0 in Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, first place)
 
Rankings
Hamilton: No. 8 in March 4 USCHO.com Division III Top 15 poll and No. 8 in March 3 PairWise
Adrian: No. 3 in March 4 USCHO.com Division III Top 15 poll and No. 5 in March 3 PairWise
 
How They Got Here
Hamilton: At-large bid after losing in the NESCAC Championship final; defeated Nazareth University 2-1 in overtime in NCAA championship first round on March 6
Adrian: Automatic bid for winning the NCHA Slaats Cup finals.
 
NCAA History
Hamilton: Second appearance, 3-1 record in NCAA Championship
Adrian: Eighth appearance, 4-6 record in NCAA Championship
 
Head Coaches
Hamilton: Kayte Holtz, first season, 16-6-6 record
Adrian: Shawn Skelly, sixth season, 139-21-7 record
 
Team Stats
Hamilton: 2.0 goals/game; 29.6 shots/game; 21.9% PP pct. (14-64); 91.4% PK pct. (6-70); 5.3 PIM/game; 44.5% faceoff pct.
Adrian: 5.2 goals/game; 50.8 shots/game; 27.9% PP pct. (31-111); 91.4% PK pct. (7-81); 7.3 PIM/game; 56.8% faceoff pct.
 
Individual Stat Leaders
Hamilton: Abby Smith '24 (F, 5-4, 9G-9A-18P); Claire McGennis '24 (F, 5-7, 13G-3A-16P); Sami Quackenbush '24 (D, 5-6, 3G-13A-16P); Lydia Bullock '26 (F, 5-7, 6G-9A-15P)
Adrian: Une Bjelland (Gr., F, 5-4, 27G-30A-57P); Maya Roy (Sr., D, 5-5, 12G-24A-36P); Karmen Anderson (Sr., F, 5-6, 10G-23A-33P); Callie Wollschlager (Sr., F, 5-5, 8G-16A-24P); Zoe Lohrei (Jr., F, 5-4, 6G-18A-24P); Kathryn Truban (Sr., D, 5-3, 5G-19A-24P)
 
The Goaltenders
Hamilton: Teagan Brown '27 (5-7, 19 starts, 11-4-4 record, 1.13 GAA, .951 save pct., 5 shutouts)
Adrian: Michaela O'Brien (Gr., 5-5, 15 starts, 14-2-0 record, 0.77 GAA, .958 save pct., 6 shutouts)
 
Notes
Last year's NCAA quarterfinal meeting is the only one between the teams…Smith and Quackenbush were first team all-NESCAC selections and Brown was voted Rookie of the Year…Brown, who is from Northville about 56 miles from Adrian, made her first appearance in goal since Feb. 9 on Wednesday night and made 29 saves…The Continentals have played 13 overtime games and set a team record with six ties this season… Hamilton assistant coach Abby Kuhns '23 was the NESCAC Player of the Year and a first team all-American defender last year with the Continentals…The Bulldogs are riding a 20-game win streak and are 15-0 at home this season…Bjelland was named the NCHA Player of the Year after becoming the team's and conference's leading career point scorer…Head Coach Shawn Skelly collected co-Coach of the Year honors…O'Brien was named the NCHA Slaats Cup Tournament MVP.