While it has not been officially announced, by my calculations the ECAC East men's and women's hockey tournament quarterfinal matchups next weekend should look like this ...

Men
University of New England at Norwich
New England College at Castleton
Southern Maine at Babson
UMass-Boston at Skidmore
Women
Nichols at Norwich
UMass-Boston at Manhattanville
Southern Maine at New England College
Castleton at Salve Regina


In college hoop yesterday fourth ranked Middlebury advanced to the NESCAC finals with a 12 point win over arch-rival Williams at Pepin Gym ... the Panthers play Wesleyan next in the semi-finals next weekend ... but they will have to try to get the job done on the road ... the semis and finals will be at Amherst.


Of course all of this is just the beginning ... hockey and basketball tournament action ... colllege and high school ... will be center stage over the next month and we will be right in the middle of it here at NSN Sports.