WEST CHESTER, Pa. — March Madness may refer to NCAA basketball, but the University of Alabama in Huntsville is taking part in club hockey’s version.
The Chargers (12-11-1 overall) advanced to today’s quarterfinals of the AAU Division II national championship tournament with a 2-1 record in pool play. UAH, the No. 13 seed, will face No. 2 seeded Florida at 12:45 p.m.
The other matchups are: Top seed Florida Atlantic vs. No. 17 Union (N.Y.); No. 3 High Point vs. No. 11 Clemson; and No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 10 Penn State-Harrisburg.
The Chargers reached the “Elite Eight” by qualifying through a goals-against tiebreaker.
“Our focus was goals against,” UAH head coach Tim Flynn told Charger Hockey Journal after Sunday’s 8-3 win over Farmingdale State and before the seedings announcement. “We weren’t too concerned with scoring once we got a little bit of a buffer.
“We had a number in our head: I think we hit it, and we’ll see what happens.”
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” … it’s a great weekend for us no matter what happens,” Flynn said. “The guys worked extremely hard. Very proud of them, and they deserve it.”
