St. Norbert, which won the NCHA regular season and Peters Cup playoff championships, lost a 3-2 decision to St. Thomas in the NCAA Div. III quarterfinals played Saturday in Green Bay.

UST jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on for the win. UWT led 1-0 after one and 3-1 after two. UST scored at 14:54 of the first period, 4:31 and 7:17 of the second.

SNC got back to within 3-1 at 16:58 of the socond period when Jason Deitsch scored his 15th goal of the year. Connor Hughes assisted him on the power-play goal. At :33 of the final period, Dietsch scored his second of the game, and 16th of the year, with assists to Spencer Carbery adn Ryan Tew to make it a 3-2 game. But that's as close as SNC could get despite outshooting UST, 20-5 in the third period. SNC outshot the Tommies, 42-24, for the game.

SNC goalie Kyle Jones made 21 saves and Tommie goalie Zach Sikich stopped 40 shots.

St. Thomas is one of only two teams to beat SNC this year - the Tommies also took a 5-3 win at home on Nov. 5.

Recent Results
NAA Div. III Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 12
St. Thomas 3, St. Norbert 2 (at St. Norbert)

2005 NCHA Men's Standings
after games of March 12, 2005