St. Norbert, which won the NCHA regular season and Peters Cup playoff championships, earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Div. III Championships West Regional.

This is the fourth straight year the Green Knights, 24-2-3, have been the No. 1 seed. SNC will host a quarterfinal game on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Corernstone Community Center in Green Bay.

SNC will host St. Thomas, a 4-1 winner at St. John's in an NCAA first round game played on Wednesday. St. Thomas is the No. 3 seed in the West and has an 18-7-3 overall record. St. Thomas is one of only two teams to beat SNC this year - the Tommies took a 5-3 win at home on Nov. 5. It's the last game that SNC lost in 2004-05.

Six teams will compete in the East Regional and all of thoese games will be played on Saturday.

No. 6 New England (17-11) will be at No. 1 Manhattanville (21-3-1); No. 5 Curry (19-5-3) will be at No. 2 Middlebury (20-4-3) and No. 3 Trinity (19-5-3) will be at No. 4 Geneseo (18-6-4).

UW-Superior, which finished 19-3-7 overall, did not receive an atlarge berth after finishing second in the NCHA regular season standings and runner up in the Peters Cup NCHA playoff championship series.

Upcoming Games
NAA Div. III Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 12
St. Thomas at St. Norbert, 7 p.m.

2005 NCHA Men's Standings
after games of March 5, 2005