ROCHESTER, NY - In the past two UCHC Championship games in 2023 and 2024, the Nazareth women's hockey team downed Utica to successfully 3-peat as conference champions. Nazareth's title run began in 2021, when it smashed Manhattanville 7-0 to win its first-ever title. Following that season, Nazareth defeated Utica 3-2 in overtime for the 2022-23 championship. Last season, in 2023-24, Nazareth downed the Pioneers 2-1.

Trailing 2-1 in the 2023 title game, Abby Flanagan netted the game-tying goal with just 7.6 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime. Less than two minutes into the second overtime period, Julia Holmes ripped a shot from the points that made its way into the net to help the Golden Flyers mount the comeback. Ally Watrous was named the tournament MVP. Nazareth finished the season 22-6-1 and 18-1-1 in conference play. Watch the 2023 championship game highlights below:




In the 2024 championship game, Nazareth scored two power play goals, one from Julia Holmes in the first period and the other from Ella Cedrone in the third period to take the title 2-1. Goaltender McKinley Hoff was sensational in net for Nazareth, stopping 32 shots en route to being named Most Valuable Player. The Golden Flyers were 22-6-1 overall and 19-0-1 in league play. Check out the highlights below:



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About the Top 100 Moments
10 moments will be revealed each month, spanning March 2024 to December, 2024. Five moments will be unveiled during the first week of each month and then another five moments during the third week of the month. Moments will not be "ranked" 1-100 and will be released in no particular order. 
 
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The moments will be revealed on the Nazareth Athletics social media channels and website and will include photos, video, box scores, etc. The official hashtag is #NazAthletics100.

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