NESCAC Semifinals in tweets

Amherst defeated Williams, 3-1, and Bowdoin defeated Trinity, 5-4, to advance to the NESCAC semifinals tomorrow afternoon. You already knew that. But did you know how the semis unfolded in the twitterverse? Don't forget to vote for who you think will win tomorrow (poll on left sidebar). 

#2 Amherst vs #3 Williams 
Pre-game

Check out the NESCAC Men's Hockey Championship preview as the No. 2 Jeffs prepare for No. 3 Williams Saturday. https://t.co/1Cr2jYqodw
— Amherst Sports (@AmherstSports) March 6, 2014

Nescac semi-finals. The #Atrain is rolling.
— Austin Ho (@a_ho26) March 8, 2014

Eph Men's Hockey to Face Amherst in NESCAC Semifinals at Trinity Saturday - 128th meeting of Ephs & Jeffs: http://t.co/pqi8qTHfd4
— Williams CollegeEphs (@EphSports) March 5, 2014

“@hockeyinthecac: Preview: @EphSports vs @AmherstSports NESCAC MOH semi at 1. http://t.co/qKM2sKLLSb” @EphSports
— David Pilachowski (@dpilacho) March 8, 2014

1st Period  

@howardherman Men up 1 - 0 (Hunkele)
— Joe LaCour (@joecct77) March 8, 2014

Williams scores first about 6 minutes in on @Ghunks14 goal but Amherst answers right back with Connor Brown goal 2 minutes later. 1-1.
— Hockey in the 'Cac (@hockeyinthecac) March 8, 2014

MIH NESCAC Semifinal: Amherst 1, Williams 1 (After 1st) #d3hky
— NESCAC (@NESCAC) March 8, 2014

2nd Period  

Very nice webcast by @nsnsports for NESCAC MIH Championships. HD camera and high bit rate streaming. Thank you! @hockeyinthecac
— Peter Young (@Peter_Young_NYC) March 8, 2014

End of two: Williams 1 Amherst 1 tight defensive game and goaltenders duel between Cunningham and Daugherty
— CenterIceView (@CenterIceClub) March 8, 2014

3rd Period  

MIH: Amherst takes 2-1 lead over Williams while skating with 2-man advantage in 3rd period #d3hky
— NESCAC (@NESCAC) March 8, 2014

Deutsch to Kurlandski for his 2nd pp goal of the 3rd. Amherst leads 3-1 with 3:05.
— Hockey in the 'Cac (@hockeyinthecac) March 8, 2014

FINAL

The men's hockey team is headed to the NESCAC Championship game with a 3-1 semifinal win over Williams. https://t.co/m8qGWbVtSZ
— Amherst Sports (@AmherstSports) March 8, 2014

Post-game  

Congrats! Go Amherst! RT @NESCAC: MIH NESCAC Semifinal: No. 2 Amherst 3, No. 3 Williams 1 (Final)
— Biddy Martin (@Biddy_Martin) March 8, 2014

Couldn't have asked for a better group of seniors to have as teammates
— Frankie Mork (@FrankieMork) March 8, 2014

#1 Trinity vs #5 Bowdoin  
Pre-game

Game day. The Bantams host Bowdoin in the NESCAC semifinals today at 4:30 pic.twitter.com/UlmMFphaWd
— Trinity Men's Hockey (@TCBantamsHockey) March 8, 2014

Going to go live in about five minutes on http://t.co/fBhHhMoqDl for semifinal #2 between Trinity and Bowdoin pic.twitter.com/hRPIC0H2tt
— Jacob Donnelly (@JacobDonnelly31) March 8, 2014

Bowdoin vs Trinity, got @PomfretSchool grads Danny Palumbo, Connor Quinn & Jay Kourkoulis for Polar Bears Ben Coulthard for the Bantams
— Aidan McGloine (@CliveBigsbe) March 8, 2014

1st Period  

Bowdoin takes a 1-0 lead with 2:44 left in the 1st as a wrister from McGinnis trickles through Coulthard's 5 hole.
— Hockey in the 'Cac (@hockeyinthecac) March 8, 2014

Watching both Bowdoin hockey teams score within 10 seconds of one another is a beautiful thing.
— Marisa McGarry (@marismcgarry) March 8, 2014

Bowdoin up 1-0 after first. Bowdoin effective at center ice trap; Trinity had to kill 2 bad penalties. Long way to go
— ScotsFan78 (@ScotsFan78) March 8, 2014

2nd Period

@BantamSports ties Bowdoin 1-1 on early 2nd period goal by Sean Orlando in NESCAC men's ice hockey semifinals
— Bantam Sports (@BantamSports) March 8, 2014

Bowdoin leads Trinity, 2-1, in #NESCAC semifinal action. #mesports #d3hky
— Chris Roy (@Chris_MHJ) March 8, 2014

And John McGinnis '15 scores on a wrap-around shot to give the men a 3-1 lead. Just over 11 minutes left in the second period. ^GC
— The Bowdoin Orient (@bowdoinorient) March 8, 2014

MIH #NESCAC Semifinal: Bowdoin capitalizes on a Trinity turnover to go up 4-1 with 8:14 left in the 2nd #d3hky
— NESCAC (@NESCAC) March 8, 2014

Joe Horak tips in a Sam Johnson shot from the outside to cut Bowdoin lead 4-2 with 3 minutes to play in 2nd.
— Hockey in the 'Cac (@hockeyinthecac) March 8, 2014

Trinity buzzer beater at the end of the second pulls the Bantams within 1 at the end of the second
— Shea (@sheabeingshea) March 8, 2014

3rd Period  

Connor Quinn '15 scores on a wrap-around shot! Polar Bears lead 5-3 with 13:11 left. A crucial goal to put Bowdoin up by 2. ^GC
— The Bowdoin Orient (@bowdoinorient) March 8, 2014

Trinity pulls Coulthard and they cut it to 5-4 with 43 seconds left.
— Hockey in the 'Cac (@hockeyinthecac) March 8, 2014

FINAL  

Final from Hartford - Bowdoin @GoUBears 5 Trinity 4 #NESCAC #whatsnext? pic.twitter.com/ZGEkX9V45x
— Sean Downey (@downeyseanm) March 8, 2014

Post-game 

#5 Bowdoin (@GoUBears) upsets #1 Trinity, 5-4, & will play in Amherst in the @NESCAC Championship tomorrow @ 2pm. #d3hky #mesports #NESCAC
— Chris Roy (@Chris_MHJ) March 8, 2014

Bants go down hard. Game effort, but couldn't see that Bowdoin was taking away passing lanes. Hope the Bants get an at-large bid.
— ScotsFan78 (@ScotsFan78) March 9, 2014

“@mitchbarr107: Another night with the boys couldn't ask for anything more” #mitch4
— Blake Cormier (@harvhockey) March 9, 2014

Always the hardest goodbye, it's only until you are older and you realize that these times playing… http://t.co/04VbDgctdX
— Ryan Cole (@RColesy) March 9, 2014

Bowdoin's mens team beating Trinity made my weekend! Way to go Bowdoin #GoUBears!!!!!
— Nicole Gibbs (@MrsJoshuaGibbs) March 9, 2014