POSTSCRIPT

North Dakota, outshot 39-18 by Princeton and on the short end of play for long stretches today, is through to the Midwest Regional final. How? The Sioux capitalized on their chances.

Ryan Duncan scored three times, and Jean-Philippe Lamoureux kept the Tigers at bay with 38 saves.

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PREAMBLE

Well, there has already been one big upset in the NCAA tournament -- No. 4 seed Notre Dame beating No. 1 seed New Hampshire out in the West Regional Friday night. Can another fourth seed do it when Princeton (21-13) plays North Dakota (26-10-4) in the Midwest Regional opener today?

If the Tigers have any success, it likely will be because of a speed advantage on the big ice. That's not to say North Dakota doesn't have speed; just that you normally associate the Sioux with an aggressive style of play. We'll see how that plays out today.

NORTH DAKOTA'S LINES

16 Ryan Duncan-7 T.J. Oshie-14 Brad Miller
20 Matt Watkins-29 Chris VandeVelde-17 Rylan Kaip
10 Andrew Kozek-8 Ryan Martens-22 Brad Malone
26 Kyle Radke-11 Darcy Zajac-21 Matt Frattin

4 Taylor Chorney-28 Robbie Bina
2 Joe Finley-5 Chay Genoway
6 Zach Jones-25 Jake Marto

1 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux
30 Aaron Walski

PRINCETON'S LINES

25 Kyle Hagel-17 Kevin Kaiser-19 Brandan Kushniruk
16 Brett Wilson-6 Lee Jubinville-22 Mike Kramer
26 Matt Arhontas-14 Mark Magnowski-27 Cam MacIntyre
12 Kevin Lohry-10 Landis Stankievech-11 Erik Pridham

21 Mike Moore-4 Taylor Fedun
3 Jody Pederson-28 Kevin Crane
2 Brad Schroeder-15 Matt Godlewski

32 Zane Kalemba
30 Thomas Sychterz
34 Alan Reynolds