Playoff time
It's playoff time and Union's teams are busy.
Men's basketball, at the top of the UCAA, host the UCAA tourney this weekend at Memorial Fieldhouse. On Friday at 6 p.m. No. 3 Clarkson faces No. 2 St. Lawrence. Union takes on Hamilton (4) at 8 p.m. The championship game is Saturday at 4 p.m.
The Dutchmen (18-7/11-3 UCAA) are led by senior guard and all-time points leader Aaron Galletta, recently named one of 10 national finalists for the Jostens Trophy as the Division III male basketball player of the year.
Women's basketball, seeded fourth in the UCAA, plays at No. 1 St. Lawrence on Friday, while William Smith (3) faces Rensselaer (2). The championship is on Saturday at SLU. The women, at 15-10/7-7 UCAA, have been paced this year by senior Katie Smith, who ranks second on Union's all-time scoring list.
On the playoff ice, women's hockey travels to RPI on Friday at 7 p.m. for the first round of the ECAC East tourney. Union is at 8-12-2, 8-9-1 in the ECAC.
For complete results of this weekend's contests, see the Web at http://www.union.edu/athletics.
At the Olympics
Brenda Petzold of Andover, Mass., on leave from Union the past several years to pursue her career in world-level aerial freestyle skiing, finished 17th in her event at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics on Saturday. Petzold, who did not advance to the final round, was the second American behind Tracy Evans in 14th place.