Hockey title puts tiny Union on the sports map (Yahoo Sports)

[ASFN Admin]

After tiny Union College toppled the heavyweights of hockey for the national title, its president, Stephen Ainlay, couldn't resist a little cheerleading. ''How about them Dutchmen!?'' Ainlay shouted Monday to a room full of accepted students, who promptly broke out in a thunderous roar. At a school that has always emphasized academics (it doesn't offer athletic scholarships), there's a feeling that the rafter-rattling victories over Boston College and Minnesota in the semi-final and final championships known as the Frozen Four will give it a greater profile nationally and draw more interest from prospective students. ''When we played in the Frozen Four they had to put 'New York' next to it,'' said Adam Appelbaum, a freshman from Boston.

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