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Providence beats Neb.-Omaha 4-1 in Frozen Four Semifinal

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UNOBOSTON (AP) — Noel Acciari and Mark Jankowski scored second-period goals, Jon Gillies made 25 saves and Providence beat Nebraska-Omaha 4-1 on Thursday night in the Frozen Four to advance to the national championship game for the second time in school history.

Trevor Mingoia and Nick Saracino also scored for the Friars (25-13-2). They will face Hockey East rival Boston University in the championship game Saturday night at TD Garden. Boston University beat North Dakota 5-3 in the second semifinal.

The Friars, making their fifth appearance in the final four, lost to RPI in the 1985 title game in Detroit.

Jake Guentzel scored and Ryan Massa made 44 saves for Nebraska-Omaha (20-13-6). The Mavericks were making their first appearance in the Frozen Four.

UNO Athletics Hall of Fame to Induct 4 New Members

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UNOOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A class of two men and two women will be inducted into the Nebraska-Omaha Athletics Hall of Fame next month.

The inductees are volleyball player Tracy Ankeny, soccer player Stephanie Kruse, football player Marv Nevins and wrestler Les Sigman. They’ll be honored during the Night of Honor hosted by the UNO Alumni Association on Oct. 9.

Ankeny was a two-time first-team All-American in the late 1990s. Kruse was the 2002 North Central Conference player of the year. Nevins was a lineman on Omaha University’s 1955 Tangerine Bowl team. Sigman was part of three national championship teams from 2003-06 and the winningest wrestler in school history.

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