“They called us back,” Jincy said. “We have one house where a handful of girls live and we were waiting to hear and that afternoon, we found out everything was cancelled.

“It was . . . it was interesting. You just, it’s not something you plan for. At the end, it’s heartbreaking. You train for four-plus years. . . . We just won our conference, had been hot. It was our year. We were going to do something and boom! It was over before we knew it.

“The entire team went home. It was spring break at the time. It’s just weird. The season’s done and everyone’s home.”

It ended a stellar career at OSU for Jincy. For the second year in a row, she was named a first-team All-American (the first Ohio State player to do that) after making the second team as a sophomore and for the second year in a row was the WCHA’s defensive player of the year. Her 31 points this season (seven goals, 24 assists) left her at 99 for her career, the third-most for a defenseman in school history.

Meanwhile, Clarkson, located in Potsdam in upstate New York (the closest big city is Ottawa, Ontario), was getting ready for the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament, having finished second in the league (23-8-3 overall) for a first-round bye. The club was ranked seventh and eighth in the two national polls.