2012 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

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2012 NCAA Women's Division III
Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams8
Finals site
Champions RIT Tigers  (1st title)
Runner-up Norwich Cadets  (3rd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Scott McDonald  (1 title)
MOP Laura Chamberlain (RIT)
Attendance1195

The 2012 NCAA Women's Division III Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play, that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The Frozen Four will be contested in the arenas of the teams with the better record.

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Background

The automatic qualifiers for the tournament include the postseason tournament champions from the following conferences: ECAC East, ECAC West, MIAC, NCHA and NESCAC. The Division III committee consists of the following members: Renee Hellert, New England College athletic director; Michael Letzeisen, ECAC administrator; Brad Marshall, head coach at St. Catherine; Jodi McKenna, head coach at Wesleyan; Steve Nelson, Wisconsin-Superior athletic director.

Game summaries

Regional matches

DateTimeTeamsArenaScoreNotes
March 102:00 CTWisconsin River Falls ( ) at Gustavus Adolphus ( )Don Roberts Arena
St. Peter, Minn.
Gustavus-Adolphus, 4-2
March 107:00 ETPlattsburgh ( ) at Middlebury ( )Kenyon Arena
Middlebury, Vermont
Plattsburgh, 4-2
March 103:00 ETAmherst ( ) at Norwich ( )Kreitzberg, Arena
Northfield, Vermont
Norwich, 5-0
March 102:00 ETConcordia, Minn. ( ) at RIT ( )Frank Ritter Memorial Arena
Rochester, New York
RIT, 5-2

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References

  1. "Women's Division III Hockey 2011-2012 Schedule and Results — Week 24". USCHO (Schedule). 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2021.