2025 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

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2025 NCAA Division III Women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams12
Finals site
Champions Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons  (2nd title)
Runner-up Amherst Mammoths  (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachJoe Cranston (2nd title)
MOP Bailey Olson (Wisconsin–River Falls)

The 2025 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament with twelve schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The first round was played on the campuses of the higher on March 15, 2025, and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top four seeded teams on March 22, 2025. The Frozen Four was played on March 28 and 30, 2025 at Hunt Arena in River Falls, Wisconsin. [1] The Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons defeated the Amherst Mammoths 3–1 to win their second consecutive title. [2]

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Qualifying teams

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Elmira
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Endicott
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Augsburg
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Plattsburgh State
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Nazareth
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St. Norbert
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Wilkes
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Wisconsin–River Falls
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Middlebury
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Amherst
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Gustavus Adolphus
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Colby
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2025 Qualifying Teams
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The eight winners of their conference tournaments will receive automatic berths to the tournament. The other four teams will be selected at-large. The top four teams are seeded. [3] [4]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1 Augsburg MIAC 23–3–1Tournament champion1stNever
2 Amherst NESCAC 21–5–1Tournament champion10th2024
3 Middlebury NESCAC20–6–1At-large bid19th2024
4 Wisconsin–River Falls WIAC 23–3–2At-large bid16th2024
Colby NESCAC17–6–2At-large bid3rd2023
Elmira NEHC 20–7–1Tournament champion19th2024
Endicott CNE 18–5–3Tournament champion4th2022
Gustavus Adolphus MIAC23–3–1At-large bid18th2024
Nazareth UCHC 20–6–1Tournament champion4th2024
Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 20–6–1Tournament champion20th2024
St. Norbert NCHA 24–4–1Tournament champion2nd2013
Wilkes MAC 22–4–1Tournament champion1stNever

Bids by state

BidsStateSchool(s)
3New YorkElmira, Nazareth, Plattsburgh State
2MassachusettsAmherst, Endicott
MinnesotaAugsburg, Gustavus Adolphus
WisconsinSt. Norbert, Wisconsin–River Falls
1MaineColby
PennsylvaniaWilkes
VermontMiddlebury

Bracket

First round
March 15 [5] 		Quarterfinals
March 22 		Semifinals
March 28 		National Championship
March 30
St. Norbert 2
St. Norbert31Augsburg4
Gustavus Adolphus 1 1 Augsburg 2
4Wisconsin-River Falls4
Elmira 1
Elmira14Wisconsin-River Falls4
Plattsburgh State 0 4Wisconsin-River Falls3
2 Amherst 1
Nazareth 0
Nazareth43Middlebury1
Endicott 2 3 Middlebury 1
2Amherst3
Colby 1
Wilkes 3 2Amherst4
Colby4

Results

First Round

St. Norbert v. Gustavus Adolphus

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		St. Norbert3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		Gustavus Adolphus Lund Arena – St. Peter, Minnesota
Attendance: 547
Game reference
Keira Markell Goalies Lily Timmons Referees:
Dan Olson
Eric Olson
Linesmen:
Joe Stretrum
Eric Frykman
0–102:18 – Lily Mortenson (22) (Thompson, Elliott)
12:22 – PP – Maddux Federici (1) (Hogan, Zurawik)1–1
34:22 – Kelsey Ross (9) (Zurawik)2–1
43:24 – Emma Stebbeds (4)3–1
4 minPenalties2 min
13Shots46

Elmira v. Plattsburgh State

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		Elmira1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		Plattsburgh State Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena – Plattsburgh, New York
Attendance: 778
Game reference
Sára Ševčíková Goalies Chloe Lewis Referees:
Ryan St. Louis
James Visconte
Linesmen:
Jason Therrien
Jason Lamoy
13:57 – PP – Erika Goleniak (17) (Schmidt, Dougherty)1–0
10 minPenalties4 min
17Shots40

Nazareth v. Endicott

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		Nazareth4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		Endicott Raymond J. Bourque Arena – Beverly, Massachusetts
Attendance: 428
Game reference
McKinley Hoff Goalies Lauren Ferrari Referees:
Heidi Niskanen
Haylee Mello
Linesmen:
Madeline Lane
Mikala Walsh
0–14:45 – Gracyn Kurrle (4) (Rago, Corso)
13:41 – Alexis Kindred (2) (Lyden, Judkiewicz)1–1
1–225:10 – Jenna Seibold (1) (Henshaw, Anderson)
36:11 – Sophia Pittis (6) (Laskowski, Sharp)2–2
53:36 – PP – Amy Laskowski (15) (Holmes, Judkiewicz)3–2
58:43 – EN – Amy Laskowski (16) (Lyden, Quackenbush)4–2
0 minPenalties2 min
30Shots24

Wilkes v. Colby

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		Wilkes3–4
(1–2, 0–2, 2–0)		Colby Alfond Rink –Waterville, Maine
Attendance: 750
Game reference
Audrey Milne Goalies Mandy Busky
0–101:17 – Audrey Shirer (4) (Tattersall, Staton)
10:44 – Megan Bell (8) (Maxon)1–1
1–215:41 – Breanna Studley (9) (Wick)
1–322:26 – Megan Martodam (4) (Lefebvre, Tattersall)
1–424:42 – Molly Lefebvre (7)
40:21 – Haylee Bouchard (20) (Pacilio)2–4
59:11 – PP – EA – Nina Hudáková (14) (Ferry, Bouchard)3–4
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots28

Quarterfinals

Nazareth v. (3) Middlebury

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		Nazareth0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		Middlebury Chip Kenyon '85 Arena – Middlebury, Vermont
Attendance: 2,400
Game reference
McKinley Hoff Goalies Sophia Will Referees:
Courtney Drennan
Steven Urbanke
Linesmen:
Aaron Jones
Mike Verminski
0–132:20 – Kate Flynn (11) (Hower, Kim)
0 minPenalties2 min
23Shots31

Colby v. (2) Amherst

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		Colby1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)		Amherst Orr Rink – Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 370
Game reference
Mandy Busky Goalies Natalie Stott Referees:
Chris Parsons
Michael Snyder
Linesmen:
Kyle Frenette
Madeline Lane
0–102:44 – Bea Flynn (12)
0–214:21 – PP – Ayla Abban (14) (Reynolds, Raffin)
0–326:15 – Bea Flynn (13) (Abban, Hohmann)
0–441:46 – Natalie Fu (3)(Dann, Lester)
44:57 – Anya Jiang (2)1–4
2 minPenalties4 min
30Shots31

Elmira v. (4) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		Elmira1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		Wisconsin–River Falls Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,029
Game reference
Sára Ševčíková Goalies Jordan O'Kane Referees:
David Berndgen
Mike Roberts
Linesmen:
Eric Frykman
Daniel Brickman
0–117:56 – Allisen Carothers (3) (Kadrlik, Olson)
0–230:45 – Bailey Olson (26)
0–345:48 – PP – Ellie Brice (16) (Goodreau, Jones)
49:02 – Erika Goleniak (18) (Lugge)1–3
1–457:48 – PP – Megan Goodreau (23) (Aure, Lindquist)
8 minPenalties4 min
19Shots43

St. Norbert v. (1) Augsburg

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		St. Norbert2–4
(0–0, 1–4, 1–0)		Augsburg Augsburg Ice Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 800
Game reference
Kiera Markell Goalies Kayla Simonson Referees:
Michaela Ball
Ross Van Zeeland
Linesmen:
Jase Friedlieb
Michael Hughes
0–121:29 – Ella Abrahamson (12) (Fagerlind)
0–222:48 – PP – Ella Abrahamson (13) (Schulte, Cronkhite)
32:37 – Tristan Wicklund (13) (Hogan, Hogan)1–2
1–333:02 – Anna Schulte (12) (Cronkhite, Stepan)
1–434:42 – Emily Cronkhite (10)
58:02 – PP – EA – Ava Anick (2) (Pieper)2–4
10 minPenalties10 min
32Shots33

Semifinals

(2) Amherst v. (3) Middlebury

March 28, 2025
4:00 pm		Amherst3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)		Middlebury Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 603
Game reference
Natalie Stott Goalies Sophia Will Referees:
Michaela Bahl
Dan Olson
Linesmen:
Eric Frykman
Joe Setrum
Alyssa Xu (7) – PP – 41:57 (Baxter, Mancini)1–0
1–147:30 – Cece Ziegler (8) (Appleyard)
Alyssa Xu (8) – 53:03 (Reynolds)2–1
Bea Flynn (12) – EN – 59:10 (Abban, Baxter)3–1
6 minPenalties4 min
18Shots21

(4) Wisconsin–River Falls v. (1) Augsburg

March 28, 2025
8:00 pm		Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		Augsburg Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,758
Game reference
Jordan O'Kane Goalies Kayla Simonson Referees:
Mark Knapp Jr
Heidi Niskanen
Linesmen:
Kyle Niskanen
Madeline Lane
03:41 – Alexa Niccum (8) (Jones)1–0
1–117:49 – Livia Brehm (5) (Schulte, Cronkhite)
1–224:20 – Anna Schulte (13) (Brehm, Stepan)
37:26 – Madison Lavergne (10) (Bielenberg-Howarth, Niccum)2–2
51:15 – Megan Goodreau (24) (Brice)3–2
54:21 – Cahlilah Lindquist (3) (Kadrlik, Olson)4–2
8 minPenalties4 min
29Shots24

Championship

(2) Amherst v. (4) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 30, 2025
4:00 pm		Amherst1–3
(0–0, 1–3, 0–0)		Wisconsin–River Falls Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,682
Game reference
Natalie Stott Goalies Jordan O'Kane Referees:
Michaela Bahl
Heidi Niskanen
Linesmen:
Joe Setrum
Erik Frykman
0–120:40 – MaKenna Aure (15) (Olson)
0–227:08 – Madison Kadrlik (22) (Olson, Carothers)
31:53 – Bea Flynn (13) –31:53 (Raffin, Abban)1–2
1–337:00 – Bailey Olson (27) (Lindquist, Niccum)
2 minPenalties6 min
17Shots28

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UWRF to Host 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Home Ice Glory: UWRF Wins Second Consecutive National Title with 3-1 Victory Over Amherst". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 30, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Division III women's hockey tournament". USCHO.com | NCAA. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 9, 2025.

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