NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

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NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament
Sport College ice hockey
Number of teams11
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadiumHunt Arena
Current location River Falls, Wisconsin
Played2002–present
Last contest 2024
Current championWisconsin–River Falls (1)
Most championshipsPlattsburgh State (7)
TV partner(s)NCAA.com
Official website https://www.ncaa.com/sports/icehockey-women/d3

The annual NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the top women's team in the NCAA. The 2020 and 2021 championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

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Origins

The NCAA Division III championship of women's ice hockey began in 2002.

NCAA Division III women's ice hockey

Seventy-one schools in the United States, ranging from the Midwest to the East Coast, sponsor varsity women's hockey at the Division III level. Eight conferences are currently recognized by the NCAA—Colonial Hockey Conference, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, New England Hockey Conference, New England Small College Athletic Conference, Northeast Women's Hockey League, Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, United Collegiate Hockey Conference, and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Format

This tournament is a single elimination competition of ten teams. The semi-finals and finals are called the "Women's Frozen Four." The winners of the semi-finals move on to the championship, where the losers play in the third place game.

History

YearChampion [2] CoachScoreRunner-upCoachCityArena
2002 Elmira Jamie Wood2–1 Manhattanville Nicole Kirnan Elmira, New York First Arena
2003 Elmira (2)Jamie Wood5–1 Manhattanville Nicole Kirnan Elmira, New York First Arena
2004 Middlebury Bill Mandigo2–1 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Brian Idalski Middlebury, Vermont Chip Kenyon Arena
2005 Middlebury (2)Bill Mandigo4–3 Elmira Paul Nemetz-Carlson Elmira, New York First Arena
2006 Middlebury (3)Bill Mandigo3–1 Plattsburgh State Kevin Houle Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2007 Plattsburgh State Kevin Houle2–1 Middlebury Bill Mandigo Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2008 Plattsburgh State (2)Kevin Houle3–2 Manhattanville Lauren McAuliffe Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2009 Amherst Jim Plumer 4–3 (ot) Elmira Greg Fargo Middlebury, Vermont Chip Kenyon Arena
2010 Amherst (2) Jim Plumer 7–2 Norwich Mark Bolding St. Peter, Minnesota Lund Arena
2011 Norwich Mark Bolding 5–2 RIT Scott McDonald Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2012 RIT Scott McDonald4–1 Norwich Mark Bolding Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2013 Elmira (3)Dean Jackson1–0 Middlebury Bill Mandigo Superior, Wisconsin Superior Ice Arena
2014 Plattsburgh State (3)Kevin Houle9–2 Norwich Mark Bolding Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2015 Plattsburgh State (4)Kevin Houle3–2 Elmira Dean Jackson Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2016 Plattsburgh State (5)Kevin Houle5–1 Wisconsin–River Falls Joe Cranston Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2017 Plattsburgh State (6)Kevin Houle4–3 (ot) Adrian Chad Davis Adrian, Michigan Arrington Ice Arena
2018 Norwich (2) Mark Bolding 2–1 Elmira Tim Crowley Northfield, Vermont Kreitzberg Arena
2019 Plattsburgh State (7)Kevin Houle4–0 Hamline Natalie Darwitz Mendota Heights, Minnesota St. Thomas Ice Arena
2020Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 Middlebury (4)Bill Mandigo3–2 (ot) Gustavus Adolphus Mike Carroll Middlebury, Vermont Chip Kenyon Arena
2023 Gustavus Adolphus Mike Carroll2–1 (3ot) Amherst Jeff Mathews Amherst, Massachusetts Orr Rink
2024 Wisconsin–River Falls Joe Cranston4–1 Elmira Greg Haney River Falls, Wisconsin Hunt Arena

Team titles

Team#Years
Plattsburgh State 72007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Middlebury 42004, 2005, 2006, 2022
Elmira 32002, 2003, 2013
Amherst 22009, 2010
Norwich 22011, 2018
Gustavus Adolphus 12023
RIT 1 2012
Wisconsin–River Falls 1 2024

Result by school and year

32 teams have appeared in the NCAA DIII Tournament in at least one year starting with 2002. The results for all years are shown in this table below.

The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

SchoolConference
as of 2024
#F4CGCH 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24

Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 191587F4F4RUCHCHQFQFF4F4CHCHCHCHF4CHxF4F4QF
Middlebury NESCAC 191064QFQFCHCHCHRUQFF4F4QFRUQFF4QFQFxCHQFF4
Elmira NEHC 181283CHCHQFRUQFF4RUF4CHQFRUF4QFRUQFxF4RU
Amherst NESCAC 9432F4QFCHCHQFQFxRUQF
Norwich NEHC 11752QFRUCHRUQFRUF4F4CHx
Gustavus Adolphus MIAC 171021F4QFF4F4QFQFQFF4F4F4F4F4xRUCHQF
RIT moved to NC3221QFRUCH
Wisconsin–River Falls WIAC 9611F4F4QFQFQFQFF4F4RUQFQFxQFQFCH
Manhattanville UCHC 8430RURUF4QFQFQFRUQF
Wisconsin–Stevens Point WIAC 5310RUQFF4F4QF
Adrian MIAA 6310QFQFRUQFF4xQFF4
Hamline MIAC 2210RUF4
St. Thomas moved to NC6200QFF4QFQFQFF4
Bowdoin NESCAC 5200F4F4QFQFQF
Hamilton NESCAC 2100F4QF
Wisconsin–Superior WIAC 2100QFF4
Wisconsin–Eau Clare WIAC 4000QFQFxQF
Williams NESCAC 3000QFQF
Endicott CCC 3000xQF
Nazareth UCHC 3000QF
Trinity NESCAC 2000QFQF
Lake Forest Midwest 2000QFQF
Colby NESCAC 2000QFQF
Saint Mary's MIAC 1000QF
Concordia MIAC 1000QF
St. Norbert NACC 1000QF
UMass Boston NEHC 1000QF
Morrisville State SUNYAC 1000QF
Aurora NACC 1000
Suffolk CCC 1000
Cortland SUNYAC 1000
Western New England CCC 1000

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