NCAA_Division_III_women's_ice_hockey_tournament

NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

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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

Year Champion[2] Coach Score Runner-up Coach City Arena
2002 Elmira Jamie Wood 2–1 Manhattanville Nicole Kirnan Elmira, New York First Arena
2003 Elmira (2) Jamie Wood 5–1 Manhattanville Nicole Kirnan Elmira, New York First Arena
2004 Middlebury Bill Mandigo 2–1 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Brian Idalski Middlebury, Vermont Chip Kenyon Arena
2005 Middlebury (2) Bill Mandigo 4–3 Elmira Paul Nemetz-Carlson Elmira, New York First Arena
2006 Middlebury (3) Bill Mandigo 3–1 Plattsburgh State Kevin Houle Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2007 Plattsburgh State Kevin Houle 2–1 Middlebury Bill Mandigo Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2008 Plattsburgh State (2) Kevin Houle 3–2 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 McDonald 4–1 Norwich Mark Bolding Rochester, New York Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
2013 Elmira (3) Dean Jackson 1–0 Middlebury Bill Mandigo Superior, Wisconsin Superior Ice Arena
2014 Plattsburgh State (3) Kevin Houle 9–2 Norwich Mark Bolding Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2015 Plattsburgh State (4) Kevin Houle 3–2 Elmira Dean Jackson Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2016 Plattsburgh State (5) Kevin Houle 5–1 Wisconsin–River Falls Joe Cranston Plattsburgh, New York Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
2017 Plattsburgh State (6) Kevin Houle 4–3 (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 Houle 4–0 Hamline Natalie Darwitz Mendota Heights, Minnesota St. Thomas Ice Arena
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 Middlebury (4) Bill Mandigo 3–2 (ot) Gustavus Adolphus Mike Carroll Middlebury, Vermont Chip Kenyon Arena
2023 Gustavus Adolphus Mike Carroll 2–1 (3ot) Amherst Jeff Mathews Amherst, Massachusetts Orr Rink
2024 Wisconsin–River Falls Joe Cranston 4–1 Elmira Greg Haney River Falls, Wisconsin Hunt Arena

Team titles

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:

  •    Opening round (did not exist until 2018)
    •  x  2 teams who lost in 2020 before the tournament was canceled.
  •  QF  Quarterfinals
    •  x  8 teams selected in 2020 who were in the quarterfinals before the tournament was canceled.
  •  F4  Frozen Four
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  CH  National Champion
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See also


References

  1. Staff, USCHO (2022-03-08). "After no championship since 2019, women's college hockey Division III national tournament returns with 10-team field for 2022". College Hockey | USCHO.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.

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