2003 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2003
Gender:women's
Ncaadiv:Division I
Division:National Collegiate
Teams:4
Frozenfourarena:Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
Frozenfourcity:Duluth, Minnesota
Champions:Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
Titlecount:3rd
Champgamecount:3rd
Champffcount:3rd
Runnerup:Harvard Crimson
Gamecount:1st
Runnerffcount:2nd
Semifinal1:Dartmouth Big Green
Frozenfourcount:2nd
Semifinal2:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Frozenfourcount2:2nd
Coach:Shannon Miller
Coachcount:3rd
Mop:Caroline Ouellette
Mopteam:Minnesota Duluth

The 2003 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved four schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 21, 2003, and ended with the championship game on March 23. A total of four games were played.

Qualifying teams

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth TypeAppearanceLast bid
1Minnesota DuluthWCHA29–3–2Tournament champion3rd2002
2HarvardECAC30–2–1Tournament champion2nd2001
3MinnesotaWCHA27–7–1At-large bid2nd2002
4DartmouthECAC26–7–0At-large bid2nd2001

Notes

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player

Notes and References

  1. News: HOCKEY; Minnesota-Duluth Makes It Three Straight. The New York Times. 24 March 2003. Borzi. Pat.
  2. Web site: Memorable Moments . Minnesota Duluth Athletics . 3 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165915/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/viewmoment.php?height=500&width=700&modal=true&id=113 . 25 July 2011 .
  3. News: HOCKEY; Minnesota-Duluth Makes It Three Straight. Borzi. Pat. 2003-03-24. The New York Times. 2019-07-22. en-US. 0362-4331.