| Year: | 2010 |
| Gender: | women's |
| Ncaadiv: | Division I |
| Division: | National Collegiate |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Frozenfourarena: | Ridder Arena |
| Frozenfourcity: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions: | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Champgamecount: | 6th |
| Champffcount: | 7th |
| Runnerup: | Cornell Big Red |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
| Runnerffcount: | 1st |
| Semifinal1: | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| Frozenfourcount: | 7th |
| Semifinal2: | Mercyhurst Lakers |
| Frozenfourcount2: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Shannon Miller |
| Coachcount: | 5th |
| Mop: | Emmanuelle Blais |
| Mopteam: | Minnesota Duluth |
The 2010 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were held at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercyhurst | CHA | 29–2–3 | At-large bid | 6th | 2009 | |
| 2 | Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 28–8–2 | Tournament champion | 9th | 2009 | |
| 3 | Minnesota | WCHA | 25–8–5 | At-large bid | 8th | 2009 | |
| 4 | Harvard | ECAC | 20–7–5 | At-large bid | 8th | 2008 | |
| Cornell | ECAC | 19–8–6 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never | ||
| Clarkson | ECAC | 23–11–5 | At-large bid | 1st | Never | ||
| New Hampshire | Hockey East | 19–8–5 | At-large bid | 5th | 2009 | ||
| Boston University | Hockey East | 16–9–12 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
Source.[2]
Saara Tuominen and Jaime Rasmussen of Minnesota Duluth were the only players to score two points in the championship game.
Two records were set in the championship game: at four hours and twenty-four minutes, the game set an NCAA Frozen Four record for longest game, and Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta set a record for most saves in an NCAA Championship game with 61 saves. The former record holder was Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter, who set the previous record in 2003 with 41 saves.[3]