Year: | 2024 |
Ncaadiv: | Division III |
Division: | Division III |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 11 |
Frozenfourarena: | Hunt Arena |
Frozenfourcity: | River Falls, Wisconsin |
Champions: | Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Runnerup: | Elmira Soaring Eagles |
Gamecount: | 8th |
Coach: | Joe Cranston |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mop: | Maddie McCollins |
Mopteam: | Wisconsin–River Falls |
Semifinal1: | Middlebury Panthers |
Frozenfourcount: | 10th |
Semifinal2: | Adrian Bulldogs |
Frozenfourcount2: | 3rd |
The 2024 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The first round was played on the higher seeds campus on March 6, 2024, and quarterfinals will be played on the campuses of the top 5 seeded teams on March 9, 2024, while the Frozen Four will be played on March 15 and 17, 2024 at the highest remaining seeds campus. The Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons defeated the Elmira Soaring Eagles 4–1 to win their first national championship.
The seven winners of their conference tournaments received automatic berths to the tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top five teams are seeded.[1]
Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid | |
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1 | Wisconsin–River Falls | WIAC | 28–0–0 | At-large bid | 15th | 2023 | |
2 | Plattsburgh State | SUNYAC | 22–4–1 | At-large bid | 19th | 2023 | |
3 | Gustavus Adolphus | MIAC | 22–4–0 | Tournament champion | 17th | 2023 | |
4 | Amherst | NESCAC | 21–3–2 | At-large bid | 9th | 2023 | |
5 | Adrian | NCHA | 27–2–0 | Tournament champion | 8th | 2023 | |
Elmira | NEHC | 20–7–1 | Tournament champion | 18th | 2022 | ||
Hamilton | NESCAC | 15–6–6 | At-large bid | 2nd | 2023 | ||
Middlebury | NESCAC | 16–6–4 | Tournament champion | 19th | 2023 | ||
Nazareth | UCHC | 22–5–1 | Tournament champion | 3rd | 2023 | ||
SUNY Cortland | SUNYAC | 20–5–2 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never | ||
Western New England | CCC | 17–7–3 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
Note: each * denotes one overtime period