2024 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament explained

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.

Qualifying teams

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]

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid
1Wisconsin–River FallsWIAC28–0–0At-large bid15th2023
2Plattsburgh StateSUNYAC22–4–1At-large bid19th2023
3Gustavus AdolphusMIAC22–4–0Tournament champion17th2023
4AmherstNESCAC21–3–2At-large bid9th2023
5AdrianNCHA27–2–0Tournament champion8th2023
ElmiraNEHC20–7–1Tournament champion18th2022
HamiltonNESCAC15–6–6At-large bid2nd2023
MiddleburyNESCAC16–6–4Tournament champion19th2023
NazarethUCHC22–5–1Tournament champion3rd2023
SUNY CortlandSUNYAC20–5–2Tournament champion1stNever
Western New EnglandCCC17–7–3Tournament champion1stNever

Bracket

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

First Round

(10) Elmira vs. (7) Cortland

Quarterfinals

(10) Elmira vs. (4) Amherst

Semifinals

(5) Adrian vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

Championship

(10) Elmira vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 NCAA DIII women’s ice hockey selections announced NCAA.com . 2024-03-08 . www.ncaa.com . en.