NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament appearances by school explained

The following is a list of teams that have made appearances in the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship listed by their conference. The championship has existed since the 2000–2001 season and groups include the university teams of Divisions I and II of the NCAA.^[1]

Tournament appearances by conference

School	of Appearances	of Frozen Fours	of Championship Games	of Championships
Mercyhurst	13 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)	4 (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014)	1 (2009)	0
Penn State	2 (2023, 2024)	0	0	0
RIT	1 (2015)	0	0	0
Robert Morris	2 (2017, 2021)	0	0	0
Syracuse	2 (2019, 2022)	0	0	0

School	of Appearances	of Frozen Fours	of Championship Games	of Championships
Brown	1 (2002)	1 (2002)	1 (2002)	0
Clarkson	12 (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)	6 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024)	3 (2014, 2017, 2018)	3 (2014, 2017, 2018)
Colgate	5 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)	2 (2018, 2024)	1 (2018)	0
Cornell	9 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024)	4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2019)	1 (2010)	0
Dartmouth	8 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)	4 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)	0	0
Harvard	12 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)	6 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2015)	4 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2015)	0
Princeton	4 (2006, 2016, 2019, 2020)	0	0	0
Quinnipiac	4 (2015, 2016, 2022, 2023)	0	0	0
St. Lawrence	10 (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2024)	5 (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)	1 (2001)	0
Yale	2 (2022, 2023)	1 (2022)	0	0

School	of Appearances	of Frozen Fours	of Championship Games	of Championships
Boston College	12 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)	7 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)	1 (2016)	0
Boston University	6 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)	2 (2011, 2013)	2 (2011, 2013)	0
Connecticut	1 (2024)	0	0	0
New Hampshire	5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)	2 (2006, 2008)	0	0
Northeastern	7 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)	3 (2021, 2022, 2023)	1 (2021)	0
Providence	2 (2005, 2021)	0	0	0

School	of Appearances	of Frozen Fours	of Championship Games	of Championships
LIU	1 (2023)	0	0	0
Stonehill	1 (2024)	0	0	0

School	of Appearances	of Frozen Fours	of Championship Games	of Championships
	21 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)	15 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023)	9 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)	6 (2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
	15 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)	9 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2021, 2022)	7 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2022)	5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010)
	6 (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)	5 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)	3 (2022, 2023, 2024)	2 (2022, 2024)
	18 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)	15 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)	11 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)	7 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023)

Defunct teams

School	of Appearances	of Frozen Fours	of Championship Games	of Championships
Niagara	1 (ECAC Eastern: 2002)	1 (ECAC Eastern: 2002)	0	0
North Dakota	2 (WCHA: 2012, 2013)	0	0	0

Teams without a tournament appearance

The following active Division I programs have never qualified for the NCAA tournament.

• CHA

Lindenwood

• ECAC Hockey

RPI, Union

• Hockey East

Holy Cross, Maine, Merrimack, Vermont

• NEWHA

Assumption, Franklin Pierce, Post, Sacred Heart, Saint Anselm, Saint Michael's

• WCHA

Bemidji State, Minnesota State, St. Cloud State

• • St. Thomas will play its first National Collegiate season in 2021–22. The Tommies will not be eligible for the tournament until 2024–25. While St. Thomas' ongoing transition from Division III to Division I will take five years in all, it will be tournament-eligible after three, reflecting the standard three-year transition period for moves from D-III to Division II.

External links

• NCAA Division I women ice hockey page
• NCAA Ice Hockey, Division I Women's Records

Notes and References

1. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D111.pdf NCAA Division I manual