Women’s Division I NCAA tournament

2013 tournament

Locations, dates:

• First round: Campus sites, March 16. Schedule/results
• Frozen Four: Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, March 22 and 24. Schedule/results

Qualifying teams: 8

Format: The top four teams according to the selection criteria will be seeded 1-4. The remaining four teams will be placed in the bracket based on relative strength as long as these pairings do not result in additional flights. All rounds are single elimination.

Automatic qualifiers: Postseason tournament champions from ECAC Hockey, Hockey East and WCHA

NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey committee:

• Chris Schneider, Ohio State associate athletic director
• Megan P. McHugo, Ivy League assistant director
• Amanda Braun, Northeastern senior associate athletic director
• Jeff Giesen, St. Cloud State coach

Future sites

2014
• Frozen Four: TD Bank Sports Center, Hamden, Conn.

NCAA champions

* — National Championship sponsored by the AWCHA, not the NCAA, from 1998 to 2000

NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player