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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

First round
Semifinal
Final
Champion
March 16
March 22
March 24
Clarkson
(3) Boston University
Mercyhurst
(2) Cornell
Harvard
(4) Boston College
North Dakota
(1) Minnesota
Boston University
Mercyhurst
Boston College
Minnesota
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Future sites

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

NCAA champions

YearChampionRunner-upSite
2012MinnesotaWisconsinDuluth, Minn.
2011WisconsinBoston UniversityErie, Pa.
2010Minnesota-DuluthCornellMinneapolis
2009WisconsinMercyhurstBoston
2008Minnesota-DuluthWisconsinDuluth, Minn.
2007WisconsinMinnesota-DuluthLake Placid, N.Y.
2006WisconsinMinnesotaMinneapolis
2005MinnesotaHarvardDurham, N.H.
2004MinnesotaHarvardProvidence, R.I.
2003Minnesota-DuluthHarvardDuluth, Minn.
2002Minnesota-DuluthBrownDurham, N.H.
2001Minnesota-DuluthSt. LawrenceMinneapolis
2000*MinnesotaBrownBoston
1999*HarvardNew HampshireMinneapolis
1998*New HampshireBrownBoston

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

NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player

YearWinner, Position, School
2012Noora Raty, G, Minnesota
2011Meghan Duggan, F, Wisconsin and Hilary Knight, F, Wisconsin
2010Emmanuelle Blais, F, Minnesota-Duluth
2009Jessie Vetter, G, Wisconsin
2008Kim Martin, G, Minnesota-Duluth
2007Sara Bauer, F, Wisconsin
2006Jessie Vetter, G, Wisconsin
2005Natalie Darwitz, F, Minnesota
2004Krissy Wendell, F, Minnesota
2003Caroline Ouellette, D, Minnesota-Duluth
2002Kristy Zamora, F, Brown
2001Maria Rooth, F, Minnesota-Duluth
2000Erica Killewald, G, Minnesota
1999Jennifer Botterill, F, Harvard
1998Winny Brodt, D, New Hampshire
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