Women’s Division I NCAA tournament

2012 tournament

Locations, dates:

• First round: Campus sites, March 10. Schedule/results
• Frozen Four: Amsoil Arena, Duluth, Minn., March 16 and 18. 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

Selection committee: Chris Schneider, Ohio State associate athletic director (chair); Rick Seeley, Quinnipiac coach; Shannon Miller, Minnesota-Duluth coach; Megan McHugo, Ivy League assistant director.

Printable bracket (PDF, opens in new window)

Future sites

2013
• Frozen Four: Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, March 22 and 24

NCAA champions

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

NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player