Pairings announced for women’s Division III tournament

The eight women’s teams in the women’s NCAA Division III tournament were announced Monday morning.

Plattsburgh, Middlebury, Wisconsin-River Falls and Adrian will host quarterfinal matchups on home ice March 11-12.

Plattsburgh hosts Amherst, Middlebury hosts Massachusetts-Boston, St. Thomas travels to Wisconsin-River Falls and Adrian will host Elmira this coming weekend.

The semifinals and finals will then run at a to-be-determined campus site March 18 and 19. The semifinals are slated for March 18 with the title game March 19.

Automatic qualifiers are the postseason tournament champions from the ECAC West, MIAC, NEHC, NESCAC and NCHA.

Plattsburgh defeated Elmira on home ice to win the 2015 championship.