2025 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament

2025 bracket

Regional semifinals
March 13
Regional finals
March 15
Semifinals
March 21
Championship
March 23
Clarkson
3
Boston University
1
At Wisconsin, 7 p.m. CT, ESPN+
Minnesota Duluth
6
Sacred Heart
1
At Cornell, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Penn State
1
St. Lawrence
4
At Ohio State, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN+
1 Wisconsin
4
Clarkson
1
At Wisconsin, 2 p.m. CT, ESPN+
4 Minnesota
3
5 Colgate
2
At Minnesota, 2 p.m. CT, ESPN+
3 Cornell
1
Minnesota Duluth
0
At Cornell, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN+
2 Ohio State
6
St. Lawrence
1
At Ohio State, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN+
Wisconsin
6
Minnesota
2
7:30 p.m. CT, ESPN+, Minneapolis
Cornell
2
Ohio State
4
4 p.m. CT, ESPN+, Minneapolis
Wisconsin
4
Ohio State
3
(OT) 3 CT, ESPNU, Minneapolis

2025 tournament

Locations, dates:

  • Selection show: Sunday, March 9, 11:30 a.m. ET, ESPNU
  • Regional semifinals: Campus sites of top three seeds, March 13/14
  • Regional finals: Campus sites of top four seeds, March 15/16
  • Frozen Four: Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, March 21 and 23

Qualifying teams: 11

Format: Five automatic qualifiers and the top six other teams from the PairWise Rankings are selected. The top four overall seeds are No. 1 seeds and will host regional finals. The next four overall seeds are No. 2 seeds. The remaining three teams are No. 3 seeds. The No. 4 overall seed will play the No. 5 overall seed. The bottom three No. 2 seeds will play the three No. 3 seeds in the regional semifinals. All rounds are single elimination. More: NCAA Division I women’s tournament selection process

Automatic qualifiers: Postseason tournament champions from Atlantic Hockey America, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, NEWHA and WCHA.

NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey committee

  • Janine Oman, Ohio State senior deputy director (chair)
  • Cara Morey, Princeton coach
  • Dean O’Keefe, Stonehill athletic director
  • Britni Smith, Syracuse coach
  • TBA, Hockey East representative