NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament

2024 bracket

Regional semifinals
March 14
Regional finals
March 16
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 24
Minnesota Duluth
1
UConn
0
(2OT) 7 p.m. ET, at Ohio State
Cornell
7
Stonehill
1
7 p.m. ET, at Colgate
St. Lawrence
1
Penn State
0
(OT) 7 p.m. CT, at Wisconsin
1 Ohio State
9
Minnesota Duluth
0
4 p.m. ET, at Ohio State
4 Clarkson
3
5 Minnesota
2
(4OT) 2 p.m. ET, at Clarkson
3 Colgate
3
Cornell
1
3 p.m. ET, at Colgate
2 Wisconsin
4
St. Lawrence
0
2 p.m. CT, at Wisconsin
Ohio State
Clarkson
4 ET, Durham, N.H., ESPN+
Colgate
Wisconsin
7:30 ET, Durham, N.H., ESPN+
4 ET, Durham, N.H., ESPNU

2024 tournament

Locations, dates:

Selection show: Sunday, March 10, noon ET, ESPNews

Regional semifinals: Campus sites of top three seeds, March 14/15

Regional finals: Campus sites of top four seeds, March 16/17

Frozen Four: Whittemore Center Arena, Durham, N.H., March 22 and 24

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 CHA, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, NEWHA and WCHA.

NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey committee

Jeremy Gibson, Merrimack athletic director (chair)

William Martinov, Long Island chief of alumni engagement and athletics advancement

Cara Morey, Princeton coach

Janine Oman, Ohio State senior deputy director

Britni Smith, Syracuse coach

Future sites

2025

Frozen Four: Ridder Arena, Minneapolis

2026

Frozen Four: Pegula Ice Arena, State College, Pa.

NCAA champions

Year Champion Runner-up Site
2023 Wisconsin Ohio State Duluth, Minn.
2022 Ohio State Minnesota Duluth State College, Pa.
2021 Wisconsin Northeastern Erie, Pa.
2020 No tournament due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
2019 Wisconsin Minnesota Hamden, Conn.
2018 Clarkson Colgate Minneapolis
2017 Clarkson Wisconsin St. Charles, Mo.
2016 Minnesota Boston College Durham, N.H.
2015 Minnesota Harvard Minneapolis
2014 Clarkson Minnesota Hamden, Conn.
2013 Minnesota Boston University Minneapolis
2012 Minnesota Wisconsin Duluth, Minn.
2011 Wisconsin Boston University Erie, Pa.
2010 Minnesota Duluth Cornell Minneapolis
2009 Wisconsin Mercyhurst Boston
2008 Minnesota Duluth Wisconsin Duluth, Minn.
2007 Wisconsin Minnesota Duluth Lake Placid, N.Y.
2006 Wisconsin Minnesota Minneapolis
2005 Minnesota Harvard Durham, N.H.
2004 Minnesota Harvard Providence, R.I.
2003 Minnesota Duluth Harvard Duluth, Minn.
2002 Minnesota Duluth Brown Durham, N.H.
2001 Minnesota Duluth St. Lawrence Minneapolis
2000* Minnesota Brown Boston
1999* Harvard New Hampshire Minneapolis
1998* New Hampshire Brown Boston

NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Players

Year Winner, Position, School
2023 Cami Kronish, G, Wisconsin
2022 Paetyn Levis, F, Ohio State
2021 Makenna Webster, F, Wisconsin
2020 No tournament due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
2019 Kristen Campbell, G, Wisconsin
2018 Shea Tiley, G, Clarkson
2017 Cayley Mercer, F, Clarkson
2016 Sarah Potomak, F, Minnesota
2015 Hannah Brandt, F, Minnesota
2014 Jamie Lee Rattray, F, Clarkson
2013 Noora Raty, G, Minnesota
2012 Noora Raty, G, Minnesota
2011 Meghan Duggan, F, Wisconsin
Hilary Knight, F, Wisconsin
2010 Emmanuelle Blais, F, Minnesota Duluth
2009 Jessie Vetter, G, Wisconsin
2008 Kim Martin, G, Minnesota Duluth
2007 Sara Bauer, F, Wisconsin
2006 Jessie Vetter, G, Wisconsin
2005 Natalie Darwitz, F, Minnesota
2004 Krissy Wendell, F, Minnesota
2003 Caroline Ouellette, F, Minnesota Duluth
2002 Kristy Zamora, F, Brown
2001 Maria Rooth, F, Minnesota Duluth
2000 Erica Killewald, G, Minnesota
1999 Jennifer Botterill, F, Harvard
1998 Winny Brodt, D, Minnesota