NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament

2024 bracket

First round
March 6
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 17
Hamilton
2
Nazareth
1
(OT) At Hamilton, 7 p.m. ET
Middlebury
8
W. New England
0
At Middlebury, 7 p.m. ET
Cortland
1
Elmira
3
At Cortland, 7 p.m. ET
Wis.-River Falls
2
Gustavus Adolphus
1
At Wis.-River Falls, 2 p.m. CT
Adrian
4
Hamilton
1
At Adrian, 3 p.m. ET
Plattsburgh
0
Middlebury
2
At Plattsburgh, 3 p.m. ET
Amherst
1
Elmira
2
(OT) At Amherst, 3 p.m. ET
Wis.-River Falls
3
Adrian
2
At Wis.-River Falls, 7 CT
Middlebury
0
Elmira
1
At Wis.-River Falls, 3 CT
Wis.-River Falls
4
Elmira
1
At Wis.-River Falls, 3 CT

2024 tournament

Location, dates:

Selection show: Sunday, March 3, 8:30 p.m. ET, NCAA.com

First round: Campus sites, March 6

Quarterfinals: Campus sites, March 9.

Semifinals, finals: At campus site of one of the participating teams, March 15 and 17.

Qualifying teams: 11.

Format: Winners of three first-round games join five teams chosen for the quarterfinals. All rounds are single elimination.

Automatic qualifiers:

Pool A: Postseason tournament champions from CCC, MIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, NCHA, SUNYAC and UCHC

Pool B: One team selected from independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification

Pool C: Three institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not their conference champions, and the remaining teams not in automatic-qualifying conferences

NCAA Division III women’s ice hockey committee

Wendy McManus, Oswego athletic director (chair)

Dave LaBaff, Wilkes coach

Michelle McAteer, Augsburg coach

Kelly Rider, Curry coach

Kimberly Sorensen, Marian senior woman administrator

NCAA champions

Year Champion Runner-up
2024 Wisconsin-River Falls Elmira
2023 Gustavus Adolphus Amherst
2022 Middlebury Gustavus Adolphus
2021 No tournament due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
2020 No tournament due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
2019 Plattsburgh Hamline
2018 Norwich Elmira
2017 Plattsburgh Adrian
2016 Plattsburgh Wisconsin-River Falls
2015 Plattsburgh Elmira
2014 Plattsburgh Norwich
2013 Elmira Middlebury
2012 Rochester Institute of Technology Norwich
2011 Norwich Rochester Institute of Technology
2010 Amherst Norwich
2009 Amherst Elmira
2008 Plattsburgh Manhattanville
2007 Plattsburgh Middlebury
2006 Middlebury Plattsburgh
2005 Middlebury Elmira
2004 Middlebury Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2003 Elmira Manhattanville
2002 Elmira Manhattanville