2024_NCAA_Division_I_women's_ice_hockey_tournament
The 2024 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This was the third year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams.[1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top 4 seeded teams on March 14 and 16, 2024, while the Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2024 at the Whittemore Center in Durham, New Hampshire.[2] The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 1–0 to claim their 2nd national championship.[3]
Quick Facts Teams, Finals site ...
| Teams | 11 |
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| Champions | Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Wisconsin Badgers (11th title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Nadine Muzerall (2nd title) |
| MOP | Raygan Kirk (Ohio State) |
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In the third year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other six teams were selected at-large.The top five teams are seeded.[4]
More information Seed, School ...
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
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| 1 | Ohio State | WCHA | 32–4–0 | At-large bid | 6th | 2023 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 33–5–0 | Tournament champion | 18th | 2023 |
| 3 | Colgate | ECAC | 31–6–1 | Tournament champion | 5th | 2023 |
| 4 | Clarkson | ECAC | 32–4–2 | At-large bid | 12th | 2023 |
| 5 | Minnesota | WCHA | 27–9–2 | At-large bid | 21st | 2023 |
| 6 | Cornell | ECAC | 24–7–1 | At-large bid | 9th | 2020 |
| 7 | St. Lawrence | ECAC | 27–10–0 | At-large bid | 10th | 2017 |
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 20–13–4 | At-large bid | 15th | 2023 |
| 9 | Connecticut | Hockey East | 25–7–5 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
| 10 | Penn State | CHA | 22–12–3 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2023 |
| 11 | Stonehill | NEWHA | 20–15–2 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
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Bids by state
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| Bids | State(s) | Schools |
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| 4 | New York | Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, St. Lawrence |
| 2 | Minnesota | Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth |
| 1 | Connecticut | Connecticut |
| Massachusetts | Stonehill | |
| Ohio | Ohio State | |
| Pennsylvania | Penn State | |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
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| First Round March 14[5] | National Quarterfinals March 16 | National Semifinals March 22 | National Championship March 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Connecticut | 0 | 1 | Ohio State | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1** | 1 | Ohio State | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Clarkson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Clarkson | 3**** | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Cornell | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Stonehill | 1 | 3 | Colgate | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Cornell | 7 | 3 | Colgate | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Penn State | 0 | 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 1* | |||||||||||||||||
Note: each * denotes one overtime period
First Round
Connecticut vs. Minnesota Duluth
| March 14, 2024 7:01 pm | Connecticut | 0–1 2OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Minnesota Duluth | The Ohio State University Ice Rink Attendance: 314 |
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| Tia Chan | Goalies | Ève Gascon | Referees: Amanda Tassoni Paul Maciejewski Linesmen: Michael Roberts Coby Munson | ||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||
| 33 | Shots | 49 | |||
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Stonehill vs. Cornell
| March 14, 2024 7:00 pm | Stonehill | 1–7 (0–1, 1–5, 0–1) | Cornell | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 215 |
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| Eve Stone | Goalies | Annelies Bergmann | Referees: Nathan Shemo Mackenzie McGuire Linesmen: Jodi Price Mike Bontatibus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Shots | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Penn State vs. St. Lawrence
| March 14, 2024 (2024-03-14) 7:00 pm | Penn State | 0 – 1 OT (0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 1) | St. Lawrence | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 701 |
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| Katie DeSa | Goalies | Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm | Referees: Robert Ludwig Mike Kaehler Linesmen: Aaron Neville Glendon Seal | ||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
| 36 | Shots | 44 | |||
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Quarterfinals
(5) Minnesota vs. (4) Clarkson
| March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16) 2:00 pm | Minnesota | 2 – 3 4OT (2–1, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Clarkson | Cheel Arena Attendance: 2,041 |
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| Lucy Morgan | Goalies | Michelle Pasiechnyk | Referees: Kelly Cooke Courtney Drennon Linesmen: Evan Cooke Laura Schmidlein | ||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 63 | Shots | 56 | |||||||||||||||
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Cornell vs. (3) Colgate
| March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16) 2:00 pm | Cornell | 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2) | Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 1,102 |
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| Annelies Bergmann | Goalies | Kayle Osborne | Referees: Sarma Pone Gui Bradshaw Linesmen: Doug Durgin Sam Jerome | |||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 34 | ||||||||||||
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St. Lawrence vs. (2) Wisconsin
| March 16 2:00 pm | St. Lawrence | 0–4 (0–1, 0–0, 0–3) | Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,273 |
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| Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm | Goalies | Ava McNaughton | Referees: Chelsea Rapin Dmitrii Antipin Linesmen: Kaitlin Hayes Andrew Kirk | |||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Shots | 47 | ||||||||||||
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Minnesota-Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State
| March 16 4:01 pm | Minnesota Duluth | 0–9 (0–3, 0–4, 0–2) | Ohio State | Ohio State University Ice Rink Attendance: 795 |
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| Ève Gascon | Goalies | Raygan Kirk | Referees: Scott Prim Alex Bergeron Linesmen: Jenny Cameron Alex Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 min | Penalties | 3 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Shots | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State
| March 22 4:00 pm | Clarkson | 1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3) | Ohio State | Whittemore Center |
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| Michelle Pasiechnyk | Goalies | Raygan Kirk | Referees: Kelly Cooke Dmitrii Antpin Linesmen: Kaitlyn Hayes Andrew Kirk | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 53 | |||||||||||||||
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(3) Colgate vs. (2) Wisconsin
| March 22 7:30 | Colgate | 1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2) | Wisconsin | Whittemore Center Attendance: 3,553 |
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| Kayle Osborne | Goalies | Ava McNaughton | Referees: Chelsea Rapin Courtney Drennon Linesmen: Evan Cooke Laura Schmidlein | |||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Shots | 21 | ||||||||||||
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Championship
(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State
| March 24 4:00 | Wisconsin | 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Ohio State | Whittemore Center Attendance: 4,378 |
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| Ava McNaughton | Goalies | Raygan Kirk | Referees: Sarma Pone Gui Bradshaw Linesmen: Glendon Seal Aaron Neville | ||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||
| 26 | Shots | 28 | |||
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All-Tournament Team
- G: Raygan Kirk*, Ohio State
- D: Cayla Barnes, Ohio State
- D: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin
- F: Joy Dunne, Ohio State
- F: Kirsten Simms, Wisconsin
- F: Makenna Webster, Ohio State
See also
- Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). "Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- "Ohio State Wins Second NCAA Championship". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- "2024 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.