The 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship begins with a selection show on March 3 to reveal the 11 team spots and ends with the national championship game on March 17, hosted by the top-seeded semifinalists. Continue.
The tournament will consist of 11 teams in total, with 5 teams advancing to the quarterfinals and 6 teams competing in the first round. Seven teams will qualify by earning an automatic bid as conference champions, and the remaining participating teams will be selected at-large. Teams from the same conference will not be paired against each other in the first contest.
2024 NCAA DIII Women's Ice Hockey Championship Bracket
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2024 NCAA DIII Women's Ice Hockey Championship Schedule
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Semifinals | Friday, March 15 (live streaming on ncaa.com)
Championship | Sunday, March 17, 4:00 p.m. (livestreamed on ncaa.com)
Round 1 | Wednesday, March 6th at 7pm
Quarterfinals | Saturday, March 9th, 3pm
2024 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship Selection
Conferences and teams that automatically qualified:
| meeting | automatic bidding |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | western new england |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Gustav Adolphus |
| new england hockey conference | elmira |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | middlebury |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY Cortland |
| United Collegiate Hockey Conference | Nazareth |
| Women's Northern Collegiate Hockey Association | Adrian |
The Pool B team was selected by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, while the three schools selected from Pool C were Amherst, Hamilton and Plattsburgh State University.
DIII Women's Ice Hockey CChampionship history
Gustavus Adolphus defeated Amherst 2-1 in overtime, capping an outstanding 27-3-0 season and winning the program's first national championship.
The DIII Women's Ice Hockey Tournament began in 2002 and has been held every year except for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Plattsburgh State won his record seven championships, and Middlebury College won his four.
Here is a complete history of each game in the DIII Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
| Year | Champion (record) | Score | runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gustav Adolphus (27-3-0) | 2-1 (3OT) | amherst |
| 2022 | Middlebury (27-0-0) | 3-2 (OT) | Gust.adolphus |
| 2019 | Plattsburgh State (28-2-0) | 4-0 | hamline |
| 2018 | norwich | 2-1 | elmira |
| 2017 | Plattsburgh State (28-1-1) | 4-3 (Otto) | Adrian |
| 2016 | Plattsburgh State (29-1) | 5-1 | wisconsin river falls |
| 2015 | Plattsburgh State (26-2-2) | 3-2 | elmira |
| 2014 | Plattsburgh State (28-1-1) | 9-2 | norwich |
| 2013 | Elmira (24-5-1) | 1-0 | middlebury |
| year 2012 | RIT (28-1-1) | 4-1 | norwich |
| 2011 | Norwich (25-4-1) | 5-2 | R.I.T. |
| 2010 | Amherst (23-2-4) | 7-2 | norwich |
| 2009 | Amherst (24-5) | 4-3 (Otto) | elmira |
| 2008 | Plattsburgh State (25-3-1) | 3-2 | manhattan building |
| 2007 | Plattsburgh State (27-0-2) | 2-1 | middlebury |
| 2006 | Middlebury (27-2) | 3-1 | plattsburgh state |
| Year 2005 | Middlebury (26-3-1) | 4-3 | elmira |
| 2004 | Middlebury (23-4) | 2-1 | wisconsin stevens point |
| 2003 | Elmira (23-4-2) | 5-1 | manhattan building |
| 2002 | Elmira (26-1-1) | 2-1 | manhattan building |
