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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]

2024 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams11
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State Buckeyes (2nd title)
Runner-upWisconsin Badgers (11th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachNadine Muzerall (2nd title)
MOPRaygan Kirk (Ohio State)

Qualifying teams edit

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]

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
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

Bids by state edit

Bids State(s) Schools
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


Bracket edit

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

Results edit

First Round edit

Connecticut vs. Minnesota Duluth edit

March 14, 2024
7:01 pm		Connecticut0–1 2OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		Minnesota DuluthThe Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 314
Game reference
Tia ChanGoaliesÈve GasconReferees:
Amanda Tassoni
Paul Maciejewski
Linesmen:
Michael Roberts
Coby Munson
0–197:13 – Mannon McMahon (Wallin, Jobst-Smith)
4 minPenalties6 min
33Shots49

Stonehill vs. Cornell edit

March 14, 2024
7:00 pm		Stonehill1–7
(0–1, 1–5, 0–1)		CornellClass of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 215
Game reference
Eve StoneGoaliesAnnelies BergmannReferees:
Nathan Shemo
Mackenzie McGuire
Linesmen:
Jodi Price
Mike Bontatibus
0–118:49 – Rud (Yu)
Petford (Feeney, Parker) – 25:401–1
1–226:21 – pp – Dwyer (Daniel)
1–330:01 – Regalado – (Jockims)
1–433:10 – Guilday (MacEachern, Schiff)
1–533:37 – Daniel (Delianedis, MacEachern)
1–639:39 – Guilday (Daniel, Regalado)
1–740:41 – Van Gelder (Daniel, Prefontaine)
2 minPenalties0 min
12Shots55

Penn State vs. St. Lawrence edit

March 14, 2024 (2024-03-14)
7:00 pm		Penn State0 – 1 OT
(0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 1)		St. LawrenceLaBahn Arena
Attendance: 701
Game reference
Katie DeSaGoaliesEmma-Sofie NordstrømReferees:
Robert Ludwig
Mike Kaehler
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal
0 – 169:35 – Bahl (Duscio, Segedi)
4 minPenalties2 min
36Shots44

Quarterfinals edit

(5) Minnesota vs. (4) Clarkson edit

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)
2:00 pm		Minnesota2 – 3 4OT
(2–1, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		ClarksonCheel Arena
Attendance: 2,041
Game reference
Lucy MorganGoaliesMichelle PasiechnykReferees:
Kelly Cooke
Courtney Drennon
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Laura Schmidlein
Bouveng – (Murphy, Wethington) – 7:261–0
Huber – (Bouveng, Murphy) – 8:472–0
2–116:27 – pp – Winn – (Guay, Gosling)
2–258:09 – Petrie – (Guay, Winn)
2–3125:44 – pp – Petrie – (Gosling, Winn)
8 minPenalties8 min
63Shots56

Cornell vs. (3) Colgate edit

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)
2:00 pm		Cornell1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)		ColgateClass of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 1,102
Game reference
Annelies BergmannGoaliesKayle OsborneReferees:
Sarma Pone
Gui Bradshaw
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome
0–116:33 – Kaltounková – (Biederman)
1–1
1–255:49 – Simpson – (Biederman)
1–359:59 – en – Biederman
4 minPenalties2 min
20Shots34

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Wisconsin edit

March 16
2:00 pm		St. Lawrence0–4
(0–1, 0–0, 0–3)		WisconsinLaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,273
Game reference
Emma-Sofie NordstrømGoaliesAva McNaughtonReferees:
Chelsea Rapin
Dmitrii Antipin
Linesmen:
Kaitlin Hayes
Andrew Kirk
0–10:16 – O'Brien – (Simms, Edwards)
0–244:24 – Wozniewicz – (Potter, Picard)
0–347:52 – Edwards – (Simms, Potter)
0–450:54 – Edwards – (O'Brien, Simms)
6 minPenalties8 min
25Shots47

Minnesota-Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State edit

March 16
4:01 pm		Minnesota Duluth0–9
(0–3, 0–4, 0–2)		Ohio StateOhio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 795
Game reference
Ève GasconGoaliesRaygan KirkReferees:
Scott Prim
Alex Bergeron
Linesmen:
Jenny Cameron
Alex Walsh
0–10:22 – Amos – (Markowski)
0–213:25 – Mobley – (Bernard, Brengman)
0–315:53 – Bilka
0–420:29 – Bilka – (Dunne, Amos)
0–531:57 – pp – Hartmetz – (Webster, Peschel)
0–632:48 – Baxter – (Mobley, Barnes)
0–736:44 – Mobley – (Baxter)
0–844:29 – pp – Dunne – (Amos, Zanon)
0–954:46 – King – (Barnes, Markowski)
5 minPenalties3 min
16Shots39

Semifinals edit

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State edit

March 22
4:00 pm		Clarkson1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)		Ohio StateWhittemore Center
Game reference
Michelle PasiechnykGoaliesRaygan KirkReferees:
Kelly Cooke
Dmitrii Antpin
Linesmen:
Kaitlyn Hayes
Andrew Kirk
Cherkowski (McQuigge, Guay) – 2:251–0
1–113:53 – Webster (Buglioni)
1–253:12 – Matthews (Brengman, Webster))
1–357:00 – Dunne (Barnes, Gardiner)
1–458:06 – en – Hartmetz
2 minPenalties0 min
18Shots53

(3) Colgate vs. (2) Wisconsin edit

March 22
7:30		Colgate1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)		WisconsinWhittemore Center
Attendance: 3,553
Game reference
Kayle OsborneGoaliesAva McNaughtonReferees:
Chelsea Rapin
Courtney Drennon
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Laura Schmidlein
0–111:00 – Simms – (O'Brien, Edwards)
0–251:29 – Jungels – (Curl, O'Brien)
Kaltounková – (Brick, Greig) – 57:501–2
1–359:48 – en – Edwards
8 minPenalties10 min
26Shots21

Championship edit

(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State edit

March 24
4:00		Wisconsin0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		Ohio StateWhittemore Center
Attendance: 4,378
Game reference
Ava McNaughtonGoaliesRaygan KirkReferees:
Sarma Pone
Gui Bradshaw
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville
0–152:48 – Dunne – (Bilka, Barnes)
0 minPenalties0 min
26Shots28

Tournament awards edit

All-Tournament Team edit

* Most Outstanding Player[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Ohio State Wins Second NCAA Championship". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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