2024 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

2024 NCAA Division III Women's
ice hockey tournament

Teams	11
Finals site	Hunt Arena River Falls, Wisconsin
Champions	Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons (1st title)
Runner-up	Elmira Soaring Eagles (8th title game)
Semifinalists	Middlebury Panthers (10th Frozen Four) Adrian Bulldogs (3rd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Joe Cranston (1st title)
MOP	Maddie McCollins (Wisconsin–River Falls)

The 2024 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The first round was played on the higher seeds campus on March 6, 2024, and quarterfinals will be played on the campuses of the top 5 seeded teams on March 9, 2024, while the Frozen Four will be played on March 15 and 17, 2024 at the highest remaining seeds campus. The Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons defeated the Elmira Soaring Eagles 4–1 to win their first national championship.

Qualifying teams

The seven winners of their conference tournaments received automatic berths to the tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top five teams are seeded.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin–River Falls	WIAC	28–0–0	At-large bid	15th	2023
2	Plattsburgh State	SUNYAC	22–4–1	At-large bid	19th	2023
3	Gustavus Adolphus	MIAC	22–4–0	Tournament champion	17th	2023
4	Amherst	NESCAC	21–3–2	At-large bid	9th	2023
5	Adrian	NCHA	27–2–0	Tournament champion	8th	2023
	Elmira	NEHC	20–7–1	Tournament champion	18th	2022
	Hamilton	NESCAC	15–6–6	At-large bid	2nd	2023
	Middlebury	NESCAC	16–6–4	Tournament champion	19th	2023
	Nazareth	UCHC	22–5–1	Tournament champion	3rd	2023
	SUNY Cortland	SUNYAC	20–5–2	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Western New England	CCC	17–7–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bracket

	First Round March 6					National Quarterfinals March 9					National Semifinals March 15					National Championship March 17
						8	Hamilton	1
	9	Nazareth	1			5	Adrian	4
	8	Hamilton	2*								5	Adrian	2
											1	Wisconsin–River Falls	3
						3	Gustavus Adolphus	1
						1	Wisconsin–River Falls	2
																1	Wisconsin–River Falls	4
																10	Elmira	1
						6	Middlebury	2
	11	Western New England	0			2	Plattsburgh State	0
	6	Middlebury	8								6	Middlebury	0
											10	Elmira	1
						10	Elmira	2*
	10	Elmira	3			4	Amherst	1
	7	Cortland	1

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

First Round

(9) Nazareth vs. (8) Hamilton

March 6	Nazareth		1 – 2	OT	Hamilton	Russell Sage Rink	Recap
(Makenna Wiljanen, Alexis Kindred) – Ingrid Holstad – 4:11		First period			12:52 – pp – Ali Joseph – (Lydia Bullock, Lisa Ito-Bagshaw)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			3:47 – Lydia Bullock – (Ava Romano)
McKinley Hoff (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Teagan Brown (29 saves / 30 shots)

(11) Western New England vs. (6) Middlebury

March 6	Western New England		0 – 8		Middlebury	Kenyon Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			16:59 – Avery McInerny – (Kate Flynn, Sabrina Kim) 18:04 – Delanie Goniwiecha – (Liv Fernandez, Olivia McManus)
No scoring		Second period			2:44 – pp – Avery McInerny – (Cece Ziegler, Julia Johnson) 6:51 – pp – Kate Flynn – (Sabrina Kim, Avery McInerny) 9:36 – Kate Flynn 19:08 – Jordan Hower – (Cat Appleyard, Sabrina Kim)
No scoring		Third period			3:49 – Audrey Lazar – (Selia Coady, Julia Johnson) 10:23 – Raia Schluter – (Molly MacQueen)
Riel Jessie-Gerelli (54 saves / 62 shots)		Goalie stats			Sophia Will (21 saves / 21 shots)

(10) Elmira vs. (7) Cortland

March 6	Elmira		3 – 1		Cortland	Alumni Arena	Recap
McKenzie Schmidt – 12:52		First period			No scoring
(Erika Goleniak, Lexi Hoffmann) – Emily Lenzen – pp – 15:40		Second period			16:44 – Meggan Cramer – (Dany Donegan, Ainsley Delacourt)
(Lexi Hoffmann) – Emma Bradbury – 19:47		Third period			No scoring
Chloe Beaubien (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Molly Goergen (33 saves / 36 shots)

Quarterfinals

(8) Hamilton vs. (5) Adrian

March 9	Hamilton		1 – 4		Adrian	Arrington Ice Arena	Recap
(Lisa Ito-Bagshaw, Ava Romano) – Claire McGennis – 10:40		First period			11:59 – Sydnie Crockett – (Saige Biddle) 13:41 – pp – Tia Lascelle – (Une Bjelland, Maya Roy)
No scoring		Second period			17:49 – Tia Lascelle – (Maya Roy)
No scoring		Third period			9:51 – pp – Karmen Anderson – (Tia Lascelle, Maya Roy)
Teagan Brown (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Michaela O'Brien (20 saves / 21 shots)

(3) Gustavus Adolphus vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 9	Gustavus Adolphus		1 – 2		Wisconsin–River Falls	Hunt Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:02 – Aubrey Nelvin – (Alex Hantge)
Hailey Holland – 2:05		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:02 – Madison Lavergne
Katie McCoy (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Jordan O'Connor (19 saves / 20 shots)

(6) Middlebury vs. (2) Plattsburgh State

March 9	Middlebury		2 – 0		Plattsburgh State	Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena	Recap
(Jordan Hower, Sabrina Kim) – Audrey Lazar – 10:40		First period			No scoring
(Callia Ferraris, Sabrina Kim) – Kate Flynn – 7:32		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Sophia Will (30 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Lilla Nease (17 saves / 19 shots)

(10) Elmira vs. (4) Amherst

March 9	Elmira		2 – 1	OT	Amherst	Orr Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Anna Lugge, Emily Lenzen) – Emma Bradbury – 10:40		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:09 – pp – Alyssa Xu – (Anna Baxter, Rylee Glennon)
(Anna Lugge, Emma Bradbury) – Emily Lenzen – 9:51		First overtime period			No scoring
Chloe Beaubien (43 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Natalie Stott (29 saves / 31 shots)

Semifinals

(10) Elmira vs. (6) Middlebury

March 15	Elmira		1 – 0		Middlebury	Hunt Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Holley Riva) – Claire Meeder – 15:34		Third period			No scoring
Chloe Beaubien (31 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Sophia Will (19 saves / 20 shots)

(5) Adrian vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 15	Adrian		2 – 3		Wisconsin–River Falls	Hunt Arena	Recap
(Nicole Pietrucha) – Tia Lascelle – 15:39		First period			15:47 – Madison Lavergne – (Alex Hantge)
(Kaleigh Cadorette) – Une Bjelland – 18:11		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			5:43 – Maddie McCollins – (Braelyn Sathers) 18:10 – Bailey Olson – (Ellie Brice, Holly Eckers)
Michaela O'Brien (42 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats			Jordan O'Connor (22 saves / 24 shots)

Championship

(10) Elmira vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 17	Elmira		1 – 4		Wisconsin–River Falls	Hunt Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Emma Bradbury) – Emily Lenzen – 10:36		Second period			8:56 – pp – Makenna Aure
No scoring		Third period			6:50 – Kenzie Dunn 7:26 – Madison Lavergne – (Kaitlyn Ronn) 12:01 – Alex Hantge
Chloe Beaubien (32 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Jordan O'Connor (16 saves / 17 shots)

See also

• NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament
• 2024 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament