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

Wisconsin–River Falls

Elmira

Adrian

Middlebury

Gustavus Adolphus

Hamilton

Plattsburgh State

Amherst

Nazareth

Western New England

Cortland

2025 Qualifying Teams
MIAC, WIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, CCC, SUNYAC, UCHC, NCHA

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.^[1]

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
	Cortland	SUNYAC	20–5–2	Tournament champion	1st	Never
	Western New England	CCC	17–7–3	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
5	New York	Cortland, Elmira, Hamilton, Nazareth, Plattsburgh State
1	Massachusetts	Amherst, Western New England
	Michigan	Adrian
	Minnesota	Gustavus Adolphus
	Wisconsin	Wisconsin–River Falls
	Vermont	Middlebury

Bracket

First Round March 6^[2]			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

Nazareth vs. Hamilton

March 6, 2024
7:00 PM

Nazareth

2–3 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
OT: (0–1)

Hamilton

Russell Sage Rink, Clinton, New York
Attendance: 537

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McKinley Hoff

Goalies

Teagan Brown

Referees:
Tasha Adams
James Visconte
Linesmen:
Heidi Niskanen
Ashley Johnston

Holstad (Wiljanen, Kindred) – 4:11	1–0
	1–1	12:52 – pp – Joseph (Bullock, Ito-Bagshaw)
	1–2	63:47 – Bullock (Romano)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

30

Shots

21

Western New England vs. Middlebury

March 6, 2024
7:00 PM

Western New England

0–8
(0–2, 0–4, 0–2)

Middlebury

Chip Kenyon Arena, Middlebury, Vermont
Attendance: 787

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Riel Jessie-Gerelli

Goalies

Sophia Will

Referee:
Steven Urbanke
Linesmen:
Kelly Cooke
Stacey Mackinnon

	0–1	16:59 – McInerny (Flynn, Kim)
	0–2	18:04 – Goniwiecha (Fernandez, McManus)
	0–3	22:44 – pp – McInerny (Ziegler, Johnson)
	0–4	26:51 – pp – Flynn (Kim, McInerny)
	0–5	29:36 – Flynn
	0–6	39:08 – Hower (Appleyard, Kim)
	0–7	43:49 – Lazar (Coady, Johnson)
	0–8	50:23 – Schluter (MacQueen)

6 min

Penalties

0 min

21

Shots

62

Elmira vs. Cortland

March 6, 2024
7:00 PM

Elmira

3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Cortland

Alumni Arena, Cortland, New York
Attendance: 817

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Chloe Beaubien

Goalies

Molly Goergen

Referee:
Tom Lynch
Linesmen:
Will O'Malley
Justin White

Schmidt – 12:52	1–0
Lenzen (Goleniak, Hoffmann) – pp – 35:40	2–0
	2–1	36:44 – Cramer (Donegan, Delacourt)
Bradbury (Hoffmann) – en – 59:47	3–1

2 min

Penalties

2 min

36

Shots

25

Quarterfinals

Hamilton vs. (5) Adrian

March 9, 2024
3:00 PM

Hamitlon

1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Adrian

Arrington Ice Arena, Adrian, Michigan
Attendance: 583

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Teagan Brown

Goalies

Michaela O'Brien

Referees:
John Cerza
Nick Schirripa
Linesmen:
Joshua Danielowski
Trevor Hittman

	0–1	11:59 – Crockett (Biddle)
	0–2	13:41 – pp – Lascelle (Bjelland, Roy)
McGennis (Ito-Bagshaw, Romano) – 16:44	1–2
	1–3	37:49 – Lascelle (Roy)
	1–4	49:51 – pp – Lascelle (Roy, Bjelland)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

21

Shots

33

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

March 9, 2024
2:00 PM

Gustavus Adolphus

1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Wisconsin–River Falls

Hunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,739

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Katie McCoy

Goalies

Jordan O'Connor

Referees:
Jon Loye
Dan Olson
Linesmen:
Joe Bennek
Sarah Buckner

	0–1	13:02 – Nelvin (Hantge)
Holland (Thompson) – 22:05	1–1
	1–2	46:32 – Lavergne (Hantge, Nelvin)

4 min

Penalties

2 min

20

Shots

28

Middlebury vs. (2) Plattsburgh State

March 9, 2024
3:00 PM

Middlebury

2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Plattsburgh State

Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena, Plattsburgh, New York
Attendance: 923

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Sophia Will

Goalies

Lilla Nease

Referee:
William O'Malley
Linesmen:
Courtney Drennan
Ryan Boylan

Lazar (Hower, Kim) – 10:40	1–0
Flynn (Ferraris, Kim) – 27:32	2–0

8 min

Penalties

10 min

19

Shots

30

Elmira vs. (4) Amherst

March 9, 2024
3:00 PM

Elmira

2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
OT: (1–0)

Amherst

Orr Rink, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 320

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Chloe Beaubien

Goalies

Natalie Stott

Referee:
Jessica Gilbert
Linesmen:
Melissa Peri
Danika Korpacz

Bradbury (Lugge, Lenzen) – 33:17	1–0
	1–1	53:09 – pp – Xu (Baxter, Glennon)
Lenzen (Lugge, Bradbury) – 69:51	2–1

12 min

Penalties

4 min

31

Shots

44

Semifinals

Elmira vs. Middlebury

March 15, 2024
4:00 PM

Elmira

1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Middlebury

Hunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 489

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Chloe Beaubien

Goalies

Sophia Will

Referee:
Samantha Hiller
Linesmen:
Michaela Bahl
Joe Bennek

Meeder (Goleniak, Riva) – 55:34

1–0

12 min

Penalties

2 min

20

Shots

31

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

March 15, 2024
7:00 PM

Adrian

2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Wisconsin–River Falls

Hunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,413

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Michaela O'Brien

Goalies

Jordan O'Connor

Referees:
Will O'Malley
Tasha Adams
Linesmen:
Danika Korpacz
Jake Caneff

Lascelle (Pietrucha) – 15:39	1–0
	1–1	15:47 – Lavergne (Hantge)
Bjelland (Cadorette) – 38:11	2–1
	2–2	45:43 – McCollins (Sathers)
	2–3	58:10 – Olson (Brice, Eckers)

6 min

Penalties

2 min

24

Shots

45

Championship

Elmira vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 17, 2024
3:00 PM

Elmira

1–4
(0–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Wisconsin–River Falls

Hunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,789

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Chloe Beaubien

Goalies

Jordan O'Connor

Referees:
Will O'Malley
Tasha Adams
Linesmen:
Joe Bennek
Sarah Buckner

	0–1	28:56 – pp – Aure (Nelvin, McCollins)
Bradbury (Lenzen) – 30:36	1–1
	1–2	46:50 – Dunn
	1–3	47:26 – Lavergne (Ronn, Hantge)
	1–4	52:01 – Hantge (Nelvin, Eckers)

9 min

Penalties

6 min

17

Shots

37

References

^ "2024 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey selections announced | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "2024 D3 Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

Game references

^ "Nazareth at Hamilton". athletics.hamilton.edu. Hamilton College. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
^ "Western New England at Middlebury". athletics.middlebury.edu. Middlebury College. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
^ "Elmira at Cortland". athletics.elmira.edu. Elmira College. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
^ "Hamilton at Adrian". adrianbulldogs.com. Adrian College. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
^ "Gustavus Adolphus at Wisconsin–River Falls". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
^ "Middlebury at Plattsburgh State". athletics.middlebury.edu. Middlebury College. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
^ "Elmira at Amherst". athletics.elmira.edu. Elmira College. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
^ "Elmira vs. Middlebury". athletics.elmira.edu. Elmira College. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
^ "Adrian at Wisconsin–River Falls". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
^ "Elmira at Wisconsin–River Falls". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

[1] "2024 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey selections announced | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[2] "2024 D3 Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[3] "Nazareth at Hamilton". athletics.hamilton.edu. Hamilton College. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2026.

[4] "Western New England at Middlebury". athletics.middlebury.edu. Middlebury College. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2026.

[5] "Elmira at Cortland". athletics.elmira.edu. Elmira College. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2026.

[6] "Hamilton at Adrian". adrianbulldogs.com. Adrian College. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2026.

[7] "Gustavus Adolphus at Wisconsin–River Falls". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2026.

[8] "Middlebury at Plattsburgh State". athletics.middlebury.edu. Middlebury College. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

[9] "Elmira at Amherst". athletics.elmira.edu. Elmira College. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

[10] "Elmira vs. Middlebury". athletics.elmira.edu. Elmira College. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

[11] "Adrian at Wisconsin–River Falls". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

[12] "Elmira at Wisconsin–River Falls". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

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Qualifying teams

Bids by state

Bracket

Results

First Round

Nazareth vs. Hamilton

Western New England vs. Middlebury

Elmira vs. Cortland

Quarterfinals

Hamilton vs. (5) Adrian

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

Middlebury vs. (2) Plattsburgh State

Elmira vs. (4) Amherst

Semifinals

Elmira vs. Middlebury

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

Championship

Elmira vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

See also

References

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