2025 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

2025 NCAA Division III Women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams12
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin–River Falls Falcons (2nd title)
Runner-upAmherst Mammoths (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachJoe Cranston (2nd title)
MOPBailey Olson (Wisconsin–River Falls)

The 2025 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament with twelve schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The first round was played on the campuses of the higher on March 15, 2025, and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top four seeded teams on March 22, 2025. The Frozen Four was played on March 28 and 30, 2025 at Hunt Arena in River Falls, Wisconsin.[1] The Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons defeated the Amherst Mammoths 3–1 to win their second consecutive title.[2]

Qualifying teams

Elmira
Endicott
Augsburg
Plattsburgh State
Nazareth
St. Norbert
Wilkes
Wisconsin–River Falls
Middlebury
Amherst
Gustavus Adolphus
Colby
2025 Qualifying Teams
MIAC, WIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, CNE, SUNYAC, UCHC, NCHA, MAC,

The eight winners of their conference tournaments will receive automatic berths to the tournament. The other four teams will be selected at-large. The top four teams are seeded.[3][4]

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Augsburg MIAC 23–3–1 Tournament champion 1st Never
2 Amherst NESCAC 21–5–1 Tournament champion 10th 2024
3 Middlebury NESCAC 20–6–1 At-large bid 19th 2024
4 Wisconsin–River Falls WIAC 23–3–2 At-large bid 16th 2024
Colby NESCAC 17–6–2 At-large bid 3rd 2023
Elmira NEHC 20–7–1 Tournament champion 19th 2024
Endicott CNE 18–5–3 Tournament champion 4th 2022
Gustavus Adolphus MIAC 23–3–1 At-large bid 18th 2024
Nazareth UCHC 20–6–1 Tournament champion 4th 2024
Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 20–6–1 Tournament champion 20th 2024
St. Norbert NCHA 24–4–1 Tournament champion 2nd 2013
Wilkes MAC 22–4–1 Tournament champion 1st Never

Bids by state

Bids State School(s)
3 New York Elmira, Nazareth, Plattsburgh State
2 Massachusetts Amherst, Endicott
Minnesota Augsburg, Gustavus Adolphus
Wisconsin St. Norbert, Wisconsin–River Falls
1 Maine Colby
Pennsylvania Wilkes
Vermont Middlebury

Bracket

First round
March 15[5] 		Quarterfinals
March 22 		Semifinals
March 28 		National Championship
March 30
St. Norbert 2
St. Norbert 3 1 Augsburg 4
Gustavus Adolphus 1 1 Augsburg 2
4 Wisconsin-River Falls 4
Elmira 1
Elmira 1 4 Wisconsin-River Falls 4
Plattsburgh State 0 4 Wisconsin-River Falls 3
2 Amherst 1
Nazareth 0
Nazareth 4 3 Middlebury 1
Endicott 2 3 Middlebury 1
2 Amherst 3
Colby 1
Wilkes 3 2 Amherst 4
Colby 4

Results

First Round

St. Norbert v. Gustavus Adolphus

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		St. Norbert3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		Gustavus AdolphusLund Arena, St. Peter, Minnesota
Attendance: 547
[Game reference 1]
Keira MarkellGoaliesLily TimmonsReferees:
Dan Olson
Eric Olson
Linesmen:
Joe Stretrum
Eric Frykman
0–102:18 – Mortenson (Thompson, Elliott)
Federici (Hogan, Zurawik) – pp – 12:221–1
Ross (Zurawik) – 34:222–1
Stebbeds (Charchenko, Healy) – 43:243–1
4 minPenalties2 min
13Shots46

Elmira v. Plattsburgh State

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		Elmira1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		Plattsburgh StateRonald B. Stafford Ice Arena, Plattsburgh, New York
Attendance: 778
[Game reference 2]
Sára ŠevčíkováGoaliesChloe LewisReferees:
Ryan St. Louis
James Visconte
Linesmen:
Jason Therrien
Jason Lamoy
Goleniak (Schmidt, Dougherty) – pp – 13:571–0
10 minPenalties4 min
17Shots40

Nazareth v. Endicott

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		Nazareth4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		EndicottRaymond J. Bourque Arena, Beverly, Massachusetts
Attendance: 428
[Game reference 3]
McKinley HoffGoaliesLauren FerrariReferees:
Heidi Niskanen
Haylee Mello
Linesmen:
Madeline Lane
Mikala Walsh
0–14:45 – Kurrle (Rago, Corso)
Kindred (Lyden, Judkiewicz) – 13:411–1
1–225:10 – Seibold (Henshaw, Anderson)
Pittis (Laskowski, Sharp) – 36:112–2
Laskowski (Holmes, Judkiewicz) – pp – 53:363–2
Laskowski (Lyden, Quackenbush) – en – 58:434–2
0 minPenalties2 min
30Shots24

Wilkes v. Colby

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm		Wilkes3–4
(1–2, 0–2, 2–0)		ColbyAlfond Rink, Waterville, Maine
Attendance: 750
[Game reference 4]
Audrey MilneGoaliesMandy Busky
0–101:17 – Shirer (Tattersall, Staton)
Bell (Maxon) – 10:441–1
1–215:41 – Studley (Wick)
1–322:26 – Martodam (Lefebvre, Tattersall)
1–424:42 – Lefebvre
Bouchard (Pacilio) – 40:212–4
Hudáková (Ferry, Bouchard) – pp, ea – 59:113–4
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots28

Quarterfinals

Nazareth v. (3) Middlebury

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		Nazareth0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		MiddleburyChip Kenyon '85 Arena, Middlebury, Vermont
Attendance: 2,400
[Game reference 5]
McKinley HoffGoaliesSophia WillReferees:
Courtney Drennan
Steven Urbanke
Linesmen:
Aaron Jones
Mike Verminski
0–132:20 – Flynn (Hower, Kim)
0 minPenalties2 min
23Shots31

Colby v. (2) Amherst

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		Colby1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)		AmherstOrr Rink, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 370
[Game reference 6]
Mandy BuskyGoaliesNatalie StottReferees:
Chris Parsons
Michael Snyder
Linesmen:
Kyle Frenette
Madeline Lane
0–102:44 – Flynn
0–214:21 – pp – Abban (Reynolds, Raffin)
0–326:15 – Flynn (Abban, Hohmann)
0–441:46 – Fu (Dann, Lester)
Jiang – 44:571–4
2 minPenalties4 min
30Shots31

Elmira v. (4) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		Elmira1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		Wisconsin–River FallsHunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,029
[Game reference 7]
Sára ŠevčíkováGoaliesJordan O'KaneReferees:
David Berndgen
Mike Roberts
Linesmen:
Eric Frykman
Daniel Brickman
0–117:56 – Carothers (Kadrlik, Olson)
0–230:45 – Olson
0–345:48 – pp – Brice (Goodreau, Jones)
Goleniak (Lugge) – 49:021–3
1–457:48 – pp – Goodreau (Aure, Lindquist)
8 minPenalties4 min
19Shots43

St. Norbert v. (1) Augsburg

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm		St. Norbert2–4
(0–0, 1–4, 1–0)		AugsburgAugsburg Ice Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 800
[Game reference 8]
Kiera MarkellGoaliesKayla SimonsonReferees:
Michaela Ball
Ross Van Zeeland
Linesmen:
Jase Friedlieb
Michael Hughes
0–121:29 – Abrahamson (Fagerlind)
0–222:48 – pp – Abrahamson (Schulte, Cronkhite)
Wicklund (C. Hogan, N. Hogan) – 32:371–2
1–333:02 – Schulte (Cronkhite, Stepan)
1–434:42 – Cronkhite
Anick (Pieper) – pp, ea – 58:022–4
10 minPenalties10 min
32Shots33

Semifinals

(2) Amherst v. (3) Middlebury

March 28, 2025
4:00 pm		Amherst3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)		MiddleburyHunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 603
[Game reference 9]
Natalie StottGoaliesSophia WillReferees:
Michaela Bahl
Dan Olson
Linesmen:
Eric Frykman
Joe Setrum
Xu (Baxter, Mancini) – pp – 41:571–0
1–147:30 – Ziegler (Appleyard)
Xu (Reynolds) – 53:032–1
Flynn (Abban, Baxter) – en – 59:103–1
6 minPenalties4 min
18Shots21

(4) Wisconsin–River Falls v. (1) Augsburg

March 28, 2025
8:00 pm		Wisconsin–River Falls4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		AugsburgHunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,758
[Game reference 10]
Jordan O'KaneGoaliesKayla SimonsonReferees:
Mark Knapp Jr
Heidi Niskanen
Linesmen:
Kyle Niskanen
Madeline Lane
A. Niccum (Jones) – 3:411–0
1–117:49 – Brehm (Schulte, Cronkhite)
1–224:20 – Schulte (Brehm, Stepan)
Lavergne (Bielenberg-Howarth, K. Niccum) – 37:262–2
Goodreau (Brice) – 51:153–2
Lindquist (Kadrlik, Olson) – 54:214–2
8 minPenalties4 min
29Shots24

Championship

(2) Amherst v. (4) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 30, 2025
4:00 pm		Amherst1–3
(0–0, 1–3, 0–0)		Wisconsin–River FallsHunt Arena, River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,682
[Game reference 11]
Natalie StottGoaliesJordan O'KaneReferees:
Michaela Bahl
Heidi Niskanen
Linesmen:
Joe Setrum
Erik Frykman
0–120:40 – Aure (Olson)
0–227:08 – Kadrlik (Olson, Carothers)
Flynn (Raffin, Abban) – 31:531–2
1–337:00 – Olson (Lindquist, A. Niccum)
2 minPenalties6 min
17Shots28

See also

References

  1. ^ "UWRF to Host 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  2. ^ "Home Ice Glory: UWRF Wins Second Consecutive National Title with 3-1 Victory Over Amherst". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 30, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  3. ^ "NCAA Division III women's hockey tournament". USCHO.com | NCAA. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  5. ^ "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 9, 2025.

Game references

  1. ^ "St. Norbert at Gustavus Adolphus". athletics.snc.edu. St. Norbert College. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  2. ^ "Elmira at Plattsburgh State". athletics.elmira.edu. Elmira College. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  3. ^ "Nazareth at Endicott". nazathletics.com. Nazareth University. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  4. ^ "Wilkes at Colby". colbyathletics.com. Colby College. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  5. ^ "Nazareth at Middlebury". athletics.middlebury.edu. Middlebury College. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  6. ^ "Colby at Amherst". athletics.amherst.edu. Amherst College. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  7. ^ "Elmira at Wisconsin–River Falls". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  8. ^ "St. Norbert vs. Augsburg". athletics.amherst.edu. Augsburg University. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  9. ^ "Amherst vs. Middlebury". athletics.amherst.edu. Amherst College. March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  10. ^ "Wisconsin–River Falls vs. Augsburg". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  11. ^ "Wisconsin–River Falls vs. Amherst". uwrfsports.com. University of Wisconsin–River Falls. March 30, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
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