2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

This is the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Eight teams will participate in the 2016 tournament. Five of the bids are automatic and three are at-large bids. Selections for the tournament were announced on March 7, 2016.

Selection Committee

 * Jodi McKenna (Wesleyan Cardinals head coach (chair))
 * Katie Boldvich (Colonial Hockey Conference and New England Hockey Conference commissioner)
 * Brad Marshall (Saint Catherine Wildcats head coach)
 * Jackie Slaats (Lake Forest AD)
 * Gil Burmaster (Utica SID)

Automatic Bids
The following conference tournament winners receive automatic bids to the tournament:
 * ECAC West: Plattsburgh Cardinals
 * Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) St. Thomas Tommies
 * New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) Mass-Boston Beacons
 * New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Middlebury Panthers
 * Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) Adrian Bulldogs

At-Large Bids
The tournament committee will also award 3 at-large bids
 * Amherst Lord Jeffs
 * Elmira Soaring Eagles
 * Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons

Quarterfinals
Games held March 11th and 12 on campus sites.
 * Plattsburgh Cardinals defeated Amherst Lord Jeffs 5-0
 * Middlebury Panthers defeated Mass-Boston Beacons 4-0
 * Elmira Soaring Eagles defeated Adrian Bulldogs 3-1
 * Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons defeated St. Thomas Tommies 4-1

Semifinals
Games held March 18th at Plattsburgh, New York
 * Elmira Soaring Eagles defeated Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons 4-3 (ot)
 * Plattsburgh Cardinals defeated Middlebury Panthers 5-3

Consolation Game

 * Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons defeated Middlebury Panthers 4-1

National Championship Game
Game held March 19th at Plattsburgh, New York
 * Plattsburgh Cardinals defeated Elmira Soaring Eagles 5 to 1