2015-16 NESCAC Women's Season

This is the 2015-16 New England Small College Athletic Conference Women's hockey season.

Membership Changes
none

Format
The tournament is single elimination format. The top 8 teams qualify for the tournament. The quarterfinal round matches up 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5. The teams are re-seeded for the semifinals with the top seed playing the bottom seed and the other two teams pairing off. The semifinal winners meet for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
 * Middlebury defeated Colby 4-3
 * Amherst defeated Bowdoin 2-1 (ot)
 * Connecticut College defeated Hamilton 3-1
 * Trinity defeated Williams 2-1 (ot)
 * Middlebury defeated Trinity 3-1
 * Amherst defeated Connecticut College 3-0

Final
The Middlebury Panthers earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
 * Middlebury defeated Amherst 5-4 (ot)