| 2024 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2023–24 | ||
| Teams | 11 | ||
| Finals Site | Whittemore Center Durham, New Hampshire | ||
| Champions | Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Wisconsin Badgers (11th title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Clarkson Golden Knights (6th Frozen Four) Colgate Raiders (2nd Frozen Four) | ||
| Winning Coach | Nadine Muzerall (2nd title) | ||
| MOP | Raygan Kirk Ohio State | ||
NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 2024 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This was the third year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams.[1] The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top 4 seeded teams on March 14 and 16, 2024, while the Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2024 at the Whittemore Center in Durham, New Hampshire.[2] The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 1–0 to claim their 2nd national championship.[3]
Qualifying teams[]
In the third year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other six teams were selected at-large.The top five teams are seeded.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | WCHA | 32–4–0 | At-large bid | 6th | 2023 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 33–5–0 | Tournament champion | 18th | 2023 |
| 3 | Colgate | ECAC | 31–6–1 | Tournament champion | 5th | 2023 |
| 4 | Clarkson | ECAC | 32–4–2 | At-large bid | 12th | 2023 |
| 5 | Minnesota | WCHA | 27–9–2 | At-large bid | 21st | 2023 |
| Cornell | ECAC | 24–7–1 | At-large bid | 9th | 2020 | |
| St. Lawrence | ECAC | 27–10–0 | At-large bid | 10th | 2017 | |
| Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 20–13–4 | At-large bid | 15th | 2023 | |
| Connecticut | Hockey East | 25–7–5 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never | |
| Penn State | CHA | 22–12–3 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2023 | |
| Stonehill | NEWHA | 20–15–2 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
Bids by state[]
| Bids | State(s) | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | New York | Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, St. Lawrence |
| 2 | Minnesota | Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth |
| 1 | Connecticut | Connecticut |
| Massachusetts | Stonehill | |
| Ohio | Ohio State | |
| Pennsylvania | Penn State | |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
Bracket[]
| First Round March 14[5] |
National Quarterfinals March 16 |
National Semifinals March 22 |
National Championship March 24 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Connecticut | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1** | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Clarkson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Clarkson | 3**** | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Stonehill | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Cornell | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 1* | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: each * denotes one overtime period
Results[]
First Round[]
Connecticut vs. Minnesota Duluth[]
| March 14, 2024 7:01 pm |
Connecticut | 0–1 2OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) |
Minnesota Duluth | The Ohio State University Ice Rink Attendance: 314 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tia Chan | Goalies | Ève Gascon | Referees: Amanda Tassoni Paul Maciejewski | |
| 0–1 | 97:13 – Mannon McMahon (Wallin, Jobst-Smith) | |||
| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 33 | Shots | 49 | ||
Stonehill vs. Cornell[]
| March 14, 2024 7:00 pm |
Stonehill | 1–7 (0–1, 1–5, 0–1) |
Cornell | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 215 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eve Stone | Goalies | Annelies Bergmann | Referees: Nathan Shemo Mackenzie McGuire | |
| Petford (Feeney, Parker) – 25:40 | 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 | 18:49 – Rud (Yu) / 26:21 – pp – Dwyer (Daniel) / 30:01 – Regalado – (Jockims) / 33:10 – Guilday (MacEachern, Schiff) / 33:37 – Daniel (Delianedis, MacEachern) / 39:39 – Guilday (Daniel, Regalado) / 40:41 – Van Gelder (Daniel, Prefontaine) | ||
| 2 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||
| 12 | Shots | 55 | ||
Penn State vs. St. Lawrence[]
| March 14, 2024 7:00 pm |
Penn State | 0 – 1 OT (0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 1) |
St. Lawrence | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 701 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie DeSa | Goalies | Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm | Referees: Robert Ludwig Mike Kaehler | |
| 0 – 1 | 69:35 – Bahl (Duscio, Segedi) | |||
| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 36 | Shots | 44 | ||
Quarterfinals[]
(5) Minnesota vs. (4) Clarkson[]
| March 16, 2024 2:00 pm |
Minnesota | 2 – 3 4OT (2–1, 0–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) |
Clarkson | Cheel Arena Attendance: 2,041 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Morgan | Goalies | Michelle Pasiechnyk | Referees: Kelly Cooke Courtney Drennon | |
| Bouveng – (Murphy, Wethington) – 7:26 / Huber – (Bouveng, Murphy) – 8:47 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 | 16:27 – pp – Winn – (Guay, Gosling) / 58:09 – Petrie – (Guay, Winn) / 125:44 – pp – Petrie – (Gosling, Winn) | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 63 | Shots | 56 | ||
Cornell vs. (3) Colgate[]
| March 16, 2024 2:00 pm |
Cornell | 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2) |
Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 1,102 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annelies Bergmann | Goalies | Kayle Osborne | Referees: Sarma Pone Gui Bradshaw | |
| 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 | 16:33 – Kaltounková – (Biederman) / 55:49 – Simpson – (Biederman) / 59:59 – en – Biederman | |||
| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 20 | Shots | 34 | ||
St. Lawrence vs. (2) Wisconsin[]
| March 16 2:00 pm |
St. Lawrence | 0–4 (0–1, 0–0, 0–3) |
Wisconsin | LaBahn Arena Attendance: 2,273 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm | Goalies | Ava McNaughton | Referees: Chelsea Rapin Dmitrii Antipin | |
| 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 | 0:16 – O'Brien – (Simms, Edwards) / 44:24 – Wozniewicz – (Potter, Picard) / 47:52 – Edwards – (Simms, Potter) / 50:54 – Edwards – (O'Brien, Simms) | |||
| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 47 | ||
Minnesota-Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State[]
| March 16 4:01 pm |
Minnesota Duluth | 0–9 (0–3, 0–4, 0–2) |
Ohio State | Ohio State University Ice Rink Attendance: 795 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ève Gascon | Goalies | Raygan Kirk | Referees: Scott Prim Alex Bergeron | |
| 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 | 0:22 – Amos – (Markowski) / 13:25 – Mobley – (Bernard, Brengman) / 15:53 – Bilka / 20:29 – Bilka – (Dunne, Amos) / 31:57 – pp – Hartmetz – (Webster, Peschel) / 32:48 – Baxter – (Mobley, Barnes) / 36:44 – Mobley – (Baxter) / 44:29 – pp – Dunne – (Amos, Zanon) / 54:46 – King – (Barnes, Markowski) | |||
| 5 min | Penalties | 3 min | ||
| 16 | Shots | 39 | ||
Semifinals[]
(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State[]
| March 22 4:00 pm |
Clarkson | 1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3) |
Ohio State | Whittemore Center |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Pasiechnyk | Goalies | Raygan Kirk | Referees: Kelly Cooke Dmitrii Antpin | |
| Cherkowski (McQuigge, Guay) – 2:25 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 | 13:53 – Webster (Buglioni) / 53:12 – Matthews (Brengman, Webster)) / 57:00 – Dunne (Barnes, Gardiner) / 58:06 – en – Hartmetz | ||
| 2 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||
| 18 | Shots | 53 | ||
(3) Colgate vs. (2) Wisconsin[]
| March 22 7:30 |
Colgate | 1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2) |
Wisconsin | Whittemore Center Attendance: 3,553 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kayle Osborne | Goalies | Ava McNaughton | Referees: Chelsea Rapin Courtney Drennon | |
| Kaltounková – (Brick, Greig) – 57:50 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 | 11:00 – Simms – (O'Brien, Edwards) / 51:29 – Jungels – (Curl, O'Brien) / 59:48 – en – Edwards | ||
| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 21 | ||
Championship[]
(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State[]
| March 24 4:00 |
Wisconsin | 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) |
Ohio State | Whittemore Center Attendance: 4,378 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ava McNaughton | Goalies | Raygan Kirk | Referees: Sarma Pone Gui Bradshaw | |
| 0–1 | 52:48 – Dunne – (Bilka, Barnes) | |||
| 0 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||
| 26 | Shots | 28 | ||
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- G: Raygan Kirk*, Ohio State
- D: Cayla Barnes, Ohio State
- D: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin
- F: Joy Dunne, Ohio State
- F: Kirsten Simms, Wisconsin
- F: Makenna Webster, Ohio State
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament.
- ↑ NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26 (October 19, 2020).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ohio State Wins Second NCAA Championship (March 24, 2024).
- ↑ The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained (February 23, 2023).
- ↑ 2024 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket.
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