2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

2024 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
ice hockey tournament
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)
	← 2023 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2025 →;

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[edit]

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
6	Cornell	ECAC	24–7–1	At-large bid	9th	2020
7	St. Lawrence	ECAC	27–10–0	At-large bid	10th	2017
8	Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA	20–13–4	At-large bid	15th	2023
9	Connecticut	Hockey East	25–7–5	Tournament champion	1st	Never
10	Penn State	CHA	22–12–3	Tournament champion	2nd	2023
11	Stonehill	NEWHA	20–15–2	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bids by state[edit]

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[edit]

First Round March 14^[5]			National Quarterfinals March 16			National Semifinals March 22			National Championship March 24

			8	Minnesota-Duluth	0
9	Connecticut	0	1	Ohio State	9
8	Minnesota-Duluth	1**				1	Ohio State	4
						4	Clarkson	1
			5	Minnesota	2
			4	Clarkson	3****
									1	Ohio State	1
									2	Wisconsin	0
			6	Cornell	1
11	Stonehill	1	3	Colgate	3
6	Cornell	7				3	Colgate	1
						2	Wisconsin	3
			7	St. Lawrence	0
10	Penn State	0	2	Wisconsin	4
7	St. Lawrence	1*

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results[edit]

First Round[edit]

Connecticut vs. Minnesota Duluth[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Michael Roberts
Coby Munson

0–1

97:13 – Mannon McMahon (Wallin, Jobst-Smith)

4 min

Penalties

6 min

33

Shots

49

Stonehill vs. Cornell[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Jodi Price
Mike Bontatibus

	0–1	18:49 – Rud (Yu)
Petford (Feeney, Parker) – 25:40	1–1
	1–2	26:21 – pp – Dwyer (Daniel)
	1–3	30:01 – Regalado – (Jockims)
	1–4	33:10 – Guilday (MacEachern, Schiff)
	1–5	33:37 – Daniel (Delianedis, MacEachern)
	1–6	39:39 – Guilday (Daniel, Regalado)
	1–7	40:41 – Van Gelder (Daniel, Prefontaine)

2 min

Penalties

0 min

12

Shots

55

Penn State vs. St. Lawrence[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Aaron Neville
Glendon Seal

0 – 1

69:35 – Bahl (Duscio, Segedi)

4 min

Penalties

2 min

36

Shots

44

Quarterfinals[edit]

(5) Minnesota vs. (4) Clarkson[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Laura Schmidlein

Bouveng – (Murphy, Wethington) – 7:26	1–0
Huber – (Bouveng, Murphy) – 8:47	2–0
	2–1	16:27 – pp – Winn – (Guay, Gosling)
	2–2	58:09 – Petrie – (Guay, Winn)
	2–3	125:44 – pp – Petrie – (Gosling, Winn)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

63

Shots

56

Cornell vs. (3) Colgate[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome

	0–1	16:33 – Kaltounková – (Biederman)
	1–1
	1–2	55:49 – Simpson – (Biederman)
	1–3	59:59 – en – Biederman

4 min

Penalties

2 min

20

Shots

34

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Wisconsin[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Kaitlin Hayes
Andrew Kirk

	0–1	0:16 – O'Brien – (Simms, Edwards)
	0–2	44:24 – Wozniewicz – (Potter, Picard)
	0–3	47:52 – Edwards – (Simms, Potter)
	0–4	50:54 – Edwards – (O'Brien, Simms)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

25

Shots

47

Minnesota-Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Jenny Cameron
Alex Walsh

	0–1	0:22 – Amos – (Markowski)
	0–2	13:25 – Mobley – (Bernard, Brengman)
	0–3	15:53 – Bilka
	0–4	20:29 – Bilka – (Dunne, Amos)
	0–5	31:57 – pp – Hartmetz – (Webster, Peschel)
	0–6	32:48 – Baxter – (Mobley, Barnes)
	0–7	36:44 – Mobley – (Baxter)
	0–8	44:29 – pp – Dunne – (Amos, Zanon)
	0–9	54:46 – King – (Barnes, Markowski)

5 min

Penalties

3 min

16

Shots

39

Semifinals[edit]

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

March 22
4:00 pm

Clarkson

1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Ohio State

Goalies

Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Dmitrii Antpin
Linesmen:
Kaitlyn Hayes
Andrew Kirk

Cherkowski (McQuigge, Guay) – 2:25	1–0
	1–1	13:53 – Webster (Buglioni)
	1–2	53:12 – Matthews (Brengman, Webster))
	1–3	57:00 – Dunne (Barnes, Gardiner)
	1–4	58:06 – en – Hartmetz

2 min

Penalties

0 min

18

Shots

53

(3) Colgate vs. (2) Wisconsin[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Evan Cooke
Laura Schmidlein

	0–1	11:00 – Simms – (O'Brien, Edwards)
	0–2	51:29 – Jungels – (Curl, O'Brien)
Kaltounková – (Brick, Greig) – 57:50	1–2
	1–3	59:48 – en – Edwards

8 min

Penalties

10 min

26

Shots

21

Championship[edit]

(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

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
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville

0–1

52:48 – Dunne – (Bilka, Barnes)

0 min

Penalties

0 min

26

Shots

28

Tournament awards[edit]

All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

* Most Outstanding Player^[3]

References[edit]

^ 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". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Ohio State Wins Second NCAA Championship". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ "2024 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[1] 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". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

[2] "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

[:0-3] "Ohio State Wins Second NCAA Championship". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

[4] "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.

[5] "2024 NC Women's Ice Hockey Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

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Qualifying teams[edit]

Bids by state[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Results[edit]

First Round[edit]

Connecticut vs. Minnesota Duluth[edit]

Stonehill vs. Cornell[edit]

Penn State vs. St. Lawrence[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

(5) Minnesota vs. (4) Clarkson[edit]

Cornell vs. (3) Colgate[edit]

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Wisconsin[edit]

Minnesota-Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

(3) Colgate vs. (2) Wisconsin[edit]

Championship[edit]

(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State[edit]

Tournament awards[edit]

All-Tournament Team[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]