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

Ohio State

Wisconsin

Colgate

Clarkson

Minnesota

Cornell

St. Lawrence

Minnesota Duluth

Connecticut

Penn State

Stonehill

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2024 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA, NEWHA

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
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

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
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

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

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

(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
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

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

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

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

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State

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

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

(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
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville

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

* Most Outstanding Player^[3]

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". 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

Bids by state

Bracket

Results

First Round

Connecticut vs. Minnesota Duluth

Stonehill vs. Cornell

Penn State vs. St. Lawrence

Quarterfinals

(5) Minnesota vs. (4) Clarkson

Cornell vs. (3) Colgate

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Wisconsin

Minnesota Duluth vs. (1) Ohio State

Semifinals

(4) Clarkson vs. (1) Ohio State

(3) Colgate vs. (2) Wisconsin

Championship

(2) Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

See also

References