2023 NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament

2023 bracket

First round
March 8
Quarterfinals
March 11
Semifinals
March 17
Championship
March 19
Colby
5
Norwich
2
7 p.m. ET, Waterville, Maine
Hamilton
3
Nazareth
1
7 p.m. ET, Clinton, N.Y.
Middlebury
4
Suffolk
0
7 p.m. ET, Middlebury, Vt.
Amherst
4
Colby
0
3 p.m. ET, Amherst, Mass.
Adrian
0
Hamilton
2
3 p.m. ET, Adrian, Mich.
Plattsburgh
4
Middlebury
2
3 p.m. ET, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Gustavus Adolphus
2
Wis.-River Falls
1
2 p.m. CT, St. Peter, Minn.
Amherst
2
Hamilton
0
7 p.m. ET, Amherst, Mass.
Plattsburgh
2
Gustavus Adolphus
3
(2OT) 3 p.m. ET, Amherst, Mass.
Amherst
1
Gustavus Adolphus
2
(3OT) 3 p.m. ET, Amherst, Mass.

2023 tournament

Location, dates:

• Selection show: Sunday, March 5, 8:30 p.m. ET, NCAA.com

• First round: Campus sites, March 8

• Quarterfinals: Campus sites, March 11.

• Semifinals, finals: At Amherst, Mass., March 17 and 19.

Qualifying teams: 11.

Format: Winners of three first-round games join five teams chosen for the quarterfinals. All rounds are single elimination.

Automatic qualifiers:

• Pool A: Postseason tournament champions from CCC, MIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, NEWHL, NCHA and UCHC

• Pool B: One team selected from independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not
meet the requirements for automatic qualification

• Pool C: Three institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not their conference champions, and the remaining teams not in automatic-qualifying conferences

NCAA Division III women’s ice hockey committee

• David Walberg, UMass Boston assistant athletic director (chair)

• Dave LaBaff, Wilkes coach

• Michelle McAteer, Augsburg coach

• Wendy McManus, Oswego athletic director

• Kimberly Sorensen, Marian senior woman administrator