2023 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament

2023 bracket

Regional semifinals
March 9
Regional finals
March 11
Semifinals
March 17
Championship
March 19
Quinnipiac
3
Penn State
2
(3OT) 6 p.m. ET, Columbus, Ohio
Minnesota Duluth
2
Clarkson
0
6 p.m. CT, Minneapolis
Wisconsin
9
Long Island
1
6 p.m. ET, Hamilton, N.Y.
1 Ohio State
5
Quinnipiac
2
5 p.m. ET, Columbus, Ohio
4 Yale
1
5 Northeastern
4
3 p.m. ET, New Haven, Conn.
2 Minnesota
3
Minnesota Duluth
0
2 p.m. CT, Minneapolis
3 Colgate
2
Wisconsin
4
3 p.m. ET, Hamilton, N.Y.
Ohio State
3
Northeastern
0
2:30 p.m. CT, Duluth, Minn.
Minnesota
2
Wisconsin
3
(OT) 6 p.m. CT, Duluth, Minn.
Ohio State
0
Wisconsin
1
3 p.m. CT, Duluth, Minn.

2023 tournament

Locations, dates:

• Selection show: Sunday, March 5, noon ET, ESPNews

• Regional semifinals: Campus sites of top three seeds, March 9

• Regional finals: Campus sites of top four seeds, March 11

• Frozen Four: Amsoil Arena, Duluth, Minn., March 17 and 19

Qualifying teams: 11

Format: Five automatic qualifiers and the top six at-large teams from the PairWise Rankings are selected. The top four overall seeds are No. 1 seeds and will host regional finals. The next four overall seeds are No. 2 seeds. The remaining three teams are No. 3 seeds. The No. 4 overall seed will play the No. 5 overall seed. The bottom three No. 2 seeds will play the three No. 3 seeds in the regional semifinals. All rounds are single elimination. More: NCAA Division I women’s tournament selection process

Automatic qualifiers: Postseason tournament champions from CHA, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, NEWHA and WCHA.

NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey committee

• Jeremy Gibson, Merrimack athletic director (chair)

• Shelley Looney, Lindenwood coach

• William Martinov, Long Island athletic director

• Cara Morey, Princeton coach

• Janine Oman, Ohio State senior deputy director