2024 NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament

2024 bracket

First round
March 6
Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 17
Hamilton
2
Nazareth
1
(OT) At Hamilton, 7 p.m. ET
Middlebury
8
W. New England
0
At Middlebury, 7 p.m. ET
Cortland
1
Elmira
3
At Cortland, 7 p.m. ET
Wis.-River Falls
2
Gustavus Adolphus
1
At Wis.-River Falls, 2 p.m. CT
Adrian
4
Hamilton
1
At Adrian, 3 p.m. ET
Plattsburgh
0
Middlebury
2
At Plattsburgh, 3 p.m. ET
Amherst
1
Elmira
2
(OT) At Amherst, 3 p.m. ET
Wis.-River Falls
3
Adrian
2
At Wis.-River Falls, 7 CT
Middlebury
0
Elmira
1
At Wis.-River Falls, 3 CT
Wis.-River Falls
4
Elmira
1
At Wis.-River Falls, 3 CT

2024 tournament

Location, dates:

• Selection show: Sunday, March 3, 8:30 p.m. ET, NCAA.com

• First round: Campus sites, March 6

• Quarterfinals: Campus sites, March 9.

• Semifinals, finals: At campus site of one of the participating teams, March 15 and 17.

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, NCHA, SUNYAC 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

• Wendy McManus, Oswego athletic director (chair)

• Dave LaBaff, Wilkes coach

• Michelle McAteer, Augsburg coach

• Kelly Rider, Curry coach

• Kimberly Sorensen, Marian senior woman administrator