{"id":151765,"date":"2025-03-09T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=151765"},"modified":"2025-03-09T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T21:28:59","slug":"ncaa-unveils-11-team-bracket-for-2025-national-collegiate-womens-hockey-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2025\/03\/09\/ncaa-unveils-11-team-bracket-for-2025-national-collegiate-womens-hockey-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA unveils 11-team bracket for 2025 National Collegiate women\u2019s hockey tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin, defending champion Ohio State, Cornell and Minneapolis earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2025 NCAA National Collegiate women\u2019s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA committee had to make a small adjustment in the bracket based on needing to avoid an intra-conference matchup between Clarkson and St. Lawrence as the no. 8 and no. 9 seeded teams. Boston University, the no. 10 team, was swapped with St. Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/ncaa\/womens-division-i-ncaa-tournament\/\">See the NCAA tournament bracket here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin (WCHA), Cornell (ECAC Hockey), Boston University (Hockey East), Penn State (AHA) and Sacred Heart (NEWHA) earned automatic bids to the tournament by winning conference tournament championships.<\/p>\n<p>The six at-large selections were Ohio State, Minnesota, Colgate, Minnesota Duluth, Clarkson and St. Lawrence<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson and Boston University play in the first round at 7 p.m. CT on Thursday in Madison, Wis., and the winner plays Wisconsin at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Penn State will play St. Lawrence at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, with the winner playing Ohio State at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Sacred Heart and Minnesota Duluth will meet in the first round at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday in Ithaca, N.Y. The winner plays Cornell at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Colgate vs. Minnesota in Minneapolis is the only second-round game already on the books. They\u2019ll play at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The regional winners advance to the Frozen Four in Minneapolis on March 21-23. The winner of the Wisconsin regional and the Minneapolis regional will play in one semifinal, with winners of the Cornell and Ohio regionals meeting in the other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin, defending champion Ohio State, Cornell and Minneapolis earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2025 NCAA National Collegiate women\u2019s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday. 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