2023 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 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 is the second year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams. The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of seeded teams on March 9 and 11, 2023, while the Frozen Four was played on March 17 and 19, 2023 at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota. Penn State and LIU each reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 1–0 to win their 7th national championship.

Qualifying teams

In the second year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. This is the first year the NEWHA received an automatic bid. The other six teams were selected at-large. The top five teams are then seeded. SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1Ohio StateWCHA31–5–2At-large bid5th20222MinnesotaWCHA29–5–3Tournament champion20th20223ColgateECAC32–5–2Tournament champion4th20224YaleECAC28–3–1At-large bid2nd20225NortheasternHockey East33–2–1Tournament champion7th2022QuinnipiacECAC29–9–0At-large bid4th2022Penn StateCHA27–8–2Tournament champion1stNeverWisconsinWCHA25–10–2At-large bid17th2022LIUNEWHA20–13–3Tournament champion1stNeverMinnesota DuluthWCHA25–9–3At-large bid14th2022ClarksonECAC29–10–2At-large bid11th2022

Bids by state

BidsState(s)Schools3New YorkClarkson, Colgate, LIU 2ConnecticutQuinnipiac, Yale Minnesota Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth 1MassachusettsNortheastern OhioOhio StatePennsylvaniaPenn StateWisconsinWisconsin <noinclude>

Bracket Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results First Round Penn State vs. Quinnipiac

LIU vs. Wisconsin

Clarkson vs. Minnesota Duluth

Quarterfinals Wisconsin vs. (3) Colgate

Minnesota Duluth vs. (2) Minnesota

(5) Northeastern vs. (4) Yale

Quinnipiac vs. (1) Ohio State

Semifinals

(5) Northeastern vs. (1) Ohio State

Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

Championship Wisconsin vs. (1) Ohio State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team G: Cami Kronish*, Wisconsin D: Sophie Jaques, Ohio State D: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin F: Laila Edwards, Wisconsin F: Kirsten Simms, Wisconsin F: Jesse Compher, Wisconsin * Most Outstanding Player

See also NCAA women's ice hockey tournament 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

References

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