The 2025 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 was the fourth year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams. The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top 4 seeded teams on March 13 and 15, 2025, while the Frozen Four was played on March 21 and 23, 2025 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sacred Heart made their first NCAA tournament in school history while Boston University returned to the tournament for the first time in ten years. The Wisconsin Badgers met the Ohio State Buckeyes for the third consecutive year in the final, and Wisconsin defeated Ohio State 4–3 in overtime to win their record eighth national championship.
Qualifying teams
In the fourth year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments will receive automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other six teams will be selected at-large. The top five teams are seeded. SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1WisconsinWCHA35–1–2Tournament champion19th20242Ohio StateWCHA27–7–3At-large bid6th20243CornellECAC24–4–5Tournament champion10th20244MinnesotaWCHA28–11–1At-large bid22nd20245ColgateECAC30–8–0At-large bid6th2024Boston UniversityHockey East24–11–2Tournament champion7th2015ClarksonECAC24–12–2At-large bid13th2024Minnesota DuluthWCHA21–14–2At-large bid16th2024Penn StateAHA31–5–1Tournament champion3rd2024Sacred HeartNEWHA21–14–3Tournament champion1stNeverSt. LawrenceECAC21–11–5At-large bid11th2024
Bids by state BidsStateSchool(s) 4 New York Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, St. Lawrence2MinnesotaMinnesota, Minnesota Duluth1ConnecticutSacred Heart Massachusetts Boston UniversityOhioOhio State Pennsylvania Penn State Wisconsin Wisconsin Bracket Note: each * denotes one overtime period
Results First Round St. Lawrence vs. Penn State
Sacred Heart vs. Minnesota Duluth
Boston University vs. Clarkson
Quarterfinals Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin
(5) Colgate vs. (4) Minnesota
Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Cornell
St. Lawrence vs. (2) Ohio State
Semifinals (3) Cornell vs. (2) Ohio State
(4) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin
Championship (2) Ohio State vs. (1) Wisconsin
See also NCAA women's ice hockey tournament 2025 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
G: Ava McNaughton, Wisconsin D: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin D: Emma Peschel, Ohio State F: Joy Dunne: Ohio State F: Laila Edwards, Wisconsin F: Kirsten Simms*, Wisconsin
* Most Outstanding Player
References
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