2026 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

The 2026 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament with thirteen schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The first round was played on the campuses of the higher seeds on March 14, 2026, and quarterfinals will be played on the campuses of the top three seeded teams and highest remaining unranked team on March 21, 2026. The Frozen Four was played on March 27 and 29 at Hunt Arena in River Falls, Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons won their third consecutive national championship, defeating the Nazareth Golden Flyers by a score of 4–0.

Qualifying teams

The eight winners of their conference tournaments will receive automatic berths to the tournament. The other five teams will be selected at-large. The top three teams are seeded. SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1Wisconsin–River FallsWIAC27–1–0At-large bid17th20252NorwichLEC25–2–0Tournament champion13th20233NazarethUCHC25–1–1At-large bid5th2025AdrianNCHA24–5–0Tournament champion9th2024AmherstNESCAC19–2–6Tournament champion11th2025AugsburgMIAC21–4–1At-large bid2nd2025ElmiraUCHC19–5–2Tournament champion20th2025EndicottCNE21–4–2Tournament champion5th2025HamlineMIAC20–5–1At-large bid3rd2019Plattsburgh StateSUNYAC20–6–1Tournament champion21st2025Saint BenedictMIAC16–7–4Tournament champion1stNeverWilkesMAC24–1–1Tournament champion2nd2025WilliamsNESCAC17–4–5At-large bid4th2019

Bids by state BidsStateSchool(s)3MassachusettsAmherst, Endicott, WilliamsMinnesotaAugsburg, Hamline, Saint Benedict2New YorkElmira, Nazareth1MichiganAdrianPennsylvaniaWilkesVermontNorwichWisconsinWisconsin–River Falls

Bracket

Results First Round Plattsburgh State at Williams

Saint Benedict at Amherst

Adrian at Wilkes

Elmira at Augsburg

Endicott at Hamline

Quarterfinals Williams at (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

Elmira at Amherst

Hamline at (2) Norwich

Wilkes at (3) Nazareth

Semifinals (3) Nazareth vs. (2) Norwich

Amherst vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

Championship (3) Nazareth vs. (1) Wisconsin–River Falls

References

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