NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament

2024 bracket

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

Future championship sites

2025: Hunt Arena, River Falls, Wis.

2026: Campus site of one of the participating teams

2027: Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

2028: Campus site of one of the participating teams

NCAA champions