2025 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

2025 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams11
Finals site
ChampionsWisconsin Badgers (8th title)
Runner-upOhio State Buckeyes (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMark Johnson (8th title)
MOPKirsten Simms (Wisconsin)

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.[1] 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.[2] The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 4–3 in overtime to win their record eighth national championship.

Qualifying teams

Boston University
Penn State
Wisconsin
Cornell
Sacred Heart
Minnesota
Clarkson
Minnesota Duluth
St. Lawrence
Ohio State
Colgate
2025 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, AHA, NEWHA

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.[3]

Seed School Conference Record Berth type Appearance Last bid
1 Wisconsin WCHA 35–1–2 Tournament champion 19th 2024
2 Ohio State WCHA 27–7–3 At-large bid 6th 2024
3 Cornell ECAC 24–4–5 Tournament champion 10th 2024
4 Minnesota WCHA 28–11–1 At-large bid 22nd 2024
5 Colgate ECAC 30–8–0 At-large bid 6th 2024
Boston University Hockey East 24–11–2 Tournament champion 7th 2015
Clarkson ECAC 24–12–2 At-large bid 13th 2024
Minnesota Duluth WCHA 21–14–2 At-large bid 16th 2024
Penn State AHA 31–5–1 Tournament champion 3rd 2024
Sacred Heart NEWHA 21–14–3 Tournament champion 1st Never
St. Lawrence ECAC 21–11–5 At-large bid 11th 2024

Bids by state

Bids State School(s)
4 New York Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, St. Lawrence
2 Minnesota Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth
1 Connecticut Sacred Heart
Massachusetts Boston University
Ohio Ohio State
Pennsylvania Penn State
Wisconsin Wisconsin

Bracket

First Round
March 13[4] 		National Quarterfinals
March 15 		National Semifinals
March 21 		National Championship
March 23
Clarkson 1
Boston University 1 1 Wisconsin 4
Clarkson 3 1 Wisconsin 6
4 Minnesota 2
5 Colgate 2
4 Minnesota 3
1 Wisconsin 4*
2 Ohio State 3
Minnesota Duluth 0
Sacred Heart 1 3 Cornell 1
Minnesota Duluth 6 3 Cornell 2
2 Ohio State 4
St. Lawrence 1
St. Lawrence 4 2 Ohio State 6
Penn State 1

Note: each * denotes one overtime period

Results

First Round

St. Lawrence vs. Penn State

March 13, 2025
7:00 pm		St. Lawrence4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)		Penn StateOhio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 365
[Game reference 1]
Emma-Sofie NordströmGoaliesKatie DeSaReferees:
Katie Guay
Dmitrii Antipin
Linesmen:
Evan Cookie
Andrew Kirk
14:19 – Abby Hustler (Hehl, Segedi)1–0
14:34 – Kennedy Wilson2–0
18:43 – pp – Abby Hustler (Segedi, Marchand)3–0
3–148:36 – pp – Kendall Butze (Janecke, Roberts)
59:18.1 – en – Kristina Bahl4–1
8 minPenalties6 min
27Shots33

Sacred Heart vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 13, 2025
7:00 pm		Sacred Heart1–6
(0–1, 0–3, 1–2)		Minnesota DuluthLynah Rink
Attendance: 245
[Game reference 2]
Carly GreeneGoaliesÈve GasconReferees:
Scott Prim
Paul Maciejewski
Linesmen:
Marc Silva
Chris Hunter
0–113:06 – Clara Van Wieren (Wallin)
0–226:43 – Danielle Burgen (Kraemer)
0–339:40.9 – Olivia Mobley (Wallin)
0–439:56.8 – Burgen (Kraemer, O'Brien)
0–548:37 – Grace Sadura (Lawry, Davis)
50:09 – Kate Helgeson (Limke, Bennetts)1–5
1–659:24.7 – Mobley (Millwater, Van Wieren)
4 minPenalties10 min
12Shots58

Boston University vs. Clarkson

March 13, 2025
8:02 pm		Boston University1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)		ClarksonLaBahn Arena
Attendance: 611
[Game reference 3]
Callie ShanahanGoaliesHolly GruberReferees:
Sarma Pone
Gui Bradshaw
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome
0–15:09 – Anne Cherkowski (Fess, Proulx)
0–25:40 – pp – Rhea Hicks (Catterall, Cherkowski)
55:59 – Lindsay Bochna (Shaunessy, Law)1–2
1–359:25.0 – en – Catterall (Gosling)
8 minPenalties4 min
18Shots30

Quarterfinals

Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 15, 2025
2:00 pm		Clarkson1–4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)		WisconsinLaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,421
[Game reference 4]
Holly GruberGoaliesAva McNaughtonReferees:
Nathan Shemo
Chris Binkley
Linesmen:
Seamus Andrews
Andy Zawada
4:59 – pp – Nicole Gosling (Cherkowski, Winn)1–0
1–131:36 – Ava Murphy (O'Brien, Simms)
1–237:37 – Kelly Gorbatenko (Hall, Potter)
1–355:24 – pp – Laila Edwards (Simms, Eden)
1–459:28.0 – sh, en – Eden (O'Brien, Venusio)
8 minPenalties6 min
20Shots38

(5) Colgate vs. (4) Minnesota

March 15, 2025
2:00 pm		Colgate2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)		MinnesotaRidder Arena
Attendance: 1,482
[Game reference 5]
Hannah MurphyGoaliesHannah ClarkReferees:
Scott Roth
Michael Kaehler
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Sarah Buckner
0–15:40 – pp – Abbey Murphy (Primerano, Clark)
0–225:18 – pp – Abbey Murphy (Huber, Mlýnková)
0–330:06 – Sydney Morrow (Bouveng, Primerano)
42:26 – pp – Elyssa Biederman (Malachino, Pais)1–3
51:00 – Avery Pickering (Stewart, Malachino)2–3
8 minPenalties4 min
26Shots44

Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Cornell

March 15, 2025
4:00 pm		Minnesota Duluth0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		CornellLynah Rink
Attendance: 3,135
[Game reference 6]
Ève GasconGoaliesAnnelies BergmannReferees:
Tom Lynch
Will O'Malley
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville
0–143:24 – Alyssa Regalado (Rud, Adam)
2 minPenalties4 min
28Shots21

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Ohio State

March 15, 2025
6:02 pm		St. Lawrence1–6
(1–2, 0–0, 0–4)		Ohio StateOhio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 711
[Game reference 7]
Emma-Sofie NordströmGoaliesAmanda ThieleReferees:
Kelly Cooke
Amanda Tassoni
Linesmen:
Abbey Torres
Jennifer Cameron
6:26 – pp – Aly McLeod (Jefferies, Côté)1–0
1–113:37 – Sloane Matthews (Webster)
1–218:46 – Joy Dunne (Buglioni, Brengman)
1–351:36 – Jocelyn Amos (Dunne)
1–453:56 – Makenna Webster (Dunne, Peschel)
1–557:38 – en – Joy Dunne (Amos, McCoshen)
1–659:40.3 – Jordyn Petrie (St. Martin, Baxter)
6 minPenalties17 min
14Shots49

Semifinals

(3) Cornell vs. (2) Ohio State

March 21, 2025
5:00 pm		Cornell2–4
(0–2, 2–0, 0–2)		Ohio StateRidder Arena
Attendance: 3,487
[Game reference 8]
Annelies BergmannGoaliesAmanda ThieleReferees:
Chris Binkley
Nate Shemo
Linesmen:
Andy Zawada
Seamus Andrew
0–12:24 – Webster (Dunne)
0–26:37 – Disher (Buglioni, Matthews)
Delianedis (Schiff, Dwyer) – 33:141–2
Jockims (Grober) – 34:222–2
2–343:37 – Dunne (Webster, Jungåker)
2–447:22 – Dunne (Amos, Webster)
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots42

(4) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 21, 2025
8:30 pm		Minnesota2–6
(1–1, 1–3, 0–2)		WisconsinRidder Arena
Attendance: 3,487
[Game reference 9]
Hannah ClarkGoaliesAva McNaughtonReferees:
Tom Lynch
Will O'Malley
Linesmen:
Sarah Buckner
Colby Munson
Hemp (Lindsay, Kreisz) – 14:141–0
1–117:15 - sh – Edwards (O'Brien, Harvey)
1–222:52 – Harvey (O'Brien, Simms)
1–329:42 – Kirsten Simms (Eden, Jungels)
30:27 – Bouveng (Laitinen) – 30:272–3
2–439:58.0 – Casey O'Brien (Potter)
2–544:22 – Edwards (Gorbatenko, Harvey)
2–658:41 - en – Edwards (Enright, Harvey)
9 minPenalties6 min
23Shots18

Championship

(2) Ohio State vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 23, 2025
4:00 pm		Ohio State3–4 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1)		WisconsinRidder Arena
Attendance: 3,100
[Game reference 10]
Amanda ThieleGoaliesAva McNaughtonReferees:
Kelly Cooke
Amanda Tassoni
Linesmen:
Abbey Torres
Jenny Cameron-Ward
Dunne – sh – 8:221–0
1–18:34 - pp – Edwards (Eden)
Matthews – 14:442–1
Peschel (Amos, Webster) – 20:103–1
3–225:27 – Harvey (Simms, Edwards)
3–359:41.1 - pn – Simms
3–462:49 – Simms (Eden, Murphy)
6 minPenalties2 min
23Shots35

See also

References

  1. ^ Haase, Nicole (December 16, 2021). "Division I Women's Hockey: NCAA approves immediate expansion of bracket; 11 teams to compete in 2022 National Championship tournament". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "NCAA announces host site selections from 2022-23 to 2025-26". NCAA.com. October 19, 2020. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "The NC women's hockey championship selection process, explained". NCAA.com. February 23, 2023. Archived from the original on March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "NCAA National Collegiate women's hockey tournament - 2025 bracket". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 3, 2025.

Game references

  1. ^ "St. Lawrence Saints @ Penn State Nittany Lions". saintsathletics.com. Saint Lawrence University. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  2. ^ "Sacred Heart Pioneers @ Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs". umdbulldogs.com. University of Minnesota Duluth. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  3. ^ "Boston University Terriers @ Clarkson Golden Knights". clarksonathletics.com. Clarkson University. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  4. ^ "Clarkson Golden Knights @ Wisconsin Badgers". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  5. ^ "Colgate Raiders @ Minnesota Golden Gophers". gophersports.com. University of Minnesota. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  6. ^ "Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs @ Cornell Big Red". cornellbigred.com. Cornell University. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  7. ^ "St. Lawrence Saints @ Ohio State Buckeyes". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. The Ohio State University. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  8. ^ "Cornell Big Red vs. Ohio State Buckeyes". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  9. ^ "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Wisconsin Badgers". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  10. ^ "Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
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