INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Committee announced today the field of 11 teams that will compete in the 24th National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championships. Four from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association earned a bid into the national tournament, beginning this Thursday, March 13. 

The top five teams are seeded into the bracket, with the top four seeds hosting the regional competition. Regional semifinals will be played March 13 with the regional finals March 15. The winning team from each regional final will advance to the 2025 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four on March 21 and 23 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Minnesota serving as host.

Five conferences were awarded automatic bids for the 2025 tournament. The remaining six teams were selected at-large. The automatic qualifiers are Penn State, Cornell, Boston University, Sacred Heart and Wisconsin. The teams selected at-large are Clarkson, Colgate, Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth, Ohio State and St. Lawrence. Sacred Heart is the only team in the field making their first tournament appearance while Boston U. is making their first appearance since 2015.

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The 2025 Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff Champion, Wisconsin enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed and will host and play the winner of the regional semifinal on Thursday in the LaBahn Arena between Clarkson and Boston U. The reigning national champion, Ohio State earned the No. 2 seed and will host and play the winner of the regional semifinal between Penn State and St. Lawrence which will be held Thursday at Ohio State Ice Rink in Columbus. Cornell enters the tournament as  the No. 3 seed and will match-up against the winner of Thursday’s regional semifinal between Minnesota Duluth and Sacred Heart at Lynah Rink. Minnesota the No. 4 seed, will host Colgate the No. 5 seed, on March 15 in a regional final at Ridder Arena. All game times will be updated and posted on NCAA.com.

Both national semifinal games will be broadcast Friday, March 21. The first semifinal game will air on ESPN+ at 5 p.m. Eastern time with the second semifinal game also being broadcast on ESPN+ at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. The national championship game will take place at 4 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 23 on ESPNU. 

For more information on the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, follow the league on X and Instagram @WCHA_WHockey, and online at wcha.com.