2025 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament

2025 NCAA Division III Women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	12
Finals site	Hunt Arena; River Falls, Wisconsin;
Champions	Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons (2nd title)
Runner-up	Amherst Mammoths (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Middlebury Panthers (11th Frozen Four); Augsburg Auggies (1st Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Joe Cranston (2nd title)
MOP	Bailey Olson (Wisconsin–River Falls)
	← 2024; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2026 →;

The 2025 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament with twelve 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 on March 15, 2025, and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top four seeded teams on March 22, 2025. The Frozen Four was played on March 28 and 30, 2025 at Hunt Arena in River Falls, Wisconsin.^[1] The Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons defeated the Amherst Mammoths 3–1 to win their second consecutive title.^[2]

Qualifying teams

Elmira

Endicott

Augsburg

Plattsburgh State

Nazareth

St. Norbert

Wilkes

Wisconsin–River Falls

Middlebury

Amherst

Gustavus Adolphus

Colby

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2025 Qualifying Teams
MIAC, WIAC, NEHC, NESCAC, CNE, SUNYAC, UCHC, NCHA, MAC,

The eight winners of their conference tournaments will receive automatic berths to the tournament. The other four teams will be selected at-large. The top four teams are seeded.^[3]^[4]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Augsburg	MIAC	23–3–1	Tournament champion	1st	Never
2	Amherst	NESCAC	21–5–1	Tournament champion	10th	2024
3	Middlebury	NESCAC	20–6–1	At-large bid	19th	2024
4	Wisconsin–River Falls	WIAC	23–3–2	At-large bid	16th	2024
	Colby	NESCAC	17–6–2	At-large bid	3rd	2023
	Elmira	NEHC	20–7–1	Tournament champion	19th	2024
	Endicott	CNE	18–5–3	Tournament champion	4th	2022
	Gustavus Adolphus	MIAC	23–3–1	At-large bid	18th	2024
	Nazareth	UCHC	20–6–1	Tournament champion	4th	2024
	Plattsburgh State	SUNYAC	20–6–1	Tournament champion	20th	2024
	St. Norbert	NCHA	24–4–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2013
	Wilkes	MAC	22–4–1	Tournament champion	1st	Never

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
3	New York	Elmira, Nazareth, Plattsburgh State
2	Massachusetts	Amherst, Endicott
	Minnesota	Augsburg, Gustavus Adolphus
	Wisconsin	St. Norbert, Wisconsin–River Falls
1	Maine	Colby
	Pennsylvania	Wilkes
	Vermont	Middlebury

Bracket

First round March 15^[5]		Quarterfinals March 22			Semifinals March 28			National Championship March 30

			St. Norbert	2
St. Norbert	3	1	Augsburg	4
Gustavus Adolphus	1				1	Augsburg	2
					4	Wisconsin-River Falls	4
			Elmira	1
Elmira	1	4	Wisconsin-River Falls	4
Plattsburgh State	0							4	Wisconsin-River Falls	3
								2	Amherst	1
			Nazareth	0
Nazareth	4	3	Middlebury	1
Endicott	2				3	Middlebury	1
					2	Amherst	3
			Colby	1
Wilkes	3	2	Amherst	4
Colby	4

Results

First Round

St. Norbert v. Gustavus Adolphus

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm

St. Norbert

3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Gustavus Adolphus

Lund Arena – St. Peter, Minnesota
Attendance: 547

Game reference

Keira Markell

Goalies

Lily Timmons

Referees:
Dan Olson
Eric Olson
Linesmen:
Joe Stretrum
Eric Frykman

	0–1	02:18 – Lily Mortenson (22) (Thompson, Elliott)
12:22 – PP – Maddux Federici (1) (Hogan, Zurawik)	1–1
34:22 – Kelsey Ross (9) (Zurawik)	2–1
43:24 – Emma Stebbeds (4)	3–1

4 min

Penalties

2 min

13

Shots

46

Elmira v. Plattsburgh State

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm

Elmira

1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Plattsburgh State

Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena – Plattsburgh, New York
Attendance: 778

Game reference

Sára Ševčíková

Goalies

Chloe Lewis

Referees:
Ryan St. Louis
James Visconte
Linesmen:
Jason Therrien
Jason Lamoy

13:57 – PP – Erika Goleniak (17) (Schmidt, Dougherty)

1–0

10 min

Penalties

4 min

17

Shots

40

Nazareth v. Endicott

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm

Nazareth

4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Endicott

Raymond J. Bourque Arena – Beverly, Massachusetts
Attendance: 428

Game reference

McKinley Hoff

Goalies

Lauren Ferrari

Referees:
Heidi Niskanen
Haylee Mello
Linesmen:
Madeline Lane
Mikala Walsh

	0–1	4:45 – Gracyn Kurrle (4) (Rago, Corso)
13:41 – Alexis Kindred (2) (Lyden, Judkiewicz)	1–1
	1–2	25:10 – Jenna Seibold (1) (Henshaw, Anderson)
36:11 – Sophia Pittis (6) (Laskowski, Sharp)	2–2
53:36 – PP – Amy Laskowski (15) (Holmes, Judkiewicz)	3–2
58:43 – EN – Amy Laskowski (16) (Lyden, Quackenbush)	4–2

0 min

Penalties

2 min

30

Shots

24

Wilkes v. Colby

March 15, 2025
3:00 pm

Wilkes

3–4
(1–2, 0–2, 2–0)

Colby

Alfond Rink –Waterville, Maine
Attendance: 750

Game reference

Audrey Milne

Goalies

Mandy Busky

	0–1	01:17 – Audrey Shirer (4) (Tattersall, Staton)
10:44 – Megan Bell (8) (Maxon)	1–1
	1–2	15:41 – Breanna Studley (9) (Wick)
	1–3	22:26 – Megan Martodam (4) (Lefebvre, Tattersall)
	1–4	24:42 – Molly Lefebvre (7)
40:21 – Haylee Bouchard (20) (Pacilio)	2–4
59:11 – PP – EA – Nina Hudáková (14) (Ferry, Bouchard)	3–4

6 min

Penalties

8 min

29

Shots

28

Quarterfinals

Nazareth v. (3) Middlebury

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm

Nazareth

0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Middlebury

Chip Kenyon '85 Arena – Middlebury, Vermont
Attendance: 2,400

Game reference

McKinley Hoff

Goalies

Sophia Will

Referees:
Courtney Drennan
Steven Urbanke
Linesmen:
Aaron Jones
Mike Verminski

0–1

32:20 – Kate Flynn (11) (Hower, Kim)

0 min

Penalties

2 min

23

Shots

31

Colby v. (2) Amherst

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm

Colby

1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Amherst

Orr Rink – Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 370

Game reference

Mandy Busky

Goalies

Natalie Stott

Referees:
Chris Parsons
Michael Snyder
Linesmen:
Kyle Frenette
Madeline Lane

	0–1	02:44 – Bea Flynn (12)
	0–2	14:21 – PP – Ayla Abban (14) (Reynolds, Raffin)
	0–3	26:15 – Bea Flynn (13) (Abban, Hohmann)
	0–4	41:46 – Natalie Fu (3)(Dann, Lester)
44:57 – Anya Jiang (2)	1–4

2 min

Penalties

4 min

30

Shots

31

Elmira v. (4) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm

Elmira

1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Wisconsin–River Falls

Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,029

Game reference

Sára Ševčíková

Goalies

Jordan O'Kane

Referees:
David Berndgen
Mike Roberts
Linesmen:
Eric Frykman
Daniel Brickman

	0–1	17:56 – Allisen Carothers (3) (Kadrlik, Olson)
	0–2	30:45 – Bailey Olson (26)
	0–3	45:48 – PP – Ellie Brice (16) (Goodreau, Jones)
49:02 – Erika Goleniak (18) (Lugge)	1–3
	1–4	57:48 – PP – Megan Goodreau (23) (Aure, Lindquist)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

19

Shots

43

St. Norbert v. (1) Augsburg

March 22, 2025
3:00 pm

St. Norbert

2–4
(0–0, 1–4, 1–0)

Augsburg

Augsburg Ice Arena – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 800

Game reference

Kiera Markell

Goalies

Kayla Simonson

Referees:
Michaela Ball
Ross Van Zeeland
Linesmen:
Jase Friedlieb
Michael Hughes

	0–1	21:29 – Ella Abrahamson (12) (Fagerlind)
	0–2	22:48 – PP – Ella Abrahamson (13) (Schulte, Cronkhite)
32:37 – Tristan Wicklund (13) (Hogan, Hogan)	1–2
	1–3	33:02 – Anna Schulte (12) (Cronkhite, Stepan)
	1–4	34:42 – Emily Cronkhite (10)
58:02 – PP – EA – Ava Anick (2) (Pieper)	2–4

10 min

Penalties

10 min

32

Shots

33

Semifinals

(2) Amherst v. (3) Middlebury

March 28, 2025
4:00 pm

Amherst

3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Middlebury

Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 603

Game reference

Natalie Stott

Goalies

Sophia Will

Referees:
Michaela Bahl
Dan Olson
Linesmen:
Eric Frykman
Joe Setrum

Alyssa Xu (7) – PP – 41:57 (Baxter, Mancini)	1–0
	1–1	47:30 – Cece Ziegler (8) (Appleyard)
Alyssa Xu (8) – 53:03 (Reynolds)	2–1
Bea Flynn (12) – EN – 59:10 (Abban, Baxter)	3–1

6 min

Penalties

4 min

18

Shots

21

(4) Wisconsin–River Falls v. (1) Augsburg

March 28, 2025
8:00 pm

Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons

4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Augsburg

Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,758

Game reference

Jordan O'Kane

Goalies

Kayla Simonson

Referees:
Mark Knapp Jr
Heidi Niskanen
Linesmen:
Kyle Niskanen
Madeline Lane

03:41 – Alexa Niccum (8) (Jones)	1–0
	1–1	17:49 – Livia Brehm (5) (Schulte, Cronkhite)
	1–2	24:20 – Anna Schulte (13) (Brehm, Stepan)
37:26 – Madison Lavergne (10) (Bielenberg-Howarth, Niccum)	2–2
51:15 – Megan Goodreau (24) (Brice)	3–2
54:21 – Cahlilah Lindquist (3) (Kadrlik, Olson)	4–2

8 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

24

Championship

(2) Amherst v. (4) Wisconsin–River Falls

March 30, 2025
4:00 pm

Amherst

1–3
(0–0, 1–3, 0–0)

Wisconsin–River Falls

Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wisconsin
Attendance: 1,682

Game reference

Natalie Stott

Goalies

Jordan O'Kane

Referees:
Michaela Bahl
Heidi Niskanen
Linesmen:
Joe Setrum
Erik Frykman

	0–1	20:40 – MaKenna Aure (15) (Olson)
	0–2	27:08 – Madison Kadrlik (22) (Olson, Carothers)
31:53 – Bea Flynn (13) –31:53 (Raffin, Abban)	1–2
	1–3	37:00 – Bailey Olson (27) (Lindquist, Niccum)

2 min

Penalties

6 min

17

Shots

28

References

^ "UWRF to Host 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
^ "Home Ice Glory: UWRF Wins Second Consecutive National Title with 3-1 Victory Over Amherst". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 30, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
^ "NCAA Division III women's hockey tournament". USCHO.com | NCAA. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
^ "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
^ "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 9, 2025.

Game References

[1] "UWRF to Host 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.

[2] "Home Ice Glory: UWRF Wins Second Consecutive National Title with 3-1 Victory Over Amherst". University of Wisconsin River Falls Athletics. March 30, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.

[3] "NCAA Division III women's hockey tournament". USCHO.com | NCAA. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

[4] "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 10, 2025.

[5] "2025 NCAA DIII women's ice hockey: Bracket, schedule, how to watch". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 9, 2025.

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Qualifying teams

Bids by state

Bracket

Results

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

See also

References

Game References