2025 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

2025 NCAA National Collegiate Women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	11
Finals site	Ridder Arena; Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (8th title)
Runner-up	Ohio State Buckeyes (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Cornell (5th Frozen Four); Minnesota (16th Frozen Four);
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (8th title)
MOP	Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin)
	← 2024 ; NCAA women's ice hockey tournaments; 2026 →;

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

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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. Lawrence

4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Penn State

Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 365

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Emma-Sofie Nordström

Goalies

Katie DeSa

Referees:
Katie Guay
Dmitrii Antipin
Linesmen:
Evan Cookie
Andrew Kirk

14:19 – Abby Hustler (Hehl, Segedi)	1–0
14:34 – Kennedy Wilson	2–0
18:43 – pp – Abby Hustler (Segedi, Marchand)	3–0
	3–1	48:36 – pp – Kendall Butze (Janecke, Roberts)
59:18.1 – en – Kristina Bahl	4–1

8 min

Penalties

6 min

27

Shots

33

Sacred Heart vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 13, 2025
7:00 pm

Sacred Heart

1–6
(0–1, 0–3, 1–2)

Minnesota Duluth

Lynah Rink
Attendance: 245

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Carly Greene

Goalies

Ève Gascon

Referees:
Scott Prim
Paul Maciejewski
Linesmen:
Marc Silva
Chris Hunter

	0–1	13:06 – Clara Van Wieren (Wallin)
	0–2	26:43 – Danielle Burgen (Kraemer)
	0–3	39:40.9 – Olivia Mobley (Wallin)
	0–4	39:56.8 – Burgen (Kraemer, O'Brien)
	0–5	48:37 – Grace Sadura (Lawry, Davis)
50:09 – Kate Helgeson (Limke, Bennetts)	1–5
	1–6	59:24.7 – Mobley (Millwater, Van Wieren)

4 min

Penalties

10 min

12

Shots

58

Boston University vs. Clarkson

March 13, 2025
8:02 pm

Boston University

1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Clarkson

LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 611

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Callie Shanahan

Goalies

Holly Gruber

Referees:
Sarma Pone
Gui Bradshaw
Linesmen:
Doug Durgin
Sam Jerome

	0–1	5:09 – Anne Cherkowski (Fess, Proulx)
	0–2	5:40 – pp – Rhea Hicks (Catterall, Cherkowski)
55:59 – Lindsay Bochna (Shaunessy, Law)	1–2
	1–3	59:25.0 – en – Catterall (Gosling)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

18

Shots

30

Quarterfinals

Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 15, 2025
2:00 pm

Clarkson

1–4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Wisconsin

LaBahn Arena
Attendance: 2,421

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Holly Gruber

Goalies

Ava McNaughton

Referees:
Nathan Shemo
Chris Binkley
Linesmen:
Seamus Andrews
Andy Zawada

4:59 – pp – Nicole Gosling (Cherkowski, Winn)	1–0
	1–1	31:36 – Ava Murphy (O'Brien, Simms)
	1–2	37:37 – Kelly Gorbatenko (Hall, Potter)
	1–3	55:24 – pp – Laila Edwards (Simms, Eden)
	1–4	59:28.0 – sh, en – Eden (O'Brien, Venusio)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

20

Shots

38

(5) Colgate vs. (4) Minnesota

March 15, 2025
2:00 pm

Colgate

2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)

Minnesota

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 1,482

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Hannah Murphy

Goalies

Hannah Clark

Referees:
Scott Roth
Michael Kaehler
Linesmen:
Coby Munson
Sarah Buckner

	0–1	5:40 – pp – Abbey Murphy (Primerano, Clark)
	0–2	25:18 – pp – Abbey Murphy (Huber, Mlýnková)
	0–3	30:06 – Sydney Morrow (Bouveng, Primerano)
42:26 – pp – Elyssa Biederman (Malachino, Pais)	1–3
51:00 – Avery Pickering (Stewart, Malachino)	2–3

8 min

Penalties

4 min

26

Shots

44

Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Cornell

March 15, 2025
4:00 pm

Minnesota Duluth

0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Cornell

Lynah Rink
Attendance: 3,135

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Ève Gascon

Goalies

Annelies Bergmann

Referees:
Tom Lynch
Will O'Malley
Linesmen:
Glendon Seal
Aaron Neville

0–1

43:24 – Alyssa Regalado (Rud, Adam)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

21

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Ohio State

March 15, 2025
6:02 pm

St. Lawrence

1–6
(1–2, 0–0, 0–4)

Ohio State

Ohio State University Ice Rink
Attendance: 711

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Emma-Sofie Nordström

Goalies

Amanda Thiele

Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Amanda Tassoni
Linesmen:
Abbey Torres
Jennifer Cameron

6:26 – pp – Aly McLeod (Jefferies, Côté)	1–0
	1–1	13:37 – Sloane Matthews (Webster)
	1–2	18:46 – Joy Dunne (Buglioni, Brengman)
	1–3	51:36 – Jocelyn Amos (Dunne)
	1–4	53:56 – Makenna Webster (Dunne, Peschel)
	1–5	57:38 – en – Joy Dunne (Amos, McCoshen)
	1–6	59:40.3 – Jordyn Petrie (St. Martin, Baxter)

6 min

Penalties

17 min

14

Shots

49

Semifinals

(3) Cornell vs. (2) Ohio State

March 21, 2025
5:00 pm

Cornell

2–4
(0–2, 2–0, 0–2)

Ohio State

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 3,487

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Annelies Bergmann

Goalies

Amanda Thiele

Referees:
Chris Binkley
Nate Shemo
Linesmen:
Andy Zawada
Seamus Andrew

	0–1	2:24 – Webster (Dunne)
	0–2	6:37 – Disher (Buglioni, Matthews)
Delianedis (Schiff, Dwyer) – 33:14	1–2
Jockims (Grober) – 34:22	2–2
	2–3	43:37 – Dunne (Webster, Jungåker)
	2–4	47:22 – Dunne (Amos, Webster)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

29

Shots

42

(4) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 21, 2025
8:30 pm

Minnesota

2–6
(1–1, 1–3, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 3,487

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Hannah Clark

Goalies

Ava McNaughton

Referees:
Tom Lynch
Will O'Malley
Linesmen:
Sarah Buckner
Colby Munson

Hemp (Lindsay, Kreisz) – 14:14	1–0
	1–1	17:15 - sh – Edwards (O'Brien, Harvey)
	1–2	22:52 – Harvey (O'Brien, Simms)
	1–3	29:42 – Kirsten Simms (Eden, Jungels)
30:27 – Bouveng (Laitinen) – 30:27	2–3
	2–4	39:58.0 – Casey O'Brien (Potter)
	2–5	44:22 – Edwards (Gorbatenko, Harvey)
	2–6	58:41 - en – Edwards (Enright, Harvey)

9 min

Penalties

6 min

23

Shots

18

Championship

(2) Ohio State vs. (1) Wisconsin

March 23, 2025
4:00 pm

Ohio State

3–4 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Wisconsin

Ridder Arena
Attendance: 3,100

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Amanda Thiele

Goalies

Ava McNaughton

Referees:
Kelly Cooke
Amanda Tassoni
Linesmen:
Abbey Torres
Jenny Cameron-Ward

Dunne – sh – 8:22	1–0
	1–1	8:34 - pp – Edwards (Eden)
Matthews – 14:44	2–1
Peschel (Amos, Webster) – 20:10	3–1
	3–2	25:27 – Harvey (Simms, Edwards)
	3–3	59:41.1 - pn – Simms
	3–4	62:49 – Simms (Eden, Murphy)

6 min

Penalties

2 min

23

Shots

35

References

^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "NCAA National Collegiate women's hockey tournament - 2025 bracket". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 3, 2025.

Game references

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

[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.

[5] "St. Lawrence Saints @ Penn State Nittany Lions". saintsathletics.com. Saint Lawrence University. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

[6] "Sacred Heart Pioneers @ Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs". umdbulldogs.com. University of Minnesota Duluth. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

[7] "Boston University Terriers @ Clarkson Golden Knights". clarksonathletics.com. Clarkson University. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

[8] "Clarkson Golden Knights @ Wisconsin Badgers". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.

[9] "Colgate Raiders @ Minnesota Golden Gophers". gophersports.com. University of Minnesota. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.

[10] "Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs @ Cornell Big Red". cornellbigred.com. Cornell University. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.

[11] "St. Lawrence Saints @ Ohio State Buckeyes". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. The Ohio State University. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.

[12] "Cornell Big Red vs. Ohio State Buckeyes". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 25, 2025.

[13] "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Wisconsin Badgers". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.

[14] "Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.

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Qualifying teams

Bids by state

Bracket

Results

First Round

St. Lawrence vs. Penn State

Sacred Heart vs. Minnesota Duluth

Boston University vs. Clarkson

Quarterfinals

Clarkson vs. (1) Wisconsin

(5) Colgate vs. (4) Minnesota

Minnesota Duluth vs. (3) Cornell

St. Lawrence vs. (2) Ohio State

Semifinals

(3) Cornell vs. (2) Ohio State

(4) Minnesota vs. (1) Wisconsin

Championship

(2) Ohio State vs. (1) Wisconsin

See also

References

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