NCAA Division III women's ice hockey

As of the 2019–20 season, there were 67 teams competing in NCAA Division III women’s hockey in eight conferences.

NCAA Division III women's ice hockey may begin formal practice on October 15 and are limited to 25 games in the regular season. Four of the five conferences begin practice on this date (all except for the New England Small College Athletic Conference) and once the season begins, most teams practice or play six days per week.

The women's ice hockey championship includes 5 conferences for the NCAA Division III:

Conferences

Eastern College Athletic Conference East

ECAC East is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. There are currently 9 members in the women’s division:[1]

Eastern College Athletic Conference West

ECAC West is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. There are currently 10 members in the women’s division:[2]

Middle Atlantic Conference

The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) — not to be confused with the Division I Mid-American Conference, which uses the same initialism — is an umbrella organization of three Division III conferences:

  • MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom (formally "Middle Atlantic Conference X"), both of which sponsor competition in the same set of 14 sports, but not ice hockey.
  • Middle Atlantic Conference (not to be confused with the overall organization), which sponsors competition for Commonwealth and Freedom members in 13 other sports, including hockey.

The following schools compete in MAC women's hockey:[3]

Arcadia University (Glenside, PA), a MAC Freedom member, will add men's and women's hockey teams in 2021–22.

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) is a College Athletic Conference, which competes in the NCAA’s Division 3. As the member schools are located in Minnesota. These women's teams include:[4]

St. Thomas will be expelled from the MIAC after the 2020–21 school year; most of the other members felt that the school had grown too strong for the conference in multiple sports. The school will move to Division I, joining the Summit League in most sports and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in women's hockey.

New England Small College Athletic Conference

The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is the premier historic Division III athletic conference in the United States, consisting of highly selective liberal arts colleges and universities located in New England and New York. NESCAC is often referred to as the “Little Ivies”. The women's ice hockey teams that make up NESCAC are:[5]

Northern Collegiate Hockey Association

The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) is a college athletic conference, which operates in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin ( in the midwestern United States). It participates in the NCAA’s Division III as a hockey-only conference.[6] The women's teams competing in the NCHA are:

List of winners
YearChampionScoreRunner-up
2002Elmira2–1Manhattanville
2003Elmira5–1Manhattanville
2004Middlebury2–1Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2005Middlebury4–3Elmira
2006Middlebury3–1Plattsburgh State
2007Plattsburgh State2–1Middlebury
2008Plattsburgh State3–2Manhattanville
2009Amherst4–3 (OT)Elmira
2010Amherst7–2Norwich
2011Norwich5–2RIT
2012RIT4–1Norwich
2013Elmira1–0Middlebury
2014Plattsburgh State9–2Norwich
2015Plattsburgh State3–2Elmira
2016Plattsburgh State5–1Wisconsin–River Falls
2017Plattsburgh State4–3 (OT)Adrian College
2018Norwich2–1Elmira
2019Plattsburgh State4–0
2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

Awards and honors

Laura Hurd Award

The Laura Hurd Award is given to the best player in the Division III.

Award winners
Year Winner Position School
2000Sylvia RyanForwardMiddlebury College
2001Michelle LabbeForwardMiddlebury College
2002Sarah MoeForwardGustavus Adolphus College
2003Angela KapusForward/DefenseMiddlebury College
2004Molly WassermanForwardWilliams College
2005Laura HurdForwardElmira College
2006Emily QuizonForwardMiddlebury College
2007Andrea PetersonDefenseGustavus Adolphus College
2008Danielle Blanchard[7]ForwardSUNY Plattsburgh
2009Kayla CoadyForwardElmira College
2010Isabel IwachiwGoaltenderTrinity College
2011Sarah Dagg[8]ForwardRochester Institute of Technology
2012Julie Fortier[9]ForwardNorwich University
2013Teal Gove[10]ForwardSUNY Plattsburgh
2014Sydney Aveson[11]GoaltenderSUNY Plattsburgh
2015Ashley Ryan[12]ForwardElmira
2016Michelle Greeneway[13]ForwardLake Forest
2017Dani Sibley[13]ForwardUW-River Falls
2018Melissa Sheeran[13]ForwardPlattsburgh
2019Bre Simon[14]ForwardHamline University

Winners by school

UW-River Falls || 1

School Winners
Middlebury College4
SUNY Plattsburgh4
Elmira College3
Gustavus Adolphus College2
Norwich University1
Rochester Institute of Technology1
Trinity College1
Williams College1
Hamline University1

Winners by position
Position Winners
Forward16
Defense1
Goaltender2
Forward/Defense1

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See also

References
  1. Women's East Hockey
  2. Women's West hockey
  3. "MAC to Sponsor Ice Hockey and Men's Volleyball Beginning 2017-18" (Press release). Middle Atlantic Conferences. October 12, 2016. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  4. MIAC Hockey
  5. NESCAC Ice Hockey
  6. A History of Women's Hockey and the NCHA
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  8. "Tiger hockey—women and men—set national records at season’s end - RIT News - Athenaeum". rit.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
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  13. "Finalists Announced for 2019 Laura Hurd Aware Winner; Women's All-Americans announced - D3hockey". d3hockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  14. "Hamline's Bre Simon is 2019 Laura Hurd Award Winner as AHCA Division III Women's Player of the Year; Women's All-Americans announced - D3hockey". d3hockey.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  15. American Hockey Coaches Association, AHCA Major Awards Archived 2012-03-01 at WebCite
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