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2025 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

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. 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. Sacred Heart made their first NCAA tournament in school history while Boston University returned to the tournament for the first time in ten years. The Wisconsin Badgers met the Ohio State Buckeyes for the third consecutive year in the final, and Wisconsin defeated Ohio State 4–3 in overtime to win their record eighth national championship.

Qualifying teams

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.

Bids by state

Bracket

<small>Note: each * denotes one overtime period</small>

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Most Outstanding Player

References

Game references