NCAA Division III women's ice hockey

NCAA Division III women's ice hockey is a college ice hockey competition governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as part of the NCAA Division III (DIII or D3). Sixty-seven teams competed in NCAA Division III women’s hockey across eight conferences in the 2019–20 season.

Conferences

Conference affiliations and the conferences themselves experienced numerous changes in the later part of the 2010s. The most substantial alterations occurred with the founding of the Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC) in 2015 and the folding of ECAC West in 2017, which precipitated the creation of the Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) in the same year. The conferences and affiliations presented below are accurate through the 2019–20 season.[1]

A conference with seven or more affiliated programs automatically qualifies for the NCAA DIII Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.[2] In practice, the Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC) and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) are the only conferences that do not receive automatic bids for the tournament.

The Anna Maria Amcats women's ice hockey program of Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts has participated in the NCAA Division III as an independent team (ie. without conference affiliation) since the 2018–19 season.[3]

Colonial Hockey Conference

The Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC; previously ECAC North Atlantic) is a women's ice hockey-only conference which operates in New England. As of the 2019–20 season, there are five member programs:

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) is a college athletic conference located in Minnesota. The women's ice hockey programs that compete in the MIAC include:[4]

St. Thomas will leave the MIAC after the 2020–21 school year and move to the NCAA Division I, joining the Summit League for most sports and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WHCA) in women's ice hockey.[5]

New England Hockey Conference

The New England Hockey Conference (NEHC; previously ECAC East) is an ice hockey-only conference which operates in New England. As of the 2019–20 season, there are nine member programs in the women's division:

New England Small College Athletic Conference

The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is a college athletic conference of liberal arts colleges and universities located in New England and New York. The member schools of the NESCAC are often referred to as the “Little Ivies.” The women's ice hockey programs competing in the NESCAC are:[6]

Northeast Women's Hockey League

The Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL; successor of ECAC West) is a women's ice hockey-only conference comprising seven member schools in New York. It was founded in 2017 by the women's ice hockey teams of five schools in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC); it’s membership was increased to seven programs in 2019–20. The programs competing in the NEWHL are:

Northern Collegiate Hockey Association

The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) is a hockey-only conference, which operates in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.[7] The women's programs competing in the NCHA are:

St. Scholastica will leave the NCHA after the 2020–21 school year to join the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC).

United Collegiate Hockey Conference

The United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) is a hockey-only conference which operates in the Mid-Atlantic region. The women's programs competing in the UCHC are:

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) is a collegiate athletics conference in Wisconsin, primarily comprising institutions in the University of Wisconsin System. The women's ice hockey programs participating in the WIAC are:

List of champions
YearChampionScoreRunner-up
2002Elmira2–1Manhattanville
2003Elmira5–1Manhattanville
2004Middlebury2–1UW-Stevens Point
2005Middlebury4–3Elmira
2006Middlebury3–1Plattsburgh
2007Plattsburgh2–1Middlebury
2008Plattsburgh3–2Manhattanville
2009Amherst4–3 (OT)Elmira
2010Amherst7–2Norwich
2011Norwich5–2RIT
2012RIT4–1Norwich
2013Elmira1–0Middlebury
2014Plattsburgh9–2Norwich
2015Plattsburgh3–2Elmira
2016Plattsburgh5–1UW–River Falls
2017Plattsburgh4–3 (OT)Adrian
2018Norwich2–1Elmira
2019Plattsburgh4–0Hamline
2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

Laura Hurd Award
Main article: Laura Hurd Award

The Laura Hurd Award is an annual award given to the top player in NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey as awarded by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Since 2007, it has been named after Laura Hurd, a stand-out player for Elmira College who was killed in a car accident. Previously, it was known as the Division III Women’s Player of the Year Award.[8]

Award winners
Year Winner Pos. School
2000Sylvia RyanFMiddlebury College
2001Michelle LabbeFMiddlebury College
2002Sarah MoeFGustavus Adolphus College
2003Angela KapusF/DMiddlebury College
2004Molly WassermanFWilliams College
2005Laura HurdFElmira College
2006Emily QuizonFMiddlebury College
2007Andrea PetersonDGustavus Adolphus College
2008Danielle Blanchard[9]FSUNY Plattsburgh
2009Kayla CoadyFElmira College
2010Isabel IwachiwGTrinity College
2011Sarah Dagg[10]FRochester Institute of Technology
2012Julie Fortier[11]FNorwich University
2013Teal Gove[12]FSUNY Plattsburgh
2014Sydney Aveson[13]GSUNY Plattsburgh
2015Ashley Ryan[14]FElmira College
2016Michelle GreenewayFLake Forest College
2017Dani SibleyFUW-River Falls
2018Melissa SheeranFSUNY Plattsburgh
2019Bre Simon[15]FHamline University
2020Amanda Conway[16]FNorwich University

See also

References
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