2023 ACHA WOMEN’S DIVISION ONE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT FIELD SET
TROY, Mich. – (February 27, 2023) – The American Collegiate Hockey Association is pleased to announce the final rankings for women’s division one. This final ranking, determines the teams competing at the 2023 National Tournament presented by FloHockey.
Liberty University finishes the season ranked at No. 1. Ranked No. 2 is WMCH league Champions, Midland University. Coming in at No. 3 is Minot State University. Ranked No. 4 is CCWHA league Champions, Adrian College. Their opponent in the CCWHA championship game was No. 5 Indiana Tech. Maryville University comes in at No. 6. Ranked No. 7 is WWCHL league Champions, Arizona State University. Mckendree University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and Miami round out the top 10 at No. 8, 9, and 10 respectively.
The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League has 8 (of 8) member teams ranked, while the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association has 5 (of 12) of its member teams ranked, the Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League has 1 (of 6), and the East Coast Women’s Hockey League has 1 (of 2) of its member teams ranked.
The computer ranking will determine the 10 teams that qualify for the 2023 ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championships, which will include the following three automatic bids:
- (CCWHA) Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association
- (WWCHL) Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League
- (WMCHL) Women’s Midwest College Hockey League
A total of 31 teams are competing in Women’s Division 1 this season, including four new teams: University of Jamestown, Montana State University, University of Wyoming, and Lake Superior State University.
The ACHA uses two computer rankings, Ranking A (Wins with goal differential of 6) and Ranking B (Wins with maximum goal differential of 1) and come up with an average of the two rankings. This is the first year we are only using computer rankings.
There has been a total of 9 schools that have won the ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championship:
- St. Cloud State
- Wisconsin (2 Times)
- Michigan State (2)
- Robert Morris (2)
- Lindenwood (4)
- Northeastern
- Minnesota
- Miami (3)
- Liberty (5)
The 2023 ACHA National Championships presented by FloHockey will be played from March 16 through March 21, 2023 at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts. All five divisions, in the same building at the same time, for the first time with more than 1,500 players from 72 teams — Men’s Division 1, 2, and 3, and Women’s Divisions 1 and 2 — will converge upon the Marlborough area to compete in more than 100 games. The ACHA Women’s Division I National Championships presented by FloHockey will have ten teams competing beginning on March 16th and conclude with the Championship game on March 20th.
