W1 FINAL RANKING DETERMINES NATIONAL TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS
TROY, Mich. – (February 26, 2024) – The No. 1 seed, Liberty University (19-2-2-1) won the Women’s Midwest College Hockey League conference tournament, which gave them the autobid for the WMCH. The No. 2 seed, Midland University (29-1-0-2) were the WMCH runner up.
The No. 3 seed, Adrian College (25-6-0-3) won the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association conference tournament, which gave them the autobid for the CCWHA.
Minot State University (21-11-0-1) will be the No. 4 seed at the National Tournament. Followed by WMCH opponents, Maryville University at No. 5, and McKendree University at No. 6.
No. 7 seed is University of Michigan Dearborn (26-6-0-1), followed by two CCWHA opponents, No. 8 Indiana Tech (19-10-0-2), and No. 9 University of Michigan (17-5-1-1).
Rounding out the top 10 teams making the trip to the National Tournament is Arizona State University 21-3-0-1), who won the Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League conference tournament, which gives them the WWCHL autobid.
The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League has eight (of 8) member teams ranked, while the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association has five (of 12) of its member teams ranked, and the Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League has one (of 6).
The computer ranking will determine the 10 teams that qualify for the 2024 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 one new team, Niagara 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) to come up with an average of the two rankings, which determines the ranking spots for teams.
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 (6)
The 2024 ACHA National Championships presented by FloHockey will be played March 7- 17, 2024 at Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, MO. All five divisions, 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 Maryland Heights 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 13th and conclude with the Championship game on March 17th.
