Women’s Division II Announces Final Ranking of 2023-24 Season, Confirms 2024 National Championships Contenders
The 16 spots for Women’s D2 teams at Nationals are officially assigned
TROY, Mich. – Feb. 27, 2024 – The American Collegiate Hockey Association’s Women’s Division II (W2) is pleased to announce the sixth and final ranking of the 2023-2024 season. The results are based on a total of 558 sanctioned games played between 68 W2 teams through Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024.
The Women’s D2 tournament at the 2024 ACHA National Championships presented by FloHockey will begin Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at the Maryville University Hockey Center (MUHC) in Chesterfield, Missouri. The championship game will be played on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the Centene Community Ice Center (CCIC), the practice facility for the NHL St. Louis Blues.
The following 16 teams are the official W2 contenders for the 2024 National Championships.
2024 W2 Nationals Contenders
NORTHEAST REGION
- Providence College
- Northeastern University
- Boston College
- Assumption University
SOUTHEAST REGION
- Villanova University
- University of Delaware
- S. Naval Academy
- Liberty University
- Mercyhurst University
CENTRAL REGION
- Sault College
- Central Michigan University
- Adrian College
- Northern Michigan University
WEST REGION
- Assiniboine Community College
- Dakota College Bottineau
- University of Saint Thomas
The above listing also indicates each team’s seed assignment for the W2 Nationals game schedule. The 16 participating W2 teams will be divided into four pools of four. Pool assignments for each seed were pre-determined. Every team will play three games – the three other teams in their pool. The winners of each pool will advance to the semi-final games on March 15.
More information such as the W2 pool assignments, game schedules, ticket sales for fans and more can be found here. The full details of the sixth and final W2 ranking of the season can be found here.
Details About Rankings & Invitations to Nationals
Invitations to 2024 Nationals were extended to the top-ranking W2 teams in each region based on the final ranking of the season, with auto bids also playing a role in the final teams invited. At the start of the season, the division voted that the 2024 National Championships would include the following number of W2 teams from each region:
- Northeast region: 4 invitations
- Southeast region: 5 invitations
- Central region: 4 invitations
- West region: 3 invitations
The following three conferences recognized by the ACHA with at least six W2 ACHA member teams accepted an automatic bid to the 2024 W2 National Championships for their top team. Note that if a team already ranked in a qualifying spot for their region won an auto bid, the auto bid had no impact. If a team that was not ranked in a qualifying spot for their region won the auto bid, that team replaced the lowest ranked team in their region. Congratulations to the following conference championship winners:
- Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association (CCWHA) – Sault College
- College Hockey East (CHE) – Mercyhurst University
- Delaware Valley College Hockey Conference (DVCHC) – Villanova University
For more information about W2 policies and procedures, please review the ACHA manual.
