Women’s Division II Releases Fifth Ranking of 2022-23 Season
TROY, Mich. – Feb. 22, 2023 – The American Collegiate Hockey Association’s Women’s Division II (W2) today announced the fifth of six rankings for the 2022-2023 season. The results are based on games played and reported through the ranking period that ended on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023.
RANKING #5
NORTHEAST REGION
- Assumption University [auto bid clinched]
- Providence College
- University of Vermont
- Northeastern University
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Merrimack College
- Sacred Heart University
- University of New Hampshire
- ^Saint Anselm College
- Bentley University
- College of the Holy Cross
- ^University of Connecticut
- ^Worcester Polytechnic Institute
SOUTHEAST REGION
- Villanova University
- U.S. Naval Academy [auto bid clinched]
- University of Delaware
- Rowan University
- Liberty University
- The Ohio State University
- University of Maryland
- Niagara University
- West Virginia University
- ^Virginia Tech
- University at Buffalo
- Georgetown University
- University of Pittsburgh
- Mercyhurst University
- Brockport State University
- Robert Morris University
- ^University of Virginia
- Loyola University Maryland
- University of Pennsylvania
- Oswego State University
- ^George Washington University
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- West Chester University
- Montclair State University
CENTRAL
- Sault College
- Central Michigan University
- Adrian College
- ^Lawrence Technological University
- Michigan State University
- Northern Michigan University
- Miami University
- University of Notre Dame
- ^Bowling Green State University
- Loyola University Chicago
WEST REGION
- Assiniboine Community College
- Dakota College Bottineau
- ^University of Wisconsin Madison
- University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse
- North Dakota State University
- Maryville University
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- University of Wisconsin-Stout
- ^University of Nebraska
Details About the Rankings & Invitations to Nationals
The 2023 ACHA National Championships presented by FloHockey will be held at the New England Sports Center (NESC) in Marlborough, Mass. The W2 tournament, which will include 16 teams, will begin on March 16, and the championship game will be played on March 20, 2023.
Invitations to Nationals will ultimately be extended to the top-ranking W2 teams in each region based on the final ranking of the season. The final date that games will count towards W2 rankings this season is Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. The ACHA will extend invitations to the following number of W2 teams per region:
- Northeast region: 4 invitations
- Southeast region: 5 invitations
- West region: 3 invitations
- Central region: 4 invitations
The following four conferences with at least six W2 ACHA member teams will be offered an automatic bid for their top team to the 2023 W2 National Championships:
- Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association (CCWHA) – winner TBD
- College Hockey East (CHE) – winner TBD
- Women’s Delaware Valley College Hockey Conference (DVCHC) – winner confirmed: US Naval Academy
- Independent Women’s Club Ice Hockey League (IWCHL) – winner confirmed: Assumption University
^The following teams have declared they will not attend the 2023 National Championships or will not meet the minimum requirements to be eligible: Worcester Polytech Institute, Saint Anselm College, University of Connecticut, University of New England, University of Tampa, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, George Washington University, University of Wisconsin Stout, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bowling Green State University, Lawrence Technological University, University of Nebraska.
The sixth and final W2 ranking period will end on Feb. 26, 2023. Follow the W2 schedule here. For more information about W2 policies and procedures, please review the ACHA manual.
