Women’s Division II Releases First Ranking of 2022-23 Season
TROY, Mich. – Nov. 18, 2022 – The American Collegiate Hockey Association’s Women’s Division II (W2) today announced the first official rankings the 2022-2023 season. The results are based on games played and reported within the first ranking period that ended on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, between the division’s 62 member teams.
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
RANKING #1
NORTHEAST REGION
- University of Vermont
- Providence College
- Assumption University
- Northeastern University
- Boston University
- Boston College
- Sacred Heart University
- University of New Hampshire
- Merrimack College
- ^Saint Anselm College
- College of the Holy Cross
- Bentley University
- ^University of Connecticut
Teams with three or fewer games reported: ^Worcester Polytechnic Institute, ^University of New England
SOUTHEAST REGION
- Villanova University
- U.S. Naval Academy
- University of Delaware
- Liberty University
- Rowan University
- The Ohio State University
- University at Buffalo
- West Virginia University
- University of Maryland
- University of Pittsburgh
- Niagara University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Loyola University Maryland
- ^Virginia Tech
- Robert Morris University
- Mercyhurst University
- Georgetown University
- Oswego State University
- *University of Virginia
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- ^George Washington University
Teams with three or fewer games reported: West Chester University, Brockport State University, Montclair State University, High Point University, ^University of Tampa, University of New England, Paul Smith’s College
CENTRAL
- Adrian College
- Central Michigan University
- Sault College
- Michigan State University
- Miami University
- ^Bowling Green State University
- Northern Michigan University
- Loyola University Chicago
Teams with three or fewer games reported: Lawrence Tech, University of Notre Dame
WEST REGION
- Assiniboine Community College
- North Dakota State University
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- Maryville University
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- University of Nebraska
Teams with three or fewer games reported: ^University of Wisconsin Madison, Dakota College Bottineau, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, ^University of Wisconsin Stout
The following four conferences with at least six W2 ACHA member teams will be offered an automatic bid for their top team to the 2022 W2 National Championships: Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association (CCWHA), College Hockey East (CHE), Women’s Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference (DVCHC) and the Independent Women’s Club Ice Hockey League (IWCHL).
^The following teams have declared they will not attend the 2023 National Championships: 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.
The second W2 ranking period will end on Dec. 4, 2022. Follow the W2 schedule here. For more information about W2 policies and procedures, please review the ACHA manual.
