WRAPPING UP 2022 WITH THE LIBERTY FLAMES IN THE NO. 1 SPOT OF THE FIFTH WOMEN’S DIVISION ONE RANKING
TROY, Mich. – (December 13, 2022) – There were only a few games played during this ranking period. No. 2 Adrian College swept Michigan State University in a home and home series, 6-2 and 2-0, which clinched the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association’s (CCWHA) East Pod top spot. No. 3 ranked Indiana Tech swept Davenport University in a home and home series 11-1 and 15-0. These wins allowed the Warriors to clinch the CCWHA’s West Pod top spot. No. 4 Minot State University swept Jamestown University in a home and home series, 4-2 at Mesa Arena, and 7-3 on the road.
The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League has 7 (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 2 (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.
