# 2024 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament was a single-elimination tournament by eleven schools to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. This was the third year the tournament features an expanded field of 11 teams. The first round and quarterfinals were played on the campuses of the top 4 seeded teams on March 14 and 16, 2024, while the Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2024 at the Whittemore Center in Durham, New Hampshire. The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 1–0 to claim their 2nd national championship.

## Qualifying teams

In the third year under this qualification format, the winners of all five Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other six teams were selected at-large.The top five teams are seeded.
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Ohio State | WCHA | 32–4–0 | At-large bid | 6th | 2023 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | WCHA | 33–5–0 | Tournament champion | 18th | 2023 |
| 3 | Colgate | ECAC | 31–6–1 | Tournament champion | 5th | 2023 |
| 4 | Clarkson | ECAC | 32–4–2 | At-large bid | 12th | 2023 |
| 5 | Minnesota | WCHA | 27–9–2 | At-large bid | 21st | 2023 |
| | Cornell | ECAC | 24–7–1 | At-large bid | 9th | 2020 |
| | St. Lawrence | ECAC | 27–10–0 | At-large bid | 10th | 2017 |
| | Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 20–13–4 | At-large bid | 15th | 2023 |
| | Connecticut | Hockey East | 25–7–5 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |
| | Penn State | CHA | 22–12–3 | Tournament champion | 2nd | 2023 |
| | Stonehill | NEWHA | 20–15–2 | Tournament champion | 1st | Never |

### Bids by state

| Bids | State(s) | Schools |
| 4 | New York | Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, St. Lawrence |
| 2 | Minnesota | Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth |
| 1 | Connecticut | Connecticut |
| 1 | Massachusetts | Stonehill |
| 1 | Ohio | Ohio State |
| 1 | Pennsylvania | Penn State |
| 1 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |

## Bracket

| First Round March 14 | First Round March 14 | First Round March 14 | National Quarterfinals March 16 | National Quarterfinals March 16 | National Quarterfinals March 16 | National Semifinals March 22 | National Semifinals March 22 | National Semifinals March 22 | National Championship March 24 | National Championship March 24 | National Championship March 24 |
| | | | 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 0 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Connecticut | 0 | 1 | Ohio State | 9 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1** | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Clarkson | 1 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Minnesota | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Clarkson | 3**** | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wisconsin | 0 |
| | | | 6 | Cornell | 1 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Stonehill | 1 | 3 | Colgate | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Cornell | 7 | | | | 3 | Colgate | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Wisconsin | 3 | | | |
| | | | 7 | St. Lawrence | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Penn State | 0 | 2 | Wisconsin | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 1* | | | | | | | | | |
Note: each * denotes one overtime period

## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G: Raygan Kirk*, Ohio State
* D: Cayla Barnes, Ohio State
* D: Caroline Harvey, Wisconsin
* F: Joy Dunne, Ohio State
* F: Kirsten Simms, Wisconsin
* F: Makenna Webster, Ohio State
* Most Outstanding Player