Women's Midwest College Hockey

Women's Midwest College Hockey (WMCH) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Women's Division 1 club level hockey-only college athletic conference for women's hockey teams. It is one of four ACHA Women's Division 1 conferences, along with the Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association, Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League, and Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League. The league features seven of the top ACHA programs from across the country regardless of geographic considerations, with its membership ranging from Lynchburg, Virginia in the southeast to Minot, North Dakota in the northwest.
WMCH began play during the 2019–20 season with teams that had won four of the last seven national championships (Minnesota in 2013, Liberty in 2015, 2018, and 2019), and each of its members had participated in their respective national tournaments within the past two seasons (Minot State did so in Division 2, the rest in Division 1). The conference lived up to that billing by earning four of the eight available bids to the 2020 ACHA National Tournament, before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic].
==Current membership==
Institution 	Location 	Nickname 	Founded	Type 	Enrollment 	Colors 	Primary Facility
Liberty University 	Lynchburg, Virginia 	Flames 	1971 	Private(Baptist) 	15,000(residential)	Blue, White and Red 	LaHaye Ice Center
Maryville University 	St. Louis, Missouri 	Saints 	1872 	Private 	4,609 	Red, Black and White  	Maryville University Hockey Center
Lindenwood University 	St. Charles, Missouri 	Lions 	1827 	Private 	7,465 	Black and Gold  	Centene Community Ice Center
McKendree University 	Lebanon, Illinois 	Bearcats 	1828 	Private(Methodist)	2,499 	Purple and White  	McKendree Metro Rec Plex
Midland University 	Fremont, Nebraska 	Warriors 	1883 	Private(Lutheran) 	1,400 	Orange and Blue  	Sidner Ice Arena
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Golden Gophers	1851 	Public 	47,783 	Maroon and Gold  	Mariucci Arena
Minot State University 	Minot, North Dakota 	Beavers 	1913 	Public 	3,560 	Red, Green and Black  	Maysa Arena
===Membership timeline===
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== Playoff championship game results ==
Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up 	Location
2020	Liberty 	2–1 	Minot State	St. Louis, Missouri
===Regular season champions===
*2019–20 Liberty†
† The WMCH did not formally declare a regular season champion. Liberty was the top-seeded team for the league playoffs due to having the highest ACHA ranking of the members.
==ACHA National Tournament appearances==
Appearances made while a WMCH member.
School 	Appearances	Years	Championships
Liberty 	1 	2020 	None
Lindenwood–Belleville	1 	2020 	None
McKendree 	1 	2020 	None
Minot State 	1 	2020 	None
==See also==
*American Collegiate Hockey Association
*Lindenwood–Belleville Lynx women's ice hockey
*Minot State Beavers women's ice hockey
*List of ice hockey leagues
==External links==
*Women's Midwest College Hockey Facebook Page
*Liberty Women's Hockey
*McKendree Women's Hockey
*Midland Women's Hockey
*Minnesota Women's Club Hockey
*Minot State Women's Hockey
*Maryville Saints Women's Hockey
==References==
Category:ACHA Division 1 conferences
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