2023-24 NCAA Women's Independents

This is the 2023-24 NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III Women's Independent ice hockey teams.
==Future conference memberships and changes==
The formation of Little East Conference (which was originally planned as a men's conference only), State University of New York Athletic Conference (morphing from the Northeast Women's Hockey League) , and Middle Atlantic Conference (seperating from the United Collegiate Hockey Conference) as well as the likely establishment of Little East Conference and Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference women's leagues over the next few years will likely make it so that most if not all of the teams that are presently playing independent schedules could end up in a conference within the next few seasons as some conferences losing teams may need to add additional teams to be able to keep their automatic bids to the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
*Rivier University in Nashua, New Hampshire announced that they would be starting new men's and women's hockey programs. Both will play an American Collegiate Hockey Association club schedule for 2021-22 and would transition to NCAA Division III status for 2022-23 playing as an independent. The team is joining the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for 2024-25.
*The Worcester State Lancers women's ice hockey was announced as being established for the 2021-22 season. The program was announced shortly after Becker College which was also located in Worcester, Massachusetts announced it was closing effective the end of the 2020-21 academic year. Ironically, the team would end up hiring the now former team's head coach and would be playing out of the same arena, the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center. The start of the program was pushed back to 2022-23 due to issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team is joining the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for 2024-25.
*On November 16, 2021 Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York announces the formation of the Hilbert Hawks women's ice hockey which is due to begin play with the 2022-23 season, no conference affiliation was announced with the introduction of the program.https://www.uscho.com/2021/11/16/buffalo-area-hilbert-college-to-enter-ncaa-division-iii-womens-hockey-ranks-starting-with-2022-23-season/
*On April 21, 2022 the North Adams, Massachusetts based Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts announced the return of the D-III level men's team, which had been dormant since 2003, and the addition of a D-III level women's team to begin play with the 2023-24 playing season.https://www.uscho.com/2022/04/21/massachusetts-college-of-liberal-arts-bringing-back-d-iii-mens-hockey-adding-d-iii-womens-hockey-for-2023-24-season/ The team is joining the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for 2024-25.
*On December 9, 2022 the New England Hockey Conference announced that the Albertus Magnus Falcons women's ice hockey team will be added to the conference (along with the men's team) for the 2024-25 season.https://www.uscho.com/2022/12/09/nehc-adds-albertus-magnus-mens-womens-teams-to-division-iii-conference-starting-with-2024-25-season/
*As part of a June 14, 2023 announcement of the provisional addition of the Anna Maria Amcats men's ice hockey team and the Rivier University Raiders men's ice hockey team to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference as affiliate members for the 2024-25 playing season the likely addition of women's ice hockey in the not too distant future, likely in 2024-25.https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2022-23/releases/Affiliate_Addition_Announcement This announcement would also put the Worcester State Lancers women's ice hockey team in a conference as well.
*On May 15, 2024 the United Collegiate Hockey Conference announced the addition of Albertus Magnus Falcons (men's and women's). Elmira Soaring Eagles (men's and women's), Hilbert Hawks (women's), and the newly formed programs of St. John Fisher Cardinals (men's and women's) to the conference for the 2025-26 season.https://www.uscho.com/2024/05/15/albertus-magnus-elmira-hilbert-st-john-fisher-to-join-uchc-mens-womens-hockey-conferences-for-2025-26-season/
==Independent Teams==
Team 	Location 	Arena
Albertus Magnus FalconsTo New England Hockey Conference for 2024-25)To United Collegiate Hockey Conference for 2025-26)	New Haven, Connecticut 	Ralph Walker Skating Rink
Anna Maria Amcats(To Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for 2024-25) 	Paxton, Massachusetts 	Horgan Arena(in Auburn, Massachusetts)
Hilbert HawksTo United Collegiate Hockey Conference for 2025-26) 	Hamburg, New York 	Holiday Rinks (Cheektowaga, New York)
MCLA Trailblazers(To Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for 2024-25) 	North Adams, Massachusetts	Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink
Rivier Raiders(To Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for 2024-25) 	Nashua, New Hampshire 	Conway Arena
Worcester State Lancers(To Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for 2024-25) 	Worcester, Massachusetts 	Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center
==Overall Records==
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Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	
Rivier Raiders 	26 	12 	11 	3 	45 	57 	
Worcester State Lancers 	27 	13 	13 	1 	89 	52 	
Anna Maria Amcats 	26 	8 	14 	4 	52 	72 	
Albertus Magnus Falcons 	24 	7 	13 	4 	49 	82 	
MCLA Trailblazers 	25 	5 	19 	1 	31 	101 	
Hilbert Hawks 	16 	1 	15 	0 	20 	108 	
==ECHA Tournament==
===Semifinals===
*Rivier Raiders defeated Anna Maria Amcats 1-0 (ot)
*Worcester State Lancers defeated MCLA Trailblazers 6-0
===Final===
*Worcester State Lancers defeated Rivier Raiders 2-1 (ot)
==References==
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey
Category:NCAA seasons