2008 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament was a tournament to determine the Division III national champion in women's ice hockey. This was the ninth time a national championship tournament at the Division III level had been held and was the seventh one sanctioned by the NCAA.
==Format==
Seven teams qualify for the single elimination tournament. The conference tournament champions of the ECAC East, ECAC West, MIAC, and NESCAC received automatic bids to the tournament. Three at-large bids were also selected, two of which come from the aforementioned automatic-qualifier conferences. The Plattsburgh Cardinals were the top seed, earning a bye to the semifinals and were host for the semifinal and final rounds. The first round games were held at campus sites on March 15. The semifinal and final rounds were held March 21 and 22 at Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena of SUNY Plattsburgh.
== Bids ==
=== Automatic Bids ===
* Eastern College Athletic Conference East champion: Manhattanville Valiants (7th appearance)
* Eastern College Athletic Conference West champion: Elmira Soaring Eagles (6th appearance)
* Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion: Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (6th appearance^)
* New England Small College Athletic Conference champion: Amherst Lady Jeffs (2nd appearance)
=== At-Large Bids ===
==== Pool B (Teams from non-AQ conferences) ====
* Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets - NCHA* (2nd appearance)
==== Pool C (Non-champs from all conferences) ====
* Middlebury Panthers - NESCAC (7th appearance^^)
* Plattsburgh Cardinals - ECAC West (5th appearance)
^^ = Middlebury appeared in the 2 AWCHA tournaments that predated the NCAA tournament
^ = Gustavus appeared in 1 of 2 AWCHA tournaments that predated the NCAA tournament
* = NCHA did not receive an automatic bid with only seven teams, making them a pool B conference
== Misc. ==
* Five of the seven schools who earned bids appeared in the previous season's NCAA tournament
* This is the 9th of 10 consecutive national postseason appearances (AWCHA or NCAA) for Middlebury.
* This is the 7th of 7 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Manhattanville.
* This is the 5th of 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Gustavus.
* This is the 5th of 7 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Plattsburgh.
* This is the 2nd of 4 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Amherst.
* This is the 1st of 3 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for Elmira.
* Plattsburgh becomes the first team to ever host the Division III women's Frozen Four for three consecutive seasons.
* As of 2021-22, this stands as UW-Superior's last appearance in the NCAA tournament.
== Seeds ==
East
# Plattsburgh (23-3-1)
# Middlebury (19-3-3)
# Amherst (20-3-4)
# Elmira (21-5-1)
# Manhattanville (22-6-0)
West
# Gustavus (25-2-0)
# UW-Superior (22-4-1)
== Results ==
=== First Round ===
Held at campus sites
-Don Roberts Ice Rink- St. Peter, MN-Orr Rink- Amherst, MA
-Chip Kenyon `85 Arena - Middlebury, VT
=== Semifinals ===
Hosted by SUNY Plattsburgh: Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena- Plattsburgh, NY
=== Third Place ===
Hosted by SUNY Plattsburgh: Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena- Plattsburgh, NY
=== Championship ===
Hosted by SUNY Plattsburgh: Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena- Plattsburgh, NY
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== Bracket ==
== Tournament Notes ==
* Plattsburgh wins their second-straight national championship, becoming the third program to win titles back-to-back. (Elmira- 2002, 2003; Middlebury- 2004, 2005, 2006)
* Manhattanville finishes as national runner-up for the third time in program history, and first since 2003. As of 2022-23, the Valiants have not reached the Frozen Four since this appearance, still without a championship.
* Fourth place marks the highest finish in program history for UW-Superior.
* Elmira makes their first Frozen Four, since finishing runner-up in 2005, as the Soaring Eagles earn their first ever third place finish.
*All three visiting teams won in the First Round, a first in the seven-team format.
== Statistics ==
=== Skaters ===
Top Scorers
Player 	Team 	Pos. 	Yr. 	GP 	G 	A 	P
Kayla Coady 	Elmira 	F 	Jr. 	3 	2 	2 	4
Danielle Nagymarosi 	Manhattanville 	F 	Jr. 	3 	1 	3 	4
Amanda Nonis 	Manhattanville 	F 	Sr. 	3 	3 	0 	3
Monique Rafferty 	Manhattanville 	F 	So. 	3 	1 	2 	3
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=== Goaltending ===
Top Goaltenders (minimum 90 minutes played)
Player 	Team 	Yr.	GP	W	L	SA 	GA	GAA 	SV% 	SO	TOI
Danielle Beattie 	Plattsburgh 	Jr.	2 	2	0	47 	2 	1.00	.957	1 	120:00
Allison Cubberley	Elmira 	Jr.	2 	1	1	57 	3 	1.50	.947	0 	119:39
Melissa Kunzelman	UW-Superior 	So.	2 	1	1	54 	3 	1.51	.944	0 	119:26
Karine Turmel 	Manhattanville	Jr.	3 	2	1	115	9 	2.78	.922	0 	193:57
=== All-Tournament Team ===
* F: Danielle Blanchard- Plattsburgh
* F: Stephanie Moberg- Plattsburgh
* F: Amanda Nonis- Manhattanville
* D: Julie Devereux- Plattsburgh
* D: Sharis Smith- Plattsburgh
* G: Danielle Beattie- Plattsburgh
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