2012 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

2012 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
Teams	8
Finals Site	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Henrietta, New York
Champions	RIT Tigers (1st title)
Runner-Up	Norwich Cadets (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Plattsburgh Cardinals (6th Frozen Four) Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties (6th Frozen Four)
Winning Coach	Scott McDonald (1 title)
MOP	Laura Chamberlain (RIT)
Attendance	1,195
NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2011  2013 →

The 2012 NCAA Women's Division III Ice Hockey Tournament involved 8 schools in single-elimination play that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division III college ice hockey. The Frozen Four will be contested in the arenas of the teams with the better record.

Background

The automatic qualifiers for the tournament include the postseason tournament champions from the following conferences: ECAC East, ECAC West, MIAC, NCHA and NESCAC. The Division III committee consists of the following members: Renee Hellert, New England College athletic director; Michael Letzeisen, ECAC administrator; Brad Marshall, head coach at St. Catherine; Jodi McKenna, head coach at Wesleyan; Steve Nelson, Wisconsin-Superior athletic director.

Game Summaries

Regional Matches

Date	Time	Teams	Arena	Score	Notes
March 10	2:00 CT	Wisconsin River Falls ( ) at Gustavus Adolphus ( )	Don Roberts Arena St. Peter, Minn.	Gustavus-Adolphus, 4-2
March 10	7:00 ET	Plattsburgh ( ) at Middlebury ( )	Kenyon Arena Middlebury, Vermont	Plattsburgh, 4-2
March 10	3:00 ET	Amherst ( ) at Norwich ( )	Kreitzberg, Arena Northfield, Vermont	Norwich, 5-0
March 10	2:00 ET	Concordia, Minn. ( ) at RIT ( )	Frank Ritter Memorial Arena Rochester, New York	RIT, 5-2

See also

• 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
• 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
• 2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Tournament