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2010 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament
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NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament
May 2025
2010 women's Division I National Collegiate 150px 8 Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 5th 6th 7th Cornell Big Red 1st 1st Minnesota Golden Gophers 7th Mercyhurst Lakers 2nd Shannon Miller 5th Emmanuelle Blais Minnesota Duluth 1,473 for Championship Game
The 2010 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals were held at the home sites of the seeded teams and the Frozen Four was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/022609aac.html Championship Sites For 2010 And 2011 Released NCAA April 1, 2009April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Cornell, Clarkson, and Boston University each reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs defeated the Cornell Big Red 3–2 in triple overtime for their fifth national championship. It was the first NCAA women's hockey tournament final to go to overtime since 2003 and it is the only one as of to go to triple overtime.
Qualifying teams
USA Northeast 440 2010 Qualifying Teams10px WCHA, 10px ECAC, 10px Hockey East, 10px CHA no USA Northeast Mercyhurst bottom ButtonGreen.svg 42.103443 -80.053094
USA Northeast Minnesota Duluth left ButtonRed.svg 46.8 -92.1
USA Northeast Minnesota bottom ButtonRed.svg 44.974 -93.2277
USA Northeast Harvard right ButtonBlue.svg 42.374444 -71.116944
USA Northeast Boston University left ButtonBlack.svg 42.348889 -71.100278
USA Northeast Cornell bottom ButtonBlue.svg 42.453611 -76.473889
USA Northeast Clarkson left ButtonBlue.svg 44.663495 -74.99907
USA Northeast New Hampshire top ButtonBlack.svg 43.136389 -70.932222
The winners of the ECAC, WCHA, and Hockey East tournaments all received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other five teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1MercyhurstCHA29–2–3At-large bid6th20092Minnesota DuluthWCHA28–8–2Tournament champion9th20093MinnesotaWCHA25–8–5At-large bid8th20094HarvardECAC20–7–5At-large bid8th2008CornellECAC19–8–6Tournament champion1stNeverClarksonECAC23–11–5At-large bid1stNeverNew HampshireHockey East19–8–5At-large bid5th2009Boston UniversityHockey East16–9–12Tournament champion1stNever
Bracket
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
National QuarterfinalsMarch 12 – 13 National SemifinalsMarch 19 National ChampionshipMarch 21 1 Mercyhurst 4 Boston University 1 4 Harvard 2 Cornell 6 2 Minnesota Duluth 2 New Hampshire 1 3 Minnesota 3* Clarkson 2 1 Mercyhurst 2 Cornell 3* 2 Minnesota Duluth 3 3 Minnesota 2 Cornell 2 2 Minnesota Duluth 3***
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Source.https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032110aad.htmlSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes November 2020
Results
National Quarterfinals
(1) Mercyhurst vs. Boston University
"BU v MER" March 13 Boston University Mercyhurst 1–4 (0–2, 0–0, 1–2) https://hurstathletics.com/news/2010/3/13/WHOCK_0313102033.aspx Melissa Haber Hillary Pattenden 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 Watchorn – pp – 53:38 14:26 – pp – Schols (Scanzano) / 16:36 – pp – Bram (Scanzano, Bendus) / 42:53 – Bendus (Jones) / 53:48 – Bram (Scanzano, Cockell) Mercyhurst Ice Center 1,300 10 12 18 33
(4) Harvard vs. Cornell
"COR v HAR" March 12 7:00 Cornell Harvard 6–2 (2–0, 4–1, 0–1) https://cornellbigred.com/documents/2010/3/12/cuwih34.pdf?id=2755 Amanda Mazzotta Laura BellamyKylie Stephens 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2 White (Young) – 2:34 / Overguard – sh – 6:26 / Fortino (Karpenko) – 26:42 / Jue (Danforth, Ogilvie) – 28:06 / Karpenko (Rougeau) – pp – 29:45 / Ogilvie (Karpenko) – 35:31 33:47 – pp – Griffin (Buesser, Fami) / 53:11 – Coskren (Bassett) Bill Doiron Julie Piacentini Shane Belanger Chris Leavitt Bright Hockey Center 870 8 6 18 36
(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. New Hampshire
"UNH v UMD" March 12 New Hampshire Minnesota Duluth 1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1) https://unhwildcats.com/news/2010/3/13/3_13_2010_7599 Kayley Herman Jennifer Harss 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 Long (Brock) – 5:42 2:42 – Larocque (Ambroz) / 43:57 – pp – Wong (Blais) DECC Arena 24 26
(3) Minnesota vs. Clarkson
"CLA v MIN" March 13 4:07 Clarkson Minnesota 2–3 (OT) (0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–1) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2009-10/clarkson/boxscore/9182 Lauren Dahm Noora Räty 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 49:51 – Waldie (Selina, Eusepi) / 58:16 – Baribeau (Boudreau) 14:19 – pp – Francis (West, Bozek) / 17:36 – West (Erickson) / 63:09 – West Ray Doocy Michael Elam Dan Fitzsimmons Alicia Hanrahan Ridder Arena 785 10 12 39 35
National Semifinals
(1) Mercyhurst vs. Cornell
"COR v MER" March 19 5:04 Cornell Mercyhurst 3–2 (OT) (1–0, 0–2, 1–0, 1–0) https://cornellbigred.com/documents/2010/3/19/cuwih35.pdf?id=2774 Amanda Mazzotta Hillary Pattenden 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 Fortino (K. Overguard, Rougeau) – sh – 6:30 / K. Overguard (Martino, Jue) – 47:06 / White (A. Overguard) 28:43 – Rossler / 30:38 – Corbett (Rossler, Jones) Ray Doocy Mike Elam Kristine Langley Tai Thorsheim Ridder Arena 10 12 30 30
(2) Minnesota Duluth vs. Minnesota
"MIN v UMD" March 19 8:38 Minnesota Minnesota Duluth 2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2009-10/minnesota-duluth/boxscore/9183 Noora Räty Jennifer Harss 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 Erickson (West) – 37:30 / West (Francis, Schleper) – 59:05 5:55 – Fridfinnson (Blais) / 32:55 – Blais (Fridfinnson, Larocque) / 39:15 – Blais (Fridfinnson) Dan Lick Robert Ludwig Dan Fitzsimmons Alicia Hanrahan Ridder Arena 2,070 12 8 29 24
National Championship
Cornell vs. (2) Minnesota Duluth
"COR v UMD" March 21 12:05 Cornell Minnesota Duluth 2–3 (3OT) (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1) https://cornellbigred.com/documents/2010/3/21/cuwih36.pdf?id=2788 Amanda Mazzotta Jennifer Harss 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 Jue (Rougeau, Fortino) – pp – 33:44 / Jue (Fortino, Overguard) – 56:30 40:18 – pp – Blais (Tuominen, Rasmussen) / 54:42 – pp – Rasmussen (Tuominen, Cournoyer) / 119:26 – Wong (Gray, Posa) Derek Zuckerman Dan Lick Alicia Hanrahan Kristine Langley Ridder Arena 1,473 18 12 51 64
Tournament notes
Saara Tuominen and Jaime Rasmussen of Minnesota Duluth were the only players to score two points in the championship game.
Two records were set in the championship game: at four hours and twenty-four minutes, the game set an NCAA Frozen Four record for longest game, and Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta set a record for most saves in an NCAA Championship game with 61 saves. The former record holder was Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter, who set the previous record in 2003 with 41 saves.March 21, 2010 High five! Bulldogs win fifth NCAA title with 3-2 triumph over Cornell in triple overtime http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?id=4999&page=news dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165552/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?id=4999&page=news July 25, 2011 May 28, 2011 UMD Bulldog Athletics
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
G Amanda Mazzotta, Cornell
D Laura Fortino, Cornell
D Lauriane Rougeau, Cornell
F Emmanuelle Blais*, Minnesota Duluth
F Jessica Wong, Minnesota Duluth
F Laura Fridfinnson, Minnesota Duluth
* Most Outstanding Playerhttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_frozen4/2023.pdf NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book NCAA.org March 19, 2023 March 19, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230320053602/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_frozen4/2023.pdf March 20, 2023 live
References
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