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2015 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament
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NCAA women's ice hockey postseason tournament
May 2025
2015 women's Division I National Collegiate 2015 Women's Frozen Four Logo.jpg 200px 2015 Women's Frozen Four logo 8 Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers 5th 7th 11th Harvard Crimson 4th 6th Wisconsin Badgers 8th Boston College Eagles 5th Brad Frost 3rd Hannah Brandt Minnesota 6,800, 3,400 for Championship Game
The 2015 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 contested at the campuses of the seeded teams on March 14, 2015. The Frozen Four was played on March 20 and 22, 2015 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota with the University of Minnesota as the host. https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2014 Women's Ice Hockey Bracket NCAA.com NCAA March 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150320095342/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-women/nc/2014 March 20, 2015 dead Quinnipiac and RIT (previously of NCAA Division III) each reached the NCAA National Collegiate tournament for the first time in program history.
The tournament was won by Minnesota with a 4–1 win over Harvard, giving the Golden Gophers their fifth overall title and third in four years.
Qualifying teams
USA Northeast 400 2015 Qualifying Teams10px WCHA, 10px ECAC, 10px Hockey East, 10px CHA no USA Northeast Minnesota bottom ButtonRed.svg 44.974 -93.2277
USA Northeast Boston College right ButtonBlack.svg 42.335 -71.170278
USA Northeast Harvard top ButtonBlue.svg 42.374444 -71.116944
USA Northeast Wisconsin bottom ButtonRed.svg 43.0759 -89.4011
USA Northeast Boston University left ButtonBlack.svg 42.348889 -71.100278
USA Northeast Quinnipiac bottom ButtonBlue.svg 41.419022 -72.89352
USA Northeast Clarkson right ButtonBlue.svg 44.663495 -74.99907
USA Northeast RIT top ButtonGreen.svg 43.084722 -77.676111
For the first time, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-women/article/2015-03-08/national-collegiate-womens-ice-hockey-field-2015 Committee releases eight-team field for national championship tournament March 8, 2015 NCAA.com NCAA March 8, 2015
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeAppearanceLast bid1MinnesotaWCHA32–3–4At-large bid13th20142Boston CollegeHockey East33–2–2At-large bid7th20143HarvardECAC25–5–3Tournament champion11th20144WisconsinWCHA28–6–4Tournament champion9th2014Boston UniversityHockey East25–8–3Tournament champion6th2014QuinnipiacECAC26–8–3At-large bid1stNeverClarksonECAC24–10–3At-large bid4th2014RITCHA15–18–5Tournament champion1stNever
Bracket
Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams
National Quarterfinals March 14 National Semifinals March 20 National Championship March 22 1 Minnesota 6 RIT 2 4 Wisconsin 5 Boston University 1 2 Boston College 5 Clarkson 1 3 Harvard 5 Quinnipiac 0 1 Minnesota 3 4 Wisconsin 1 2 Boston College 1 3 Harvard 2 1 Minnesota 4 3 Harvard 1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
National Quarterfinals
(1) Minnesota vs. RIT
"RIT v MIN" March 14 4:04 RIT Minnesota 2–6 (1–3, 0–2, 1–1) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2014-15/rit/boxscore/4821 Ali Binnington Amanda Leveille 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6 Payerl (Bulleid) – pp – 9:35 / Payerl (Bulleid) – 57:41 3:45 – McMillen (Cameranesi, Brandt) / 4:33 – Schipper (Piazza, Garzone) / 13:23 – pp – Ramsey (Brandt, McMillen) / 28:28 – Menefee (Schipper, Ramsey) / 34:02 – pp – Brandt (Menefee, Schipper) / 59:26 – sh – Stecklein Robert Ludwig Krissy Morrison Casey Enge Josh Brown Ridder Arena 1,796 14 36 19 52
(4) Wisconsin vs. Boston University
"WIS v BU" March 14 2:07 Boston University Wisconsin 1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1) https://goterriers.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2014-15/-3-wisconsin-ncaa-quarterfinals-/boxscore/3641 Victoria HansonMia Becker Ann-Renée Desbiens 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 Bach (Leslie) – 57:07 2:56 – Pankowski (Channell) / 15:54 – Zgraja (Rolfes, Turnbull) / 35:43 – Pankowski (Sylvester, Zgraja) / 38:59 – Clark (Wellhausen) / 52:07 – pp – Ryan (Turnbull, Burke) Ray Doocy Dave Spivey Scott Roth LaBahn Arena 2,047 14 19 21 48
(2) Boston College vs. Clarkson
"CLA v BC" March 14 1:00 Clarkson Boston College 1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2) https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2014-15/clarkson/boxscore/9126 Shea Tiley Kaitlin Burt 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 Matteucci (Mercer) – 41:50 11:28 – Carpenter (Skarupa, Kent) / 20:23 – Carpenter (Skarupa) / 35:55 – Capizzano (Field, Johnson) / 53:58 – Skarupa (Carpenter) / 58:00 – Miano (Skarupa) Will Harrop Bryan Hicks Peter Terreri Conte Forum 803 10 6 21 31
(3) Harvard vs. Quinnipiac
"HAR v QUI" March 14 4:00 Quinnipiac Harvard 0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2) https://gocrimson.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2014-15/quinnipiac/boxscore/22097 Chelsea LadenSydney Rossman Emerance Maschmeyer 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 4:42 – Frazer (Mastel, Laing) / 9:05 – Mullins (Heffernan) / 23:37 – Reber (Gedman, Parker) / 42:42 – pp – Daniels (Frazer, Fry) / 52:00 – Heffernan (Laing) Tom Quinn Shane Belanger Adam Saniech Paul Sacco Bright Hockey Center 685 2 6 20 23
National Semifinals
(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Wisconsin
"WIS v MIN" March 20 5:04 Wisconsin Minnesota 1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2014-15/wisconsin/boxscore/4822 Ann-Renée Desbiens Amanda Leveille 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 Pankowski (Clark) – 20:52 28:53 – Brandt (Cameranesi, Menefee) / 30:52 – Menefee (Wolfe, Brandt) / 36:54 – pp – Pannek (Menefee, Brandt) Thomas Quinn Shane Belanger Adam Staniech Paul Sacco Ridder Arena 3,400 4 2 35 23
(2) Boston College vs. (3) Harvard
"HAR v BC" March 20 8:04 Harvard Boston College 2–1 (0–0, 0–0, 2–1) https://gocrimson.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2014-15/no-2-boston-college/boxscore/22098 Emerance Maschmeyer Kaitlin Burt 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 46:34 – Armstrong (Daniels) / 53:00 – sh – Parker (Edney) Field (Anastos) – 55:37 Robert Ludwig Krissy Morrison Scott Roth Mike Diebold Ridder Arena 3,400 19 4 21 44
National Championship
(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Harvard
"HAR v MIN" March 22 3:04 Harvard Minnesota 1–4 (0–1, 0–0, 1–3) https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/stats/2014-15/harvard/boxscore/4823 Emerance Maschmeyer Amanda Leveille 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 Edney (Picard) – 55:06 19:09 – Wolfe (Cameranesi, Bona) / 48:50 – Brandt (Menefee) / 56:54 – Lorence (Pannek) / 58:12 – Bona (Stecklein, Leveille) Shane Belanger Tom Quinn Paul Sacco Adam Staniech Ridder Arena 3,400 8 6 20 33
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
G: Amanda Leveille, Minnesota
D: Megan Wolfe, Minnesota
D: Sarah Edney, Harvard
F: Hannah Brandt*, Minnesota
F: Maryanne Menefee, Minnesota
F: Dani Cameranesi, Minnesota
* 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
See also
2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
References
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