2011 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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2011 NCAA National Collegiate women's
ice hockey tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Tullio Arena Erie, Pennsylvania
Champions	Wisconsin Badgers (4th title)
Runner-up	Boston University Terriers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Cornell Big Red (2nd Frozen Four) Boston College Eagles (2nd Frozen Four)
Winning coach	Mark Johnson (4th title)
MOP	(Tie) Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight (Wisconsin Badgers)
Attendance	3956
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The 2011 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play that determined the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The Frozen Four was hosted by Mercyhurst College at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Qualifying teams

Wisconsin

Cornell

Boston University

Boston College

Minnesota

Mercyhurst

Dartmouth

Minnesota Duluthclass=notpageimage| 2011 Qualifying Teams
WCHA, ECAC, Hockey East, CHA

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Appearance	Last bid
1	Wisconsin	WCHA	34–2–2	Tournament champion	6th	2009
2	Cornell	ECAC	30–2–1	Tournament champion	2nd	2010
3	Boston University	Hockey East	25–6–4	At-large bid	2nd	2010
4	Boston College	Hockey East	23–6–6	Tournament champion	3rd	2009
	Minnesota	WCHA	26–9–2	At-large bid	9th	2010
	Mercyhurst	CHA	29–5–0	At-large bid	7th	2010
	Dartmouth	ECAC	22–11–0	At-large bid	8th	2009
	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA	22–7–3	At-large bid	10th	2010

Bracket

Quarterfinals held at home sites of seeded teams

National Quarterfinals March 12			National Semifinals March 19			National Championship March 20

1	Wisconsin	2

	Minnesota–Duluth	1
			1	Wisconsin	3

			4	Boston College	2
4	Boston College	4

	Minnesota	1
						1	Wisconsin	4

						3	Boston University	1
2	Cornell	7

	Dartmouth	1
			2	Cornell	1

			3	Boston University	4
3	Boston University	4

	Mercyhurst	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

National Quarterfinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Duluth

March 12

Minnesota Duluth

1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Wisconsin

Kohl Center
Attendance: 4,006

Game reference

Kim Martin

Goalies

Alex Rigsby

Wong (Irwin, Fridfinnson) – 19:31	1–0
	1–1	3:06 – Knight (McKeough, Ammerman)
	1–2	7:34 – Duggan (Knight, Decker)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

(4) Boston College vs. Minnesota

March 12
1:00

Minnesota

1–4
(0–4, 1–0, 0–0)

Boston College

Conte Forum
Attendance: 583

Game reference

Noora Räty

Goalies

Molly Schaus

	0–1	0:24 – Motherwell (Kurth)
	0–2	2:45 – Bizzari (Restuccia)
	0–3	8:16 – Stack (Motherwell, Bolden)
	0–4	13:50 – Stack (Motherwell, Welch)
Erickson (Kessel, Bozek) – pp – 51:45	1–4

8 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

(2) Cornell vs. Dartmouth

Mar 12
2:00

Dartmouth

1–7
(1–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Cornell

Lynah Rink
Attendance: 1,565

Game reference

Lindsay Holdcroft

Goalies

Amanda Mazzotta

Referees:
Dan Murphy
Derek Zuckerman
Linesmen:
Andrew DiFusco
Stephan Drain

	0–1	14:15 – sh – Jenner
Dumais (Sharp, Kliman) – pp – 15:27	1–1
	1–2	15:58 – Ogilvie (Overguard)
	1–3	27:09 – White (Hughes, Young)
	1–4	29:14 – Fortino (White, Karpenko)
	1–5	44:01 – Karpenko (Johnston, White)
	1–6	47:53 – pp – Karpenko (Fortino, Rougeau)
	1–7	55:02 – pp – Johnston (Overguard, Jenner)

10 min

Penalties

8 min

Shots

(3) Boston University vs. Mercyhurst

March 12
3:00

Mercyhurst

2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Boston University

Walter Brown Arena
Attendance: 718

Game reference

Hillary Pattenden

Goalies

Kerrin Sperry

Referees:
Bill Doiron
Julie Piacentini
Linesmen:
Chris Leavitt
Tim Kerrigan

	0–1	11:52 – Wakefield (Kirchner, Boucher)
Agosta (Scanzano, Watt) – 16:03	1–1
	1–2	28:16 – Poulin (Kohanchu, Cardella)
Agosta – pp – 49:06	2–2
	2–3	50:56 – Cardella (Watchorn, Miller)
	2–4	59:48 – en – Wakefield

2 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Semifinals

(1) Wisconsin vs. (4) Boston College

March 18
4:00

Boston College

2–3
(0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Wisconsin

Tullio Arena
Attendance: 3,482

Game reference

Molly Schaus

Goalies

Alex Rigsby

Referee:
Dan Murphy
Linesmen:
Derek Zuckerman
Andrew DiFusco

	0–1	4:23 – Duggan (Knight, Deluce)
	0–2	11:58 – pp – Ammerman (Decker, Duggan)
Bolden – pp – 28:39	1–2
Wasylk – 51:23	2–2
	2–3	59:12 – Decker (Duggan, Knight)

14 min

Penalties

10 min

Shots

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Boston University

March 18
8:00

Boston University

4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Cornell

Tullio Arena
Attendance: 3,531

Game reference

Kerrin Sperry

Goalies

Amanda Mazzotta

Referees:
Dan Lick
Chris Perrault
Linesmen:
Tom Jerome
Dave Spivey

	0–1	5:29 – Overguard (Johnston, Young)
Ward (Poulin, Miller) – 10:37	1–1
Kirchner (Miller, Holze) – 37:47	2–1
Kohanchuk (Wakefield) – 38:37	3–1
Lorms (Kohanchuk, Boucher) – en – 57:20	4–1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

Shots

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (3) Boston University

March 20
2:00

Boston College

1–4
(0–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Tullio Arena
Attendance: 3,956

Game reference

Kerrin Sperry

Goalies

Alex Rigsby

Referee:
Julie Piacentini
Linesmen:
Dan Lick
Tim Kerrigan

	0–1	22:25 – Prevost (Kelter, McKeough)
	0–2	35:36 – pp – Ammerman (Decker, Duggan)
Poulin – 36:00	1–2
	1–3	56:37 – Deluce (Knight)
	1–4	59:42 – en – Prevost

6 min

Penalties

2 min

Shots

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Molly Schaus, Boston College
D: Alev Kelter, Wisconsin
D: Catherine Ward, Boston University
F: Brooke Ammerman, Wisconsin
F: Meghan Duggan*, Wisconsin
F: Hilary Knight*, Wisconsin
F: Carolyne Prevost, Wisconsin

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

"Hockey news". Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
"Championship Sites For 2010 And 2011 Released". NCAA. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
"No. 3 Terriers Fall to No. 1 Wisconsin, 4-1, in National Championship Game - Official Website of the Boston University Department of Athletics". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
"National champion Badgers bring home fourth crown! - UWBadgers.com - The Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers". Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
"NCAA Women's Frozen Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. March 19, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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