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Thursday, December 16th
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NCAA announces expansion of NC Women's Ice Hockey Championship to 11 teams effective for 2022 tournament
The NCAA's Division I Council yesterday (Wednesday, Dec. 15) approved the recommendations from the Division I Competition Oversight Committee to increase the Beach Volleyball Championship field to 16 teams and Women's Ice Hockey Championship to 11 teams. The expansion of the two tournaments will go into effect for the 2022 championships.
Quoting the press release from the organization:
The 2022 National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship will feature the top five seeds in the tournament receiving a first-round bye. The fifth-seeded team will play at the campus site of one of the top four seeds. Three first-round games will be played at the campus sites of three of the top four seeds in the tournament.
The winners of the first-round games will have a day off before playing in the quarterfinals. The tournament will stay on its current schedule since no weekends will be added with this format. The 2022 Women's Frozen Four is slated for March 18-20 at Penn State.
Minnesota currently sits 5th in both the DCU/USCHO and USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine national polls, and also 5th in the USCHO.com PairWise Rankings.
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