Women's Varsity Hockey Programs


Mitzi Witchger

The information in this section is from Mitzi Witchger of GREAT. Mitzi Witchger is a gender equity consultant who founded GREAT (Girls Really Expect A Team)! As a parent of two sons and a daughter who have been varsity high school and collegiate athletes and as a contributor to Gender Equity in Athletics published by the MN Dept. of Education and the MN State High School League, she is aware of the problems and possibilities of implementing Title IX. Presently Witchger serves on the board of directors of Indiana Citizens for Sports Equity and on the advisory board of the Women's Sports Foundation.


The following programs have announced the intention to have a varsity women's ice hockey program. A total of 40 teams is needed for women's hockey to become an official NCAA sport.


Varsity Status - by year         1997-98  1998-99 1999-00 2000-01

Independent- Division I (3)
University of Minnesota-TC         Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
University of Minnesota-Duluth     Yes     No      Yes     Yes
Bemidji State University           No      No      Yes     Yes
Mankato State University           No      Yes     Yes     Yes
Ohio State University              No      No      Yes     Yes
St Cloud State University          No      No      No      Yes
UW -Madison                        No      No      Yes     Yes

Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC)- Division I (14)
Boston College                     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Brown University                   Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Colby College                      Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Cornell University                 Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Dartmouth College                  Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Harvard University                 Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Maine                              No      Yes     Yes     Yes
Maine (Orono)                      Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
New Hampshire                      Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Niagara University                 No      Yes     Yes     Yes
Northeastern University            Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Princeton University               Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Providence College                 Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
St. Lawrence University            Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Yale University                    Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes

Independent- Division III (2)
Chatham College                    Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
University of Wisc-River Falls     No      Yes     Yes     Yes
University of Wisc-Superior        No      Yes     Yes     Yes

ECAC Alliance- Divison III (14)
Amherst College                    Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Bowdoin College                    Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Colgate University                 Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Connecticut College                Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Hamilton                           Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Middlebury                         Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Rensselaer                         Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
RIT                                Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Sacred Heart                       Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Southern Maine                     No      Yes     Yes     Yes
Trinity                            No      Yes     Yes     Yes
Vermont                            No      Yes     Yes     Yes
Wesleyan                           Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Williams                           Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)- Division III (6)
Augsburg College                   Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
Gustavus Adolphus                  Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
St. Benedict's                     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
St. Catherine                      No      Yes     Yes     Yes
St. Mary's                         No      Yes     Yes     Yes
St. Thomas                         No      Yes     Yes     Yes
Concordia College-Moorhead         No      No      Yes     Yes
Hamline                            No      No      No      Yes
St. Olaf College                   No      No      No      No
Carleton College                   No      No      No      No

Summary - Teams                    29      39      45      47



Summary Varsity Women Teams         1997-98  1998-99  1999-00  2000-01

Independent- Division I                  1       2       6       7
ECAC- Division I                        13      15      15      15
Independent- Division III                1       2       3       3
ECAC Alliance- Divison III              11      14      14      14
MIAC- Division III                       3       6       7       8

Total Teams                             29      39      45      47

Last Updated: Thursday, 28-May-98

Richard Hungerford

The information in this section was provided by Richard Hungerford, who maintains an excellent web page on women's collegiate hockey.

Women's college ice hockey will have 51 varsity teams during the 1999-2000 season. That number exceeds the requirement to become an NCAA sport. The current varsity teams are:

ECAC DIVISION I  (varsity)                      (13)
Boston College                                  Brown
Cornell                                         Dartmouth
Harvard                                         Maine
New Hampshire                                   Niagara
Northeastern                                    Princeton
Providence College                              St. Lawrence
Yale

WCWHA DIVISION I  (varsity)                     (7)
Bemidji State                                   Minnesota
Minnesota-Duluth                                Minnesota State
Ohio State                                      St. Cloud State
Wisconsin

ECAC DIVISION III  (varsity)                    (17)
Amherst                                         Bates  (club)
Bowdoin                                         Colby
Colgate                                         Connecticut College
Hamilton                                        Middlebury
MIT                                             Rensselaer
RIT                                             Sacred Heart
Southern Maine                                  Trinity College
Union                                           Vermont
Wesleyan                                        Williams

MIAC  (MINNESOTA INTERCOLLEGIATE)  (DIII varsity)    (8)
Augsburg                                        Bethel
Concordia                                       Gustavus Adolphus
Hamline  (club)                                 St. Benedict
St. Catherine                                   St. Mary's
St. Thomas

DI  INDEPENDENT VARSITIES                       (2)
Findlay                                         Mercyhurst

DIII  INDEPENDENT VARSITIES                     (3)
Chatham                                         Holy Cross
Wisconsin-Superior

MCWHA  (MIDWEST ALLIANCE)  (club)               (1)
Wisconsin-River Falls

This page is maintained by © 1999 Andria Hunter (andria@cs.toronto.edu).

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