2011 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament

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 Tullio Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Boston University Terriers 4–1 for their fourth national championship. It was the first (and as of 2026, only) time that two players were named the Most Outstanding Player with Wisconsin's Meghan Duggan (two goals, three assists) and Hilary Knight (one goal, four assists) each receiving the honor.

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	17,850, 3,965 for Championship Game

Qualifying teams

Wisconsin

Cornell

Boston University

Boston College

Minnesota

Mercyhurst

Dartmouth

Minnesota Duluth

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
	30	Shots	40

(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
	32	Shots	28

(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 Stephen 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
	21	Shots	26

(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
	32	Shots	22

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	Referees: Dan Murphy Derek Zuckerman Linesmen: Stephen Drain 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
	25	Shots	46

(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
	31	Shots	15

National Championship

(1) Wisconsin vs. (3) Boston University

March 20 2:00

Boston University

1–4 (0–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Wisconsin

Tullio Arena Attendance: 3,965

Game reference
	Kerrin Sperry	Goalies	Alex Rigsby	Referees: Julie Piacentini Dan Lick Linesmen: Chris Leavitt 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
	16	Shots	36

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)