What does NCAA (W) stand for?

NCAA (W) stands for NCAA Division I.

How many teams play in the NCAA (W)?

The NCAA (W) currently consists of 45 teams.

NCAA Division I NCAA (W) 2015-2016

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2015-2016

2015-2016 Season

Boston College finished first in the 2015-16 NCAA (W) standings with 80 points. Univ. of Minnesota (71 points) and Univ. of Wisconsin (71 points) followed.

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2015-2016 NCAA (W) Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
CHA
1.	Mercyhurst Univ.	35	19	5	11	-	-	92	74	18	43	1.23	Conference Champion
2.	Syracuse Univ.	36	19	3	14	-	-	96	77	19	41	1.14	-
3.	Robert Morris Univ.	38	17	5	16	-	-	108	97	11	39	1.03	-
4.	Penn State Univ.	37	12	6	19	-	-	65	76	-11	30	0.81	-
5.	Lindenwood Univ.	37	9	4	24	-	-	64	102	-38	22	0.59	-
6.	RIT (Rochester IOT)	36	8	1	27	-	-	51	108	-57	17	0.47	-
ECAC
1.	Quinnipiac Univ.	38	30	5	3	-	-	118	35	83	65	1.71	Conference Champion
2.	Clarkson Univ.	40	30	5	5	-	-	140	54	86	65	1.63	Bronze game win
3.	Colgate Univ.	38	22	7	9	-	-	109	86	23	51	1.34	-
4.	Princeton Univ.	33	22	2	9	-	-	102	61	41	44	1.33	Quarterfinal loss
5.	St. Lawrence Univ.	38	17	6	15	-	-	93	98	-5	40	1.05	-
6.	Harvard Univ.	32	17	3	12	-	-	78	59	19	37	1.16	-
7.	Cornell Univ.	31	13	4	14	-	-	72	87	-15	30	0.97	-
8.	RPI (Rensselaer Poly In.)	34	10	7	17	-	-	62	80	-18	27	0.79	-
9.	Yale Univ.	29	10	2	17	-	-	71	94	-23	22	0.76	-
10.	Dartmouth College	28	6	3	19	-	-	51	74	-23	15	0.54	-
11.	Brown Univ.	29	3	3	23	-	-	37	114	-77	9	0.31	-
12.	Union College	34	0	6	28	-	-	25	104	-79	6	0.18	-
Hockey East
1.	Boston College	41	40	0	1	-	-	213	51	162	80	1.95	Conference Champion
2.	Northeastern Univ.	38	28	1	9	-	-	163	94	69	57	1.50	Quarterfinal loss
3.	Boston Univ.	39	23	2	14	-	-	140	119	21	48	1.23	-
4.	Univ. of Connecticut	37	17	5	15	-	-	82	93	-11	39	1.05	-
5.	Univ. of New Hampshire	36	11	1	24	-	-	79	117	-38	23	0.64	-
6.	Univ. of Maine	35	10	2	23	-	-	61	105	-44	22	0.63	-
7.	Providence College	36	10	2	24	-	-	72	136	-64	22	0.61	-
8.	Univ. of Vermont	37	9	3	25	-	-	64	121	-57	21	0.57	-
9.	Merrimack College	34	5	3	26	-	-	57	124	-67	13	0.38	Did not make playoffs
Independent
1.	Sacred Heart Univ.	27	12	2	13	-	-	68	60	8	26	0.96	-
WCHA
1.	Univ. of Minnesota	40	35	1	4	-	-	187	51	136	71	1.78	NCAA Champion
2.	Univ. of Wisconsin	40	35	1	4	-	-	154	29	125	71	1.78	Conference Champion
3.	Bemidji State Univ.	36	22	3	11	-	-	77	68	9	47	1.31	Conference QF loss
4.	Univ. of North Dakota	35	18	5	12	-	-	79	62	17	41	1.17	Conference SF loss
5.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	37	15	1	21	-	-	90	109	-19	31	0.84	Conference SF loss
6.	St. Cloud State Univ.	35	13	4	18	-	-	63	115	-52	30	0.86	Conference QF loss
7.	Ohio State Univ.	36	10	1	25	-	-	80	134	-54	21	0.58	Conference QF loss
8.	Minnesota State Univ.	36	3	4	29	-	-	55	137	-82	10	0.28	Conference QF loss

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2015-2016 NCAA (W) Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Alex Carpenter (F)	41	43	45	88	6
2.	Kendall Coyne Schofield (F)	37	50	34	84	24
3.	Haley Skarupa (F)	41	35	44	79	8
4.	Dani Cameranesi (F)	40	33	35	68	28
5.	Hannah Brandt (F)	36	25	39	64	4

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2015-2016 NCAA (W) Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Ann-Renée Desbiens (G)	38	0.76	.960
2.	Sydney Rossman (G)	38	0.90	.949
3.	Celine Whitlinger (G)	22	1.51	.947
4.	Kaitlin Burt (G)	36	1.23	.943
5.	Amanda Leveille (G)	34	1.29	.942

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2015-2016 NCAA (W) Demographics

NCAA Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/22/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Univ. of Minnesota	Lindenwood Univ.	-
10/17/2026 11:30 PM UTC	Long Island Univ.	Sacred Heart Univ.	2 - 0
10/17/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Assumption Univ.	Saint Anselm College	6 - 2
10/17/2026 10:00 PM UTC	Harvard Univ.	College of the Holy Cross	8 - 2
10/17/2026 10:00 PM UTC	Boston Univ.	Colgate Univ.	0 - 1

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NCAA Transactions

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Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/17/2026	Confirmed	Kirsten Simms (F)	Univ. of Wisconsin	Toronto Sceptres	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Isabel Wunder (F)	Princeton Univ.	PWHL Las Vegas	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Kendall Butze (D)	Penn State Univ.	PWHL Las Vegas	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Josefin Bouveng (F)	Univ. of Minnesota	PWHL Las Vegas	Details
10/07/2026	Confirmed	Jade Iginla (F)	Brown Univ.	PWHL Hamilton	Details

2026-2027 NCAA Free Agents

Team	Player
Univ. of Delaware	Kaitlin Finnegan (F)

2027-2028 NCAA Free Agents

Team	Player
Franklin Pierce Univ.	Anna Caumo (F)
Saint Anselm College	Brooklyn Schneiderhan (F)
Mercyhurst Univ.	Lexington Secreto (G)

NCAA Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Bemidji State Univ.	26	1 857	5'7"	134 lbs	20.88
2.	Boston College	23	1 883	5'6"	139 lbs	20.60
3.	Boston Univ.	23	2 013	5'6"	143 lbs	21.09
4.	Brown Univ.	21	1 120	5'6"	139 lbs	20.22
5.	Clarkson Univ.	21	1 713	5'7"	146 lbs	20.19
6.	Colgate Univ.	22	1 408	5'7"	143 lbs	20.21
7.	Cornell Univ.	23	1 438	5'7"	150 lbs	20.44
8.	Dartmouth College	22	1 458	5'7"	146 lbs	20.64
9.	Harvard Univ.	23	1 463	5'6"	141 lbs	20.79
10.	Lindenwood Univ.	21	1 394	5'7"	154 lbs	21.57
11.	Mercyhurst Univ.	26	1 753	5'7"	141 lbs	20.62
12.	Merrimack College	21	683	5'7"	143 lbs	19.48
13.	Minnesota State Univ.	25	1 280	5'7"	146 lbs	20.38
14.	Northeastern Univ.	23	1 621	5'6"	143 lbs	20.61
15.	Ohio State Univ.	25	1 593	5'7"	143 lbs	20.68
16.	Penn State Univ.	27	2 173	5'6"	141 lbs	21.11
17.	Princeton Univ.	22	1 600	5'7"	143 lbs	20.59
18.	Providence College	21	1 413	5'7"	134 lbs	20.52
19.	Quinnipiac Univ.	24	1 909	5'7"	141 lbs	20.81
20.	RIT (Rochester IOT)	24	1 516	5'7"	137 lbs	20.38
21.	RPI (Rensselaer Poly In.)	23	1 550	5'7"	137 lbs	20.37
22.	Robert Morris Univ.	22	1 483	5'6"	139 lbs	20.53
23.	Sacred Heart Univ.	26	1 204	5'5"	134 lbs	21.13
24.	St. Cloud State Univ.	25	1 655	5'7"	137 lbs	20.96
25.	St. Lawrence Univ.	24	1 856	5'7"	143 lbs	20.90
26.	Syracuse Univ.	21	1 591	5'7"	143 lbs	20.70
27.	Union College	21	1 394	5'5"	143 lbs	20.62
28.	Univ. of Connecticut	24	1 742	5'7"	152 lbs	20.86
29.	Univ. of Maine	27	1 549	5'7"	146 lbs	20.80
30.	Univ. of Minnesota	24	1 988	5'7"	143 lbs	20.88
31.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	22	1 476	5'5"	137 lbs	21.05
32.	Univ. of New Hampshire	24	1 562	5'7"	137 lbs	20.83
33.	Univ. of North Dakota	25	1 959	5'8"	152 lbs	21.25
34.	Univ. of Vermont	21	1 551	5'6"	143 lbs	20.80
35.	Univ. of Wisconsin	22	1 932	5'7"	150 lbs	21.14
36.	Yale Univ.	24	1 380	5'7"	143 lbs	20.63

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Ann-Frédérique Guay (F)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies	SWHL A	9	10	15	25	4
2.	Estelle Duvin (F)	2026-2027	HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies	SWHL A	9	10	13	23	6
3.	Lara Stalder (F)	2026-2027	EVZ Women's Team	SWHL A	7	6	9	15	2
4.	Courtney Kollman (F)	2026-2027	CG Puigcerdá	Spain	3	7	6	13	4
5.	Karolína Sýkorová (F)	2026-2027	Bílí Tygři Liberec	1. liga žen	2	5	7	12	6
6.	Rahel Enzler (F)	2026-2027	EVZ Women's Team	SWHL A	7	4	8	12	0
7.	Mira Seregély (F)	2026-2027	EVZ Women's Team	SWHL A	7	4	8	12	0
8.	Antonia Matzka (D)	2026-2027	Sabres St.Pölten	EWHL	6	3	9	12	4
9.	Chloé Aurard-Bushee (F)	2026-2027	ZSC Lions Frauen	SWHL A	8	3	8	11	6
10.	Rachel Weiss (F)	2026-2027	ECDC Memmingen	DFEL	8	5	5	10	6

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Regular Season

NCAA All-Time Points

NCAA All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jennifer Botterill (F)	113	157	183	340
2.	Jenny Potter (F)	134	141	186	327
3.	Gretchen Ulion (F)	105	189	123	312
4.	Meghan Agosta (F)	134	157	145	302
5.	Daryl Watts (F)	172	136	161	297

NCAA All-Time Goals

NCAA All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Gretchen Ulion (F)	105	189	123	312
2.	Jennifer Botterill (F)	113	157	183	340
3.	Meghan Agosta (F)	134	157	145	302
4.	Tammy Lee Shewchuk (F)	90	152	140	292
5.	Nicole Corriero (F)	136	150	115	265

NCAA All-Time Assists

NCAA All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Julie Chu (F)	129	88	196	284
2.	Jenny Potter (F)	134	141	186	327
3.	Jennifer Botterill (F)	113	157	183	340
4.	Casey O'Brien (F)	182	97	177	274
5.	Élizabeth Giguère (F)	177	121	174	295

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min.

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Abbey Murphy (F)	170	143	261	357
2.	Jocelyne Lamoureux (F)	149	125	285	330
3.	Chelsea Donovan (F)	121	24	56	317
4.	Ashley Cockell (F)	144	44	112	316
5.	Myria Heinhuis (D)	128	8	50	308

NCAA All-Time Games Played

NCAA All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Casey O'Brien (F)	182	97	177	274
2.	Danielle Serdachny (F)	180	81	157	238
3.	Britta Curl (F)	180	86	93	179
4.	Sydney Bard (D)	180	13	99	112
5.	Kaitlyn O'Donohoe (F)	179	54	72	126

NCAA All-Time Points Per Game

NCAA All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Jennifer Botterill (F)	113	157	340	3.01
2.	Gretchen Ulion (F)	105	189	312	2.97
3.	Vicky Sunohara (F)	45	78	122	2.71
4.	Cammi Granato (F)	99	139	256	2.59
5.	Cate McCoy (F)	2	2	5	2.50

NCAA All-Time Points Per Season

NCAA All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Natalie Darwitz (F)	2004-2005	NCAA (W)	40	42	72	114	2.85	36
2.	Allison Mleczko (F)	1998-1999	NCAA (W)	34	37	77	114	3.35	-
3.	Jennifer Botterill (F)	2002-2003	NCAA (W)	32	47	65	112	3.50	14
4.	Tammy Lee Shewchuk (F)	1998-1999	NCAA (W)	34	51	54	105	3.09	-
5.	Krissy Wendell-Pohl (F)	2004-2005	NCAA (W)	40	43	61	104	2.60	54

NCAA All-Time Goals Per Season

NCAA All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Nicole Corriero (F)	2004-2005	NCAA (W)	36	59	32	91	2.53	46
2.	Tammy Lee Shewchuk (F)	1998-1999	NCAA (W)	34	51	54	105	3.09	-
3.	Vicky Sunohara (F)	1988-1989	NCAA (W)	25	51	27	78	3.12	-
4.	Kendall Coyne Schofield (F)	2015-2016	NCAA (W)	37	50	34	84	2.27	24
5.	Gretchen Ulion (F)	1993-1994	NCAA (W)	26	49	36	85	3.27	-

NCAA All-Time Assists Per Season

NCAA All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Allison Mleczko (F)	1998-1999	NCAA (W)	34	37	77	114	3.35	-
2.	Natalie Darwitz (F)	2004-2005	NCAA (W)	40	42	72	114	2.85	36
3.	Jennifer Botterill (F)	2002-2003	NCAA (W)	32	47	65	112	3.50	14
4.	Casey O'Brien (F)	2024-2025	NCAA (W)	41	26	62	88	2.15	2
5.	Krissy Wendell-Pohl (F)	2004-2005	NCAA (W)	40	43	61	104	2.60	54

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Megan Young (D)	2001-2002	NCAA (W)	32	0	2	2	0.06	144
2.	Abbey Murphy (F)	2023-2024	NCAA (W)	39	33	29	62	1.59	118
3.	Lisa Peters (D)	1999-2000	NCAA (W)	34	13	14	27	0.79	116
4.	Courtney Kennedy (D)	1999-2000	NCAA (W)	38	9	29	38	1.00	114
5.	Ashley Cockell (F)	2010-2011	NCAA (W)	34	11	16	27	0.79	111