The National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship is one of the major women's ice hockey tournaments in the United States (another is American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA)). The National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship is sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The championship has existed since the 2000–2001 season and groups include the university teams of divisions I and III of the NCAA. The competition is considered as the second level in the pyramid of North American Women's hockey, below the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL).
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