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Gophers earn No. 2 seed in NCAA women's hockey tournament
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers are the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA women's hockey tournament. The bracket was revealed Sunday morning on the tournament selection show.
Minnesota has a bye to the second round, where they will face the winner of Minnesota-Duluth and Clarkson at 2 p.m. on Saturday March 11. UMD and Clarkson play Thursday, March 9 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.
Ohio State earned the No. 1 overall seed. The No. 3 seed went to Colgate while Yale and Northeastern were selected as the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds, respectively.
You can find the NCAA tournament bracket here.
If the Gophers advance to the Frozen Four, they will face Colgate, Wisconsin or Long island University. This years Frozen Four will be held March 17-19 at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, Minnesota.
Against teams in the tournament, Minnesota went...
- 4-0 against UMD this season
- 3-1-1 against Ohio State
- 1-2-2 against Wisconsin
- 0-1 against Yale
- 1-0 against Penn State