LIBERTY UNIVERSITY HOLDS ONTO THE #1 SEED IN THE SIXTH ACHA WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 RANKING 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – (JANUARY 28, 2020) – Liberty University, holds the top spot in the sixth ranking of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Women's Division 1 season.  The Flames (20-2-0) will have their first games of the New Year as they take on McKendree University this Friday and Saturday. We have a new No. 2 in the rankings as Minot State University (14-3-0) claims the spot. The Beavers with shutouts, swept the University of Minnesota, 4-0 and 7-0. Coming in at No. 3 in the ranking is Lindenwood University-Belleville (18-5-0) who split the weekend against Midland University, winning 5-0 and losing 2-1 in overtime, and beating the University of Rhode Island. Claiming the No. 4 spot is Adrian College (13-4-0). The Bulldogs swept the University of Michigan, 7-2 and 10-1. Rounding out our top 5 in the ranking is Michigan State University (12-1-1). The Spartans swept Robert Morris University, IL, 9-0 and 7-2.

The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League leads the way with all of their six member teams ranked, while the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association has 4 (of 8) of its member teams ranked, the Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League has 2 (of 6), and the East Coast Women’s Hockey League has 3 (of 3) of its member teams ranked.

The computer ranking will determine the 8 teams that qualify for the 2019 ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championships, which will include the following two automatic bids:

• (CCWHA) Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association
• (WWCHL) Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League
• (WMCHL) Women’s Midwest College Hockey League

A total of 25 teams are competing in Women’s Division 1 this season, including two new teams, Minot State University and Utah University.

The ACHA uses two computer rankings, Ranking A (Wins with goal differential of 7) and Ranking B (Wins with maximum goal differential of 1), and come up with an average of the two rankings. This is the first year we are only using computer rankings.

In its 20th season of action, there have been a total of 9 schools that have won the ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championship:

• St. Cloud State
• Wisconsin (2 Times)
• Michigan State (2)
• Robert Morris (2)
• Lindenwood (4)
• Northeastern
• Minnesota
• Miami (3)
• Liberty (3)

The 2020 ACHA National Championships will be played at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas as well as additional Dr Pepper StarCenter facilities. The Dr Pepper Arena is home practice facility for the NHL Dallas Stars and also houses the Stars' Executive Offices.  The Dr Pepper StarCenters are the Stars-led community ice rinks throughout the DFW Metroplex.

More than 1,500 players from 72 teams across all five ACHA divisions—Men’s Division 1, 2, and 3, and Women’s Divisions 1 and 2 — will converge upon the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area from March 19 through March 29, 2020, to compete in more than 100 games.