Women's Midwest College Hockey (WMCH) is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Women's Division 1 club level hockey-only college athletic conference for women's hockey teams. It is one of four ACHA Women's Division 1 conferences, along with the Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association, Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League, and Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League. The league features seven of the top ACHA programs from across the country regardless of geographic considerations, with its membership ranging from Lynchburg, Virginia in the southeast to Minot, North Dakota in the northwest.
WMCH began play during the 2019–20 season with teams that had won four of the last seven national championships (Minnesota in 2013, Liberty in 2015, 2018, and 2019), and each of its members had participated in their respective national tournaments within the past two seasons (Minot State did so in Division 2, the rest in Division 1). The conference lived up to that billing by earning four of the eight available bids to the 2020 ACHA National Tournament, before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Current membership
InstitutionLocationNicknameFoundedTypeEnrollmentColorsPrimary FacilityLiberty UniversityLynchburg, VirginiaFlames1971Private(Baptist)15,000(residential)Blue, White and Red LaHaye Ice CenterMaryville UniversitySt. Louis, MissouriSaints1872Private4,609Red, Black and White Maryville University Hockey CenterLindenwood UniversitySt. Charles, MissouriLions1827Private7,465Black and Gold Centene Community Ice CenterMcKendree UniversityLebanon, IllinoisBearcats1828Private(Methodist)2,499Purple and White McKendree Metro Rec PlexMidland UniversityFremont, NebraskaWarriors1883Private(Lutheran)1,400Orange and Blue Sidner Ice ArenaUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MinnesotaGolden Gophers1851Public47,783Maroon and Gold Mariucci ArenaMinot State UniversityMinot, North DakotaBeavers1913Public3,560Red, Green and Black Maysa Arena
Membership timeline
Playoff championship game results
Year Champion Score Runner-Up Location 2020 Liberty 2–1 Minot State St. Louis, Missouri
Regular season champions
2019–20 Liberty†
† The WMCH did not formally declare a regular season champion. Liberty was the top-seeded team for the league playoffs due to having the highest ACHA ranking of the members.
ACHA National Tournament appearances
Appearances made while a WMCH member.
School Appearances Years Championships Liberty 1 2020 None Lindenwood–Belleville 1 2020 None McKendree 1 2020 None Minot State 1 2020 None
See also American Collegiate Hockey Association Lindenwood–Belleville Lynx women's ice hockey Minot State Beavers women's ice hockey List of ice hockey leagues
References
External links Women's Midwest College Hockey Facebook Page Liberty Women's Hockey McKendree Women's Hockey Midland Women's Hockey Minnesota Women's Club Hockey Minot State Women's Hockey Maryville Saints Women's Hockey