UNION LAKE, MI – In the University of Mary's first year competing in American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1, the Marauders have earned a national tournament bid. The Marauders finished #10 in the 16
th 2023-24 ACHA MD1 poll and will face unranked and 23
rd seeded West Chester University in the opening round of the 2024 tournament on Thursday, March 7, at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, MO.
The winner of the UMary-West Chester meeting will face 7
th seeded Liberty on Saturday, March 9 at 4:45 pm. The quarterfinals is set for Sunday, March 10 with the semifinals on Monday, March 11. The ACHA MD1 game is slated for 7 pm on March 12.
The Marauders program first took to the ice in September 2018 and competed in ACHA MD2 for five seasons, winning back-to-back national titles in 2020-21 and 2021-22. UMary made the move up to ACHA MD1 for the 2023-24 season and finished second in both Midwest College Hockey's regular season standings and the conference tournament.
With one game on the schedule before the national tournament, the Marauders have accrued a record of 25-12-0-0-1 (W-L-OTL-SOW-SOL) overall and a mark of 22-12-0-0-1 against ACHA MD1 foes.
The Marauders wrap up the regular season at #1 Minot State University on Thursday, February 22.
The 2024 ACHA Men's Division I National Championships presented by FloHockey will be hosted March 7-12 for the second time at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Mo. This will be the first year of the 24-team format.
The ACHA uses two computer rankings generated by USHSHO.com, Ranking A (Wins with Maximum Goal Differential of 7) and Ranking B (Wins with Maximum Goal Differential of 1), to come up with an average of the two rankings. The ACHA will then use the list generated from the average for its weekly ranking. Ties will be broken using the higher ranked team from Ranking B until the Top 25 teams are listed. All games that go to overtime will be scored as ties in the computer ranking.
| 2023-2024 ACHA Men's Division I Ranking #16 |
| Rank |
School Name |
M1 Record |
Previous |
Conference |
| 1 |
Minot State |
26-6-1 |
1 |
INDEP |
| 2 |
Adrian |
26-5-0 |
2 |
GLCHL |
| 3 |
Central Oklahoma |
26-5-2 |
3 |
WCHL |
| 4 |
Jamestown |
24-8-0 |
5 |
MCH |
| 5 |
Nevada-Las Vegas |
23-6-2 |
4 |
WCHL |
| 6 |
Maryville |
23-9-2 |
7 |
INDEP |
| 7 |
Liberty |
19-8-1 |
6 |
INDEP |
| 8 |
Ohio |
23-7-4 |
8 |
INDEP |
| 9 |
Niagara |
19-8-1 |
9 |
ESCHL |
| 10 |
Mary |
22-12-1 |
10 |
MCH |
| 11 |
Purdue Northwest |
27-5-1 |
11 |
GLCHL |
| 12 |
Utah |
16-10-2 |
12 |
WCHL |
| 13 |
Arizona |
15-13-1 |
16 |
WCHL |
| 14 |
Grand Valley State |
20-8-2 |
15 |
GLCHL |
| 15 |
Calvin |
21-8-2 |
13 |
GLCHL |
| 16 |
Illinois State |
22-11-1 |
14 |
MCH |
| 17 |
Grand Canyon |
17-13-1 |
17 |
WCHL |
| 18 |
Indiana Tech |
25-9-1 |
18 |
WHAC |
| 19 |
Delaware |
16-8-4 |
21 |
ESCHL |
| 20 |
Pittsburgh |
19-12-2 |
20 |
ESCHL |
| 21 |
Missouri State |
13-16-2 |
19 |
WCHL |
| 22 |
Colorado |
13-11-2 |
25 |
WCHL |
| 23 |
Indiana Pennsylvania |
22-7-2 |
NR |
CHMA |
| 24 |
Oklahoma |
14-12-2 |
22 |
WCHL |
| 25 |
McKendree |
17-13-1 |
NR |
MCH |
AMERICAN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 2024 MEN'S DIVISION 1 NATIONAL QUALIFIERS/SEEDS
1 Minot State University
2 Adrian College
3 University of Central Oklahoma
4 University of Jamestown
5 University of Nevada-Las Vegas
6 Maryville University
7 Liberty University
8 Ohio University
9 Niagara University
10 University of Mary
11 Purdue University Northwest
12 University of Utah
13 University of Arizona
14 Grand Valley State University
15 Calvin University
16 Illinois State University
17 Grand Canyon University
18 Indiana Tech
19 University of Delaware
20 University of Pittsburgh
21 Missouri State University
22 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
23 West Chester University
24 Oswego State University
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