BISMARCK, ND – The University of Mary hockey team earned a sixth straight opportunity to fight for a national championship. The Marauders claimed the 10
th seed in the 2026 American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 national championships and will face #23 Lawrence Tech in an opening round game on Thursday, March 12.
Gametime for the first-ever meeting between the Marauders and the Blue Devils is 4:45 pm at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, MO.
The ACHA MD1 tournament opens Thursday, March 12, with the championship game slated for Tuesday, March 17. UMary needs to win five games to win the title.
The winner between UMary and Lawrence Tech will face #7 seed Maryville University on Saturday, March 14, at 4:45.
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UMary is 26-13-0-0-0-1 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL) overall this season. Lawrence Tech, which won the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference championship to earn a berth to the national tournament, is 19-7-1-0-2-0.
Since the UMary hockey program first took to the ice in the 2018-19 season, the Marauders have qualified for the national tournament every year in which the Marauders have been eligible to compete. UMary was ineligible for the 2019 as a first year program and the 2020 tournament cancelled due to the pandemic. Since then Head Coach Dan Huntley has led the Marauders to six straight national tournaments. UMary won ACHA MD2 national tournament in 2021 and 2022 before falling just short of a 3-peat in 2023.
UMary moved up to ACHA MD1 for the 2023-24 season and went 1-1 at the 2024 national tournaments, opening with a 3-1 win over West Chester University as the #10 seed before falling 2-1 to Liberty University in round two. In 2025 the Marauders also went 1-1 at nationals. The #14 Marauders opened with a 4-0 win over the University of Pittsburgh before falling 3-0 to Ohio University.
The Marauders have a record of 14-3 over the course of five ACHA national tournaments.
Following a runner-up finish at the Midwest College Hockey playoffs that included a 1-0 win over #7 University of Jamestown, the Marauders gained a spot in the rankings from the previous week.
In the 16
th and final ACHA MD1 rankings of the 2025-26 regular season, the Marauders are ranked #10, a one-slot improvement over the previous poll. The 10
th slot matched the top ranking of the season for UMary.
The Marauders are 10-13 against teams currently ranked in the Top 25 and 9-13 against teams qualifying for the 2026 ACHA MD1 tournament.
| 2025-2026 ACHA Men's Division I Ranking #16 (Feb. 24, 2026) |
| Rank |
School Name |
M1 Record |
Previous |
Trend |
Conference |
| 1 |
Minot State |
27-1-2 |
1 |
― |
MCH |
| 2 |
Ohio |
28-6-0 |
3 |
↑1 |
INDEP |
| 3 |
Niagara |
24-4-0 |
2 |
↓1 |
INDEP |
| 4 |
Nevada-Las Vegas |
25-4-1 |
4 |
― |
WCHL |
| 5 |
Liberty |
18-10-2 |
6 |
↑1 |
INDEP |
| 6 |
Drury |
23-4-0 |
5 |
↓1 |
INDEP |
| 7 |
Maryville |
13-10-1 |
8 |
↑1 |
INDEP |
| 8 |
Jamestown |
22-11-0 |
7 |
↓1 |
MCH |
| 9 |
Adrian |
25-6-2 |
9 |
― |
GL6 |
| 10 |
Mary |
23-13-1 |
11 |
↑1 |
MCH |
| 11 |
Calvin |
20-8-2 |
10 |
↓1 |
GL6 |
| 12 |
Utah |
15-9-1 |
12 |
― |
WCHL |
| 13 |
Grand Canyon |
20-8-0 |
13 |
― |
WCHL |
| 14 |
Hope |
25-8-0 |
14 |
― |
GL6 |
| 15 |
Arizona |
13-10-3 |
15 |
― |
WCHL |
| 16 |
Purdue Northwest |
15-15-2 |
16 |
― |
GL6 |
| 17 |
Missouri State |
15-8-5 |
17 |
― |
WCHL |
| 18 |
Stony Brook |
14-13-3 |
20 |
↑2 |
ACCHL |
| 19 |
Midland |
7-18-6 |
18 |
↓1 |
MCH |
| 20 |
Grand Valley State |
17-13-2 |
19 |
↓1 |
GL6 |
| 21 |
West Chester |
23-8-1 |
21 |
― |
ECHA |
| 22 |
Indiana Pennsylvania |
27-4-4 |
22 |
― |
CHMA |
| 23 |
Kentucky |
21-4-1 |
24 |
↑1 |
ACCHL |
| 24 |
Davenport |
18-17-5 |
23 |
↓1 |
GL6 |
| 25 |
Illinois |
18-7-4 |
NR |
↑1 |
INDEP |
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