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[email protected] WESTERN COLLEGIATE OPENING FACEOFF HOCKEY ASSOCIATION WCHA Lands Top Two Seeds in NCAA Championship: The Western Collegiate Hockey Association landed the top two • FOUNDED 1999 • seeds in the 2019 NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championship, as Wisconsin and Minnesota were seeded No. 1 and No. 2950 Metro Drive, Suite 102 2, respectively, in the eight-team field announced Sunday by the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Committee. The Badgers Bloomington, MN 55425 and Gophers will by seeking the WCHA’s 17th national title in its 20 seasons (including 16 NCAA crowns). 952-681-7947 • Wisconsin (32-4-2), which won its fourth WCHA postseason title in the last five years on Sunday, will host MEMBER TEAMS CHA postseason champion Syracuse (13-21-3) in a quarterfinal at LaBahn Arena on Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m. CT. The Badgers are back in the national postseason for the sixth-straight campaign and 13th time Bemidji State University overall. Wisconsin has won four national titles under head coach Mark Johnson (2006, 2007, 2009 and University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth 2011). Minnesota State University • Minnesota (30-5-1), the WCHA regular season champion, will also drop the puck on its quarterfinal The Ohio State University matchup on March 16, hosting ECAC foe Princeton (20-7-5) in a 4 p.m. CT contest at Ridder Arena.