High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Collegiate Women`s Ice Hockey Championship is one of the major women`s ice hockey tournaments in the United States (another is American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA)). The National Collegiate Women`s Ice Hockey Championship is sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The championship has existed since the 2000–2001 season and groups include the university teams of divisions I and III of the NCAA. The competition is considered as the second level in the pyramid of North American Women`s hockey, below the Canadian Women`s Hockey League (CWHL) and the Western Women`s Hockey League (WWHL).