Utah W1 ranked #16 in the nation, with three weekends remaining

February 3, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah

The American Collegiate Hockey Association Women’s Division 1 rankings have been released for the week with only three weekends remaining of the regular season.

Your Skatin’ Utes are #16 in the nation, and highest ranked team in the Western Women Collegiate Hockey League (WWCHL).

Utah W1 has maintained this ranking for two weeks, and is the highest ranking the team has earned since it began in 2018. 

Utah W1 have earned a 15-6-1 record this season and will be traveling to the University of Colorado this weekend for their final road trip of the regular season..

Veteran Forward Sonia Charman lead the Utes with 25 points (10G, 15A) in 22 games. Followed by a pair of rookie forwards Katherine Zeschuk with 20 points (8G, 12A), and Kendall Ketchum with 18 points (9G, 9A).

Veteran Morgan Lavalley is in fourth place with 13 points (8G, 5A). Followed by Taylor Wensink with 12 points (7G, 5A), Ashley Paterson with 11 points (9G, 2A), Ariel Carlsten with 9 points (6G, 3A), and Carmen Mannor with 8 points (6G, 2A).

That is 70 combined points for these five Utah Hockey newcomers.

Utah goaltenders Keyauna Robinson-Prefontaine and Miranda De Antunano have been equally impressive during the entire Utah season so far. Rookie goalie Robinson-Prefontaine is 7-2 with a 2.22 GAA and a .930 save percentage. De Antunano has a 8-4 record with 2.85 GAA and .898 save percentage.

The Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League, of which Utah W1 is a member, had a decent performance with three (of 7) of its member teams ranked in the top 20. The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League has six (of 8) member teams ranked, while the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association has nine (of 12) of its member teams ranked in the top 20.

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), and 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 20 teams are listed. All games that go to overtime will be scored as ties in the computer ranking.

Now in its 26th season of action, there have been a total of 10 schools that have won the ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championship: Adrian, Liberty (7), Lindenwood (4), Miami (3), Michigan State (2), Minnesota, Northeastern, Robert Morris (2), St. Cloud State, and Wisconsin (2).

A total of 34 teams are competing in Women’s Division 1 this season, including one new full member team, Eastern Michigan University, and two probationary members, University of Washington, and University of New Mexico.

The computer ranking will determine the 10 teams that qualify for the 2026 ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championships, which will include the following three automatic bids:

-(CCWHA) Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association
-(WWCHL) Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League
-(WMCHL) Women’s Midwest College Hockey League

The ninth ranking of the regular season will be released on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.

2025-2026 ACHA WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 RANKING #11