NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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The NCAA Division I field hockey tournament is an American intercollegiate field hockey tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I national champion. The tournament has been held annually since 1981.[1]

AssociationNCAA
Founded1981; 45 years ago (1981)
DivisionDivision I
Quick facts Association, Sport ...
NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
AssociationNCAA
SportCollege field hockey
Founded1981; 45 years ago (1981)
DivisionDivision I
No. of teams18
Country United States
Most recent
champion
Northwestern (3rd title)
Most titlesNorth Carolina (11)
BroadcasterESPNU
Official websiteNCAA.com
Current sports event 2025 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
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The championship is contested exclusively by women's teams and there is no equivalent NCAA men's field hockey championship.

The most successful team is the North Carolina Tar Heels, who have eleven titles. In addition, North Carolina has finished national runner-up an NCAA record eleven times.

The most recent championship, in 2025, was won by the Northwestern Wildcats.

History

Field hockey was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports.[2] The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same 12 (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA overcame the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership. The first NCAA women's national championship events were staged November 21–22, 1981, in cross country and field hockey.

The tournament originally began with six teams but has since expanded to 18; at different times a third-place game has been played as well. Under the tournament's current format, 18 teams qualify for the tournament with two play-in games. The play-in games and first two rounds are played at the home turf of the higher seeds in each matchup. The final four teams then move on to the championship rounds at a predetermined site.

AIAW champions

Past champions

More information Year, Site (Host Team) ...
NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Year Site
(Host Team)
Stadium Championship Third Place Final / Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-up Third-place Score Fourth-place
1981
Details
Storrs, CT Memorial Stadium UConn[a] 4–1 Massachusetts Old Dominion 2–1
(2OT, PS)
Long Beach State
1982
Details
Philadelphia, PA Geasey Field Old Dominion3–2UConn[a] Delaware 4–0 Penn State
1983
Details
Philadelphia, PA Franklin Field Old Dominion (2)3–1
(3 OT)
UConn[a] Massachusetts 2–1
(2OT, PS)
Northwestern
1984
Details
Springfield, MA Stagg Field Old Dominion (3)5–1Iowa Temple, UConn[a]
1985
Details
Norfolk, VA Foreman Field UConn[a] (2)3–2Old Dominion Northwestern 5–0 Boston U.
1986
Details
Norfolk, VA Foreman Field Iowa2–1
(2 OT)
New Hampshire North Carolina 4–0 Penn State
1987
Details
Chapel Hill, NC Navy Field Maryland2–1
(OT)
North Carolina Massachusetts 3–1 Iowa
1988
Details
Philadelphia, PA Franklin Field Old Dominion (4)2–1Iowa Northeastern 1–0 Penn
1989
Details
Springfield, MA Stagg Field North Carolina2–1
(3OT, PS)
Old Dominion Northwestern 2–1 Iowa
1990
Details
Piscataway, NJ Bauer Field Old Dominion (5)5–0North Carolina Iowa 1–0 Penn State
1991
Details
Villanova, PA Villanova Stadium Old Dominion (6)2–0North Carolina Maryland 2–1
(OT)
Penn State
1992
Details
Richmond, VA Cary Street Field Old Dominion (7)4–0Iowa North Carolina, Massachusetts
1993
Details
Piscataway, NJ Bauer Field Maryland (2)2–1
(2OT, PS)
North Carolina Penn State, Iowa
1994
Details
Brookline, MA Parsons Field James Madison2–1
(2OT, PS)
North Carolina Northwestern, Iowa
1995
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium[3] North Carolina (2)5–1Maryland James Madison, Northeastern
1996
Details
Chestnut Hill, MA Alumni Stadium North Carolina (3)3–0Princeton Old Dominion, Northeastern
1997
Details
Storrs, CT George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex North Carolina (4)3–2Old Dominion ·Virginia, Princeton
1998
Details
Philadelphia, PA Franklin Field Old Dominion (8)3–2Princeton UConn[a], Virginia
1999
Details
Brookline, MA Parsons Field Maryland (3)2–1Michigan Iowa, UConn[a]
2000
Details
Norfolk, VA Foreman Field Old Dominion (9)3–1North Carolina Wake Forest, Maryland
2001
Details
Kent, OH Dix Stadium Michigan2–0Maryland Wake Forest, Princeton
2002
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium[4] Wake Forest2–0Penn State Old Dominion, Michigan State
2003
Details
Amherst, MA Richard F. Garber Field Wake Forest (2)3–1Duke Maryland, Michigan
2004
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium Wake Forest (3)3–0Duke Maryland, Michigan State
2005
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium Maryland (4)1–0Duke Old Dominion, Wake Forest
2006
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium Maryland (5)1–0Wake Forest Duke, UConn[a]
2007
Details
College Park, MD Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex North Carolina (5)3–0Penn State UConn[a], Wake Forest
2008
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium Maryland (6)4–2Wake Forest Iowa, Syracuse
2009
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium North Carolina (6)3–2Maryland Princeton, Virginia
2010
Details
College Park, MD Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex Maryland (7)3–2
(2OT)
North Carolina Virginia, Ohio State
2011
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium Maryland (8)3-2
(OT)
North Carolina Old Dominion, UConn[a]
2012
Details
Norfolk, VA L.R. Hill Sports Complex Princeton3–2North Carolina Maryland, Syracuse
2013
Details
Norfolk, VA L.R. Hill Sports Complex UConn (3)2–0Duke North Carolina, Maryland
2014
Details
College Park, MD Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex UConn (4)1–0Syracuse Albany, North Carolina
2015
Details
Ann Arbor, MI Phyllis Ocker Field Syracuse4–2North Carolina Duke, UConn
2016
Details
Norfolk, VA L.R. Hill Sports Complex Delaware3–2North Carolina Princeton, UConn
2017
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium UConn (5)2–1Maryland North Carolina, Michigan
2018
Details
North Carolina (7)2–0Maryland Wake Forest, Princeton
2019
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium North Carolina (8)6–1Princeton Boston College, Virginia
2020
Details
Chapel Hill, NC Karen Shelton Stadium North Carolina (9)4–3
(OT)
Michigan Iowa, Louisville
2021
Details
Ann Arbor, MI Phyllis Ocker Field Northwestern2–0Liberty Harvard, Maryland
2022
Details
Storrs, CT Sherman Complex North Carolina (10)2–1Northwestern Penn State, Maryland
2023
Details
Chapel Hill, NC Karen Shelton Stadium North Carolina (11)2–1
(2OT, PS)
Northwestern Duke, Virginia
2024
Details
Ann Arbor, MI Phyllis Ocker Field Northwestern (2)5–0Saint Joseph's North Carolina, Massachusetts
2025
Details
Durham, NC Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium Northwestern (3)2-1
(2OT)
Princeton Harvard, North Carolina
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  1. Used "Connecticut" as its primary athletic brand before the 2013 season.

Team titles

NCAA Division I field hockey tournament is located in USA Midwest and Northeast
North Carolina
North Carolina
Old Dominion
Old Dominion
Maryland
Maryland
UConn
UConn
Wake Forest
Wake Forest
Iowa
Iowa
James Madison
James Madison
Michigan
Michigan
Princeton
Princeton
Syracuse
Syracuse
Delaware
Delaware
Northwestern
Northwestern
NCAA National Championships by school: 11, 9, 8, 5, 3, 1

Statistics

  • Most Goals, Game: 10
  • Most Goals, Both Teams: 13
    • Maryland (2008; Maryland–8 vs. Duke–5)
  • Most Goals, Tournament: 20
  • Goals Per Game, Tournament: 5.67
  • Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00
  • Penalty Corners, Game: 31

Individual records

More information Year, Player ...
Year Player Goals Assists Points
2006 Michelle Kasold, Wake Forest
Lauren Crandall, Wake Forest
1
4
7
1
9
2007 Katelyn Falgowski, North Carolina
Shaun Banta, Penn State
3
3
1
1
7
2008 Hilary Moore, Wake Forest 7 2 16
2009 Katie O'Donnell, Maryland 6 6 18
2010 Katie O'Donnell, Maryland 4 4 12
2011 Kelsey Kolojejchick, North Carolina 4 2 10
2012 Charlotte Craddock, North Carolina
Kathleen Sharkey, Princeton
6
6
2
2
14
2013 Emmie Le Marchand, Duke 5 4 14
2014 Charlotte Veitner, UConn 5 1 11
2015 Alma Fenne, Syracuse 5 2 12
2016 Greta Nauck, Delaware 4 1 9
2017 Charlotte Veitner, UConn 6 1 13
2018 Erin Matson, North Carolina 4 5 13
2019 Erin Matson, North Carolina 4 0 8
2020 Erin Matson, North Carolina 4 1 9
2021 Charlotte Vaanhold, Liberty 4 3 6
2022 Erin Matson, North Carolina 6 2 14
2023 Paityn Wirth, North Carolina 4 2 14
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  • Most Goals, Single Game: 5
  • Most Goals, Tournament: 11
  • Most Assists, Game: 6
  • Most Assists, Tournament: 8
  • Saves, Game: 36
    • Missy Farwell, Virginia (1984; Virginia–2 vs. North Carolina–1)
  • Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00

Result by school and by year

60 teams have appeared in the NCAA Tournament in at least one year starting with 1981 (the initial year that the post-season tournament was under the auspices of the NCAA). The results for all years are shown in this table below.[5] Conference affiliations reflect those for the upcoming 2025 season.

The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  SF  Semifinals
  •  QF  Quarterfinals (Two teams in 1981, four teams thereafter)
  •  12 ,  16  Round of 16 (Only 12 teams, 1982-1998)
  •    Play-In Round (Starting 2013)
More information School, Conference ...
School Conference # QF SF CG CH 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

North CarolinaACC4235292211QF12QFSFRUQFCHRURUSFRURUCHCHCHQFQFRU1616QF1616CH16CHRURURUSFSFRURUSFCHCHCH16CHCHSFSF
Old DominionBig East322617129SFCHCHCHRUQFQFCHRUCHCHCH12QFQFSFRUCHQFCHQFSFQF16SF1616QFSFQF1616
MarylandBig Ten363221138QFCH1212SFQFCHRUQFQFQFCHSFRUQFSFSFCHCHQFCHRUCHCHSFSFQF16QFRURUQFSFSFQF16
UConnBig East34271575CHRURUSFCHQF1212QFQFSFSFQF16QF16QFSFSF1616QFSFQFCHCHSFSFCHQFQFQF16QF
Wake ForestACC19131053QFSFSFCHCHCHSFRUSFRUQF16QF161616SF1616
NorthwesternBig Ten2118953QFSFQFSFQFQFQFSFQF12QFSF16QF16QFCHRURUCHCH
PrincetonIvy League272010511212QFRUSFRUQFSFQF1616QFQFSFQF16CHQF16QFSFQFSFRU16QFRU
IowaBig Ten29211241QFQFRUQFCHSFRUSFSFQFRUSFSFQFQFSF161616SF161616QFSFQFQF1616
MichiganBig Ten2013531RUQFCH16SFQFQFQF16QF16QF16SFQF16RUQF1616
SyracuseACC1914421QF12QFSFQFQFQFSF16RUCHQF1616QFQFQF16QF
James MadisonMAC94211QFCHSF12161616QF16
DelawareMPSF142211SF1216161616CH161612161616
DukeACC211774-QF1216QFRURURUSF16QFQFRUQFSFQFQFQF16SFQFQF
Penn StateBig Ten352182-SFQF1212SF12QF12SFSFQFSFQFQF12QFQF1616RUQF16QFRU1616QFQF16QF16QF1616SF
UMassMAC271251-RU12SF121212SFQFQFQF12SFQF121212QFQF1616161616QF1616SF
New HampshireAmerica East11311-12QFQFRU12121216161616
Saint Joseph'sAtlantic 108211-16161616QF16RU16
LibertyBig East6111-16RU161616
VirginiaACC29156--12QF12121212QFSFSF1616QFQF16QFSFSFQF16QFQF1616SF1616SFQF16
NortheasternCAA1683--SFQFQFQF1212SFSF121216QF16QF1616
Michigan StateBig Ten972--QFSFQFSF16QFQF16QF
HarvardIvy League1052--1216161616QFSFQFQFSF
TempleBig East651--QFQFSFQFQF12
Boston CollegeACC1341--QF12QF161616161616QF16SF16
Boston UniversityPatriot1531--SF12QF121216161616QF161616
LouisvilleACC1131--161616161616QFSF1616QF
Ohio StateBig Ten721--121616QF16SF16
AlbanyAmerica East721--161616SF1616QF
PennIvy League521--1212SFQF12
Long Beach Statedefunct111--SF
RutgersBig Ten53---QFQF16QF16
Ball StateMAC43---QFQF12QF
StanfordACC182---121212121212161616161616QF161616QF
AmericanPatriot122---16QFQF1616161616161616
ProvidenceBig East32---QFQF12
CaliforniaACC111---QF121212121616161616
Miami (OH)MAC101---16161216161616QF
San Jose Statedefunct41---QF121212
DrexelCAA31---QF16
Chico Statedefunct21---12QF
IndianaBig Ten21---QF16
Purduedefunct11---QF
BucknellPatriot11---QF
Kent StateMAC8----121616161616
RichmondAtlantic 108----16161616161616
FairfieldNortheast7----161616
William & MaryCAA4----16161616
LafayettePatriot3----161616
OhioMAC3----161616
MonmouthCAA3----
Pacificdefunct2----1216
RiderNortheast2----12
West ChesterD21----12
BrownIvy League1----16
QuinnipiacBig East1----
VCUAtlantic 101----12
MaineAmerica East1----
LehighPatriot1----
Sacred HeartNortheast1----
VermontAmerica East1----
YaleIvy League1----16
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All-time record

  • Note: as of end of 2024 championship
  • school indicates schools belong to Division II.
  • school indicates schools that no longer sponsor field hockey.
  • School indicates they have win at least one championship.
  • Other bold indicates most in respective column.
More information Team, App ...
TeamAppCF34GPWLTGFGAGDNotes
Albany70010102711117-6
American1200001641112047-27
Ball State4000073401418-4
Boston College1300101841312351-28
Boston University1400012161413242-10
Brown10000101006-6
Bucknell10000211023-1
California110000121921029-19
Chico State10000101003-3No longer sponsors field hockey
Connecticut325280754326616011545Two consecutive champion
Delaware14101024111304564-19
Drexel200003120312-9
Duke200430472720010992-17
Fairfield 600007151925-16
Harvard90010145902336-13
Indiana20000312039-6
Iowa28136259292641099217
James Madison91010145811722-5
Kent State8000091801428-14
Lafayette30000303009-9
Lehigh10000101004-4
Liberty50100943214122
Long Beach State100013111330
Louisville1100101211011026-16
Maine10000101023-1
Maryland368580976527523815385Two consecutive champion (twice)
Massachusetts27014045152646394-31
Miami (OH)90000156813137-6
Michigan201220402117282820
Michigan State900201999141356
Monmouth300003030811-3
New Hampshire1001001221001636-20
North Carolina4111116011380267312160152Three consecutive champion (twice), two consecutive champion
Northeastern16003028121513853-15
Northwestern2022314723186856025
Ohio30000303017-6
Ohio State70010103701529-14
Old Dominion329350734922222412599Three consecutive champion (twice)
Pacific20000202025-3
Penn500018251816-8
Penn State3402246625383105127-22
Princeton26135058332501491445
Providence300004130512-7
Purdue10000101012-1
Quinnipiac10000101013-2
Richmond800008080428-24
Rider200002020112-11
Rutgers5000082511220-8
Sacred Heart10000101004-4
Saint Joseph's70100114701227-15
San Jose State400004040411-7
Stanford1800002131801871-53
Syracuse181120371916288799
Temple60010104601522-7
VCU10000101012-1
Vermont10000101012-1
Virginia280060481827396115-19
Wake Forest18325046311501267947Three consecutive champion
West Chester200003111431
William & Mary4000062401117-6
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