NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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.

NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
Founded1981
Number of teams18
Current championsNorth Carolina
Most successful club(s)North Carolina (11)
Television broadcastersESPNU
WebsiteNCAA.com
2023 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

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 2023, was also won by North Carolina.

History

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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.[1] 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 19; at different times a third-place game has been played as well. Under the tournament's current format, 19 teams qualify for the tournament with three 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

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Past champions

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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 Dominion 3–2 UConn[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) 5–1 Iowa Temple, UConn[a]
1985
Details
Norfolk, VA Foreman Field UConn[a] (2) 3–2 Old Dominion Northwestern 5–0 Boston U.
1986
Details
Norfolk, VA Foreman Field Iowa 2–1
(2 OT)
New Hampshire North Carolina 4–0 Penn State
1987
Details
Chapel Hill, NC Navy Field Maryland 2–1
(OT)
North Carolina Massachusetts 3–1 Iowa
1988
Details
Philadelphia, PA Franklin Field Old Dominion (4) 2–1 Iowa Northeastern 1–0 Penn
1989
Details
Springfield, MA Stagg Field North Carolina 2–1
(3OT, PS)
Old Dominion Northwestern 2–1 Iowa
1990
Details
Piscataway, NJ Bauer Field Old Dominion (5) 5–0 North Carolina Iowa 1–0 Penn State
1991
Details
Villanova, PA Villanova Stadium Old Dominion (6) 2–0 North Carolina Maryland 2–1
(OT)
Penn State
1992
Details
Richmond, VA Cary Street Field Old Dominion (7) 4–0 Iowa 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 Madison 2–1
(2OT, PS)
North Carolina Northwestern, Iowa
1995
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium[2] North Carolina (2) 5–1 Maryland James Madison, Northeastern
1996
Details
Chestnut Hill, MA Alumni Stadium North Carolina (3) 3–0 Princeton Old Dominion, Northeastern
1997
Details
Storrs, CT George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex North Carolina (4) 3–2 Old Dominion ·Virginia, Princeton
1998
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Philadelphia, PA Franklin Field Old Dominion (8) 3–2 Princeton UConn[a], Virginia
1999
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Brookline, MA Parsons Field Maryland (3) 2–1 Michigan Iowa, UConn[a]
2000
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Norfolk, VA Foreman Field Old Dominion (9) 3–1 North Carolina Wake Forest, Maryland
2001
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Kent, OH Dix Stadium Michigan 2–0 Maryland Wake Forest, Princeton
2002
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium[3] Wake Forest 2–0 Penn State Old Dominion, Michigan State
2003
Details
Amherst, MA Richard F. Garber Field Wake Forest (2) 3–1 Duke Maryland, Michigan
2004
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Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium Wake Forest (3) 3–0 Duke Maryland, Michigan State
2005
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium Maryland (4) 1–0 Duke Old Dominion, Wake Forest
2006
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium Maryland (5) 1–0 Wake Forest Duke, UConn[a]
2007
Details
College Park, MD Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex North Carolina (5) 3–0 Penn State UConn[a], Wake Forest
2008
Details
Louisville, KY Trager Stadium Maryland (6) 4–2 Wake Forest Iowa, Syracuse
2009
Details
Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium North Carolina (6) 3–2 Maryland 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 Princeton 3–2 North Carolina Maryland, Syracuse
2013
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Norfolk, VA L.R. Hill Sports Complex UConn (3) 2–0 Duke North Carolina, Maryland
2014
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College Park, MD Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex UConn (4) 1–0 Syracuse Albany, North Carolina
2015
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Ann Arbor, MI Phyllis Ocker Field Syracuse 4–2 North Carolina Duke, UConn
2016
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Norfolk, VA L.R. Hill Sports Complex Delaware 3–2 North Carolina Princeton, UConn
2017
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Louisville, KY Trager Stadium UConn (5) 2–1 Maryland North Carolina, Michigan
2018
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North Carolina (7) 2–0 Maryland Wake Forest, Princeton
2019
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Winston-Salem, NC Kentner Stadium North Carolina (8) 6–1 Princeton Boston College, Virginia
2020
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Chapel Hill, NC Karen Shelton Stadium North Carolina (9) 4–3
(OT)
Michigan Iowa, Louisville
2021
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Ann Arbor, MI Phyllis Ocker Field Northwestern 2–0 Liberty Harvard, Maryland
2022
Details
Storrs, CT Sherman Complex North Carolina (10) 2–1 Northwestern 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
2025
Details
Durham, NC Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Used "Connecticut" as its primary athletic brand before the 2013 season.

Team titles

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North Carolina
 
Old Dominion
 
Maryland
 
UConn
 
Wake Forest
 
Iowa
 
James Madison
 
Michigan
 
Princeton
 
Syracuse
 
Delaware
 
Northwestern
NCAA National Championships by school:   11,   9,   8,   5,   3,   1
Team Number Winning years
North Carolina 11 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
Old Dominion 9 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000
Maryland 8 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
UConn 5 1981, 1985, 2013, 2014, 2017
Wake Forest 3 2002, 2003, 2004
Iowa 1 1986
James Madison 1 1994
Michigan 1 2001
Princeton 1 2012
Syracuse 1 2015
Delaware 1 2016
Northwestern 1 2021

Statistics

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

Individual records

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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

Result by school and by year

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59 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.[4] Conference affiliations reflect those for the upcoming 2024 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)
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

North Carolina ACC 40 33 27 22 11 QF 12 QF SF RU QF CH RU RU SF RU RU CH CH CH QF QF RU 16 16 QF 16 16 CH 16 CH RU RU RU SF SF RU RU SF CH CH CH 16 CH CH
Old Dominion Big East 32 26 17 12 9 SF CH CH CH RU QF QF CH RU CH CH CH 12 QF QF SF RU CH QF CH QF SF QF 16 SF 16 16 QF SF QF 16 16
Maryland Big Ten 35 32 21 13 8 QF CH 12 12 SF QF CH RU QF QF QF CH SF RU QF SF SF CH CH QF CH RU CH CH SF SF QF 16 QF RU RU QF SF SF QF
UConn Big East 32 26 15 7 5 CH RU RU SF CH QF 12 12 QF QF SF SF QF 16 QF 16 QF SF SF 16 16 QF SF QF CH CH SF SF CH QF QF QF
Wake Forest ACC 18 13 10 5 3 QF SF SF CH CH CH SF RU SF RU QF 16 QF 16 16 16 SF 16
Iowa Big Ten 28 21 12 4 1 QF QF RU QF CH SF RU SF SF QF RU SF SF QF QF SF 16 16 16 SF 16 16 16 QF SF QF QF 16
Princeton Ivy League 25 18 9 4 1 12 12 QF RU SF RU QF SF QF 16 16 QF QF SF QF 16 CH QF 16 QF SF QF SF RU 16
Northwestern Big Ten 19 16 7 3 1 QF SF QF SF QF QF QF SF QF 12 QF SF 16 QF 16 QF CH RU RU
Michigan Big Ten 19 13 5 3 1 RU QF CH 16 SF QF QF QF 16 QF 16 QF 16 SF QF 16 RU QF 16
Syracuse ACC 17 13 4 2 1 QF 12 QF SF QF QF QF SF 16 RU CH QF 16 16 QF QF QF
James Madison MAC 9 4 2 1 1 QF CH SF 12 16 16 16 QF 16
Delaware CAA 13 2 2 1 1 SF 12 16 16 16 16 CH 16 16 12 16 16
Duke ACC 19 15 7 4 - QF 12 16 QF RU RU RU SF 16 QF QF RU QF SF QF QF QF 16 SF
Penn State Big Ten 35 21 8 2 - SF QF 12 12 SF 12 QF 12 SF SF QF SF QF QF 12 QF QF 16 16 RU QF 16 QF RU 16 16 QF QF 16 QF 16 QF 16 16 SF
UMass Atlantic 10 26 11 4 1 - RU 12 SF 12 12 12 SF QF QF QF 12 SF QF 12 12 12 QF QF 16 16 16 16 16 QF 16 16
New Hampshire America East 10 3 1 1 - 12 QF QF RU 12 12 12 16 16 16
Liberty Big East 5 1 1 1 - 16 RU 16 16
Virginia ACC 27 14 6 - - 12 QF 12 12 12 12 QF SF SF 16 16 QF QF 16 QF SF SF QF 16 QF QF 16 16 SF 16 16 SF
Northeastern CAA 16 8 3 - - SF QF QF QF 12 12 SF SF 12 12 16 QF 16 QF 16 16
Michigan State Big Ten 9 7 2 - - QF SF QF SF 16 QF QF 16 QF
Temple Big East 6 5 1 - - QF QF SF QF QF 12
Boston College ACC 12 4 1 - - QF 12 QF 16 16 16 16 16 16 QF 16 SF
Boston University Patriot 14 3 1 - - SF 12 QF 12 12 16 16 16 16 QF 16 16 16
Louisville ACC 11 3 1 - - 16 16 16 16 16 16 QF SF 16 16 QF
Harvard Ivy League 8 3 1 - - 12 16 16 16 16 QF SF QF
Ohio State Big Ten 7 2 1 - - 12 16 16 QF 16 SF 16
Albany America East 7 2 1 - - 16 16 16 SF 16 16 QF
Penn Ivy League 5 2 1 - - 12 12 SF QF 12
Long Beach State defunct 1 1 1 - - SF
Rutgers Big Ten 5 3 - - - QF QF 16 QF 16
Ball State MAC 4 3 - - - QF QF 12 QF
Stanford ACC 18 2 - - - 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 QF 16 16 16 QF
American Patriot 12 2 - - - 16 QF QF 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Providence Big East 3 2 - - - QF QF 12
California ACC 11 1 - - - QF 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 16
Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 6 1 - - - 16 16 16 16 QF 16
San Jose State defunct 4 1 - - - QF 12 12 12
Chico State defunct 2 1 - - - 12 QF
Indiana Big Ten 2 1 - - - QF 16
Drexel CAA 2 1 - - - QF 16
Purdue Big Ten 1 1 - - - QF
Bucknell Patriot 1 1 - - - QF
Kent State MAC 8 - - - - 12 16 16 16 16 16
Richmond Atlantic 10 8 - - - - 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Miami (OH) MAC 8 - - - - 16 16 12 16 16 16
Fairfield Northeast 5 - - - - 16 16
William & Mary CAA 4 - - - - 16 16 16 16
Ohio MAC 3 - - - - 16 16 16
Monmouth CAA 3 - - - -
Pacific defunct 2 - - - - 12 16
Lafayette Patriot 2 - - - - 16 16
Rider Northeast 2 - - - - 12
West Chester D2 1 - - - - 12
Brown Ivy League 1 - - - - 16
Quinnipiac Big East 1 - - - -
VCU Atlantic 10 1 - - - - 12
Maine America East 1 - - - -
Lehigh Patriot 1 - - - -
Sacred Heart TBA[a] 1 - - - -
  1. ^ Sacred Heart left the Northeast Conference for the non-sponsoring Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference after the 2023 season. The school has not announced a field hockey affiliation for 2024.

All-time record

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Source:[5]

as of end of 2022 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.
Team App C F 3 GP W L Pct GF GA GD Notes
Albany 7 0 0 1 10 3 7 .300 13 18 -5
American 12 0 0 0 15 4 11 .267 19 46 -27
Ball State 4 0 0 0 7 3 4 .429 14 18 -4
Boston College 12 0 0 1 17 5 12 .294 23 50 -27
Boston University 14 0 0 1 20 6 14 .300 32 38 -6
Brown 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 6 -6
Bucknell 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 .500 2 3 -1
California 11 0 0 0 11 1 10 .091 10 28 -18
Chico State 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 3 -3 No longer sponsors field hockey
Connecticut 32 5 2 8 74 47 27 .635 163 115 48 Two consecutive champion
Delaware 13 1 0 1 21 9 12 .429 39 59 -20
Drexel 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 .333 3 12 -9
Duke 19 0 4 2 42 24 18 .571 103 85 -18
Fairfield 5 0 0 0 6 1 5 .167 9 25 -16
Harvard 8 0 0 0 10 3 7 .300 18 30 -12
Indiana 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 .333 3 9 -6
Iowa 28 1 3 8 55 29 26 .527 105 87 18
James Madison 9 1 0 1 14 6 8 .429 18 22 -4
Kent State 8 0 0 0 9 1 8 .111 14 28 -14
Lafayette 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .000 0 8 -8
Lehigh 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 4 -4
Liberty 5 0 1 0 8 4 4 .500 13 11 2
Long Beach State 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .500 2 2 0
Louisville 11 0 0 1 12 2 10 .167 8 22 -14
Maine 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 2 3 -1
Maryland 35 8 5 8 93 67 26 .720 235 148 87 Two consecutive champion (twice)
Massachusetts 26 0 1 3 39 13 26 .333 58 91 -33
Miami (OH) 8 0 0 0 11 4 7 .364 24 24 0
Michigan 19 1 2 2 39 21 18 .538 82 83 -1
Michigan State 9 0 0 2 19 10 9 .526 42 35 7
Monmouth 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 .000 8 11 -3
New Hampshire 10 0 1 0 12 2 10 .167 16 36 -20
North Carolina 40 10 11 5 105 76 29 .724 289 158 131 Three consecutive champion (twice)
Northeastern 16 0 0 3 27 11 16 .407 37 54 -17
Northwestern 19 1 1 4 35 18 17 .514 52 50 2
Ohio 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 .000 1 7 -6
Ohio State 7 0 0 1 10 3 7 .300 15 29 -14
Old Dominion 32 9 3 5 71 49 22 .690 223 122 101 Three consecutive champion (twice)
Pacific 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .000 2 5 -3
Penn 5 0 0 1 7 2 5 .286 8 16 -8
Penn State 35 0 2 6 62 27 35 .435 106 117 -9
Princeton 25 1 3 5 56 32 24 .571 148 143 5
Providence 3 0 0 0 4 1 3 .250 5 12 -7
Purdue 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 1 2 -1
Quinnipiac 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 1 3 -2
Richmond 8 0 0 0 8 0 8 .000 4 28 -24
Rider 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .000 1 12 -11
Rutgers 5 0 0 0 7 3 4 .429 12 18 -6
Saint Joseph's 6 0 0 0 6 1 5 .167 7 19 -12
San Jose State 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 .000 4 11 -7
Stanford 18 0 0 0 21 3 18 .143 18 71 -53
Syracuse 17 1 1 2 34 19 15 .559 86 75 11
Temple 6 0 0 1 10 4 6 .400 15 22 -7
VCU 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 1 2 -1
Virginia 26 0 0 5 43 17 26 .395 88 108 -20
Wake Forest 18 3 2 5 46 31 15 .674 126 79 47 Three consecutive champion
West Chester 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 .333 4 4 0
William & Mary 4 0 0 0 4 1 3 .250 6 11 -5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AIAW Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Facilities. Kentner Stadium wakeforestsports.com [dead link]
  3. ^ Facilities. Marshall Center gocards.com [dead link]
  4. ^ "NCAA Field Hockey Records". NCAA. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "All-Time Championship Tournament Records and Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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