NCAA Division III field hockey tournament

NCAA Division III field hockey tournament
Founded	1981
Number of teams	24
Current champions	Middlebury (9)
Most successful team(s)	TCNJ (11)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA

The NCAA Division III field hockey tournament is an annual single-elimination tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's Division III collegiate field hockey in the United States. The tournament has been held every year since 1981.^[1]

The tournament also included teams from Division II between 1984 and 1991 due to a lack of programs in that division; the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship resumed in 1992.

The most successful team is The College of New Jersey, with 11 titles. Middlebury are the seven-time defending champions, defeating Tufts in the 2024 final, 2–1.^[2]

Format

Currently, 24 teams compete in each national championship tournament. The first three rounds are played at campus sites on the fields of higher-seeded teams. The semifinal and championship rounds are held at a pre-determined site. The 2017 finals were hosted in Louisville, Kentucky by the University of Louisville.

Results

NCAA Division III field hockey tournament
Year	Site (Host Team)	Championship			Third Place Final / Semifinalists
Year	Site (Host Team)	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third-place	Score	Fourth-place
1981 Details	Westfield, MA (Westfield State)	Trenton State	2–0	Franklin & Marshall	Westfield State	3–2 (2OT)	Elizabethtown
1982 Details	Elizabethtown, PA (Elizabethtown)	Ithaca	2–1 (2OT, PS)	Trenton State	Franklin & Marshall	2–0	Denison
1983 Details	Ithaca, NY (Ithaca)	Trenton State (2)	2–1	Ithaca	Franklin & Marshall	1–0	Denison
1984 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	Bloomsburg	3–2	Messiah	Ithaca, Trenton State
1985 Details	Madison, NJ (Drew)	Trenton State (3)	1–0	Millersville	Bloomsburg	4–1	Drew
1986 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	Salisbury State	3–2	Bloomsburg	Trenton State	1–0	Bentley
1987 Details	Geneva, NY (William Smith)	Bloomsburg (2)	1–0	William Smith	Salisbury State	1–0	Southern Maine
1988 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	Trenton State (4)	3–2 (2OT, PS)	Bloomsburg	Salisbury State	2–0	Cortland State
1989 Details	Cortland, NY (SUNY Cortland)	Lock Haven	2–1	Trenton State	Cortland State	3–2 (2OT, PS)	St. Lawrence
1990 Details	Bloomsburg, PA (Bloomsburg)	Trenton State (5)	2–1	Bloomsburg	Messiah	2–1	Lock Haven
1991 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	Trenton State (6)	1–0	Bloomsburg	Hartwick	3–2	Lock Haven
1992 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	William Smith	1–0	Trenton State	Messiah	1–0 (2OT)	Salisbury State
1993 Details	Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington)	Cortland State	1–0	Mary Washington	Trenton State	1–0	Trinity (CT)
1994 Details	Grantham, PA (Messiah)	Cortland State (2)	2–1	Trenton State	Messiah	1–0 (OT)	Middlebury
1995 Details	Trenton, NJ (TCNJ)	Trenton State (7)	2–1	Messiah	Eastern Mennonite	3–2 (2OT)	Wellesley
1996 Details	Trenton, NJ (TCNJ)	TCNJ (8)	2–1	Hartwick	Cortland State	3–0	Lebanon Valley
1997 Details	Annville, PA (Lebanon Valley)	William Smith (2)	3–0	Cortland State	Lebanon Valley and Messiah
1998 Details	Geneva, NY (William Smith)	Middlebury	3–2 (OT)	William Smith	Rowan and Trinity (CT)
1999 Details	Trenton, NJ (TCNJ)	TCNJ (9)	4–1	Amherst	Cortland State and Springfield
2000 Details	Salisbury, MD (Salisbury)	William Smith (3)	1–0	Springfield	Rowan and Salisbury
2001 Details	Springfield, MA (Springfield)	Cortland State (3)	1–0	Messiah	TCNJ and Skidmore
2002 Details	Springfield, MA (Springfield)	Rowan	1–0	Messiah	TCNJ and Salisbury
2003 Details	Annville, PA (Lebanon Valley)	Salisbury (2)	4–1	Middlebury	TCNJ and Cortland State
2004 Details	Westfield, MA (Westfield State)	Salisbury (3)	6–3	Middlebury	Middlebury and William Smith
2005 Details	Lexington, VA (Washington & Lee)	Salisbury (4)	1–0	Messiah	Bowdoin and Ursinus
2006 Details	Geneva, NY (William Smith)	Ursinus	3–2	Messiah	Bowdoin and Lebanon Valley
2007 Details	Collegeville, PA (Ursinus)	Bowdoin	4–3	Middlebury	Lebanon Valley and Salisbury
2008 Details	Collegeville, PA (Ursinus)	Bowdoin (2)	3–2 (OT)	Tufts	Messiah and Ursinus
2009 Details	South Hadley, MA (Mount Holyoke)	Salisbury (5)	1–0	Messiah	Tufts and Ursinus
2010 Details	Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport)	Bowdoin (3)	2–1 (2OT, PS)	Messiah	Skidmore and Urisnus
2011 Details	Dudley, MA (Nichols)	TCNJ (10)	3–1	Middlebury	Bowdoin and Ursinus
2012 Details	Geneva, NY (William Smith)	Tufts	2–1	Montclair State	DePauw and Mary Washington
2013 Details	Norfolk, VA (Old Dominion)	Bowdoin (4)	1–0	Salisbury	Christopher Newport and Skidmore
2014 Details	Lexington, VA (Washington & Lee)	TCNJ (11)	2–0	Bowdoin	Middlebury and Salisbury
2015 Details	Lexington, VA (Washington & Lee)	Middlebury (2)	1–0	Bowdoin	TCNJ and Ursinus
2016 Details	Geneva, NY (William Smith)	Messiah	2–1 (2OT, PS)	Tufts	Babson and Salisbury
2017 Details	Louisville, KY (Louisville)	Middlebury (3)	4–0	Messiah	Franklin & Marshall and TCNJ
2018 Details	Manheim, PA (MAC/CC)	Middlebury (4)	2–0	Tufts	Johns Hopkins and Rowan
2019 Details	Manheim, PA (MAC/CC)	Middlebury (5)	1–0	Franklin & Marshall	Johns Hopkins and Salisbury
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details	Hartford, CT (Trinity)	Middlebury (6)	4–1^[3]^[4]^[5]	Johns Hopkins	Trinity (CT) and Rowan
2022 Details	Glassboro, NJ (Rowan)	Middlebury (7)	1–0 (1OT)	Johns Hopkins	Rowan and Williams
2023 Details	Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport)	Middlebury (8)	2–0	Johns Hopkins	Babson and Kean
2024 Details	Lexington, VA (Washington & Lee)	Middlebury (9)	2-1	Tufts	Williams and Salisbury
2025 Details	Hartford, CT (Trinity)

Champions

TCNJ

Middlebury

Salisbury

Bowdoin

Cortland

William Smith

Messiah

Tufts

UC

Ithaca

Rowan

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NCAA Division III national championships, by school: 11, 9, 5, 4, 3, 1

Team	Titles	Years
TCNJ	11	1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2014
Middlebury	9	1998, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Salisbury	5	1986, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
Bowdoin	4	2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
Cortland	3	1993, 1994, 2001
William Smith	3	1992, 1997, 2000
Messiah	1	2016
Tufts		2012
Ursinus		2006
Rowan		2002
Ithaca		1982

Former Division III members

Team	Titles	Years
Bloomsburg	2	1984, 1987
Lock Haven	1	1989

References

^ "Division III Field Hockey Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
^ "Division III Field Hockey - Championship History". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
^ NCAA.com. "Middlebury beats Johns Hopkins 4-1 to win 2021 NCAA DIII field hockey championship, 4th in a row | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
^ "Johns Hopkins Shuts Out #10 Trinity, 1-0, To Advance to NCAA Championship". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
^ "#1 Middlebury Downs #4 Rowan 4-1 In NCAA Semifinals". Middlebury College. Retrieved 2021-11-22.

External links

NCAA Division III Field hockey

[1] "Division III Field Hockey Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved September 11, 2015.

[2] "Division III Field Hockey - Championship History". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved November 8, 2014.

[3] NCAA.com. "Middlebury beats Johns Hopkins 4-1 to win 2021 NCAA DIII field hockey championship, 4th in a row | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.

[4] "Johns Hopkins Shuts Out #10 Trinity, 1-0, To Advance to NCAA Championship". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-22.

[5] "#1 Middlebury Downs #4 Rowan 4-1 In NCAA Semifinals". Middlebury College. Retrieved 2021-11-22.

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