NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
American intercollegiate field hockey tournament
Football 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.
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
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
Past champions
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 Details
Philadelphia, PA
Franklin Field
Old Dominion (8)
3–2
Princeton
UConn [ a] , Virginia
1999 Details
Brookline, MA
Parsons Field
Maryland (3)
2–1
Michigan
Iowa , UConn [ a]
2000 Details
Norfolk, VA
Foreman Field
Old Dominion (9)
3–1
North Carolina
Wake Forest , Maryland
2001 Details
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 Details
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 Details
Norfolk, VA
L.R. Hill Sports Complex
UConn (3)
2–0
Duke
North Carolina , Maryland
2014 Details
College Park, MD
Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex
UConn (4)
1–0
Syracuse
Albany , North Carolina
2015 Details
Ann Arbor, MI
Phyllis Ocker Field
Syracuse
4–2
North Carolina
Duke , UConn
2016 Details
Norfolk, VA
L.R. Hill Sports Complex
Delaware
3–2
North Carolina
Princeton , UConn
2017 Details
Louisville, KY
Trager Stadium
UConn (5)
2–1
Maryland
North Carolina , Michigan
2018 Details
North Carolina (7)
2–0
Maryland
Wake Forest , Princeton
2019 Details
Winston-Salem, NC
Kentner Stadium
North Carolina (8)
6–1
Princeton
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
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
^ a b c d e f g h i j Used "Connecticut" as its primary athletic brand before the 2013 season.
Team titles
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
Most Goals, Game: 10
Most Goals, Both Teams: 13
Goals Per Game, Tournament: 5.67
Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00
Penalty Corners, Game: 31
Individual records
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
Most Goals, Single Game: 5
Most Goals, Tournament: 11
Most Assists, Game: 6
Most Assists, Tournament: 8
Saves, Game: 36
Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00
Result by school and by year
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 )
All-time record
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.
See also
References
External links
Leagues by sport
Leagues by association