2012 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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2012 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
City Flag of Virginia.svg Norfolk, Virginia
DatesNovember 10–18, 2012
Venue L.R. Hill Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions Princeton (1st title)
Runner-up North Carolina (15th title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored74 (4.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charlotte Craddock, UNC and Kathleen Sharkey, PU (6 goals)
2011 (previous)(next) 2013

The 2012 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the 32nd annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate field hockey among its Division I members in the United States.

Contents

Princeton won their first championship, defeating North Carolina in the final, 3–2.

The championship was played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex on the home field of the host Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in Norfolk, Virginia from November 16–18. [1]

Qualifying

No teams made their debut in the NCAA Division I field hockey tournament this year.

Bracket

First round
November 10
Campus sites
Second round
November 11
Campus sites
Semifinals
November 16
Norfolk, VA
Championship
November 18
Norfolk, VA
            
1 North Carolina 4
Stanford 1
1 North Carolina3
Old Dominion 1
Old Dominion 6
Michigan 1
1 North Carolina6
Syracuse 1
Syracuse 4
Massachusetts 2
Syracuse5
4 Penn State 2
4 Penn State 2
Albany 1
1 North Carolina 2
2 Princeton3
3 Connecticut 2**
Northeastern 1
3 Connecticut 1
Maryland2
Maryland 2
Lafayette 0
Maryland 2
2 Princeton3*
Virginia 3
Iowa 2
Virginia 2
2 Princeton5
2 Princeton 5
Drexel 0

See also

References

  1. "Division I Field Hockey Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 November 2025.