2021 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

2021 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Northwestern (1st title)
Runners-up	Liberty (1st title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	58 (3.41 per match)
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The 2021 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 41st annual tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I women's college field hockey in the United States.

The semifinals and championship match were played at the Phyllis Ocker Field at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 19 and 21, 2021. ^[1]

Maine made their debut appearance in the national championship tournament.

Northwestern won their first NCAA title, and the school's ninth national title across all sports. During the tournament, they faced three-time defending national champion North Carolina, #2 seed Iowa, top scoring defense Harvard, and top scoring offense Liberty.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I field hockey season

• A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2021 tournament, a return to the pre-COVID pandemic format from 2019. 10 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 8 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Automatic qualifiers Conference Champion Record Appearance Last America East Maine 15-6 1st — ACC North Carolina 13-6 38th 2020 Atlantic 10 Saint Joseph's 16-4 4th 2019 Big East Liberty 17-2 3rd 2014 Big Ten Rutgers 18-3 4th 2018 CAA Delaware 12-8 12th 2020 Ivy Harvard 15-1 7th 2018 Mid-American Miami (OH) 11-10 6th 2020 Northeast Fairfield 14-7 5th 2019 Patriot American 13-3 11th 2016

At-large qualifiers Team Conference Record Appearance Last Iowa Big Ten 16-2 26th 2020 Louisville ACC 16-3 9th 2020 Maryland Big Ten 13-6 33rd 2019 Michigan Big Ten 15-4 18th 2020 Northwestern Big Ten 14-5 17th 2020 Penn State Big Ten 14-5 34th 2018 Syracuse ACC 13-5 15th 2019 Virginia ACC 12-8 25th 2019

Bracket

	Opening round November 10, 2021 Campus sites					First round November 12, 2021 Campus sites					Second round November 14, 2021 Campus sites					Semifinals November 19, 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan Phyllis Ocker Field					Championship November 21, 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan Phyllis Ocker Field
						1	Rutgers	2
							Delaware	1
		Fairfield	3
		Delaware	4
											1	Rutgers	2
												Liberty	3
							Liberty	2
							Saint Joseph's	0
																	Liberty	3
																	Maryland	2
							Maryland	2
							Virginia	1
												Maryland	2
												Syracuse	1
						4	Penn State	1
							Syracuse	4
																						Liberty	0
																						Northwestern	2
						3	Michigan	3
							Miami (OH)	2
		Maine	2
		Miami (OH)	3
											3	Michigan	0
												Harvard	1
							Louisville	0
							Harvard	1
																	Harvard	1
																	Northwestern	2
							Northwestern	2
							North Carolina	0
												Northwestern	1
											2	Iowa	0
							American	2
						2	Iowa	3

See also

• NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

References

1. "2019-22 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.