Founded | 1981 |
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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]
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.
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Year | Site (Host Team) | Championship | Third Place Final / Semifinalists | ||||||
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) |
Team | Titles | Years |
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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 | 1992, 1997, 2000 | |
Messiah | 1 | 2016 |
Tufts | 2012 | |
Ursinus | 2006 | |
Rowan | 2002 | |
Ithaca | 1982 |
Team | Titles | Years |
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Bloomsburg | 2 | 1984, 1987 |
Lock Haven | 1 | 1989 |
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