NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Association NCAA
Sport College field hockey
Founded1981;44 years ago (1981)
Division Division I
No. of teams18
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Northwestern (2nd)
Most titles North Carolina (11)
TV partner(s) ESPNU
Official website NCAA.com
Sports current event.svg 2024 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

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. [1]

Contents

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 2024, was won by the Northwestern Wildcats.

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. [2] 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 18; at different times a third-place game has been played as well. Under the tournament's current format, 18 teams qualify for the tournament with two 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
YearSite
(Host Team)
StadiumChampionshipThird Place Final / Semifinalists
ChampionScoreRunner-UpThird-placeScoreFourth-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 [3] 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 [4] 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 Northwestern (2)5–0 Saint Joseph's North Carolina, Massahusetts
2025
Details
Durham, NC Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Used "Connecticut" as its primary athletic brand before the 2013 season.

Team titles

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North Carolina
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Old Dominion
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Maryland
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UConn
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Wake Forest
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Iowa
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James Madison
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Michigan
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Princeton
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Syracuse
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Delaware
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Northwestern
NCAA National Championships by school: ButtonGray.svg 11, ButtonBlue.svg 9, ButtonOrange.svg 8, ButtonRed.svg 5, ButtonYellow.svg 3, ButtonViolet.svg 2, ButtonWhite.svg 1
TeamNumberWinning 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
Northwestern 2 2021, 2024
Iowa 1 1986
James Madison 1 1994
Michigan 1 2001
Princeton 1 2012
Syracuse 1 2015
Delaware 1 2016

Statistics

Individual records

YearPlayerGoalsAssistsPoints
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 7216
2009 Katie O'Donnell, Maryland 6618
2010 Katie O'Donnell, Maryland 4412
2011 Kelsey Kolojejchick, North Carolina 4210
2012 Charlotte Craddock, North Carolina
Kathleen Sharkey, Princeton
6
6
2
2
14
2013 Emmie Le Marchand, Duke 5414

Result by school and by year

60 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. [5] 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:

SchoolConference#QFSFCGCH 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

North Carolina ACC 4134282211QF12QFSFRUQFCHRURUSFRURUCHCHCHQFQFRU1616QF1616CH16CHRURURUSFSFRURUSFCHCHCH16CHCHSF
Old Dominion Big East 322617129SFCHCHCHRUQFQFCHRUCHCHCH12QFQFSFRUCHQFCHQFSFQF16SF1616QFSFQF1616
Maryland Big Ten 363221138QFCH1212SFQFCHRUQFQFQFCHSFRUQFSFSFCHCHQFCHRUCHCHSFSFQF16QFRURUQFSFSFQF16
UConn Big East 33261575CHRURUSFCHQF1212QFQFSFSFQF16QF16QFSFSF1616QFSFQFCHCHSFSFCHQFQFQF16
Wake Forest ACC 18131053QFSFSFCHCHCHSFRUSFRUQF16QF161616SF16
Northwestern Big Ten 2017842QFSFQFSFQFQFQFSFQF12QFSF16QF16QFCHRURUCH
Iowa Big Ten 28211241QFQFRUQFCHSFRUSFSFQFRUSFSFQFQFSF161616SF161616QFSFQFQF16
Princeton Ivy League 26199411212QFRUSFRUQFSFQF1616QFQFSFQF16CHQF16QFSFQFSFRU16QF
Michigan Big Ten 2013531RUQFCH16SFQFQFQF16QF16QF16SFQF16RUQF1616
Syracuse ACC 1813421QF12QFSFQFQFQFSF16RUCHQF1616QFQFQF16
James Madison MAC 94211QFCHSF12161616QF16
Delaware CAA 142211SF1216161616CH161612161616
Duke ACC 201674-QF1216QFRURURUSF16QFQFRUQFSFQFQFQF16SFQF
Penn State Big Ten 352182-SFQF1212SF12QF12SFSFQFSFQFQF12QFQF1616RUQF16QFRU1616QFQF16QF16QF1616SF
UMass Atlantic 10 271251-RU12SF121212SFQFQFQF12SFQF121212QFQF1616161616QF1616SF
New Hampshire America East 10311-12QFQFRU121212161616
Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 7211-16161616QF16RU
Liberty Big East 5111-16RU1616
Virginia ACC 28156--12QF12121212QFSFSF1616QFQF16QFSFSFQF16QFQF1616SF1616SFQF
Northeastern CAA 1683--SFQFQFQF1212SFSF121216QF16QF1616
Michigan State Big Ten 972--QFSFQFSF16QFQF16QF
Temple Big East 651--QFQFSFQFQF12
Boston College ACC 1341--QF12QF161616161616QF16SF16
Harvard Ivy League 941--1216161616QFSFQFQF
Boston University Patriot 1431--SF12QF121216161616QF161616
Louisville ACC 1131--161616161616QFSF1616QF
Ohio State Big Ten 721--121616QF16SF16
Albany America East 721--161616SF1616QF
Penn Ivy League 521--1212SFQF12
Long Beach State defunct111--SF
Rutgers Big Ten 53---QFQF16QF16
Ball State MAC 43---QFQF12QF
Stanford ACC 182---121212121212161616161616QF161616QF
American Patriot 122---16QFQF1616161616161616
Providence Big East 32---QFQF12
California ACC 111---QF121212121616161616
San Jose State defunct41---QF121212
Chico State defunct21---12QF
Indiana Big Ten 21---QF16
Drexel CAA 21---QF16
Purdue Big Ten 11---QF
Bucknell Patriot 11---QF
Miami (OH) MAC 9----16161216161616
Kent State MAC 8----121616161616
Richmond Atlantic 10 8----16161616161616
Fairfield Northeast 6----1616
William & Mary CAA 4----16161616
Ohio MAC 3----161616
Monmouth CAA 3----
Lafayette Patriot 3----161616
Pacific defunct2----1216
Rider Northeast 2----12
West Chester D21----12
Brown Ivy League 1----16
Quinnipiac Big East 1----
VCU Atlantic 10 1----12
Maine America East 1----
Lehigh Patriot 1----
Sacred Heart Northeast 1----
Vermont America East 1----

    All-time record

    TeamAppCF34GPWLTGFGAGDNotes
    Albany 70010102711117-6
    American 1200001641112047-27
    Ball State 4000073401418-4
    Boston College 1300101841312351-28
    Boston University 1400012161413242-10
    Brown 10000101006-6
    Bucknell 10000211023-1
    California 110000121921029-19
    Chico State 10000101003-3No longer sponsors field hockey
    Connecticut 325280754326616011545Two consecutive champion
    Delaware 14101024111304564-19
    Drexel 200003120312-9
    Duke 200430472720010992-17
    Fairfield 600007151925-16
    Harvard 90010145902336-13
    Indiana 20000312039-6
    Iowa 28136259292641099217
    James Madison 91010145811722-5
    Kent State 8000091801428-14
    Lafayette 30000303009-9
    Lehigh 10000101004-4
    Liberty 50100943214122
    Long Beach State 100013111330
    Louisville 1100101211011026-16
    Maine 10000101023-1
    Maryland 368580976527523815385Two consecutive champion (twice)
    Massachusetts 27014045152646394-31
    Miami (OH) 90000156813137-6
    Michigan 201220402117282820
    Michigan State 900201999141356
    Monmouth 300003030811-3
    New Hampshire 1001001221001636-20
    North Carolina 4111116011380267312160152Three consecutive champion (twice), two consecutive champion
    Northeastern 16003028121513853-15
    Northwestern 2022314723186856025
    Ohio 30000303017-6
    Ohio State 70010103701529-14
    Old Dominion 329350734922222412599Three consecutive champion (twice)
    Pacific 20000202025-3
    Penn 500018251816-8
    Penn State 3402246625383105127-22
    Princeton 26135058332501491445
    Providence 300004130512-7
    Purdue 10000101012-1
    Quinnipiac 10000101013-2
    Richmond 800008080428-24
    Rider 200002020112-11
    Rutgers 5000082511220-8
    Sacred Heart 10000101004-4
    Saint Joseph's 70100114701227-15
    San Jose State 400004040411-7
    Stanford 1800002131801871-53
    Syracuse 181120371916288799
    Temple 60010104601522-7
    VCU 10000101012-1
    Vermont 10000101012-1
    Virginia 280060481827396115-19
    Wake Forest 18325046311501267947Three consecutive champion
    West Chester 200003111431
    William & Mary 4000062401117-6

    See also

    References

    1. "DIVISION I FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
    2. "AIAW Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
    3. Facilities. Kentner Stadium wakeforestsports.com [ dead link ]
    4. Facilities. Marshall Center gocards.com [ dead link ]
    5. "NCAA Field Hockey Records". NCAA. Retrieved April 4, 2019.