NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship


The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is an American intercollegiate field hockey tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and determines the Division I national champion. The championship is contested exclusively by women's teams and there is no equivalent NCAA men's championship. The tournament has been held annually since 1981. The most successful team is the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs who have nine titles. The most recent championship, hosted in Louisville, Kentucky, was won by North Carolina. Division II and Division III championships are also held each year.

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. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same 12 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.

Past champions

Tournament Records and Statistics

Team titles

TeamNumberWinning years
Old Dominion91982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000
Maryland81987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
North Carolina81989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019
Connecticut51981, 1985, 2013, 2014, 2017
Wake Forest32002, 2003, 2004
Iowa11986
James Madison11994
Michigan12001
Princeton12012
Syracuse12015
Delaware12016

Result by school and by year

53 teams have appeared in the NCAA Tournament in at least one year starting with 1981. The results for all years are shown in this table below.
The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:
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School
North Carolina36''''''''
Penn State33
Maryland32''''''''
Old Dominion31'''''''''
Connecticut31'''''
Massachusetts26
Iowa24'
Princeton24'
Virginia24
Duke18
Wake Forest17'''
Stanford17
Northeastern16
Michigan16'
Northwestern15
Syracuse14'
Boston University13
Boston College13
California10
New Hampshire10
Delaware10'
American10
James Madison9
Michigan State9
Kent State8
Richmond8
Ohio State7
Louisville7
Temple6
Harvard6
Albany6
Penn5
San Jose State4
Ball State4
Miami 4
Fairfield4
Rutgers3
Providence3
William & Mary3
Ohio3
Monmouth3
Saint Joseph's 3
West Chester2
Lafayette2
Pacific2
Liberty2
Indiana2
Drexel2
Long Beach State1
Purdue1
Chico State1
Brown1
Quinnipiac1

Statistics