NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

The NCAA Division I field hockey tournament is an American intercollegiate field hockey tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and determines the Division I national champion. The tournament has been held annually since 1981.
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 2025, 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. 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 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

Team titles

Team	Number	Winning years
'	11	1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
'	9	1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000
'	8	1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
'	5	1981, 1985, 2013, 2014, 2017
'	3	2002, 2003, 2004
'	3	2021, 2024, 2025
'	1	1986
'	1	1994
'	1	2001
'	1	2012
'	1	2015
'	1	2016

Statistics

Most Goals, Game: 10
*Old Dominion
Most Goals, Both Teams: 13
*Maryland
Most Goals, Tournament: 20
*Maryland
Goals Per Game, Tournament: 5.67
*Old Dominion
Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00
*Old Dominion
*Old Dominion
*Wake Forest
Penalty Corners, Game: 31
*Old Dominion

Individual records

Most Goals, Single Game: 5
*Paula Infante, Maryland
*Maartje van Rijswijk, Old Dominion
Most Goals, Tournament: 11
*Marina DiGiacomo, Old Dominion
Most Assists, Game: 6
*Cheryl Van Kuren, Old Dominion
Most Assists, Tournament: 8
*Adrienne Yoder, Old Dominion
Saves, Game: 36
*Missy Farwell, Virginia
Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00
*Kathy Fosina, Old Dominion
*Kim Decker, Old Dominion
*Katie Ridd, Wake Forest
*Sam Swenson, Michigan

Result by school and by year

60 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. Conference affiliations reflect those for the upcoming 2025 season.
The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

National Champion
National Runner-up
Semifinals
Quarterfinals
, Round of 16
Play-In Round

School	Conference	#	QF	SF	CG	CH	[1981 NCAA NCAA Division I\|Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1982 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1983 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1984 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1985 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1986 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1987 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1988 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1989 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1990 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1991 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1992 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1993 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1994 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1995 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1996 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1997 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1998 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[1999 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2000 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2001 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2002 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2003 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2004 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2005 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2006 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2007 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2008 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2009 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2010 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2011 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2012 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2013 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2014 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2015 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2017 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2018 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2019 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2020 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2021 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2022 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2023 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2024 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]	[2025 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\|]
School	Conference
'	ACC	42	35	29	22	11									'						'	'	'										'		'									'	'	'		'	'
'	Big East	32	26	17	12	9		'	'	'				'		'	'	'						'		'
'	Big Ten	36	32	21	13	8							'						'						'						'	'		'		'	'
'	Big East	34	27	15	7	5	'				'																												'	'			'
'	ACC	19	13	10	5	3																						'	'	'
'	Big Ten	21	18	9	5	3																																									'			'	'
'	Ivy League	27	20	10	5	1																																'
'	Big Ten	29	21	12	4	1						'
'	Big Ten	20	13	5	3	1																					'
'	ACC	19	14	4	2	1																																			'
'	MAC	9	4	2	1	1														'
'	MPSF	14	2	2	1	1																																				'
'	ACC	21	17	7	4	-
'	Big Ten	35	21	8	2	-
'	MAC	27	12	5	1	-
'	America East	11	3	1	1	-
'	Atlantic 10	8	2	1	1	-
'	Big East	6	1	1	1	-
'	ACC	29	15	6	-	-
'	CAA	16	8	3	-	-
'	Big Ten	9	7	2	-	-
'	Ivy League	10	5	2	-	-
'	Big East	6	5	1	-	-
'	ACC	13	4	1	-	-
'	Patriot	15	3	1	-	-
'	ACC	11	3	1	-	-
'	Big Ten	7	2	1	-	-
'	America East	7	2	1	-	-
'	Ivy League	5	2	1	-	-
'	defunct	1'	1	1	-	-
'	Big Ten	5	3	-	-	-
'	MAC	4	3	-	-	-
'	ACC	18	2	-	-	-
'	Patriot	12	2	-	-	-
'	Big East	3	2	-	-	-
'	ACC	11	1	-	-	-
'	MAC	10	1	-	-	-
'	defunct	4'	1	-	-	-
'	CAA	3	1	-	-	-
'	defunct	2'	1	-	-	-
'	Big Ten	2	1	-	-	-
'	defunct	1'	1	-	-	-
'	Patriot	1	1	-	-	-
'	MAC	8	-	-	-	-
'	Atlantic 10	8	-	-	-	-
'	Northeast	7	-	-	-	-
'	CAA	4	-	-	-	-
'	Patriot	3	-	-	-	-
'	MAC	3	-	-	-	-
'	CAA	3	-	-	-	-
'	defunct	2'	-	-	-	-
'	Northeast	2	-	-	-	-
'	D2	1'	-	-	-	-
'	Ivy League	1	-	-	-	-
'	Big East	1	-	-	-	-
'	Atlantic 10	1	-	-	-	-
'	America East	1	-	-	-	-
'	Patriot	1	-	-	-	-
'	Northeast	1	-	-	-	-
'	America East	1	-	-	-	-
'	Ivy League	1	-	-	-	-

All-time record

Note: as of end of 2024 championship

indicates schools belong to Division II.
indicates schools that no longer sponsor field hockey.
School indicates they have win at least one championship.
Other bold indicates most in respective column.

Team													Notes
Albany	7	0	0	1	0	10	2	7	1	11	17	-6
American	12	0	0	0	0	16	4	11	1	20	47	-27
Ball State	4	0	0	0	0	7	3	4	0	14	18	-4
Boston College	13	0	0	1	0	18	4	13	1	23	51	-28
Boston University	14	0	0	0	1	21	6	14	1	32	42	-10
Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	-6
Bucknell	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	-1
California	11	0	0	0	0	12	1	9	2	10	29	-19
Chico State	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	-3	No longer sponsors field hockey
Connecticut	32	5	2	8	0	75	43	26	6	160	115	45	Two consecutive champion
Delaware	14	1	0	1	0	24	11	13	0	45	64	-19
Drexel	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	3	12	-9
Duke	20	0	4	3	0	47	27	20	0	109	92	-17
Fairfield	6	0	0	0	0	7	1	5	1	9	25	-16
Harvard	9	0	0	1	0	14	5	9	0	23	36	-13
Indiana	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	3	9	-6
Iowa	28	1	3	6	2	59	29	26	4	109	92	17
James Madison	9	1	0	1	0	14	5	8	1	17	22	-5
Kent State	8	0	0	0	0	9	1	8	0	14	28	-14
Lafayette	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	9	-9
Lehigh	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	-4
Liberty	5	0	1	0	0	9	4	3	2	14	12	2
Long Beach State	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Louisville	11	0	0	1	0	12	1	10	1	10	26	-16
Maine	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	-1
Maryland	36	8	5	8	0	97	65	27	5	238	153	85	Two consecutive champion
Massachusetts	27	0	1	4	0	45	15	26	4	63	94	-31
Miami (OH)	9	0	0	0	0	15	6	8	1	31	37	-6
Michigan	20	1	2	2	0	40	21	17	2	82	82	0
Michigan State	9	0	0	2	0	19	9	9	1	41	35	6
Monmouth	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	8	11	-3
New Hampshire	10	0	1	0	0	12	2	10	0	16	36	-20
North Carolina	41	11	11	6	0	113	80	26	7	312	160	152	Three consecutive champion, two consecutive champion
Northeastern	16	0	0	3	0	28	12	15	1	38	53	-15
Northwestern	20	2	2	3	1	47	23	18	6	85	60	25
Ohio	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	7	-6
Ohio State	7	0	0	1	0	10	3	7	0	15	29	-14
Old Dominion	32	9	3	5	0	73	49	22	2	224	125	99	Three consecutive champion
Pacific	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	5	-3
Penn	5	0	0	0	1	8	2	5	1	8	16	-8
Penn State	34	0	2	2	4	66	25	38	3	105	127	-22
Princeton	26	1	3	5	0	58	33	25	0	149	144	5
Providence	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	5	12	-7
Purdue	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	-1
Quinnipiac	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	-2
Richmond	8	0	0	0	0	8	0	8	0	4	28	-24
Rider	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	12	-11
Rutgers	5	0	0	0	0	8	2	5	1	12	20	-8
Sacred Heart	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	-4	-
Saint Joseph's	7	0	1	0	0	11	4	7	0	12	27	-15
San Jose State	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	4	11	-7
Stanford	18	0	0	0	0	21	3	18	0	18	71	-53
Syracuse	18	1	1	2	0	37	19	16	2	88	79	9
Temple	6	0	0	1	0	10	4	6	0	15	22	-7
VCU	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	-1
Vermont	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	-1	-
Virginia	28	0	0	6	0	48	18	27	3	96	115	-19
Wake Forest	18	3	2	5	0	46	31	15	0	126	79	47	Three consecutive champion
West Chester	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	4	3	1
William & Mary	4	0	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	11	17	-6