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.
From 1984 to 1991, the tournament also included teams from Division II due to a lack of programs in that division (that tournament would resume in 1992).
The most successful team has been The College of New Jersey, with 11 titles.
Tufts are the defending champions, defeating Johns Hopkins in the 2025 final, 2–1 (OT).
Format 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, and the semifinal and championship rounds are held at a pre-determined site.
Results NCAA Division III field hockey tournamentYear Site(Host Team)ChampionshipThird Place Final / SemifinalistsChampionScoreRunner-upThird-placeScoreFourth-place1981Details Westfield, MA(Westfield State) Trenton State 2–0 Franklin & Marshall Westfield State 3–2(2OT) Elizabethtown1982Details Elizabethtown, PA(Elizabethtown) Ithaca 2–1(2OT, PS) Trenton State Franklin & Marshall 2–0 Denison1983Details Ithaca, NY(Ithaca) Trenton State (2) 2–1 Ithaca Franklin & Marshall 1–0 Denison1984Details Trenton, NJ(Trenton State) Bloomsburg 3–2 Messiah Ithaca, Trenton State1985Details Madison, NJ(Drew) Trenton State (3) 1–0 Millersville Bloomsburg 4–1 Drew1986Details Trenton, NJ(Trenton State) Salisbury State 3–2 Bloomsburg Trenton State 1–0 Bentley1987Details Geneva, NY(William Smith) Bloomsburg (2) 1–0 William Smith Salisbury State 1–0 Southern Maine1988Details Trenton, NJ(Trenton State) Trenton State (4) 3–2(2OT, PS) Bloomsburg Salisbury State 2–0 Cortland State1989Details Cortland, NY(SUNY Cortland) Lock Haven 2–1 Trenton State Cortland State 3–2(2OT, PS) St. Lawrence1990Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) Trenton State (5) 2–1 Bloomsburg Messiah 2–1 Lock Haven1991Details Trenton, NJ(Trenton State) Trenton State (6) 1–0 Bloomsburg Hartwick 3–2 Lock Haven1992Details William Smith 1–0 Trenton State Messiah 1–0(2OT) Salisbury State1993Details Fredericksburg, VA(Mary Washington) Cortland State 1–0 Mary Washington Trenton State 1–0 Trinity (CT)1994Details Grantham, PA(Messiah) Cortland State (2) 2–1 Trenton State Messiah 1–0(OT) Middlebury1995Details Trenton, NJ(TCNJ) Trenton State (7) 2–1 Messiah Eastern Mennonite 3–2(2OT) Wellesley1996Details TCNJ (8) 2–1 Hartwick Cortland State 3–0 Lebanon Valley1997Details Annville, PA(Lebanon Valley) William Smith (2) 3–0 Cortland State Lebanon Valley and Messiah1998Details Geneva, NY(William Smith) Middlebury 3–2(OT) William SmithRowan and Trinity (CT)1999DetailsTrenton, NJ(TCNJ) TCNJ (9) 4–1 Amherst Cortland State and Springfield2000Details Salisbury, MD(Salisbury) William Smith (3) 1–0 Springfield Rowan and Salisbury2001Details Springfield, MA(Springfield) Cortland State (3) 1–0 Messiah TCNJ and Skidmore2002Details Rowan 1–0 Messiah TCNJ and Salisbury2003Details Annville, PA(Lebanon Valley) Salisbury (2) 4–1 Middlebury TCNJ and Cortland State2004Details Westfield, MA(Westfield State) Salisbury (3) 6–3 Middlebury Middlebury and William Smith2005Details Lexington, VA(Washington & Lee) Salisbury (4) 1–0 Messiah Bowdoin and Ursinus2006Details Geneva, NY(William Smith) Ursinus 3–2 Messiah Bowdoin and Lebanon Valley2007Details Collegeville, PA(Ursinus) Bowdoin 4–3 Middlebury Lebanon Valley and Salisbury2008Details Bowdoin (2) 3–2(OT) Tufts Messiah and Ursinus2009Details South Hadley, MA(Mount Holyoke) Salisbury (5) 1–0 Messiah Tufts and Ursinus2010Details Newport News, VA(Christopher Newport) Bowdoin (3) 2–1(2OT, PS) Messiah Skidmore and Urisnus2011Details Dudley, MA(Nichols) TCNJ (10) 3–1 Middlebury Bowdoin and Ursinus2012Details Geneva, NY(William Smith) Tufts 2–1 Montclair State DePauw and Mary Washington2013Details Norfolk, VA(Old Dominion) Bowdoin (4) 1–0 Salisbury Christopher Newport and Skidmore2014Details Lexington, VA(Washington & Lee) TCNJ (11) 2–0 Bowdoin Middlebury and Salisbury2015Details Middlebury (2) 1–0 Bowdoin TCNJ and Ursinus2016Details Geneva, NY(William Smith) Messiah 2–1(2OT, PS) Tufts Babson and Salisbury2017Details Louisville, KY(Louisville) Middlebury (3) 4–0 Messiah Franklin & Marshall and TCNJ2018Details Manheim, PA(MAC/CC) Middlebury (4) 2–0 Tufts Johns Hopkins and Rowan2019Details Middlebury (5)1–0Franklin & Marshall Johns Hopkins and Salisbury2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Details Hartford, CT(Trinity)Middlebury (6)4–1Johns HopkinsTrinity (CT) and Rowan2022Details Glassboro, NJ(Rowan) Middlebury (7) 1–0(1OT) Johns HopkinsRowan and Williams2023Details Newport News, VA(Christopher Newport) Middlebury (8) 2–0 Johns Hopkins Babson and Kean2024Details Lexington, VA(Washington & Lee) Middlebury (9) 2–1 Tufts Williams and Salisbury2025Details Hartford, CT(Trinity) Tufts (2) 2–1(2OT) Johns Hopkins Christopher Newport and Babson
Champions
Team Titles Years 11 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2014 9 1998, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 5 1986, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 4 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 3 1993, 1994, 2001 1992, 1997, 2000 2 2012, 2025 1 2016 2006 2002 1982
Former Division III members Team Titles Years 2 1984, 1987 1 1989
See also NCAA Division I field hockey tournament NCAA Division II field hockey tournament AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Field Hockey Champions USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame
References
External links NCAA Division III Field hockey