NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship
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| Founded | 1981 |
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| Number of teams | 24 |
| Current champions | Middlebury (2) |
| Most successful club(s) | TCNJ (11) |
| Television broadcasters | ESPNU |
| Website | NCAA.com |
 2015 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship | |
The NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship 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 current champions, having defeated Bowdoin in the 2015 final, 1–0.[2]
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. The semifinal and championship rounds are held at a pre-determined site. The 2014 and 2015 finals were hosted in Lexington, Virginia by Washington and Lee University.
Champions
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| Year | Site (Host Team) |
Championship | Third Place Match / Semifinalists | |||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 1981 | Westfield, MA (Westfield State) |
Trenton State | 2–0 | Franklin & Marshall | Westfield State | 3–2 (2OT) |
Elizabethtown | |||
| 1982 | Elizabethtown, PA (Elizabethtown) |
Ithaca | 2–1 (2OT, PS) |
Trenton State | Franklin & Marshall | 2–0 | Denison | |||
| 1983 | Ithaca, NY (Ithaca) |
Trenton State (2) | 2–1 | Ithaca | Franklin & Marshall | 1–0 | Denison | |||
| 1984 | Trenton, NJ (Trenton State) |
Bloomsburg | 3–2 | Messiah | Ithaca, Trenton State | |||||
| 1985 | Madison, NJ (Drew) |
Trenton State (3) | 1–0 | Millersville | Bloomsburg | 4–1 | Drew | |||
| 1986 | Trenton, NJ (Trenton State) |
Salisbury State | 3–2 | Bloomsburg | Trenton State | 1–0 | Bentley | |||
| 1987 | Geneva, NY (William Smith) |
Bloomsburg (2) | 1–0 | William Smith | Salisbury State | 1–0 | Southern Maine | |||
| 1988 | Trenton, NJ (Trenton State) |
Trenton State (4) | 3–2 (2OT, PS) |
Bloomsburg | Salisbury State | 2–0 | Cortland State | |||
| 1989 | Cortland, NY (SUNY Cortland) |
Lock Haven | 2–1 | Trenton State | Cortland State | 3–2 (2OT, PS) |
St. Lawrence | |||
| 1990 | Bloomsburg, PA (Bloomsburg) |
Trenton State (5) | 2–1 | Bloomsburg | Messiah | 2–1 | Lock Haven | |||
| 1991 | Trenton, NJ (Trenton State) |
Trenton State (6) | 1–0 | Bloomsburg | Hartwick | 3–2 | Lock Haven | |||
| 1992 | William Smith | 1–0 | Trenton State | Messiah | 1–0 (2OT) |
Salisbury State | ||||
| 1993 | Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington) |
Cortland State | 1–0 | Mary Washington | Trenton State | 1–0 | Trinity (CT) | |||
| 1994 | Grantham, PA (Messiah) |
Cortland State (2) | 2–1 | Trenton State | Messiah | 1–0 (OT) |
Middlebury | |||
| 1995 | Trenton, NJ (College of New Jersey) |
Trenton State (7) | 2–1 | Messiah | Eastern Mennonite | 3–2 (2OT) |
Wellesley | |||
| 1996 | College of New Jersey (8) | 2–1 | Hartwick | Cortland State | 3–0 | Lebanon Valley | ||||
| 1997 | Annville, PA (Lebanon Valley) |
William Smith (2) | 3–0 | Cortland State | Lebanon Valley and Messiah | |||||
| 1998 | Geneva, NY (William Smith) |
Middlebury | 3–2 (OT) |
William Smith | Rowan and Trinity (CT) | |||||
| 1999 | Trenton, NJ (College of New Jersey) |
College of New Jersey (9) | 4–1 | Amherst | Cortland State and Springfield | |||||
| 2000 | Salisbury, MD (Salisbury) |
William Smith (3) | 1–0 | Springfield | Rowan and Salisbury | |||||
| 2001 | Springfield, MA (Springfield) |
Cortland State (3) | 1–0 | Messiah | College of New Jersey and Skidmore | |||||
| 2002 | Rowan | 1–0 | Messiah | College of New Jersey and Salisbury | ||||||
| 2003 | Annville, PA (Lebanon Valley) |
Salisbury (2) | 4–1 | Middlebury | College of New Jersey and Cortland State | |||||
| 2004 | Westfield, MA (Westfield State) |
Salisbury (3) | 6–3 | Middlebury | Middlebury and William Smith | |||||
| 2005 | Lexington, VA (Washington & Lee) |
Salisbury (4) | 1–0 | Messiah | Bowdoin and Ursinus | |||||
| 2006 | Geneva, NY (William Smith) |
Ursinus | 3–2 | Messiah | Bowdoin and Lebanon Valley | |||||
| 2007 | Collegeville, PA (Ursinus) |
Bowdoin | 4–3 | Middlebury | Lebanon Valley and Salisbury | |||||
| 2008 | Bowdoin (2) | 3–2 (OT) |
Tufts | Messiah and Ursinus | ||||||
| 2009 | South Hadley, MA (Mount Holyoke) |
Salisbury (5) | 1–0 | Messiah | Tufts and Ursinus | |||||
| 2010 | Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport) |
Bowdoin (3) | 2–1 (2OT, PS) |
Messiah | Skidmore and Urisnus | |||||
| 2011 | Dudley, MA (Nichols) |
College of New Jersey (10) | 3–1 | Middlebury | Bowdoin and Ursinus | |||||
| 2012 | Geneva, NY (William Smith) |
Tufts | 2–1 | Montclair State | DePauw and Mary Washington | |||||
| 2013 | Norfolk, VA (Old Dominion) |
Bowdoin (4) | 1–0 | Salisbury | Christopher Newport and Skidmore | |||||
| 2014 | Lexington, VA (Washington & Lee) |
College of New Jersey (11) | 2–0 | Bowdoin | Middlebury and Salisbury | |||||
| 2015 Details |
Middlebury (2) | 1–0 | Bowdoin | TCNJ and Ursinus | ||||||
| 2016 | Geneva, NY (William Smith) |
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| 2017 | Louisville, KY (Bellarmine and Louisville) |
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See also
- NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
- NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
- AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Field Hockey Champions
- USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame
References
- ↑ "Division III Field Hockey Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/history/fieldhockey/d3
External links
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