The 28 teams who will compete in the 2025 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship were revealed today by the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Committee.
On Wednesday, November 12, twelve first-round games involving twenty-four teams will take place on campus. On Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16, the twelve first-round champions and the four teams who were given a first-round bye will play in the second and third rounds at four campus sites.
The winners of the four sites will move on to the semifinals and final, which will take place at Trinity College’s Robin L. Sheppard Field in Hartford, Connecticut, on Friday and Sunday, November 21 and 23. The championship game will take place on Sunday, November 23 at noon eastern time, while the semifinals will take place on Friday, November 21 at 12 and 3:30 p.m. eastern time. Information regarding the championship, including ticket details, may be found at http://www.ncaa.com/sports/fieldhockey/d3.
The champions of eighteen conferences will automatically qualify for the 2025 championship. For all qualifying colleges that were not automatically qualified, there were ten at-large seats available.
The 18 conferences and schools receiving automatic qualification are:
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
| Atlantic East Conference | Marywood |
| Centennial Conference | Johns Hopkins |
| Conference of New England | Endicott |
| Empire 8 | SUNY Geneseo |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Dean |
| Landmark Conference | Scranton |
| Liberty League | Vassar |
| Little East Conference | Keene State |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | Westfield State |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Stevenson |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Bates |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference | Babson |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Rowan |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Denison |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Lynchburg |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| United East Conference | St. Mary’s (Maryland) |
The 10 at-large teams are:
- Amherst
- Bowdoin
- Christopher Newport
- Dickinson
- Hamilton
- Middlebury
- Tufts
- Wesleyan (Connecticut)
- Williams
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The full championship bracket, which is attached, lists the dates, locations, and pairings. Visit www.ncaa.com to learn more about the championship.
After defeating Washington and Lee University 2-1 in the championship game in 2024, Middlebury won its ninth NCAA title, eighth in the previous nine seasons, and seventh in a row.
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