The NCAA DIII field hockey selection show and bracket release will stream live on NCAA.com at 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 5
The tournament consists of a 26-team field, dedicating 17 slots to automatic qualifiers and the remaining nine spaces to at-large candidates selected by the selection committee. Four semifinalists will advance to Jennings Family Stadium in Newport News, Virginia, where Christopher Newport University will host the final two rounds of the tournament Nov. 17-19.
Here’s a look at the complete schedule for the 2023 DIII field hockey tournament:
- First round: Wednesday, Nov. 8 at campus sites
- Second round: Saturday, Nov. 11 at campus sites
- Third round: Sunday, Nov. 12 at campus sites
- Semifinals: 12 and 3 p.m. ET Friday, Nov. 17 at Jennings Family Stadium in Newport News, Virginia
- National championship: 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Nov. 19 at Jennings Family Stadium in Newport News, Virginia
2023 DIII field hockey bracket
Middlebury stands as the unquestioned team to beat, scooping up the last five DIII field hockey championships and totaling just five losses in that stretch. Region V leaders Johns Hopkins, who have reached consecutive national championship games, and hosts Christopher Newport, who sit atop Region VI with a perfect 16-0 record, also stand out as expected contenders.
DIII field hockey championship history
| YEAR | CHAMPION (RECORD) | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Middlebury (21-1) | Katharine DeLorenzo | 1-0 | Johns Hopkins | Glassboro, NJ |
| 2021 | Middlebury (22-0) | Katharine DeLorenzo | 4-1 | Johns Hopkins | Hartford, CT |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Middlebury (21-1) | Katharine DeLorenzo | 1-0 | Franklin & Marshall | Manheim, Penn. |
| 2018 | Middlebury (21-1) |
Katharine DeLorenzo |
2-0 | Tufts | Manheim, Penn. |
| 2017 | Middlebury (20-2) | Katharine DeLorenzo | 4-0 | Messiah | Bellarmine |
| 2016 | Messiah | Brooke Good | 1-0 (2OT) | Tufts | Geneva |
| 2015 | Middlebury (20-2) | Katharine DeLorenzo | 1-0 | Bowdoin | Washington & Lee |
| 2014 | TCNJ (23-1) | Sharon Pfluger | 2-0 | Bowdoin | Washington & Lee |
| 2013 | Bowdoin (18-3) | Nicky Pearson | 1-0 | Salisbury | Old Dominion |
| 2012 | Tufts (19-2) | Tina McDavitt | 2-1 | Montclair State | William Smith |
| 2011 | TCNJ (24-2) | Sharon Pfluger | 3-1 | Middlebury | Nichols |
| 2010 | Bowdoin (20-1) | Nicky Pearson | 2-1 (2 ot)* | Messiah | Christopher Newport |
| 2009 | Salisbury (20-1) | Dawn Chamberlin | 1-0 | Messiah | Mount Holyoke |
| 2008 | Bowdoin (20-1) | Nicky Pearson | 3-2 (2 ot) | Tufts | Ursinus |
| 2007 | Bowdoin (20-0) | Nicky Pearson | 4-3 | Middlebury | Ursinus |
| 2006 | Ursinus (21-3) | Laura Moliken | 3-2 | Messiah | William Smith |
| 2005 | Salisbury (21-1) | Dawn Chamberlin | 1-0 | Messiah | Washington & Lee |
| 2004 | Salisbury (22-0) | Dawn Chamberlin | 6-3 | Middlebury | Westfield State |
| 2003 | Salisbury (20-1 | Dawn Chamberlin | 4-1 | Middlebury | Lebanon Valley |
| 2002 | Rowan (21-0) | Penny Kempf | 1-0 | Messiah | Springfield |
| 2001 | SUNY Cortland (19-2) | Cynthia Wetmore | 1-0 | Messiah | Springfield |
| 2000 | William Smith (20-1) | Sally Scatton | 1-0 | Springfield | Salisbury |
| 1999 | TCNJ (20-0) | Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger | 4-1 | Amherst | TCNJ |
| 1998 | Middlebury (17-1) | Missy Foote | 3-2 (ot) | William Smith | William Smith |
| 1997 | William Smith (22-1) | Sally Scatton | 3-0 | SUNY Cortland | Lebanon Valley |
| 1996 | TCNJ (21-1) | Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger | 2-1 | Hartwick | TCNJ |
| 1995 | TCNJ (20-0) | Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger | 2-1 | Messiah | TCNJ |
| 1994 | SUNY Cortland (24-1) | Pat Rudy | 2-1 | TCNJ | Messiah |
| 1993 | SUNY Cortland (22-1-1) | Pat Rudy | 1-0 | Mary Washington | Mary Washington |
| 1992 | William Smith (22-1) | Sally Scatton | 1-0 | TCNJ | TCNJ |
| 1991 | TCNJ (19-0-1) | Sharon Goldbrenner | 1-0 | Bloomsburg | TCNJ |
| 1990 | TCNJ (18-0-1) | Sharon Goldbrenner | 2-1 | Bloomsburg | Bloomsburg |
| 1989 | Lock Haven (17-4-2) | Sharon Taylor | 2-1 | TCNJ | SUNY Cortland |
| 1988 | TCNJ (21-0-2) | Sharon Goldbrenner | 3-2 (2 ot)* | Bloomsburg | TCNJ |
| 1987 | Bloomsburg (24-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 1-0 | William Smith | William Smith |
| 1986 | Salisbury (21-0) | Karen Weaver | 3-2 | Bloomsburg | TCNJ |
| 1985 | TCNJ (22-3) | Sharon Goldbrenner | 2-1 | Millersville | Drew |
| 1984 | Bloomsburg (19-0) | Jan Hutchinson | 3-2 | Messiah | TCNJ |
| 1983 | TCNJ (23-1) | Melissa Magee | 2-1 | Ithaca | Ithaca |
| 1982 | Ithaca (18-3) | Doris Kostrinsky | 2-1 (2 ot)* | TCNJ | Elizabethtown |
| 1981 | TCNJ (20-0) | Melissa Magee | 2-0 | Franklin & Marshall | Westfield State |
