2023 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

2023 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina (11th title)
Runner-up	Northwestern (3rd title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	61 (3.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Charly Bruder, North Carolina (4)
Best player	Maddie Kahn, North Carolina

The 2023 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 43rd annual tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I women's college field hockey in the United States.

The semi-finals and championship match were played at the Karen Shelton Stadium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on November 17 and 19, 2023.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I field hockey season

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Champion	Record	Appearance	Last
America East	California	12–7	11th	2006
ACC	North Carolina	14–3	40th	2022
Atlantic 10	St. Joseph's	16–4	6th	2022
Big East	Old Dominion	14–5	32nd	2013
Big Ten	Northwestern	18–1	19th	2022
CAA	William & Mary	11–8	4th	2018
Ivy	Harvard	15–3	8th	2021
Mid-American	Miami (OH)	14–7	8th	2022
Northeast	Sacred Heart	9–10	1st	—
Patriot	American	11–7	12th	2021

At-large qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last
Duke	ACC	16–4	19th	2019
Louisville	ACC	14–6	11th	2022
Syracuse	ACC	16–6	17th	2022
Virginia	ACC	12–6	27th	2022
Liberty	Big East	17–2	5th	2022
Iowa	Big Ten	13–5	28th	2022
Maryland	Big Ten	19–4	35th	2022
Rutgers	Big Ten	16–3	5th	2021

Bracket

	Opening round November 8, 2023 Campus sites					First round November 10, 2023 Campus sites					Second round November 12, 2023 Campus sites					Semifinals November 17, 2023 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Karen Shelton Stadium					Championship November 19, 2023 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Karen Shelton Stadium
						1	North Carolina	6
							William & Mary	1
		William & Mary*	4
		Sacred Heart	0
											1	North Carolina	4
												Harvard	2
							Rutgers	1
							Harvard	2
																1	North Carolina	2
																	Virginia	0
							Virginia	2
							St. Joseph's	1
												Virginia	4
											4	Maryland	0
							Old Dominion	0
						4	Maryland	3
																					1	North Carolina	1 (3 PSO)
																					2	Northwestern	1 (2)
						3	Duke	2
							American	1
											3	Duke	2
												Syracuse	1
							Syracuse	1(2)
							Liberty	1(1)
																3	Duke	1
																2	Northwestern	2
							Iowa	1(1)
							Louisville	1(2)
												Louisville	2
											2	Northwestern	3
		California*	0
		Miami (OH)	3
							Miami (OH)	0
						2	Northwestern	3

See also

• NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship