2022 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

The 2022 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 42nd annual tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I women's college field hockey in the United States.

2022 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina (10th title)
Runners-up	Northwestern (2nd title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	64 (3.76 per match)
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The semi-finals and championship match were played at the George B. Sherman Complex at the main campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut on November 18 and 20, 2022.^[1]

Lehigh made their debut appearance in the national championship tournament.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I field hockey season

Automatic qualifiers Conference Champion Record Appearance Last America East Albany 15–4 7th 2021 ACC North Carolina 17–0 39th 2021 Atlantic 10 Saint Joseph's 15–4 5th 2021 Big East Liberty 12–7 4th 2021 Big Ten Michigan 14–5 19th 2021 CAA Delaware 9–11 13th 2021 Ivy Princeton 13–4 25th 2019 Mid-American Miami (OH) 13–7 7th 2021 Northeast Rider 15–5 2nd 2020 Patriot Lehigh 13–7 1st —

At-large qualifiers Team Conference Record Appearance Last Wake Forest ACC 15–5 18th 2018 Syracuse ACC 15–5 16th 2021 Virginia ACC 13–7 26th 2021 Louisville ACC 12–7 10th 2021 Northwestern Big Ten 17–4 18th 2021 Maryland Big Ten 17–3 34th 2021 Penn State Big Ten 15–3 35th 2021 Iowa Big Ten 11–7 27th 2021

Bracket

	Opening round November 9, 2022 Campus sites					First round November 11, 2022 Campus sites					Second round November 13, 2022 Campus sites					Semifinals November 18, 2022 Storrs, Connecticut Sherman Complex					Championship November 20, 2022 Storrs, Connecticut Sherman Complex
						1	North Carolina	5
							Delaware	1
		Delaware	4
		Lehigh	0
											1	North Carolina	5
												Saint Joseph's	2
							Saint Joseph's	3
							Wake Forest	1
																1	North Carolina	3
																	Penn State	0
							Penn State	5
							Louisville	0
												Penn State	1
												UAlbany	0
						4	Michigan	1(1)
							UAlbany	1(2)
																					1	North Carolina	2
																					2	Northwestern	1
						2	Northwestern	1(3 PSO)
							Miami (OH)	1(2)
		Miami (OH)	7
		Rider	1
											2	Northwestern	1(4 PSO)
												Iowa	1(3)
							Virginia	1(3)
							Iowa	1(4 PSO)
																2	Northwestern	2
																3	Maryland	1
							Princeton	2
							Syracuse	5
												Syracuse	2(2)
											3	Maryland	2(3 PSO)
						3	Maryland	1(2)
							Liberty	1(1)

See also

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