2023 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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.

2023 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina (11th title)
Runners-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)
Awards
Best player	Maddie Kahn, North Carolina
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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.^[1]

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

Attendances

The five college field hockey teams with the highest average home attendance in 2023:

#	Club	Average attendance[2]
1	North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey	1,074
2	Maryland Terrapins field hockey	704
3	Michigan Wolverines field hockey	559
4	Rutgers Scarlet Knights field hockey	501
5	Penn State Nittany Lions field hockey	472

See also

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