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Back to back champions. Northwestern won the 2025 NCAA DI field hockey championship over No. 2 Princeton, 2-1, in double overtime to claim its second straight national title. Junior Ilse Tromp scored the winning goal, giving the Wildcats their third championship in five years.
ILSE TROMP FOR THE NATTY 🏆 pic.twitter.com/FebsQAth5Y
— Northwestern Field Hockey (@NUFHCats) November 23, 2025
Here is everything you need to know for the 2025 DI field hockey championship.
2025 DI field hockey championship bracket
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2025 DI field hockey championship schedule
All times listed in ET.
- Selection show: 10 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9 | on NCAA.com
- Opening round: Wednesday, Nov. 12
- First round: Friday, Nov. 14
- Second round: Sunday, Nov. 16
- Semifinals: Friday, Nov. 21
- National championship: Sunday, Nov. 23
NCAA DI field hockey championship history
| Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northwestern (22-1) | Tracey Fuchs | 5-0 | Saint Joseph’s | Ann Arbor |
| 2023 | North Carolina (18-3) | Erin Matson | 2-1 | Northwestern | North Carolina |
| 2022 | North Carolina (21-0) | Karen Shelton | 2-1 | Northwestern | Connecticut |
| 2021 | Northwestern (18-5) | Tracey Fuchs | 2-0 | Liberty | Michigan |
| 2020 | North Carolina (19-1) | Karen Shelton | 4-3 | Michigan | North Carolina |
| 2019 | North Carolina (23-0) | Karen Shelton | 6-1 | Princeton | Wake Forest |
| 2018 | North Carolina (23-0) | Karen Shelton | 2-0 | Maryland | Louisville |
| 2017 | Connecticut (23-0) | Nancy Stevens | 2-1 | Maryland | Louisville |
| 2016 | Delaware (23-2) | Rolf van de Kerkhof | 3-2 | North Carolina | Old Dominion |
| 2015 | Syracuse (21-1) | Ange Bradley | 4-2 | North Carolina | Michigan |
| 2014 | Connecticut (20-3) | Nancy Stevens | 1-0 | Syracuse | Maryland |
| 2013 | Connecticut (21-4) | Nancy Stevens | 2-0 | Duke | Old Dominion |
| 2012 | Princeton (20-1) | Kristen Holmes-Winn | 3-2 | North Carolina | Old Dominion |
| 2011 | Maryland (19-4) | Missy Meharg | 3-2 (ot) | North Carolina | Louisville |
| 2010 | Maryland (23-1) | Missy Meharg | 3-2 (2 ot) | North Carolina | Maryland |
| 2009 | North Carolina (20-2) | Karen Shelton | 3-2 | Maryland | Wake Forest |
| 2008 | Maryland (22-2) | Missy Meharg | 4-2 | Wake Forest | Louisville |
| 2007 | North Carolina (24-0) | Karen Shelton | 3-0 | Penn State | Maryland |
| 2006 | Maryland (23-2) | Missy Meharg | 1-0 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest |
| 2005 | Maryland (23-2) | Missy Meharg | 1-0 | Duke | Louisville |
| 2004 | Wake Forest (20-3) | Jennifer Averill | 3-0 | Duke | Wake Forest |
| 2003 | Wake Forest (22-1) | Jennifer Averill | 3-1 | Duke | Massachusetts |
| 2002 | Wake Forest (20-2) | Jennifer Averill | 2-0 | Penn State | Louisville |
| 2001 | Michigan (18-5) | Marcia Pankratz | 2-0 | Maryland | Kent State |
| 2000 | Old Dominion (25-1) | Beth Anders | 3-1 | North Carolina | Old Dominion |
| 1999 | Maryland (24-1) | Missy Meharg | 2-1 | Michigan | Northeastern |
| 1998 | Old Dominion (23-2) | Beth Anders | 3-2 | Princeton | Penn |
| 1997 | North Carolina (20-3) | Karen Shelton | 3-2 | Old Dominion | Connecticut |
| 1996 | North Carolina (23-1) | Karen Shelton | 3-0 | Princeton | Boston College |
| 1995 | North Carolina (24-0) | Karen Shelton | 5-1 | Maryland | Wake Forest |
| 1994 | James Madison (20-3-1) | Christy Morgan | 2-1 (2 ot)* | North Carolina | Northeastern |
| 1993 | Maryland (21-3) | Missy Meharg | 2-1 (2 ot)* | North Carolina | Rutgers |
| 1992 | Old Dominion (25-0) | Beth Anders | 4-0 | Iowa | VCU |
| 1991 | Old Dominion (26-0) | Beth Anders | 2-0 | North Carolina | Villanova |
| 1990 | Old Dominion (23-2-1) | Beth Anders | 5-0 | North Carolina | Rutgers |
| 1989 | North Carolina (20-2) | Karen Shelton | 2-1 (3 ot)* | Old Dominion | Springfield |
| 1988 | Old Dominion (26-1) | Beth Anders | 2-1 | Iowa | Penn |
| 1987 | Maryland (18-4-1) | Sue Tyler | 2-1 (ot) | North Carolina | North Carolina |
| 1986 | Iowa (19-2-1) | Judith Davidson | 2-1 (2 ot) | New Hampshire | Old Dominion |
| 1985 | Connecticut (19-2) | Diane Wright | 3-2 | Old Dominion | Old Dominion |
| 1984 | Old Dominion (23-0) | Beth Anders | 5-1 | Iowa | Springfield |
| 1983 | Old Dominion (23-0) | Beth Anders | 3-1 (3 ot) | Connecticut | Penn |
| 1982 | Old Dominion (20-1) | Beth Anders | 3-2 | Connecticut | Temple |
| 1981 | Connecticut (15-2-3) | Diane Wright | 4-1 | Massachusetts | Connecticut |
*Penalty strokes
