INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Committee announced today the teams that will compete in the 2024 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship. Ten conferences were awarded automatic qualification. The four lowest automatic-qualification teams will compete in two opening round games. The remaining six automatic-qualification teams were placed in the bracket.
The following conferences and their representatives received an automatic qualification:
- America East Conference — Vermont
- Atlantic Coast Conference — North Carolina
- Atlantic 10 Conference — Saint Joseph’s
- Big East Conference — UConn
- Big Ten Conference — Michigan
- Coastal Athletic Association —Delaware
- The Ivy League —Harvard
- Mid-American Conference — Miami (OH)
- Northeast Conference — Fairfield
- Patriot League — Lafayette
The remaining eight teams that were selected at-large (listed alphabetically) include: Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Massachusetts, Northwestern, Princeton, Syracuse, Virginia.
VIEW THE BRACKET: Click or tap here to view the 2024 DI field hockey bracket
Opening round games will be played on Nov. 13 at two of the first- and second round sites. First- and second-round games will be played on four campus sites Nov. 15 and 17. The University of Michigan will host the national semifinals on Friday, Nov. 22 and the championship final on Sunday, Nov. 24 at Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The semifinals will be available on ESPN+ at Noon and 3 p.m. Eastern time and the championship game will be broadcast at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time on ESPNU. For ticket information visit NCAA.com/tickets.
POSTSEASON IS HERE: Bracket, scores, schedule for 2024 NCAA DI field hockey championship
North Carolina is the defending national champion, claiming its 11th NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship team title with a 2-1 victory in double-overtime over Northwestern at Karen Shelton Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Nov. 19, 2023.
