INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Field Hockey Committee announced today the field of 28 teams that will compete in the 2025 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship.
Twenty-four teams will compete in twelve first-round games on campus sites Wednesday, November 12. The twelve first-round winners, along with the four teams that received a first-round bye, will compete at four campus sites during second/third-round play, Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16.
The winners of the four sites will advance to the semifinals and final, Friday and Sunday, November 21 and 23, at Robin L. Sheppard Field at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Semifinals will be played at 12 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. eastern, Friday, November 21, with the championship game being played at Noon eastern, Sunday, November 23. Championship information, including information about tickets, is available at //krikya18.com/sports/fieldhockey/d3.
Eighteen conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for their champions into the 2025 championship. There were 10 at-large berths available for all eligible institutions that did not receive automatic qualification.
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The 18 conferences and schools receiving automatic qualification are:
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
| Atlantic East Conference | Marywood |
| Centennial Conference | Johns Hopkins |
| Conference of New England | Endicott |
| Empire 8 | SUNY Geneseo |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Dean |
| Landmark Conference | Scranton |
| Liberty League | Vassar |
| Little East Conference | Keene State |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | Westfield State |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Stevenson |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Bates |
| New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference | Babson |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Rowan |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Denison |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Lynchburg |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| United East Conference | St. Mary's (Maryland) |
The 10 at-large teams are:
- Amherst
- Bowdoin
- Christopher Newport
- Dickinson
- Hamilton
- Middlebury
- Tufts
- Wesleyan (Connecticut)
- Williams
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The dates, sites and pairings are listed on the complete championship bracket, which is attached. For more information about the championship, log on to krikya18.com.
2025 DIII field hockey championship bracket
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In 2024, Middlebury won its ninth NCAA championship, eighth in last nine seasons, and seventh straight after a 2-1 win in the title game at Washington and Lee University.
