2018 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

The 2018 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is the 38th annual tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I women's college field hockey in the United States.

2018 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina (7th title)
Runner-up	Maryland (10th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	63 (3.71 per match)
Best player	Ashley Hoffman

The semifinals and championship match will be played at Trager Stadium at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky from November 16 to 18, 2018.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I field hockey season

• A total of 18 teams will qualify for the 2018 tournament, the same number of teams as 2017. 10 teams will receive automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 8 teams will earn at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Champion	Record
America East	Albany	16-4
ACC	North Carolina	19-0
Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	18-2
Big East	Connecticut	18-3
Big Ten	Maryland	19-2
CAA	William & Mary	11-7
Ivy	Harvard	16-1
MAAC	Monmouth	13-6
MAC	Miami (OH)	15-6
Patriot	Boston University	12-7

At-large qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record
Duke	ACC	15-5
Iowa	Big Ten	14-6
Michigan	Big Ten	13-6
Penn State	Big Ten	12-5
Princeton	Ivy	13-4
Rutgers	Big Ten	13-5
Virginia	ACC	9-9
Wake Forest	ACC	11-9

Bracket

	Opening round November 7, 2018 Campus sites					First round November 9, 2018 Campus sites					Second round November 11, 2018 Campus sites					Semifinals November 16, 2018 Louisville, Kentucky Trager Stadium					Championship November 18, 2018 Louisville, Kentucky Trager Stadium
						1	North Carolina*	4
							William & Mary	0
		William & Mary*	3
		Monmouth	2
											1	North Carolina	5
												Michigan	3
							Saint Joseph's	2
							Michigan*	3
																1	North Carolina	4
																	Wake Forest	1
							Iowa*	2
							Wake Forest	3
												Wake Forest	1*
											4	Duke	0
		Boston University*	0
		Miami (OH)	2
							Miami (OH)	0
						4	Duke*	1
																					1	North Carolina	2
																					2	Maryland	0
						3	Princeton*	2
							Virginia	1
											3	Princeton	2
												Harvard	1
							Harvard	6
							Penn State*	1
																3	Princeton	0
																2	Maryland	1*
							Connecticut*	5
							Rutgers	0
												Connecticut	1
											2	Maryland	2*
							Albany	1
						2	Maryland*	2

See also

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