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2021 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsNorthwestern (1st title)
Runner-upLiberty (1st title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored58 (3.41 per match)
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The 2021 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 41st annual tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I women's college field hockey in the United States.

The semifinals and championship match were played at the Phyllis Ocker Field at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 19 and 21, 2021.[1]

Maine made their debut appearance in the national championship tournament.

Northwestern won their first NCAA title, and the school's ninth national title across all sports. During the tournament, they faced three-time defending national champion North Carolina, #2 seed Iowa, top scoring defense Harvard, and top scoring offense Liberty.

Qualified teams

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Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I field hockey season
  • A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2021 tournament, a return to the pre-COVID pandemic format from 2019. 10 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 8 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Bracket

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Opening round
November 10, 2021
Campus sites 		First round
November 12, 2021
Campus sites 		Second round
November 14, 2021
Campus sites 		Semifinals
November 19, 2021
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phyllis Ocker Field 		Championship
November 21, 2021
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phyllis Ocker Field
               
1 Rutgers 2
Delaware 1
Fairfield 3
Delaware 4
1 Rutgers 2
Liberty 3
Liberty 2
Saint Joseph's 0
Liberty 3
Maryland 2
Maryland 2
Virginia 1
Maryland 2
Syracuse 1
4 Penn State 1
Syracuse 4
Liberty 0
Northwestern 2
3 Michigan 3
Miami (OH) 2
Maine 2
Miami (OH) 3
3 Michigan 0
Harvard 1
Louisville 0
Harvard 1
Harvard 1
Northwestern 2
Northwestern 2
North Carolina 0
Northwestern 1
2 Iowa 0
American 2
2 Iowa 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2019-22 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
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