2021 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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.

2021 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Northwestern (1st title)
Runner-up	Liberty (1st title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	58 (3.41 per match)

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.

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

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.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Champion	Record	Appearance	Last
America East	Maine	15-6	1st	—
ACC	North Carolina	13-6	38th	2020
Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	16-4	4th	2019
Big East	Liberty	17-2	3rd	2014
Big Ten	Rutgers	18-3	4th	2018
CAA	Delaware	12-8	12th	2020
Ivy	Harvard	15-1	7th	2018
Mid-American	Miami (OH)	11-10	6th	2020
Northeast	Fairfield	14-7	5th	2019
Patriot	American	13-3	11th	2016

At-large qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last
Iowa	Big Ten	16-2	26th	2020
Louisville	ACC	16-3	9th	2020
Maryland	Big Ten	13-6	33rd	2019
Michigan	Big Ten	15-4	18th	2020
Northwestern	Big Ten	14-5	17th	2020
Penn State	Big Ten	14-5	34th	2018
Syracuse	ACC	13-5	15th	2019
Virginia	ACC	12-8	25th	2019

Bracket

	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

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