The 2023 NCAA DII field hockey committee has released the six team that will compete for the 2023 national championship
The championship is set with a six-team tournament, with the top two seeds each earning byes into the semifinals. East Stroudsburg is the reigning national champion and the No. 1 overall seed in this year's field, but No. 2 Shippensburg has won four of the last six titles.
Here is the schedule of the 2023 NCAA Division II field hockey tournament, including dates and locations:
- First round: Saturday, Nov. 11 at campus sites
- Semifinals: Friday, Nov. 17 at Grappone Stadium in Manchester, NH
- Finals: Sunday, Nov. 19 at Grappone Stadium in Manchester, NH
2023 NCAA DII field hockey bracket
2023 NCAA DII field hockey schedule
First Round
Semifinals
- No. 1 East Stroudsburg vs. Winner of St. Anselm/Assumption, November 17, 2:00 p.m.
- No. 2 Shippensburg vs. Winner of Kutztown/Pace, November 17, 5:00 p.m.
Championship
- Semifinal 1 winner vs. Semifinal 2 winner, November 19, 1:00 p.m.
NCAA DII field hockey championship history
| Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | East Stroudsburg (20-2) | Sandy Miller | 1-0 | Shippensburg | Renton, Wash. |
| 2021 | Shippensburg | Tara Zollinger | 3-0 | West Chester | Millersville |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | West Chester (20-1) | Amy Cohen | 2-1 | Saint Anselm | Millersville |
| 2018 | Shippensburg (19-4) | Tara Zollinger | 1-0 (OT) | East Stroudsburg | Pittsburgh |
| 2017 | Shippensburg (17-4) | Tara Zollinger | 4-1 | LIU Post | Louisville |
| 2016 | Shippensburg (20-3) | Bertie Landes | 2-1 | LIU Post | Stonehill |
| 2015 | East Stroudsburg (18-3) | Sandy Miller | 1-0 | Merrimack | Bloomsburg |
| 2014 | Millersville (20-3) | Shelly Behrens | 1-0 | LIU Post | Louisville |
| 2013 | Shippensburg (20-1) | Bertie Landes | 2-1 (OT) | LIU Post | Old Dominion |
| 2012 | West Chester (20-2) | Amy Cohen | 5-0 | Mass-Lowell | Mass-Lowell |
| 2011 | West Chester (17-4) | Amy Cohen | 2-1 | Mass-Lowell | Bloomsburg |
| 2010 | Mass-Lowell (24-0) | Shannon Hlebichuk | 1-0 | Shippensburg | Bellarmine |
| 2009 | Bloomsburg (22-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 3-2 | Mass-Lowell | Stonehill |
| 2008 | Bloomsburg (23-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 6-2 | Mass-Lowell | Bloomsburg |
| 2007 | Bloomsburg (21-4) | Jan Hutchinson | 5-2 | Mass-Lowell | Mass-Lowell |
| 2006 | Bloomsburg (24-0) | Jan Hutchinson | 1-0 | Bentley | Pensacola, Fla. |
| 2005 | Mass-Lowell (20-3) | Shannon Hlebichuk | 2-1 (2ot)* | Bloomsburg | Shippensburg |
| 2004 | Bloomsburg (21-3) | Jan Hutchinson | 3-2 (ot) | Bentley | Mass-Lowell |
| 2003 | Bloomsburg (22-2) | Jan Hutchinson | 4-1 | Mass-Lowell | Mass-Lowell |
| 2002 | Bloomsburg (21-0) | Jan Hutchinson | 5-0 | Bentley | Lock Haven |
| 2001 | Bentley (22-1) | Kelly McGowan | 4-2 | East Stroudsburg | Bentley |
| 2000 | Lock Haven (21-2) | Pat Rudy | 2-0 | Bentley | Lock Haven |
| 1999 | Bloomsburg (19-0) | Jan Hutchinson | 2-0 | Bentley | Bloomsburg |
| 1998 | Bloomsburg (21-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 4-3 (ot) | Lock Haven | Lock Haven |
| 1997 | Bloomsburg (20-3) | Jan Hutchinson | 2-0 | Kutztown | Bloomsburg |
| 1996 | Bloomsburg (19-2) | Jan Hutchinson | 1-0 | Lock Haven | Lock Haven |
| 1995 | Lock Haven (20-0) | Sharon Taylor | 1-0 | Bloomsburg | Lock Haven |
| 1994 | Lock Haven (18-2) | Sharon Taylor | 2-1 | Bloomsburg | Lock Haven |
| 1993 | Bloomsburg (16-2-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 2-1 (2ot)* | Lock Haven | Bloomsburg |
| 1992 | Lock Haven (15-5-1) | Sharon Taylor | 3-1 | Bloomsburg | Lock Haven |
| 1983 | Bloomsburg (16-2-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 1-0 | Lock Haven | Lock Haven |
| 1982 | Lock Haven (16-1) | Sharon Taylor | 4-1 | Bloomsburg | Bloomsburg |
| 1981 | Pfeiffer (9-4) | Ellen Briggs | 5-3 | Bentley | Pfeiffer |