2017 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

2017 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Connecticut (5th title)
Runner-up	Maryland (9th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	70 (4.12 per match)

The 2017 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is the 37th 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 will be played at Trager Stadium at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky from November 17 to 19, 2017.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I field hockey season

• A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2017 tournament, the same number of teams as 2016. 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
America East	Stanford	13–7
ACC	North Carolina	16–4
Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	18–3
Big East	Connecticut	19–0
Big Ten	Michigan	19–2
CAA	Delaware	15–4
Ivy	Princeton	11–6
MAAC	Fairfield	9–11
MAC	Miami (OH)	11–8
Patriot	Boston University	13–7

At-large qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record
Duke	ACC	16–3
Louisville	ACC	14–7
Northwestern	Big Ten	14–6
Maryland	Big Ten	13–6
Penn State	Big Ten	16–4
Syracuse	ACC	12–6
Virginia	ACC	15–4
Wake Forest	ACC	12–7

Bracket

	Opening round November 8, 2017 Campus sites					First round November 11, 2017 Campus sites					Second round November 12, 2017 Campus sites					Semifinals November 17, 2017 Louisville, Kentucky Trager Stadium					Championship November 19, 2017 Louisville, Kentucky Trager Stadium
						1	Connecticut*	3
							Boston University	1
		Fairfield	0
		Boston University*	5
											1	Connecticut*	4
												Penn State	3
							Delaware	1
							Penn State*	2 (OT)
																1	Connecticut*	2
																4	North Carolina	1
							Virginia*	2
							Princeton	3 (OT)
												Princeton	2
											4	North Carolina*	3
							Saint Joseph's	0
						4	North Carolina*	4
																					1	Connecticut	2
																						Maryland	1
						3	Michigan*	1 (OT)
							Syracuse	0
											3	Michigan*	3
												Northwestern	0
							Louisville	2
							Northwestern*	3 (OT)
																3	Michigan	1
																	Maryland*	5
							Maryland*	2
							Wake Forest	0
												Maryland	3
												Duke*	2
		Stanford*	1
		Miami (OH)	2
							Miami (OH)	2
						2	Duke*	4

See also

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