title: 2021 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
text: # 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.
  
  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
  
  * 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
  
  | Opening round November 10, 2021 Campus sites | Opening round November 10, 2021 Campus sites | First round November 12, 2021 Campus sites | First round November 12, 2021 Campus sites | First round November 12, 2021 Campus sites | Second round November 14, 2021 Campus sites | Second round November 14, 2021 Campus sites | Second round November 14, 2021 Campus sites | Semifinals November 19, 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan Phyllis Ocker Field | Semifinals November 19, 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan Phyllis Ocker Field | Championship November 21, 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan Phyllis Ocker Field | Championship November 21, 2021 Ann Arbor, Michigan Phyllis Ocker Field |
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  | | | 1 | Rutgers | 2 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Delaware | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | Fairfield | 3 | | Delaware | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | Delaware | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 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) | 2 | | | | | | | |
  | Miami (OH) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 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 | | | | | | | |
  