2015 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

2015 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Middlebury Panthers
Runner-up	Bowdoin Polar Bears

The 2015 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship will be the 35th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the NCAA to determine the top Division III college field hockey team n the United States. The semifinals and championship match will be played at the Turf Field at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia from November 21–22, 2015. W&L is hosting for the second consecutive year.

Middlebury defeated Bowdoin 1-0 in the final.

TCNJ are the defending national champions.

Qualified teams

• A total of 24 teams qualified for the 2015 tournament. 19 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional five teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Champion	Record
Capital	Salisbury	14–3
Centennial	Ursinus	17–3
Colonial States	Cabrini	12–8
Commonwealth Coast	New England	16–6
Empire 8	Stevens Tech	13–7
Great Northeast	Simmons	14–4
Landmark	Catholic	13–6
Liberty League	William Smith	17–2
Little East	Keene State	16–7
MAC Commonwealth	Messiah	15–5
MAC Freedom	Misericordia	10–11
NECC	Becker	11–11
NESCAC	Bowdoin	18–0
NEWMAC	Mount Holyoke	15–6
NJAC	TCNJ	18–1
North Atlantic	Husson	8–9
North Coast	DePauw	15–4
ODAC	Bridgewater (VA)	12–8
SUNYAC	SUNY New Paltz	15–5

At-large qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record
Franklin & Marshall	Centennial	16–3
Middlebury	NESCAC	16–2
Rhodes	SAA	15–5
Rochester (NY)	UAA	16–5
Wellesley	NEWMAC	16–3

Bracket

	Play-In round November 11, 2015 Campus sites					Second round November 14, 2015 Campus sites					Third round November 15, 2015 Campus sites					Semifinals November 21, 2015 Lexington, Virginia Turf Field					Championship November 22, 2015 Lexington, Virginia Turf Field
							Bowdoin*	5
							Keene State	1
		Keene State*	1
		Husson	0
												Bowdoin*	3
												Wellesley	0
		New England*	3
		Becker	1
							New England	0
							Wellesley*	3
																	Bowdoin	4
																	Ursinus	2
							Salisbury*	2
							Rochester (NY)	3
		Rochester (NY)*	2
		Misericordia	1
												Rochester (NY)	0
												Ursinus*	5
		Stevens Tech*	3
		Mount Holyoke	1
							Stevens Tech	0
							Ursinus*	10
																						Bowdoin	0
																						Middlebury	1
							William Smith*	6
							Bridgewater (VA)	0
		Catholic*	1
		Bridgewater (VA)	2
												William Smith*	0
												Middlebury	3
		Franklin & Marshall*	5
		Cabrini	1
							Franklin & Marshall	0
							Middlebury*	2
																	Middlebury	4
																	TCNJ	1
							Messiah*	3
							SUNY New Paltz	0
		SUNY New Paltz*	1
		Simmons	0
												Messiah	2
												TCNJ*	4
		Rhodes*	5
		DePauw	1
							Rhodes	0
							TCNJ*	3

See also

• NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship