2015 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

2015 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Country  United States
Teams 18
Champions Syracuse (1st title)
Runners-up North Carolina (16th title match)
Matches played 17
Goals scored 63 (3.71 per match)
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The 2015 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 35th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the top Division I college field hockey team in the United States. The semifinals and championship match were played at the Ocker Field Hockey Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan from November 20 to 22, 2015. This was the first time Michigan hosted the tournament finals.[1]

Syracuse defeated North Carolina, 4–2, to win their first national title.[2]

Qualified teams

  • A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2015 tournament, a decrease of one team from 2014. 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.[3]

Bracket

  Play-In round
November 11, 2015
Campus sites		 First round
November 14, 2015
Campus sites		 Second round
November 15, 2015
Campus sites		 Semifinals
November 20, 2015
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phyllis Ocker Field		 Championship
November 22, 2015
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phyllis Ocker Field
                                               
Massachusetts 1  
Kent State 0  
  1 Syracuse 4  
    Massachusetts 2  
     
       
  1 Syracuse* 5  
  Princeton 0  
       
       
  Princeton 3
    Maryland 1  
     
       
  1 Syracuse 3  
  4 Connecticut 1  
       
       
  Albany (NY) 1
    Boston College 2  
     
       
  Boston College 0
  4 Connecticut* 1  
       
       
  Louisville 0
    4 Connecticut 3  
     
       
  1 Syracuse 4
  2 North Carolina 2
       
  3 Virginia 4  
    Delaware 3  
     
       
  3 Virginia* 1  
  Duke 2  
       
       
  Duke 1
    Stanford 0  
     
       
  Duke 0
  2 North Carolina 2  
       
       
  Wake Forest 1
    Michigan 2  
     
       
  Michigan 0
  2 North Carolina* 1  
Boston U.* 6  
Fairfield 1  
  2 North Carolina 4
    Boston U. 2  
     

All-tournament team

  • Jess Jecko, Syracuse
  • Alyssa Manley, Syracuse
  • Alma Fenne, Syracuse
  • Zoe Wilson, Syracuse
  • Nina Notman, North Carolina
  • Malin Evert, North Carolina
  • Julia Young, North Carolina
  • Roison Upton, Connecticut
  • Karlie Heistand, Connecticut
  • Amanda Kim, Duke
  • Hannah Barreca, Duke

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  2. ↑ "Syracuse senior breaks the school record on game-sealing assist". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  3. ↑ "NCAA DI Field Hockey committee selects championship bracket". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
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