2015 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

Football tournament season
2015 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Tournament details
Country United States
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsSyracuse (1st title)
Runner-upNorth Carolina (16th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored63 (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 Phyllis Ocker 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]

Automatic qualifiers

Conference Champion Record
America East Albany (NY) 19–2
ACC North Carolina 18–2
Atlantic 10 Massachusetts 11–8
Big East Connecticut 20–0
Big Ten Maryland 19–3
CAA Delaware 16–5
Ivy Princeton 10–6
MAAC Fairfield 9–9
MAC Kent State 11–8
Patriot Boston University 14–6


At-large qualifiers

Team Conference Record
Boston College ACC 12–8
Duke ACC 12–6
Louisville ACC 13–6
Michigan Big Ten 17–4
Virginia ACC 14–5
Stanford MPSF 13–6
Syracuse ACC 19–1
Wake Forest ACC 13–5

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
  • Roisin 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.