NCAA.com | November 14, 2013 Montclair State selected as top seed for 2013 DIII Field Hockey Championship Share Interactive Bracket Printable BracketINDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Field Hockey Committee announced Sunday the field of 24 teams that will compete in the 2013 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship.Sixteen teams will compete in eight first-round games on campus sites Wednesday. The eight first-round winners, along with the eight teams that received a first-round bye, will compete at four campus sites during second/third-round play, Saturday and Sunday. The winners of the four sites will advance to the semifinals on Nov. 22, which will be hosted by Virginia Wesleyan University at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the final on Nov. 24, at L.R. Hill Sports Complex on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. The semifinals will be played at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET, with the championship game being played at 10:30 a.m.Eighteen conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for their champions into the 2013 championship. One team was selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. Finally, five berths were reserved for Pool C, which consists of institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champions and the remaining teams from Pool B.The 18 conferences and schools receiving automatic qualification are:Capital Athletic Conference -- SalisburyCentennial Conference -- UrsinusColonial States Athletic Conference -- Gwynedd MercyCommonwealth Conference -- MessiahCommonwealth Coast Conference -- GordonEmpire 8 -- UticaFreedom Conference -- WilkesLandmark -- CatholicLiberty League -- SkidmoreLittle East Conference -- Keene StateNew England Collegiate Conference -- Anna MariaNew England Small College Athletic Conference -- MiddleburyNew England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference -- WellesleyNew Jersey Athletic Conference -- Montclair StateNorth Atlantic Conference -- CastletonNorth Coast Athletic Conference -- DePauwOld Dominion Athletic Conference -- LynchburgState University of New York Athletic Conference -- New Paltz StateThe one Pool B team is Centre.The five Pool C teams are Bowdoin, Christopher Newport, Mount Holyoke, Tufts and William Smith. Cheryl Bruttomesso named NCAA Field Hockey Rules Interpreter Cheryl Bruttomesso has been named the NCAA Field Hockey Rules Interpreter. READ MORE Rowan to host 2022 DIII field hockey championship Rowan will serve as the host of the 2022 NCAA Division III field hockey championship, with the semifinal and final rounds to be held at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium on November 19 and 20. READ MORE 2021 NCAA DII field hockey championship selections announced The NCAA Division II Field Hockey Committee has selected the six teams that will be participating in the 2021 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship. READ MORE