NCAA.com | November 4, 2018

College field hockey: DI championship bracket released for 2018; North Carolina is No. 1 seed

DI Field Hockey: 2018 Selection Show

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Committee announced today the teams that will compete in the 2018 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship. Ten conferences were awarded automatic-qualification. The four lowest automatic-qualification teams will compete in two opening round games. The remaining six automatic-qualification teams were placed in the bracket.

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The following conferences and their representatives received automatic qualification:

America East Conference	Albany (NY)
Atlantic Coast Conference	North Carolina
Atlantic 10 Conference	Saint Joseph's
Big East Conference	UConn
Big Ten Conference	Maryland
Colonial Athletic Association	William & Mary
The Ivy League	Harvard
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Monmouth
Mid-American Conference	Miami (OH)
Patriot League	Boston U.

The remaining eight teams that were selected at-large are as follows: Duke, Iowa, Michigan, Penn State, Princeton, Rutgers, Virginia, and Wake Forest.

Opening round games will be played on two campus sites Nov. 7. First- and second-round games will be played on four campus sites Nov. 9 and 11. Louisville will host the semifinals and final Friday, Nov. 16, and Sunday, Nov. 18, at Trager Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The semifinals and final will be streamed live on NCAA.com. For ticket information, call 502-GOCARDS or visit NCAA.com/tickets.

In 2017, UConn finished the season undefeated (23-0) while claiming its fifth NCAA Division I field hockey championship.

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