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Three Centennial Conference teams will compete in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship for the second time in conference history. Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore and Ursinus will represent the conference in the national field of 28 teams, with all three teams hosting first round matchups on Wednesday.
This marks the 14th time in conference history that multiple CC teams will compete in the national tournament. The only other year in which three CC teams qualifed was in 2024 when Hopkins, Ursinus and Bryn Mawr made the postseason field.
Twenty-four teams will compete in twelve first-round games at campus sites Wednesday, November 11. The 12 first-round winners, along with the four teams that received a first-round bye, will compete at four campus sites during second/third-round play, Saturday and Sunday, November 14 and 15 The winners of the four sites will advance to the semifinals and final, Friday and Sunday, November 20 and 22, at McCooey Field at William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y.
Hopkins will host Denison in a first round game on Wednesday at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays (16-4) are hosting an NCAA Tournament game for the fourth straight year. Hopkins is making its eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 14th overall. The Blue Jays have advanced to championship weekend six times with four national championship game appearances. Hopkins is 20-15 all-time in the tournament, including 18-7 under head coach Jane Wells.
Hopkins and Denison (16-2) will meet for just the third time ever and first in the NCAA Tournament. The Big Red won the North Coast Athletic Conference for the third time in the last four seasons and are riding a 16-game win streak. The winner will take on the winner of Stevenson (17-2) and Colby-Sawyer (18-2) on Saturday, November 14 at top-ranked Tufts (18-0). Tufts will take on the winner of Swarthmore (12-7) and Scranton (17-2) in the round of 16 game. Saturday's winners will meet on Sunday for the right to go to the Final Four.
Swarthmore is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996 and second time in program history. The Garnet (12-7) grabbed the final at-large bid into the field and will host Scranton (17-2) at Clothier Field Stadium in Wednesday's first round at 6 p.m. It is the first time ever that the campus will host NCAA Tournament action in field hockey.
The Garnet and Royals squared off in the regular season on September 5, with the Royals prevailing 2-1 in a shootout. The winner of Wednesday's match advances to the second round on Saturday, November 14 at Tufts University and will battle the host Jumbos.
Ursinus will appear in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the second time in the past three years and 15th time overall. The Bears (14-5) will host Stevens (16-4) at Snell Alumnae Field on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
The winner of Ursinus/Stevens will take on Christopher Newport in the second round of the tournament on Saturday in Newport News, Va.
