2012 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

2012 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Princeton (1st title)
Runner-up	North Carolina (14th title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	74 (4.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Charlotte Craddock, UNC Kathleen Sharkey, PRIN (6)

The 2012 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the thirty-second women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team from Division I in the United States. The Princeton Tigers won their first championship, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the final. The championship was played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex on the home field of the host Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in Norfolk, Virginia.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Championship Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Sports Complex
		North Carolina	4
		Stanford	1
							North Carolina	3
							Old Dominion	1
		Old Dominion	6
		Michigan	1
												North Carolina	6
												Syracuse	1
		Syracuse	4
		Massachusetts	2
							Syracuse	5
							Penn State	2
		Penn State	2
		Albany	1
																	North Carolina	2
																	Princeton	3
		Connecticut (2OT)	2
		Northeastern	1
							Connecticut	1
							Maryland	2
		Maryland	2
		Lafayette	0
												Maryland	2
												Princeton (OT)	3
		Virginia	3
		Iowa	2
							Virginia	2
							Princeton	5
		Princeton	5
		Drexel	0