2012 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
# 2012 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

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