CLEVELAND, OH – Denison captured its league-leading 15th North Coast Athletic Conference Field Hockey Championship after completing an unblemished 10-0 run against conference opponents during the regular season. Ohio Wesleyan follows the Big Red with 12 league crowns, while Wittenberg has 10, Wooster has eight, DePauw and Kenyon have six and Oberlin has two all-time championship titles.
The Battling Bishops (8-2) finished second in the conference standings this fall, while DePauw and Kenyon tied for third at 7-3. Allegheny (6-4) earned fifth, and Wittenberg (5-5) took sixth. Rounding out the 11-team league standings were Oberlin and John Carroll (4-6), Wooster (3-7), Washington & Jefferson (1-9) and Transylvania (0-10).
The top-seeded Big Red will host fourth-seeded DePauw in the semifinals on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 5:00 p.m. Denison edged the Tigers 1-0 in overtime in the regular-season finale on Oct. 31. In the other semifinal game, second-seeded Ohio Wesleyan will host third-seeded Kenyon at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Battling Bishops and Owls met during the regular season on Oct. 7, when Kenyon earned a 3-0 victory.
The NCAC Tournament championship game is set for Saturday, Nov. 7, at the site of the highest remaining seed to emerge from the semifinal round.
TOURNEY NOTES: The tournament winner receives the NCAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament … Denison, the defending NCAC Tournament champion, is making its 17th-consecutive appearance and 21st overall, as the Big Red look to extend their conference-leading total to seven tourney titles. Denison captured the 2025 tournament championship as the No. 2 seed, earning a 3-1 semifinal victory over third-seeded DePauw before defeating top-seeded Ohio Wesleyan 2-1 in overtime in the tourney championship game … Ohio Wesleyan returns to the postseason for its seventh-consecutive appearance and 10th overall, looking to reclaim the NCAC Tournament trophy for the first time since 2024 ... Kenyon, making its 15th overall tournament appearance, will pursue its fifth conference tournament title and first since 2016 … DePauw enters the postseason for the 13th time, seeking its fourth tournament crown and first since 2015 … Historically, Denison leads all NCAC programs with six tournament titles, followed by Kenyon with four, while DePauw, Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg and Wooster have each captured three tourney crowns; Oberlin has claimed one.