For the first time since 2021, the top four seeds in the NESCAC Field Hockey Championship have advanced through to the semifinals. Top-seeded Tufts will host the remaining rounds of the 2025 NESCAC Field Hockey Championship on November 8 and 9 at Ounjian Field.
 
No. 1 Tufts def. No. 8 Amherst, 3-2 | Box Score
Rookie Eleanor Helm scored three minutes into the game to give Tufts a 1-0 lead, and Reagan Malo added another goal in the second quarter to extend the lead to 2-0. Amherst responded with two goals from Genevieve Caruso and Caroline Butler, scored three minutes apart, to tie the game at 2-2. Malo’s second goal of the game and season at the 46:58 mark of the fourth quarter lifted Tufts past Amherst, 3-2. Tufts, the defending NESCAC Champion, advances to the semifinal round for the fourth time in five seasons.

No. 2 Middlebury def. No. 7 Bowdoin, 3-2 (OT) | Box Score
Bowdoin’s Mackay Bommer scored just four minutes into the game to give the Polar Bears a 1-0 lead. Middlebury’s Megan Fuqua equalized the game with her ninth goal of the season early in the second period. Ellie Harrison’s second goal of the season at the 31:22 mark put the Panthers ahead, 2-1. Fei Yang-Sady tied the game again with her third goal of the year at 40:23, and neither team could find the winning goal in regulation. Four minutes into overtime, Claire McMichael’s third goal of the season secured Middlebury’s 3-2 victory over Bowdoin, sending them to the semifinals for the 22nd time in program history.

No. 3 Bates def. No. 6 Hamilton, 1-0 (OT, SO, 2-1) | Box Score
After 80 minutes of scoreless play, Bates and Hamilton faced off in a shootout to determine which team would advance to the NESCAC Semifinals. Bobcats goalkeeper Ava Donohue made two impressive saves, and Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg and Elena Agosti scored to secure Bates's victory. The Bobcats, last year’s NESCAC Runner-Up, move on to the semifinals for the third straight year.

No. 4 Wesleyan def. No. 5 Williams, 2-1 | Box Score
For the first time since 2005, the Wesleyan Cardinals will compete in the NESCAC Field Hockey Semifinals. Meera Patel gave Wesleyan a 1-0 lead 10 minutes into the game, and after a scoreless second and third quarter, Georgia Adams extended Wesleyan’s lead to 2-0 at 46:08. Williams cut the deficit in half with a goal by Anna Miller in the final minutes of regulation but was unable to find the equalizer.

2025 NESCAC Field Hockey Championship Schedule
Semifinals – Saturday, November 8 at Tufts
No. 4 Wesleyan at No. 1 Tufts – 11 a.m.
No. 3 Bates vs. No. 2 Middlebury – 1:30 p.m.

Final – Sunday, November 9 at Tufts
Semifinals winners – 12 p.m.