PRINCETON, N.J. – For the second consecutive season, three Ivy League field hockey teams are headed to the NCAA Tournament as Harvard, Princeton and Yale all heard their names called during the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday evening.

A year after the Ivy League earned three NCAA Tournament bids for the first time in conference history, the league has matched that historic mark in 2026 with Harvard, Princeton and Yale all returning to the national postseason as national seeds for this year's championship. 

Yale (14-3) earned the Ivy League’s automatic bid by defeating Princeton, 3-2, in a shootout in Sunday afternoon’s Ivy League Tournament Championship game, while Harvard and Princeton received at-large selections.

Harvard is the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host Old Dominion, Princeton is the No. 5 seed and will take on Syracuse in Storrs, Conn. at host site UConn, while No. 6 seed Yale will face UMass in Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard is making its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance following another dominant season. The Crimson captured the outright Ivy League regular season title with a perfect 7-0 conference record and finished the regular season 15-1, including a 13-game winning streak to close the campaign. Harvard went 6-1 against nationally ranked opponents during the regular season, with victories over UConn, Princeton, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Monmouth and Yale. A season ago, the Crimson advanced to the NCAA national semifinals before falling to Princeton. Harvard fell to Yale, 2-1, in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals and enters the NCAA Tournament with a 15-2 overall record.

Princeton is making its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance after advancing to the national championship game a season ago. The Tigers entered the Ivy League Tournament with one of the strongest resumes in the country, with all four of their losses coming in penalty shootouts against top-13 RPI opponents. Princeton also earned non-conference victories over nationally ranked Northwestern, Penn State and Rutgers. The Tigers defeated Cornell, 1-0, in Friday’s Ivy League Tournament semifinal before falling to Yale, 3-2, in a shootout in Sunday’s championship game.

Yale is making its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance after earning the first NCAA Tournament bid in program history last season. The Bulldogs entered the Ivy League Tournament with a 12-3 record and an 8-0 mark in non-conference play before defeating top-seeded Harvard, 2-1, in the semifinals. Yale then defeated Princeton, 3-2, in a shootout in Sunday’s championship game to capture its first Ivy League Tournament title and secure the first NCAA automatic bid in program history.

The NCAA Tournament features an 18-team field, with 10 automatic qualifiers and eight at-large selections chosen by the NCAA Selection Committee. Opening-round games will be played on Wednesday, Nov. 11, followed by first- and second-round competition on Friday, Nov. 13 and Sunday, Nov. 15. The national semifinals and championship will take place Nov. 20 and Nov. 22 at Trager Stadium in Louisville, Ky.