NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship

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NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
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Founded1981
Number of teams6
Current championsShippensburg (5)
Most successful club(s)Bloomsburg (13)
Television broadcastersESPNU
WebsiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship is an annual single-elimination tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's Division II collegiate field hockey in the United States. The tournament was held from 1981 and 1983, discontinued from 1984 and 1991, was re-instated in 1992, and has been held every year since.[1]

Between 1984 and 1991, when the Division II tournament was not held, Division II teams competed in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship.

The most successful team are the Bloomsburg Huskies, with thirteen titles. Shippensburg are the current champions, winning their fifth national title in 2021.[2]

Teams from Pennsylvania have historically dominated the tournament. Aside from 1981, every year that small college championships have been conducted (AIAW: 1979 to 1981, NCAA: 1981 to 2012), one or more teams from Pennsylvania have played in either or both Division II and Division III national title games, winning 29 of 38 such games.

Format[]

Currently, 6 teams compete in each national championship tournament. The first round is typically played on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The semifinal and championship rounds are held at a pre-determined site. The 2019 finals were hosted by the Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Results[]

NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
Year Site
(Host Team) 		Final Match
Champion Score Runner-up
1981
Details 		Misenheimer, NC
(Pfeiffer) 		Pfeiffer 5–3 Bentley
1982
 Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		Lock Haven 4–1 Bloomsburg
1983
 Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven) 		Bloomsburg 1–0 Lock Haven
1984–1991 Not held
1992
 Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven) 		Lock Haven (2) 3–1 Bloomsburg
1993
 Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		Bloomsburg (2) 2–1
(2 OTPS) 		Lock Haven
1994
 Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven) 		Lock Haven (3) 2–1 Bloomsburg
1995
 Lock Haven (4) 1–0
1996
 Bloomsburg (3) 1–0 Lock Haven
1997
 Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		Bloomsburg (4) 2–0 Kutztown
1998
 Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven) 		Bloomsburg (5) 4–3
(OT) 		Lock Haven
1999
 Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		Bloomsburg (6) 2–0 Bentley
2000
 Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven) 		Lock Haven 2–0
2001
 Waltham, MA
(Bentley) 		Bentley 4–2 East Stroudsburg
2002
 Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven) 		Bloomsburg (7) 5–0 Bentley
2003
 Lowell, MA
(UMass Lowell) 		Bloomsburg (8) 4–1 UMass Lowell
2004
 Bloomsburg (9) 3–2
(OT) 		Bentley
2005
 Shippensburg, PA
(Shippensburg) 		UMass Lowell 2–1
(2OT) 		Bloomsburg
2006
 Pensacola, FL Bloomsburg (10) 2–1 Bentley
2007
 Lowell, MA
(UMass Lowell) 		Bloomsburg (11) 5–2 UMass Lowell
2008
 Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		Bloomsburg (12) 6–2
2009
 North Easton, MA
(Stonehill) 		Bloomsburg (13) 3–2
2010
 Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine) 		UMass Lowell (2) 1–0 Shippensburg
2011
 Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		West Chester 2–1 UMass Lowell
2012
 Lowell, MA
(UMass Lowell) 		West Chester (2) 5–0
2013
 Norfolk, VA
(Old Dominion) 		Shippensburg 2–1
(OT) 		LIU Post
2014
 Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine) 		Millersville 1–0
2015
Details 		Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		East Stroudsburg 1–0 Merrimack
2016
Details 		North Easton, MA
(Stonehill) 		Shippensburg (2) 2-1 LIU Post
2017
 Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine) 		Shippensburg (3) 4–1
2018
 Pittsburgh, PA
(Duquesne) 		Shippensburg (4) 1–0 East Stroudsburg
2019
 Millersville, PA
(Millersville) 		West Chester (3) 2–1 Saint Anselm
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
 Millersville, PA
(Millersville) 		Shippensburg (5) 3–0 West Chester

Champions[]

School Titles Years
Bloomsburg 13 1983, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Lock Haven 5 1982, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000
Shippensburg 5 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
West Chester 3 2011, 2012, 2019
UMass Lowell 2 2005, 2010
East Stroudsburg 1 2015
Millersville 1 2014
Bentley 1 2001
Pfeiffer 1 1981

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Division II Field Hockey Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  2. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_field_hockey_champs_records/2013/d2/champ.pdf

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