NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Founded	1981
Number of teams	18
Current champions	Northwestern (1)
Most successful club(s)	North Carolina & Old Dominion (9)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com
2020 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is an American intercollegiate field hockey tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I national champion. The championship is contested exclusively by women's teams and there is no equivalent NCAA men's championship. The tournament has been held annually since 1981. The most successful teams are the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs, who both have nine titles. In addition, North Carolina has finished national runner-up an NCAA record eleven times. The most recent championship was won by the Northwestern Wildcats. Division II and Division III championships are also held each year.

History[]

Field hockey was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same 12 (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA overcame the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership. The first NCAA women's national championship events were staged November 21–22, 1981, in cross country and field hockey.

The tournament originally began with six teams but has since expanded to 19; at different times a third-place game has been played as well. Under the tournament's current format, 19 teams qualify for the tournament with three play-in games. The play-in games and first two rounds are played at the home turf of the higher seeds in each matchup. The final four teams then move on to the championship rounds at a predetermined site.

Past champions[]

Tournament Records and Statistics[]

Team titles[]

Old Dominion

Maryland

North Carolina

Connecticut

Wake Forest

Iowa

James Madison

Michigan

Princeton

Syracuse

Delaware

Northwestern

National Championships by school
– 9 championships, – 8 championships, – 5 championships, – 3 championships, – 1 championship

Result by school and by year[]

56 teams have appeared in the NCAA Tournament in at least one year starting with 1981 (the initial year that the post-season tournament was under the auspices of the NCAA). The results for all years are shown in this table below.^[4]

The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

•  CH  National Champion
•  RU  National Runner-up
•  SF  Semifinals
•  QF  Quarterfinals (Two teams in 1981, four teams thereafter)
•  12 ,  16  Round of 16 (Only 12 teams, 1982-1998)
•  •  Play-In Round (Starting 2013)

Statistics[]

• Most Goals, Game: 10
  • Old Dominion (1984; Old Dominion–10 vs. Virginia–0)
• Most Goals, Both Teams: 13
  • Maryland (2008; Maryland–8 vs. Duke–5)
• Goals Per Game, Tournament: 5.67
  • Old Dominion (1984)
• Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00
  • Old Dominion (1990, three games)
  • Old Dominion (1992, three games)
  • Wake Forest (2002, four games)
• Penalty Corners, Game: 31
  • Old Dominion (1984; vs. Virginia)

Individual records[]

• Most Goals, Single Game: 5
  • Paula Infante, Maryland (2004; Maryland–5 vs. Delaware–2)
  • , Old Dominion (2012; Old Dominion–6 vs. Michigan–1)
• Most Goals, Tournament: 11
  • , Old Dominion (2000; four games)
• Most Assists, Game: 6
  • Cheryl Van Kuren, Old Dominion (1984; Old Dominion–10 vs. Virginia–0)
• Most Assists, Tournament: 8
  • , Old Dominion (2000; four games)
• Saves, Game: 36
  • , Virginia (1984; Virginia–2 vs. North Carolina–1)
• Fewest Goals Allowed Per Game, Tournament: 0.00
  • , Old Dominion (1990; three games)
  • , Old Dominion (1992; three games)
  • , Wake Forest (2002; four games)

See also[]

• NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship
• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Field Hockey Champions
• USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame

References[]

External links[]

• NCAA field hockey link
• "2012 NCAA Women's Field Hockey Records Book" (PDF). (105 KiB)