NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Founded | 1981 |
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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[]
NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship[1] | ||||||||||
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Year | Host City | Host Stadium | Final | Third Place Final (Semifinalists) | ||||||
Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
1981 Details |
Storrs, CT | Memorial Stadium | Connecticut | 4–1 | Massachusetts | Old Dominion | 2–1 (2OT, PS) |
Long Beach State | ||
1982 Details |
Philadelphia, PA | Old Dominion | 3–2 | Connecticut | Delaware | 4–0 | Penn State | |||
1983 Details |
Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | Old Dominion | 3–1 (3 OT) |
Connecticut | Massachusetts | 2–1 (2OT, PS) |
Northwestern | ||
1984 Details |
Springfield, MA | Stagg Field | Old Dominion | 5–1 | Iowa | Connecticut, Temple | ||||
1985 Details |
Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | Connecticut | 3–2 | Old Dominion | Northwestern | 5–0 | Boston U. | ||
1986 Details |
Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | Iowa | 2–1 (2 OT) |
New Hampshire | North Carolina | 4–0 | Penn State | ||
1987 Details |
Chapel Hill, NC | Navy Field | Maryland | 2–1 (OT) |
North Carolina | Massachusetts | 3–1 | Iowa | ||
1988 Details |
Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | Old Dominion | 2–1 | Iowa | Northeastern | 1–0 | Penn | ||
1989 Details |
Springfield, MA | Stagg Field | North Carolina | 2–1 (3OT, PS) |
Old Dominion | Northwestern | 2–1 | Iowa | ||
1990 Details |
Piscataway, NJ | Bauer Field | Old Dominion | 5–0 | North Carolina | Iowa | 1–0 | Penn State | ||
1991 Details |
Villanova, PA | Villanova Stadium | Old Dominion | 2–0 | North Carolina | Maryland | 2–1 (OT) |
Penn State | ||
1992 Details |
Richmond, VA | Cary Street Field | Old Dominion | 4–0 | Iowa | North Carolina, Massachusetts | ||||
1993 Details |
Piscataway, NJ | Bauer Field | Maryland | 2–1 (2OT, PS) |
North Carolina | Penn State, Iowa | ||||
1994 Details |
Brookline, MA | Parsons Field | James Madison | 2–1 (2OT, PS) |
North Carolina | Northwestern, Iowa | ||||
1995 Details |
Winston-Salem, NC | Kentner Stadium[2] | North Carolina | 5–1 | Maryland | James Madison, Northeastern | ||||
1996 Details |
Chestnut Hill, MA | Alumni Stadium | North Carolina | 3–0 | Princeton | Old Dominion, Northeastern | ||||
1997 Details |
Storrs, CT | George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex | North Carolina | 3–2 | Old Dominion | Virginia, Princeton | ||||
1998 Details |
Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | Old Dominion | 3–2 | Princeton | Connecticut, Virginia | ||||
1999 Details |
Brookline, MA | Parsons Field | Maryland | 2–1 | Michigan | Connecticut, Iowa | ||||
2000 Details |
Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | Old Dominion | 3–1 | North Carolina | Wake Forest, Maryland | ||||
2001 Details |
Kent, OH | Dix Stadium | Michigan | 2–0 | Maryland | Wake Forest, Princeton | ||||
2002 Details |
Louisville, KY | Trager Stadium[3] | Wake Forest | 2–0 | Penn State | Old Dominion, Michigan State | ||||
2003 Details |
Amherst, MA | Richard F. Garber Field | Wake Forest | 3–1 | Duke | Maryland, Michigan | ||||
2004 Details |
Winston-Salem, NC | Kentner Stadium | Wake Forest | 3–0 | Duke | Maryland, Michigan State | ||||
2005 Details |
Louisville, KY | Trager Stadium | Maryland | 1–0 | Duke | Old Dominion, Wake Forest | ||||
2006 Details |
Winston-Salem, NC | Kentner Stadium | Maryland | 1–0 | Wake Forest | Connecticut, Duke | ||||
2007 Details |
College Park, MD | Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex | North Carolina | 3–0 | Penn State | Connecticut, Wake Forest | ||||
2008 Details |
Louisville, KY | Trager Stadium | Maryland | 4–2 | Wake Forest | Iowa, Syracuse | ||||
2009 Details |
Winston-Salem, NC | Kentner Stadium | North Carolina | 3–2 | Maryland | Princeton, Virginia | ||||
2010 Details |
College Park, MD | Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex | Maryland | 3–2 (2OT) |
North Carolina | Virginia, Ohio State | ||||
2011 Details |
Louisville, KY | Trager Stadium | Maryland | 3-2 (OT) |
North Carolina | Connecticut, Old Dominion | ||||
2012 Details |
Norfolk, VA | L.R. Hill Sports Complex | Princeton | 3–2 | North Carolina | Maryland, Syracuse | ||||
2013 Details |
Norfolk, VA | L.R. Hill Sports Complex | Connecticut | 2–0 | Duke | North Carolina, Maryland | ||||
2014 Details |
College Park, MD | Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex | Connecticut | 1–0 | Syracuse | Albany, North Carolina | ||||
2015 Details |
Ann Arbor, MI | Phyllis Ocker Field | Syracuse | 4–2 | North Carolina | Connecticut, Duke | ||||
2016 Details |
Norfolk, VA | L.R. Hill Sports Complex | Delaware | 3–2 | North Carolina | Connecticut, Princeton | ||||
2017 Details |
Louisville, KY | Trager Stadium | Connecticut | 2–1 | Maryland | North Carolina, Michigan | ||||
2018 Details |
North Carolina | 2–0 | Maryland | Wake Forest, Princeton | ||||||
2019 Details |
Winston-Salem, NC | Kentner Stadium | North Carolina | 6–1 | Princeton | Boston College, Virginia | ||||
2020 Details |
Chapel Hill, NC | Karen Shelton Stadium | North Carolina | 4–3 (OT) |
Michigan | Iowa, Louisville | ||||
2021 Details |
Ann Arbor, MI | Phyllis Ocker Field | Northwestern | 2–0 | Liberty | Harvard, Maryland |
Tournament Records and Statistics[]
Team titles[]
Team | Number | Winning years |
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North Carolina | 9 | 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Old Dominion | 9 | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000 |
Maryland | 8 | 1987, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
Connecticut | 5 | 1981, 1985, 2013, 2014, 2017 |
Wake Forest | 3 | 2002, 2003, 2004 |
Iowa | 1 | 1986 |
James Madison | 1 | 1994 |
Michigan | 1 | 2001 |
Princeton | 1 | 2012 |
Syracuse | 1 | 2015 |
Delaware | 1 | 2016 |
Northwestern | 1 | 2021 |
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)
APP | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |
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School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 38 | QF | 12 | QF | SF | RU | QF | CH | RU | RU | SF | RU | RU | CH | CH | CH | QF | QF | RU | 16 | 16 | QF | 16 | 16 | CH | 16 | CH | RU | RU | RU | SF | SF | RU | RU | SF | CH | CH | CH | 16 | |||
Penn State | 34 | SF | QF | 12 | 12 | SF | 12 | QF | 12 | SF | SF | QF | SF | QF | QF | 12 | QF | QF | 16 | 16 | RU | QF | 16 | QF | RU | 16 | 16 | QF | QF | 16 | QF | 16 | QF | 16 | 16 | |||||||
Maryland | 33 | QF | CH | 12 | 12 | SF | QF | CH | RU | QF | QF | QF | CH | SF | RU | QF | SF | SF | CH | CH | QF | CH | RU | CH | CH | SF | SF | QF | 16 | QF | RU | RU | QF | SF | ||||||||
Connecticut | 32 | CH | RU | RU | SF | CH | QF | 12 | 12 | QF | QF | SF | SF | QF | 16 | QF | 16 | QF | SF | SF | 16 | 16 | QF | SF | QF | CH | CH | SF | SF | CH | QF | QF | QF | |||||||||
Old Dominion | 31 | SF | CH | CH | CH | RU | QF | QF | CH | RU | CH | CH | CH | 12 | QF | QF | SF | RU | CH | QF | CH | QF | SF | QF | 16 | SF | 16 | 16 | QF | SF | QF | 16 | ||||||||||
Iowa | 26 | QF | QF | RU | QF | CH | SF | RU | SF | SF | QF | RU | SF | SF | QF | QF | SF | 16 | 16 | 16 | SF | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | SF | QF | |||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 26 | RU | 12 | SF | 12 | 12 | 12 | SF | QF | QF | QF | 12 | SF | QF | 12 | 12 | 12 | QF | QF | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
Virginia | 25 | 12 | QF | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | QF | SF | SF | 16 | 16 | QF | QF | 16 | QF | SF | SF | QF | 16 | QF | QF | 16 | 16 | SF | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 24 | 12 | 12 | QF | RU | SF | RU | QF | SF | QF | 16 | 16 | QF | QF | SF | QF | 16 | CH | QF | 16 | QF | SF | QF | SF | RU | |||||||||||||||||
Duke | 18 | QF | 12 | 16 | QF | RU | RU | RU | SF | 16 | QF | QF | RU | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 18 | RU | QF | CH | 16 | SF | QF | QF | QF | 16 | QF | 16 | QF | 16 | SF | QF | 16 | RU | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | 16 | 16 | • | 16 | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 17 | QF | SF | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | SF | QF | 12 | QF | SF | 16 | QF | 16 | QF | CH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 17 | QF | SF | SF | CH | CH | CH | SF | RU | SF | RU | QF | 16 | QF | 16 | 16 | 16 | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern | 16 | SF | QF | QF | QF | 12 | 12 | SF | SF | 12 | 12 | 16 | QF | 16 | QF | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 15 | QF | 12 | QF | SF | QF | QF | QF | SF | 16 | RU | CH | QF | 16 | 16 | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 13 | SF | 12 | QF | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | 16 | 16 | 16 | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 13 | 12 | QF | 12 | QF | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | 16 | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 12 | SF | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | • | 16 | CH | 16 | 16 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 11 | 16 | QF | QF | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | • | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 10 | QF | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 10 | 12 | QF | QF | RU | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 9 | QF | CH | SF | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 9 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | SF | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 9 | QF | SF | QF | SF | 16 | QF | QF | 16 | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | QF | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | QF | 16 | SF | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 6 | 16 | 16 | 16 | SF | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 6 | • | 16 | 16 | • | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 6 | QF | QF | SF | QF | QF | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 5 | 16 | • | • | 16 | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 5 | 12 | 12 | SF | QF | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 4 | QF | QF | 12 | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 4 | QF | QF | 16 | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's (PA) | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 4 | QF | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 3 | • | 16 | RU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 3 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 3 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 3 | QF | QF | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 3 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Chester | 2 | 12 | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 2 | 12 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | QF | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drexel | 2 | QF | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 1 | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 1 | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chico State | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 1 | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 1 | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 1 | • |
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[]
Year | Player | Goals | Assists | Points |
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2006 | Michelle Kasold, Wake Forest Lauren Crandall, Wake Forest |
1 4 |
7 1 |
9 |
2007 | Katelyn Falgowski, North Carolina , Penn State |
3 3 |
1 1 |
7 |
2008 | , Wake Forest | 7 | 2 | 16 |
2009 | Katie O'Donnell, Maryland | 6 | 6 | 18 |
2010 | Katie O'Donnell, Maryland | 4 | 4 | 12 |
2011 | Kelsey Kolojejchick, North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 10 |
2012 | Charlotte Craddock, North Carolina Kathleen Sharkey, Princeton |
6 6 |
2 2 |
14 |
2013 | , Duke | 5 | 4 | 14 |
- 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[]
- ^ "NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ^ http://www.wakeforestsports.com/facilities/wake-kentner-z.html
- ^ http://www.gocards.com/facilities/lou-facilities-marshall-center.html
- ^ "NCAA Field Hockey Records". NCAA. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
External links[]
- NCAA field hockey link
- "2012 NCAA Women's Field Hockey Records Book" (PDF). (105 KiB)
- NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
- Women's field hockey competitions in the United States
- 1981 establishments in the United States
- Recurring sporting events established in 1981