NCAA Division II field hockey tournament

The NCAA Division II field hockey tournament 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]

NCAA Division II field hockey tournament
Founded1981
Number of teams6
Current championsKutztown (1st)
Most successful club(s)Bloomsburg (13)
Television broadcastersESPNU
WebsiteNCAA.com

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. Kutztown are the current champions, winning their first national title in 2023.[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

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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.

Results

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NCAA Division II field hockey tournament
Year Site
(Host Team)
Championship Results
Champion Score Runner-Up
1981
Details
Misenheimer, NC
(Pfeiffer)
Pfeiffer 5–3 Bentley
1982
Details
Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
Lock Haven 4–1 Bloomsburg
1983
Details
Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven)
Bloomsburg 1–0 Lock Haven
1984–1991 Not held
1992
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Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven)
Lock Haven (2) 3–1 Bloomsburg
1993
Details
Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
Bloomsburg (2) 2–1
(2 OTPS)
Lock Haven
1994
Details
Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven)
Lock Haven (3) 2–1 Bloomsburg
1995
Details
Lock Haven (4) 1–0
1996
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Bloomsburg (3) 1–0 Lock Haven
1997
Details
Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
Bloomsburg (4) 2–0 Kutztown
1998
Details
Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven)
Bloomsburg (5) 4–3
(OT)
Lock Haven
1999
Details
Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
Bloomsburg (6) 2–0 Bentley
2000
Details
Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven)
Lock Haven 2–0
2001
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Waltham, MA
(Bentley)
Bentley 4–2 East Stroudsburg
2002
Details
Lock Haven, PA
(Lock Haven)
Bloomsburg (7) 5–0 Bentley
2003
Details
Lowell, MA
(UMass Lowell)
Bloomsburg (8) 4–1 UMass Lowell
2004
Details
Bloomsburg (9) 3–2
(OT)
Bentley
2005
Details
Shippensburg, PA
(Shippensburg)
UMass Lowell 2–1
(2OT)
Bloomsburg
2006
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Pensacola, FL Bloomsburg (10) 2–1 Bentley
2007
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Lowell, MA
(UMass Lowell)
Bloomsburg (11) 5–2 UMass Lowell
2008
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Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
Bloomsburg (12) 6–2
2009
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North Easton, MA
(Stonehill)
Bloomsburg (13) 3–2
2010
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Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine)
UMass Lowell (2) 1–0 Shippensburg
2011
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Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
West Chester 2–1 UMass Lowell
2012
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Lowell, MA
(UMass Lowell)
West Chester (2) 5–0
2013
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Norfolk, VA
(Old Dominion)
Shippensburg 2–1
(OT)
LIU Post
2014
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Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine)
Millersville 1–0
2015
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Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
East Stroudsburg 1–0 Merrimack
2016
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North Easton, MA
(Stonehill)
Shippensburg (2) 2-1 LIU Post
2017
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Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine)
Shippensburg (3) 4–1
2018
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Pittsburgh, PA
(Duquesne)
Shippensburg (4) 1–0 East Stroudsburg
2019
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Millersville, PA
(Millersville)
West Chester (3) 2–1 Saint Anselm
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
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Millersville, PA
(Millersville)
Shippensburg (5) 3–0 West Chester
2022
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Seattle, WA
(Seattle Pacific)
East Stroudsburg (2) 1–0 Shippensburg
2023
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Manchester, NH
(Saint Anselm)
Kutztown 2–1 East Stroudsburg
2024
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Gaffney, SC
(Limestone)
2025
Details
Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)

Champions

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Bentley
 
Kutztown
 
Millersville
 
UMass Lowell
 
Pfeiffer
 
Bloom.
 
Lock Haven
 
Shippensburg
 
ESU
NCAA Division II National Championships by school:   13,   5,   2,   1
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
East Stroudsburg 2 2015, 2022
Kutztown 1 2023
Millersville 1 2014
Bentley 1 2001

Former Division II

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School Titles Years
UMass Lowell 2 2005, 2010
Pfeiffer 1 1981

See also

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References

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  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 [bare URL PDF]
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