1987 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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1987 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
City Flag of North Carolina.svg Chapel Hill, North Carolina
DatesNovember 14–22, 1987
Teams12
Venue(s) Navy Field
Final positions
Champions Maryland (1st title)
Runner-up North Carolina
Third place Massachusetts
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored32 (2.91 per match)
1986 (previous)(next) 1988

The 1987 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the seventh annual single-elimination tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate field hockey among its Division I members in the United States, the culmination of the 1987 NCAA Division I field hockey season.

Contents

Maryland won their first championship, defeating hosts North Carolina in the final, 2–1 after one overtime period. [1]

The championship rounds were held at Navy Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Qualifying

TeamRecordAppearancePrevious
Iowa 16–3–26th1986
Maryland 15–4–12nd1985
Massachusetts 11–5–37th1986
New Hampshire 10–6–15th1986
North Carolina 17–15th1986
Northwestern 13–5–36th1986
Old Dominion 15–4–27th1986
Penn State 14–4–26th1986
Providence 18–0–31stNever
Stanford 10–5–13rd1986
Virginia 12–34th1985
West Chester 18–2–12nd1986

Bracket

First round
November 14
Campus sites
Second round
November 15
Campus sites
Semifinals
November 21
Chapel Hill, NC
Championship
November 22
Chapel Hill, NC
        
Old Dominion 4
Virginia 0
North Carolina 3
Chapel Hill, NC regional
Old Dominion 1
North Carolina3
Massachusetts 0
Massachusetts 2
New Hampshire 0
Providence 1
Durham, NH regional
Massachusetts4
North Carolina 1
Maryland(OT)2
Northwestern 2
Stanford 0
Iowa 1
Iowa City, IA regional
Northwestern 0
Iowa 1
Maryland2
West Chester 2Third place
Penn State 0
Maryland 2Massachusetts 3
West Chester, PA regional
West Chester 1 Iowa 1

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