The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University, except for the women's basketball team, known as the Lady Lions. The school colors are navy blue and white. The school mascot is the Nittany Lion. The intercollegiate athletics logo was commissioned in 1983.
The Old Dominion Monarchs are composed of 18 intercollegiate athletic teams representing Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, Virginia. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, sailing, soccer, swimming, and tennis. Women's sports include basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, golf, sailing, soccer, swimming, tennis, rowing, and volleyball. The Monarchs compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and are members of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC); the university joined the conference on July 1, 2022.
The Western Michigan Broncos are a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I program representing Western Michigan University (WMU) in college athletics. They compete in the Mid-American Conference in men's baseball, basketball, football, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, cross-country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. The men's ice hockey team competes in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Broncos also have a flight team, the SkyBroncos, who have won the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) National Championship award five times.
The Virginia Wesleyan Marlins sports teams are known as the Marlins. The university plays in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) and is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and Midwest metropolitan areas. The conference was officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference on August 1, 2013, and since then conference members have won NCAA national championships in men's basketball, women's cross country, field hockey, men's lacrosse, and men's soccer. Val Ackerman is the commissioner.
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.
The 1982 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the second women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their first championship, defeating the defending national champion Connecticut Huskies in the final.
The 2012 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the thirty-second women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team from Division I in the United States. The Princeton Tigers won their first championship, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the final. The championship was played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex on the home field of the host Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in Norfolk, Virginia.
The 1983 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the third women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their second consecutive championship, defeating the Connecticut Huskies in the final for the second year in a row.
The 1984 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the fourth women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their third consecutive championship, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the final. The championship rounds were held at Stagg Field in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The 2013 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 33rd women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team from Division I in the United States. The Connecticut Huskies defeated the Duke Blue Devils in the finals to win their third national championship. The championship was played on November 24, 2013 at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex on the home field of the host Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in Norfolk, Virginia.
The 1985 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the fifth women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Connecticut Huskies won their second championship, defeating the three-time defending champions, the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs, in the final. The championship rounds were held at Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia.
The 1988 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the eighth women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their fourth championship, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the final. The championship rounds were held at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The 1989 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the ninth women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first championship, defeating the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in the final. The championship rounds were held at Stagg Field in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The 1990 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the tenth women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their fifth championship, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the final, a rematch of the previous year's final. The championship rounds were held at Bauer Field in Piscataway, New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University.
The 1991 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 11th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their sixth championship, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the final, a rematch of the previous two years' finals. The championship rounds were held at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania on the campus of Villanova University.
The 1992 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 12th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their seventh championship, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the final The championship rounds were held at Cary Street Field in Richmond, Virginia on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
The 1997 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 17th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their third championship, defeating the Old Dominion in the final The championship rounds were held at the George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex in Storrs, Connecticut on the campus of the University of Connecticut.
The 1998 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 18th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion won their third championship, defeating the Princeton Tigers in the final. The championship rounds were held at the Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. It was the final tournament with a twelve-team field before expanding to sixteen teams the following year.
The 2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 36th annual women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I college field hockey in the United States. The semifinals and championship match were played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia from November 18 to 20, 2016.
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