2016 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

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2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Teams18
Final positions
Champions Delaware (1st title)
Runner-up North Carolina (17th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored68 (4 per match)
  2015
2017  

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. [1]

Contents

Delaware defeated North Carolina in the final, 3–2, to win their first national title.

Qualified teams

Bracket

Play-In round
November 9, 2016
Campus sites
First round
November 12, 2016
Campus sites
Second round
November 13, 2016
Campus sites
Semifinals
November 18, 2016
Norfolk, Virginia
L.R. Hill Complex
Championship
November 20, 2016
Norfolk, Virginia
L.R. Hill Complex
               
1 Duke * 3
American 0
American * 2
Kent State 1
1 Duke 2
Delaware 3
Louisville 0
Delaware * 1
Delaware 3
Princeton 2
Virginia * 2
Michigan 1
Virginia 2
Princeton 3
Princeton 2
4 Penn State* 1
Delaware 3
North Carolina 2
3 Syracuse * 5
Harvard 1
3 Syracuse 2
Connecticut 3
Boston College 0
Connecticut * 5
Connecticut 1
North Carolina(OT)2
North Carolina * 3
Stanford 0
North Carolina 3
2 Maryland 0
Monmouth* 3
Massachusetts 4
Massachusetts 1
2 Maryland * 2

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References

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  2. "NCAA DI Field Hockey committee selects championship bracket". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.