Michigan Wolverines field hockey

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University University of Michigan
Conference Big Ten Conference
Head coach Kristi Gannon Fisher
FieldCapacity: 1,500
Location Ann Arbor, Michigan
ColorsMaize and blue [1]
   
NCAA Tournament championships
2001
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
1999, 2020
NCAA Tournament appearances
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024
Conference regular season championships
1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020

The Michigan Wolverines field hockey team is the intercollegiate field hockey program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Michigan field hockey team plays its home games at Phyllis Ocker Field on the university campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan has won one NCAA Championship as well as eleven Big Ten regular season titles and nine Big Ten tournaments since the creation of the field hockey program in 1973. The team is currently coached by Kristi Gannon Fisher.

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History

Field hockey has been a varsity sport at the University of Michigan since 1973. From 1978 to 1988 and again from 1992 to the present, Michigan has played in the Big Ten Conference. Between 1989 and 1991, the team played in the Midwestern Collegiate Field Hockey Conference. The team won a number of major championships during the late 1990s and early 2000s, beginning with a Big Ten regular season title in 1997 and a Big Ten tournament championship in 1999. This streak of successes under head coach Marcia Pankratz culminated with the team's first and to date only national championship in 2001. [2] The achievement was the first NCAA title won by a women's sports team at the University of Michigan, and was also just the second time a Midwestern university had claimed the championship after Iowa had done it first in 1986. [3]

Season-by-season results

The 2001 national champion Michigan field hockey team honored at Michigan Stadium on the occasion of their 10-year reunion in 2011. Minnesota vs. Michigan 2011 06 (2001 field hockey team).jpg
The 2001 national champion Michigan field hockey team honored at Michigan Stadium on the occasion of their 10-year reunion in 2011.
The 2010 Michigan field hockey team in action at Penn State Michigan (115) (5032172288).jpg
The 2010 Michigan field hockey team in action at Penn State
The 2012 Michigan field hockey team in action against Ohio State Ohio State vs. Michigan field hockey 2012 27.jpg
The 2012 Michigan field hockey team in action against Ohio State
The 2014 Michigan field hockey team in action against Michigan State Michigan State vs. Michigan field hockey 2014 44.jpg
The 2014 Michigan field hockey team in action against Michigan State
YearHead CoachOverallPct.Conf.Pct.Conf.
Place		Conf.
Tourn.		Postseason
1973Phyllis Weikart1–3–1.300–––––
1974Phyllis Ocker2–8.200–––––
19755–6.455–––––
19768–3.727–––––
19777–8–3.472–––––
1978Candy Zientek11–8.579–––5th–
197913–8–1.614–––2nd–
198011–8.579–––T7th–
198111–8–1.575–––6th–
198213–3.8133–2.6003rd––
1983Karen Collins9–7.5633–7.3004th––
19841–13–5.1840–7–3.150T5th––
19851–14–2.1181–8–1.1506th––
19869–11–1.4521–8–1.150T5th––
198711–6–3.6252–6–2.3005th––
19886–10–4.4001–6–1.188T4th––
1989Patti Smith9–9–2.5003–7.3004th––
199012–7–2.6193–6–1.3504th––
19919–9.5004–6.4005th––
199210–8.5563–7.300T4th––
199313–7.6504–6.4004th––
19949–11.4504–6.4005thT5th–
199512–9.5714–6.4004thT5th–
1996 Marcia Pankratz 7–11.3892–8.2006thT5th–
199716–6.7277–3.700T1st2nd–
199815–6.7147–3.7002nd2nd–
199920–7.7417–3.7003rd1stNCAA Runner-Up
200019–4.8266–01.0001st1stNCAA Second Round
200118–5.7834–2.6673rdT3rdNCAA Champion
200218–4.8186–01.0001st2ndNCAA First Round
200317–6.7395–1.833T1st3rdNCAA Final Four
200417–6.7395–1.833T1st1stNCAA Second Round
2005Nancy Cox16–8.6673–3.500T3rd1stNCAA Second Round
200611–9.5504–2.667T2ndT5th–
200716–7.6966–01.0001st2ndNCAA Second Round
20088–12.4003–3.5005thT5th–
2009Marcia Pankratz7–14.3332–4.3335th5th–
201015–7.6825–1.833T1st1stNCAA First Round
201115–7.6825–1.8331st2ndNCAA Second Round
201215–7.6824–2.667T2nd2ndNCAA First Round
201312–8.6004–2.667T3rdT5th–
201413–7.6506–2.750T2ndT3rd–
201518–5.7837–1.875T2ndT2ndNCAA Quarterfinal
201612–8.6005–3.625T3rdT3rdNCAA First Round
201721–3.8758–01.0001st1stNCAA Final Four
201814–7.6677–2.778T1st3rdNCAA Second Round
201913–7.6505–3.625T3rdT4thNCAA First Round
202015–3.8336–01.0001st1stNCAA Runner-Up
202116–5.7625–3.625T4th2ndNCAA Second Round
202214–6.7005–3.625T3rd1stNCAA First Round
20239–8.5293–5.3757thT5th–
202415–5.7505–3.6253rd1stNCAA First Round

Season-by-season results through the end of the 2024 season [2]

Coaching Staff

NamePosition coachedConsecutive season at
Michigan in current position
Kristi Gannon Fisher Head coach 1st
Ryan LangfordAssistant coach17th
Leah SettipaneAssistant coach2nd
Reference: [4]

Awards and accolades

National championships

Michigan has accumulated a total of 11 appearances in the NCAA tournament, including three Final Fours. [2] In 2001, the Wolverines won their first NCAA championship by defeating Maryland in the final by a score of 2–0. The victory made them the first women's team at the university to win a national championship, as well as the second field hockey team from the Midwest to earn the title, after Iowa in 1986. [3]

YearCoachOpponentScoreRecord
2001 Marcia Pankratz Maryland Terrapins 2–018–5

Conference championships

Michigan has won eleven conference titles, all of them in the Big Ten Conference and all but one under the leadership of head coach Marcia Pankratz. [2]

YearCoachConference RecordOverall RecordConferenceNCAA Result
1997 Marcia Pankratz 7–316–6 Big Ten –
20006–019–4Big TenNCAA Second Round
20026–018–4Big TenNCAA First Round
20035–117–6Big TenNCAA Final Four
20045–117–6Big TenNCAA Second Round
2007Nancy Cox6–016–7Big TenNCAA Second Round
2010Marcia Pankratz5–115–7Big TenNCAA First Round
20115–115–7Big TenNCAA Second Round
20178–021–3Big TenNCAA Final Four
20187–214–7Big TenNCAA Second Round
20206–015–3Big TenNCAA Runner-Up
11 Big Ten Championships

Conference Tournament Championships

SeasonConferenceHead coach
1999 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2000Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
2004Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
2005Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
2010Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
2017Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
2020Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
2022Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
2024Big Ten ConferenceMarcia Pankratz
9 Big Ten Tournament Championships

All-Americans

Key

  First-team selection 

  Second-team selection 

  Third-team selection 

Awards and accolades through the end of the 2024 season [2] [5] [6]

Stadium

Phyllis Ocker Field before a game in October 2014 Michigan State vs. Michigan field hockey 2014 05.jpg
Phyllis Ocker Field before a game in October 2014

Michigan has played its home games at Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Field since its construction in 1995. The field is named after Phyllis Ocker, a former University of Michigan teacher, field hockey coach, and athletics administrator. In 2003, Ocker Field's AstroTurf playing surface was upgraded at the cost of $500,000. [7] Between the end of the 2013 season and the start of the 2014 season, Ocker Field underwent substantial renovations that included the installation of a blue AstroTurf 12 playing surface and a permanent 1,500-seat grandstand, which tripled the stadium's capacity. [7] In 2017 Ocker Field received a new playing surface with the installation of a Poligras Platinum CoolPlus field. Between the 2003 and 2014 renovations, the stadium had a seating capacity of 500. [8] Before the construction of Ocker Field, the Michigan field hockey team had played at four other venues on campus: Michigan Stadium (1973–75), Ferry Field (1976–86), the Tartan Turf (1987–90), and Oosterbaan Fieldhouse (1991–94). [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "University of Michigan Style Guide: Colors". July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Michigan Field Hockey Year-by-Year Results". mgoblue.com. January 5, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Thomas, Paul. "Tasch Backstops U-M to First Women's NCAA Team Title". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Michigan Field Hockey Coaches". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Michigan Field Hockey Record Book" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Eleven Big Ten Players Earn NFHCA All-America Honors". BTN.com. Big Ten Network. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Field". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Field". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

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