NCAA Division II field hockey tournament

NCAA Division II field hockey tournament

Founded	1981;44 years ago (1981)
Region	United States
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Saint Anselm (1st)
Most successful club(s)	Bloomsburg (13)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com

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]

Between 1984 and 1991, Division II teams competed in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship.

The most successful team are the Bloomsburg Huskies, with thirteen titles. Saint Anselm are the current champions, winning their first national title in 2024.

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

Currently, eight teams compete in each national championship tournament. The first round is typically played on the campus of the higher-seeded teams, and the semifinal and championship rounds are held at a pre-determined site.

Results

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 Details	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 Details			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 Details	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 Details	Pensacola, FL		Bloomsburg(10)	2–1	Bentley
2007 Details	Lowell, MA (UMass Lowell)		Bloomsburg(11)	5–2	UMass Lowell
2008 Details	Bloomsburg, PA (Bloomsburg)		Bloomsburg(12)	6–2
2009 Details	North Easton, MA (Stonehill)		Bloomsburg(13)	3–2
2010 Details	Louisville, KY (Bellarmine)		UMass Lowell(2)	1–0	Shippensburg
2011 Details	Bloomsburg, PA (Bloomsburg)		West Chester	2–1	UMass Lowell
2012 Details	Lowell, MA (UMass Lowell)		West Chester(2)	5–0
2013 Details	Norfolk, VA (Old Dominion)		Shippensburg	2–1 (OT)	LIU Post
2014 Details	Louisville, KY (Bellarmine)		Millersville	1–0
2015 Details	Bloomsburg, PA (Bloomsburg)		East Stroudsburg	1–0	Merrimack
2016 Details	North Easton, MA (Stonehill)		Shippensburg (2)	2-1	LIU Post
2017 Details	Louisville, KY (Bellarmine)		Shippensburg(3)	4–1
2018 Details	Pittsburgh, PA (Duquesne)		Shippensburg(4)	1–0	East Stroudsburg
2019 Details	Millersville, PA (Millersville)		West Chester(3)	2–1	Saint Anselm
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details	Millersville, PA (Millersville)		Shippensburg(5)	3–0	West Chester
2022 Details	Seattle, WA (Seattle Pacific)		East Stroudsburg(2)	1–0	Shippensburg
2023 Details	Manchester, NH (Saint Anselm)		Kutztown	2–1	East Stroudsburg
2024 Details	Gaffney, SC (Limestone)		Saint Anselm	1–0	Kutztown
2025 Details	Bloomsburg, PA (Bloomsburg)

Champions

Saint Anselm

Bentley

Kutztown

Millersville

UML

Pfeiffer

Bloom.

Lock Haven

Shippensburg

ESU

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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
Saint Anselm	1	2024
Kutztown	1	2023
Millersville	1	2014
Bentley	1	2001

Former Division II

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

See also

• NCAA Division I field hockey tournament
• NCAA Division III field hockey tournament
• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Field Hockey Champions
• USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame

References

1. "DIVISION II FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

External links

• NCAA Division II field hockey