The 1986 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the sixth 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 1986 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country |  United States | ||
| City |  Norfolk, Virginia | ||
| Dates | November 15–23, 1986 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Foreman Field | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Iowa (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | New Hampshire | ||
| Third place | North Carolina | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 11 | ||
| Goals scored | 33 (3 per match) | ||
| |||
Iowa won their first championship, defeating New Hampshire in the final.[1]
The championship rounds were held at Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia for the second straight year.
Qualifying
edit| Team | Record | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 12–3–3 | 6th | 1985 |
| Iowa | 16–2–1 | 5th | 1985 |
| Massachusetts | 16–3–1 | 6th | 1985 |
| New Hampshire | 15–2 | 4th | 1985 |
| North Carolina | 17–2 | 4th | 1985 |
| Northwestern | 14–3–2 | 5th | 1985 |
| Old Dominion | 18–1–2 | 6th | 1985 |
| Penn | 12–3 | 2nd | 1983 |
| Penn State | 16–3–2 | 5th | 1985 |
| Rutgers | 13–5–2 | 2nd | 1984 |
| Stanford | 11–4–1 | 2nd | 1985 |
| West Chester | 16–4 | 1st | Never |
Bracket
edit| First round November 15 Campus sites | Second round November 16 Campus sites | Semifinals November 22 Norfolk, VA | Championship November 23 Norfolk, VA | ||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 3‡ | ||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Piscataway, NJ regional | |||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Storrs, CT regional | |||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2** | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa City, IA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 2‡ | Third place | |||||||||||||
| West Chester | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 0 | North Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||
| State College, PA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||
- * indicates overtime period
- ‡ indicates penalty shoot-out
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "DIVISION I FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2023.