The 1989 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the ninth 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 1989 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country |  United States | ||
| City |  Springfield, Massachusetts | ||
| Dates | November 12–20, 1989 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Stagg Field | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | North Carolina (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | Old Dominion | ||
| Third place | Northwestern | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 11 | ||
| Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) | ||
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North Carolina won their first championship, defeating Old Dominion in the final, 2–1 after three overtimes and a penalty shoot-out.[1]
The championship rounds were held at Stagg Field in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Qualifying
edit| Team | Record | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University | 13–4–1 | 2nd | 1985 |
| Iowa | 18–0–2 | 8th | 1988 |
| Massachusetts | 14–5–2 | 9th | 1988 |
| New Hampshire | 14–4 | 6th | 1987 |
| North Carolina | 17–2 | 7th | 1988 |
| Northeastern | 14–5–2 | 2nd | 1988 |
| Northwestern | 16–3–1 | 8th | 1988 |
| Old Dominion | 22–1 | 9th | 1988 |
| Pacific | 9–5–1 | 1st | Never |
| Penn | 11–3–1 | 4th | 1988 |
| Penn State | 18–2–1 | 8th | 1988 |
| Providence | 20–2 | 2nd | 1987 |
Bracket
edit| First round November 12 Campus sites | Second round November 13 Campus sites | Semifinals November 19 Springfield, MA | Championship November 20 Springfield, MA | ||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 1† | ||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Boston, MA (BU) regional | |||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 1* | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia, PA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2† | ||||||||||||||
| Providence | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa City, IA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Providence | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | Northwestern | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Boston, MA (NU) regional | |||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 1 | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||
- † = Penalty shoot-out
- * = Overtime period
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "DIVISION I FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 1 August 2023.