The 1991 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the 11th 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 1991 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country |  United States | ||
| City |  Villanova, Pennsylvania | ||
| Dates | November 14–24, 1991 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Villanova Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Old Dominion (6th title) | ||
| Runner-up | North Carolina | ||
| Third place | Maryland | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 11 | ||
| Goals scored | 33 (3 per match) | ||
| |||
In a rematch of the previous two years' finals, Old Dominion won their sixth championship, defeating North Carolina in the final, 2–0.[1]
The championship rounds were held at Villanova Stadium on the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Qualifying
edit| Team | Record | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University | 13–6–1 | 3rd | 1989 |
| Harvard | 13–2–2 | 1st | Never |
| Iowa | 16–1–1 | 10th | 1990 |
| Maryland | 15–4–1 | 5th | 1990 |
| Massachusetts | 14–6–1 | 11th | 1990 |
| North Carolina | 13–5–1 | 9th | 1990 |
| Northeastern | 11–8–1 | 4th | 1990 |
| Northwestern | 12–6–1 | 10th | 1990 |
| Old Dominion | 23–0 | 11th | 1990 |
| Penn State | 17–1–1 | 10th | 1990 |
| Stanford | 10–3 | 5th | 1990 |
| Temple | 15–4–2 | 5th | 1990 |
Bracket
edit| First round November 14 Campus sites | Second round November 17 Campus sites | Semifinals November 23 Villanova, PA | Championship November 24 Villanova, PA | ||||||||||||
| Northeastern* | 2** | ||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion* | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa* | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland* | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Temple* | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina* | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Temple | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Boston University* | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Harvard | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State* | 3 | Maryland | 2* | ||||||||||||
| Boston University | 0 | Penn State | 1 | ||||||||||||
- † = Penalty shoot-out
- * = Overtime period
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "DIVISION I FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 4 August 2023.