2016 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

The 2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 36th annual women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I college field hockey in the United States. The semifinals and championship match were played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia from November 18th through 20th, 2016.[1]

2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsDelaware (1st title)
Runner-upNorth Carolina (17th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored68 (4 per match)
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Delaware defeated North Carolina in the final, 3–2, to win their first national title.

Qualified teams

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  • A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2016 tournament, the same number of teams as 2015. 10 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 8 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.[2]

Bracket

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Play-In round
November 9, 2016
Campus sites
First round
November 12, 2016
Campus sites
Second round
November 13, 2016
Campus sites
Semifinals
November 18, 2016
Norfolk, Virginia
L.R. Hill Complex
Championship
November 20, 2016
Norfolk, Virginia
L.R. Hill Complex
               
1 Duke* 3
American 0
American* 2
Kent State 1
1 Duke 2
Delaware 3
Louisville 0
Delaware* 1
Delaware 3
Princeton 2
Virginia* 2
Michigan 1
Virginia 2
Princeton 3
Princeton 2
4 Penn State* 1
Delaware 3
North Carolina 2
3 Syracuse* 5
Harvard 1
3 Syracuse 2
Connecticut 3
Boston College 0
Connecticut* 5
Connecticut 1
North Carolina(OT) 2
North Carolina* 3
Stanford 0
North Carolina 3
2 Maryland 0
Monmouth* 3
Massachusetts 4
Massachusetts 1
2 Maryland* 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  2. ^ "NCAA DI Field Hockey committee selects championship bracket". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.