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.
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. Shippensburg are the current champions, winning their sixth national title in 2025.
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 tournamentYear Site(Host Team)Championship ResultsChampionScoreRunner-up1981Details Misenheimer, NC(Pfeiffer) Pfeiffer 5–3 Bentley1982Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) Lock Haven 4–1 Bloomsburg1983Details Lock Haven, PA(Lock Haven) Bloomsburg 1–0 Lock Haven1984–1991 Not held1992Details Lock Haven, PA(Lock Haven) Lock Haven (2) 3–1 Bloomsburg1993Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) Bloomsburg (2) 2–1(2 OTPS) Lock Haven1994Details Lock Haven, PA(Lock Haven) Lock Haven (3) 2–1 Bloomsburg1995Details Lock Haven (4) 1–01996Details Bloomsburg (3) 1–0 Lock Haven1997Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) Bloomsburg (4) 2–0 Kutztown1998Details Lock Haven, PA(Lock Haven) Bloomsburg (5) 4–3(OT) Lock Haven1999Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) Bloomsburg (6) 2–0 Bentley2000Details Lock Haven, PA(Lock Haven) Lock Haven 2–02001Details Waltham, MA(Bentley) Bentley 4–2 East Stroudsburg2002Details Lock Haven, PA(Lock Haven) Bloomsburg (7) 5–0 Bentley2003Details Lowell, MA(UMass Lowell) Bloomsburg (8) 4–1 UMass Lowell2004Details Bloomsburg (9) 3–2(OT) Bentley2005Details Shippensburg, PA(Shippensburg) UMass Lowell 2–1(2OT) Bloomsburg2006Details Pensacola, FL Bloomsburg (10) 2–1 Bentley2007Details Lowell, MA(UMass Lowell) Bloomsburg (11)5–2 UMass Lowell2008Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) Bloomsburg (12) 6–22009Details North Easton, MA(Stonehill) Bloomsburg (13) 3–22010Details Louisville, KY(Bellarmine) UMass Lowell (2) 1–0 Shippensburg2011Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) West Chester 2–1 UMass Lowell2012Details Lowell, MA(UMass Lowell) West Chester (2) 5–02013Details Norfolk, VA(Old Dominion) Shippensburg 2–1(OT) LIU Post2014Details Louisville, KY(Bellarmine) Millersville 1–02015Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) East Stroudsburg 1–0 Merrimack2016Details North Easton, MA(Stonehill)Shippensburg (2) 2-1 LIU Post2017Details Louisville, KY(Bellarmine)Shippensburg (3)4–12018Details Pittsburgh, PA(Duquesne)Shippensburg (4)1–0 East Stroudsburg2019Details Millersville, PA(Millersville) West Chester (3) 2–1 Saint Anselm2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Details Millersville, PA(Millersville) Shippensburg (5) 3–0 West Chester2022Details Seattle, WA(Seattle Pacific) East Stroudsburg (2) 1–0 Shippensburg2023Details Manchester, NH(Saint Anselm) Kutztown 2–1 East Stroudsburg2024Details Gaffney, SC(Limestone) Saint Anselm 1–0 Kutztown2025Details Bloomsburg, PA(Bloomsburg) Shippensburg 3–2(OT) Newberry2026 Kansas City, MO(Pembroke Hill)2027 Wingate, NC(Wingate)
Champions
SchoolTitlesYears 131983, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 62013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2025 5 1982, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000 22015, 2022 12024 12023 12014 12001
Former Division II SchoolTitlesYears 22005, 2010 11981
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
External links NCAA Division II field hockey