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.
Delaware defeated North Carolina in the final, 3–2, to win their first national title.
Qualified teams
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.
Automatic qualifiers Conference Champion RecordAmerica EastStanford13–6ACCVirginia15–7Atlantic 10Massachusetts13–7Big EastConnecticut20–1Big TenPenn State17–2CAADelaware19–2IvyHarvard12–5MAACMonmouth17–2MACKent State14–6PatriotAmerican13–6
At-large qualifiers Team Conference Record Boston College ACC 10–9 Duke ACC 15–3 Louisville ACC 15–5 Maryland Big Ten 17–4 Michigan Big Ten 12–7 North Carolina ACC 17–5 Princeton Ivy 10–7 Syracuse ACC 14–3
Bracket
See also NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship
References