2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

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 18 to 20, 2016.[1]

2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Country	United States
Teams	18
Champions	Delaware (1st title)
Runners-up	North Carolina (17th title match)
Matches played	17
Goals scored	68 (4 per match)
← 2015 2017 →

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.[2]

Automatic qualifiers Conference Champion Record America East Stanford 13–6 ACC Virginia 15–7 Atlantic 10 Massachusetts 13–7 Big East Connecticut 20–1 Big Ten Penn State 17–2 CAA Delaware 19–2 Ivy Harvard 12–5 MAAC Monmouth 17–2 MAC Kent State 14–6 Patriot American 13–6

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

	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

• NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

References

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.