| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country |  United States | ||
| City |  Norfolk, Virginia | ||
| Dates | November 15–23, 1986 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Foreman Field | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Iowa (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | New Hampshire | ||
| Third place | North Carolina | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 11 | ||
| Goals scored | 33 (3 per match) | ||
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The 1986 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the sixth 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 1986 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
Iowa won their first championship, defeating New Hampshire in the final.
The championship rounds were held at Foreman Field in Norfolk, Virginia for the second straight year.
Qualifying
Main article: 1986 NCAA Division I field hockey season| Team | Record | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 12–3–3 | 6th | 1985 |
| Iowa | 16–2–1 | 5th | 1985 |
| Massachusetts | 16–3–1 | 6th | 1985 |
| New Hampshire | 15–2 | 4th | 1985 |
| North Carolina | 17–2 | 4th | 1985 |
| Northwestern | 14–3–2 | 5th | 1985 |
| Old Dominion | 18–1–2 | 6th | 1985 |
| Penn | 12–3 | 2nd | 1983 |
| Penn State | 16–3–2 | 5th | 1985 |
| Rutgers | 13–5–2 | 2nd | 1984 |
| Stanford | 11–4–1 | 2nd | 1985 |
| West Chester | 16–4 | 1st | Never |
Bracket
| First round November 15 Campus sites | Second round November 16 Campus sites | Semifinals November 22 Norfolk, VA | Championship November 23 Norfolk, VA | ||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 3‡ | ||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Piscataway, NJ regional | |||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Storrs, CT regional | |||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2** | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa City, IA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 2‡ | Third place | |||||||||||||
| West Chester | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 0 | North Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||
| State College, PA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||
- * indicates overtime period
- ‡ indicates penalty shoot-out
See also
References
- "DIVISION I FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 5. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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