| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country |  United States | ||
| City |  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Dates | November 12–20, 1988 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Franklin Field | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Old Dominion (4th title) | ||
| Runner-up | Iowa | ||
| Third place | Northeastern | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 11 | ||
| Goals scored | 38 (3.45 per match) | ||
| |||
The 1988 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the eighth 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 1988 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
Old Dominion won their fourth championship, defeating Iowa in the final, 2–1.
The championship rounds were held at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Qualifying
Main article: 1988 NCAA Division I field hockey season| Team | Record | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chico State | 7–5–3 | 1st | Never |
| Connecticut | 14–3–1 | 7th | 1986 |
| Delaware | 16–2–2 | 2nd | 1982 |
| Iowa | 16–5 | 7th | 1987 |
| Maryland | 11–8–2 | 3rd | 1987 |
| Massachusetts | 17–2–1 | 8th | 1987 |
| North Carolina | 17–1 | 6th | 1987 |
| Northeastern | 13–3–2 | 1st | Never |
| Northwestern | 17–1–1 | 7th | 1987 |
| Old Dominion | 23–1 | 8th | 1987 |
| Penn | 13–1–1 | 3rd | 1986 |
| Penn State | 14–5–1 | 7th | 1987 |
Bracket
| First round November 12 Campus sites | Second round November 13 Campus sites | Semifinals November 19 Philadelphia, PA | Championship November 20 Philadelphia, PA | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Norfolk, VA regional | |||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn (3OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia, PA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa City, IA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Iowa (OT) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 1 | Penn | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Amherst, MA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 2 | Northeastern | 1 | ||||||||||||
See also
References
- "DIVISION I FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
| NCAA Division I field hockey tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaments |
| ||||
| Statistics | |||||