1981 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

The 1981 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship was the first annual NCAA-sponsored tournament to determine the top Division III women's college field hockey team in the United States.[1]

1981 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship
Country United States
Teams6
ChampionsTrenton State
1st title
Runners-upFranklin & Marshall
1st title match
Matches played5
Goals scored16 (3.2 per match)
1982

The semifinals and championship of the inaugural event were played at Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Trenton State (now TCNJ) defeated Franklin & Marshall in the final, 2–0, to win their first national title.

Qualified teams

  • Six teams qualified for the inaugural tournament.
Team Record Appearance
Elizabethtown 9–5–1 1st
Franklin & Marshall 8–5–1 1st
Frostburg State 7–3–3 1st
Trenton State 13–0–2 1st
Westfield State 9–4–3 1st
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 20–3–0 1st

Bracket

  Opening Round
November 14, 1981
Campus sites
Semifinals
November 20, 1981
Westfield, MA
Championship
November 21, 1981
Westfield, MA
 
 
Trenton State 2
Westfield State 1
Westfield State 2
* Frostburg State 1
Trenton State 2
Franklin & Marshall 0
* Elizabethtown 2
UW–Stevens Point 0
Elizabethtown 0 Third-place
Franklin & Marshall 1
  Westfield State (2OT) 3
  Elizabethtown 2

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship History" (PDF). Ncaa.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
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