2016 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship

The 2016 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship is the 28th women's collegiate field hockey tournament to determine the top NCAA Division II college field hockey team in the United States. The semifinals and championship match will be played at W.B. Mason Stadium at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts from November 18 to 20, 2016.[1]

2016 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
Country United States
Teams6
ChampionsShippensburg (2nd title)
Runners-upLIU Post
Matches played5
Goals scored12 (2.4 per match)
2014
2016

Shippensburg defeated LIU Post, 2–0, in the final, the Raiders' second national title.

Qualified teams

  • The total number of teams remained fixed at 6. Teams qualified for the tournament based on their regional rankings at the end of the season, with the top three teams from each region making the final bracket.[2]

Bracket

  First Round
November 12, 2016
Campus sites
    Semifinals
November 18, 2016
Easton, MA
    Championship
November 20, 2016
Easton, MA
                           
  East Region     E1 LIU Post 1  
  E2 Saint Anselm* 3     E2 Saint Anselm 0    
  E3 Stonehill 1         E1 LIU Post 1
      A3 Shippensburg 2
  Atlantic Region     A1 Millersville 0    
  A2 East Stroudsburg* 1     A3 Shippensburg 1  
  A3 Shippensburg 2  

See also

References

  1. "2016 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship" (PDF). Ncaa.com. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. "NCAA DII Field Hockey Committee announces tournament field". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
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