Michigan Wolverines field hockey

Field hockey has been a varsity sport at the University of Michigan since 1973. From 1978 to 1988 and again from 1992 to the present, Michigan has played in the Big Ten Conference. Between 1989 and 1991, the team played in the Midwestern Collegiate Field Hockey Conference. The team won a number of major championships during the late 1990s and early 2000s, beginning with a Big Ten regular season title in 1997 and a Big Ten tournament championship in 1999. This streak of successes under head coach Marcia Pankratz culminated with the team's first and to date only national championship in 2001.[1] The achievement was the first NCAA title won by a women's sports team at the University of Michigan, and was also just the second time a Midwestern university had claimed the championship after Iowa had done it first in 1986.[4]

Season-by-season results

The 2001 national champion Michigan field hockey team honored at Michigan Stadium on the occasion of their 10-year reunion in 2011.

The 2010 Michigan field hockey team in action at Penn State

The 2012 Michigan field hockey team in action against Ohio State

The 2014 Michigan field hockey team in action against Michigan State

Year	Head Coach	Overall	Pct.	Conf.	Pct.	Conf. Place	Conf. Tourn.	Postseason
1973	Phyllis Weikart	1–3–1	.300	–	–	–	–	–
1974	Phyllis Ocker	2–8	.200	–	–	–	–	–
1975		5–6	.455	–	–	–	–	–
1976		8–3	.727	–	–	–	–	–
1977		7–8–3	.472	–	–	–	–	–
1978	Candy Zientek	11–8	.579	–	–	–	5th	–
1979		13–8–1	.614	–	–	–	2nd	–
1980		11–8	.579	–	–	–	T7th	–
1981		11–8–1	.575	–	–	–	6th	–
1982		13–3	.813	3–2	.600	3rd	–	–
1983	Karen Collins	9–7	.563	3–7	.300	4th	–	–
1984		1–13–5	.184	0–7–3	.150	T5th	–	–
1985		1–14–2	.118	1–8–1	.150	6th	–	–
1986		9–11–1	.452	1–8–1	.150	T5th	–	–
1987		11–6–3	.625	2–6–2	.300	5th	–	–
1988		6–10–4	.400	1–6–1	.188	T4th	–	–
1989	Patti Smith	9–9–2	.500	3–7	.300	4th	–	–
1990		12–7–2	.619	3–6–1	.350	4th	–	–
1991		9–9	.500	4–6	.400	5th	–	–
1992		10–8	.556	3–7	.300	T4th	–	–
1993		13–7	.650	4–6	.400	4th	–	–
1994		9–11	.450	4–6	.400	5th	T5th	–
1995		12–9	.571	4–6	.400	4th	T5th	–
1996	Marcia Pankratz	7–11	.389	2–8	.200	6th	T5th	–
1997		16–6	.727	7–3	.700	T1st	2nd	–
1998		15–6	.714	7–3	.700	2nd	2nd	–
1999		20–7	.741	7–3	.700	3rd	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
2000		19–4	.826	6–0	1.000	1st	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2001		18–5	.783	4–2	.667	3rd	T3rd	NCAA Champion
2002		18–4	.818	6–0	1.000	1st	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2003		17–6	.739	5–1	.833	T1st	3rd	NCAA Final Four
2004		17–6	.739	5–1	.833	T1st	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2005	Nancy Cox	16–8	.667	3–3	.500	T3rd	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2006		11–9	.550	4–2	.667	T2nd	T5th	–
2007		16–7	.696	6–0	1.000	1st	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
2008		8–12	.400	3–3	.500	5th	T5th	–
2009	Marcia Pankratz	7–14	.333	2–4	.333	5th	5th	–
2010	15–7	.682	5–1	.833	T1st	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2011	15–7	.682	5–1	.833	1st	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
2012	15–7	.682	4–2	.667	T2nd	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2013	12–8	.600	4–2	.667	T3rd	T5th	–
2014	13–7	.650	6–2	.750	T2nd	T3rd	–
2015	18–5	.783	7-1	.875	T2nd	T2nd	NCAA Quarterfinal
2016	12–8	.600	5-3	.625	T3rd	T3rd	NCAA First Round
2017	21-3	.875	8-0	1.000	1st	1st	NCAA Final Four
2018	14-7	.667	7-2	.778	T1st	3rd	NCAA Second Round

Season-by-season results through the end of the 2018 season[1][5]

As of February 22, 2018

Phyllis Ocker Field before a game in October 2014

Phyllis Ocker Field as it appeared in August 2013

Michigan has played its home games at Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Field since its construction in 1995. The field is named after Phyllis Ocker, a former University of Michigan educator, field hockey coach, and athletics administrator. Between the end of the 2013 season and the start of the 2014 season, Ocker Field underwent substantial renovations that included the installation of a blue AstroTurf 12 playing surface and a permanent 1,500-seat grandstand, which tripled the stadium's capacity. These renovations also included the installation of floodlights, a video scoreboard, and a new support building that provides for locker rooms, training facilities, coaches' offices, and meeting space as well as a press box and broadcasting booth. The support building was built on the footprint of the former South Ferry Sports Services Building, which had provided similar accommodations since its construction in 1997. A new spectator plaza that includes restrooms, concession facilities, and ticket and marketing booths was also constructed during the 2013–14 renovations.[2]

Built partially on the site of Regents Field, the home of the Michigan football team between 1893 and 1905, Ocker Field was constructed in 1995 jointly with the Michigan Soccer Field. In 1997, the South Ferry Sports Services Building was constructed adjacent to the field, providing locker rooms, training facilities, and storage space for both the field hockey and women's soccer teams.[9] In 2003, Ocker Field's AstroTurf playing surface was upgraded at the cost of $500,000, a sum that was raised from donations from friends and alumni of the field hockey program.[2] Between the 2003 and 2013–14 renovations, the stadium had a seating capacity of 500.[9] In 2010, both the men's and women's soccer teams left the Michigan Soccer Field for the new U-M Soccer Stadium, and football practice fields outside Al Glick Field House have since been built adjacent to Ocker Field.[10][11] Before the construction of Ocker Field, the Michigan field hockey team had played at four other venues on campus: Michigan Stadium (1973–75), Ferry Field (1976–86), the Tartan Turf (1987–90), and Oosterbaan Fieldhouse (1991–94).[9]

• List of NCAA Division I field hockey programs

Media related to Michigan Wolverines field hockey at Wikimedia Commons

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