2016 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

The 2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 36th annual women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I college field hockey in the United States. The semifinals and championship match were played at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia from November 18th through 20th, 2016.

2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Delaware (1st title)
Runner-up	North Carolina (17th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	68 (4 per match)

Delaware defeated North Carolina in the final, 3–2, to win their first national title.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I field hockey season

• A total of 18 teams qualified for the 2016 tournament, the same number of teams as 2015. 10 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 8 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Champion	Record
America East	Stanford	13–6
ACC	Virginia	15–7
Atlantic 10	Massachusetts	13–7
Big East	Connecticut	20–1
Big Ten	Penn State	17–2
CAA	Delaware	19–2
Ivy	Harvard	12–5
MAAC	Monmouth	17–2
MAC	Kent State	14–6
Patriot	American	13–6

At-large qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record
Boston College	ACC	10–9
Duke	ACC	15–3
Louisville	ACC	15–5
Maryland	Big Ten	17–4
Michigan	Big Ten	12–7
North Carolina	ACC	17–5
Princeton	Ivy	10–7
Syracuse	ACC	14–3

Bracket

	Play-In round November 9, 2016 Campus sites					First round November 12, 2016 Campus sites					Second round November 13, 2016 Campus sites					Semifinals November 18, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex					Championship November 20, 2016 Norfolk, Virginia L.R. Hill Complex
						1	Duke*	3
							American	0
		American*	2
		Kent State	1
											1	Duke	2
												Delaware	3
							Louisville	0
							Delaware*	1
																	Delaware	3
																	Princeton	2
							Virginia*	2
							Michigan	1
												Virginia	2
												Princeton	3
							Princeton	2
						4	Penn State*	1
																						Delaware	3
																						North Carolina	2
						3	Syracuse*	5
							Harvard	1
											3	Syracuse	2
												Connecticut	3
							Boston College	0
							Connecticut*	5
																	Connecticut	1
																	North Carolina(OT)	2
							North Carolina*	3
							Stanford	0
												North Carolina	3
											2	Maryland	0
		Monmouth*	3
		Massachusetts	4
							Massachusetts	1
						2	Maryland*	2

See also

• NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship
• NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship