AIAW field hockey tournament

The AIAW field hockey tournament was an annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women between 1975 and 1981 to determine the national champion of women's collegiate field hockey among its members programs in the United States. Between 1979 and 1981, separate tournaments were held for the teams falling into the AIAW's three divisions.^[1]

AIAW field hockey tournament

Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1975
Ceased	1982
Replaced by	NCAA tournament
Country	United States
Most titles	West Chester State (4)

Champions

Single division

• Co-sponsored 1975–78 by the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA)

AIAW field hockey tournament
Year	Stadium		Championship
			Champion	Score	Runner-Up
1975 Details	Harrisonburg, VA		West Chester State	4–3 (2OT)	Ursinus
1976 Details	West Chester, PA		West Chester State (2)	2–0	Ursinus
1977 Details	Denver, CO		West Chester State (3)	1–0	Ursinus
1978 Details	Ellensburg, WA		West Chester State (4)	3–0	Delaware

Division I

AIAW Division I field hockey tournament
Year	Stadium		Championship
			Champion	Score	Runner-Up
1979 Details	Princeton, NJ		Long Beach State	2–0	Penn State
1980 Details	Carbondale, IL		Penn State	2–1	California
1981 Details	Berkeley, CA		Penn State (2)	5–1	Temple

Division II

• 1979 Southwest Missouri State def. Colgate (New York) 2-0
• 1980 La Salle (Pennsylvania) def. Southwest Missouri State 3-2
• 1981 Lock Haven (Pennsylvania) def. Syracuse 2-0

Division III

• 1979 Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) def. Franklin & Marshall (Pennsylvania) 1-0
• 1980 Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) def. Hartwick (New York) 1-0 (ps)
• 1981 Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) def. Lynchburg (Virginia) 3-2

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Field Hockey Champions
• NCAA Division I field hockey tournament (began 1981)
• NCAA Division II field hockey tournament (began 1981)
• NCAA Division III field hockey tournament (began 1981)
• USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame