1982 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament


The 1982 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the second annual single-elimination [NCAA Division I (NCAA)|Division I Field Hockey Championship|tournament] hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate field hockey among its Division I members in the United States, the culmination of the 1982 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
This was the first NCAA Division I tournament held after the migration of all remaining AIAW field hockey programs to the NCAA. With the subsequent obsolescence of the AIAW tournament after the 1981 season, the NCAA tournament expanded its field for the 1982 edition from six to twelve.
Top-seeded Old Dominion defeated defending national champion Connecticut in the final, 3–2, to claim the Lady Monarchs' first national title.

Qualifying

TeamRecordAppearancePrevious
California11–31st-
Connecticut15–22nd1981
Delaware13–4–11st-
Iowa20–11st-
Massachusetts14–3–12nd1981
Northwestern15–41stNever
Old Dominion16–12nd1981
Penn State13–41stNever
Princeton12–2–11stNever
San Jose State13–52nd1981
Temple13–21stNever
Virginia14–41stNever