| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country |  United States | ||
| City |  Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||
| Dates | November 14–22, 1987 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Navy Field | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Maryland (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | North Carolina | ||
| Third place | Massachusetts | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 11 | ||
| Goals scored | 32 (2.91 per match) | ||
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The 1987 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the seventh annual single-elimination 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 1987 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
Maryland won their first championship, defeating hosts North Carolina in the final, 2–1 after one overtime period.[1]
The championship rounds were held at Navy FieldinChapel Hill, North Carolina.
| Team | Record | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 16–3–2 | 6th | 1986 |
| Maryland | 15–4–1 | 2nd | 1985 |
| Massachusetts | 11–5–3 | 7th | 1986 |
| New Hampshire | 10–6–1 | 5th | 1986 |
| North Carolina | 17–1 | 5th | 1986 |
| Northwestern | 13–5–3 | 6th | 1986 |
| Old Dominion | 15–4–2 | 7th | 1986 |
| Penn State | 14–4–2 | 6th | 1986 |
| Providence | 18–0–3 | 1st | Never |
| Stanford | 10–5–1 | 3rd | 1986 |
| Virginia | 12–3 | 4th | 1985 |
| West Chester | 18–2–1 | 2nd | 1986 |
| First round November 14 Campus sites | Second round November 15 Campus sites | Semifinals November 21 Chapel Hill, NC | Championship November 22 Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Chapel Hill, NC regional | |||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Providence | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Durham, NH regional | |||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland (OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa City, IA regional | |||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| West Chester | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | Massachusetts | 3 | ||||||||||||
| West Chester, PA regional | |||||||||||||||
| West Chester | 1 | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||
