| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country |  United States | ||
| City |  Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Dates | November 10–20, 1994 | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Parsons Field | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | James Madison (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | North Carolina | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 11 | ||
| Goals scored | 41 (3.73 per match) | ||
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The 1994 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the 14th 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 1994 NCAA Division I field hockey season.
James Madison won their first championship, defeating North Carolina in the final, 2–1 after two overtime periods and a penalty stroke shoot-out.[1]
The championship rounds were held at Parsons Field on the campus of Northeastern UniversityinBrookline, Massachusetts.
Two teams made their first appearances in the NCAA Division I field hockey tournament: Boston College and Ohio State.
| Team | Record | Appearance | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State | 18–1–2 | 2nd | 1992 |
| Boston College | 14–5–2 | 1st | Never |
| California | 7–5–1 | 5th | 1993 |
| Iowa | 13–7 | 13th | 1993 |
| James Madison | 17–3–1 | 2nd | 1993 |
| North Carolina | 19–1 | 12th | 1993 |
| Northeastern | 16–4–1 | 6th | 1992 |
| Northwestern | 14–3–2 | 12th | 1993 |
| Ohio State | 14–6 | 1st | Never |
| Old Dominion | 17–5–1 | 14th | 1993 |
| Penn State | 12–6–2 | 13th | 1993 |
| Princeton | 12–3 | 2nd | 1982 |
| First round November 10 Campus sites | Second round November 13 Campus sites | Semifinals November 19 Boston, MA | Championship November 20 Boston, MA | ||||||||||||
| Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern* | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina* | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa* | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion* | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 2**† | ||||||||||||||
| Ball State* | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern* | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State* | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Madison* | 1** | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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1994–95 NCAA Division I championships
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