Kutztown has won the 2023 Division II field hockey championship by knocking off defending champion East Stroudsburg 2-1 at Grappone Stadium in Manchester, NH.
Kutztown fell behind early after surrendering a goal to Lia Parker in the first period. But Jillian Buchman tied the game just before the end of the third period. Less than 10 minutes remained in regulation when Greenleigh McGehee put Kutztown ahead for good.
Sunday's title is the first in the history of the program. Kutztown previously advanced to the championship game in 1997, but that squad fell short to Bloomsburg.
2023 NCAA DII field hockey bracket
2023 NCAA DII field hockey schedule
Championship
First Round
Semifinals
NCAA DII field hockey championship history
Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
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2022 | East Stroudsburg (20-2) | Sandy Miller | 1-0 | Shippensburg | Renton, Wash. |
2021 | Shippensburg | Tara Zollinger | 3-0 | West Chester | Millersville |
2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2019 | West Chester (20-1) | Amy Cohen | 2-1 | Saint Anselm | Millersville |
2018 | Shippensburg (19-4) | Tara Zollinger | 1-0 (OT) | East Stroudsburg | Pittsburgh |
2017 | Shippensburg (17-4) | Tara Zollinger | 4-1 | LIU Post | Louisville |
2016 | Shippensburg (20-3) | Bertie Landes | 2-1 | LIU Post | Stonehill |
2015 | (18-3) | Sandy Miller | 1-0 | Merrimack | Bloomsburg |
2014 | Millersville (20-3) | Shelly Behrens | 1-0 | LIU Post | Louisville |
2013 | Shippensburg (20-1) | Bertie Landes | 2-1 (OT) | LIU Post | Old Dominion |
2012 | West Chester (20-2) | Amy Cohen | 5-0 | Mass-Lowell | Mass-Lowell |
2011 | West Chester (17-4) | Amy Cohen | 2-1 | Mass-Lowell | Bloomsburg |
2010 | Mass-Lowell (24-0) | Shannon Hlebichuk | 1-0 | Shippensburg | Bellarmine |
2009 | Bloomsburg (22-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 3-2 | Mass-Lowell | Stonehill |
2008 | Bloomsburg (23-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 6-2 | Mass-Lowell | Bloomsburg |
2007 | Bloomsburg (21-4) | Jan Hutchinson | 5-2 | Mass-Lowell | Mass-Lowell |
2006 | Bloomsburg (24-0) | Jan Hutchinson | 1-0 | Bentley | Pensacola, Fla. |
2005 | Mass-Lowell (20-3) | Shannon Hlebichuk | 2-1 (2ot)* | Bloomsburg | Shippensburg |
2004 | Bloomsburg (21-3) | Jan Hutchinson | 3-2 (ot) | Bentley | Mass-Lowell |
2003 | Bloomsburg (22-2) | Jan Hutchinson | 4-1 | Mass-Lowell | Mass-Lowell |
2002 | Bloomsburg (21-0) | Jan Hutchinson | 5-0 | Bentley | Lock Haven |
2001 | Bentley (22-1) | Kelly McGowan | 4-2 | East Stroudsburg | Bentley |
2000 | Lock Haven (21-2) | Pat Rudy | 2-0 | Bentley | Lock Haven |
1999 | Bloomsburg (19-0) | Jan Hutchinson | 2-0 | Bentley | Bloomsburg |
1998 | Bloomsburg (21-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 4-3 (ot) | Lock Haven | Lock Haven |
1997 | Bloomsburg (20-3) | Jan Hutchinson | 2-0 | Kutztown | Bloomsburg |
1996 | Bloomsburg (19-2) | Jan Hutchinson | 1-0 | Lock Haven | Lock Haven |
1995 | Lock Haven (20-0) | Sharon Taylor | 1-0 | Bloomsburg | Lock Haven |
1994 | Lock Haven (18-2) | Sharon Taylor | 2-1 | Bloomsburg | Lock Haven |
1993 | Bloomsburg (16-2-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 2-1 (2ot)* | Lock Haven | Bloomsburg |
1992 | Lock Haven (15-5-1) | Sharon Taylor | 3-1 | Bloomsburg | Lock Haven |
1983 | Bloomsburg (16-2-1) | Jan Hutchinson | 1-0 | Lock Haven | Lock Haven |
1982 | Lock Haven (16-1) | Sharon Taylor | 4-1 | Bloomsburg | Bloomsburg |
1981 | Pfeiffer (9-4) | Ellen Briggs | 5-3 | Bentley | Pfeiffer |