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UniversityUniversity of Michigan
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Head coachMarcia Pankratz
FieldCapacity: 1,500
LocationAnn Arbor, Michigan
ColorsMaize and blue[1]
   
NCAA Tournament championships
2001
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
1999, 2020
NCAA Tournament appearances
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2020, 2022
Conference regular season championships
1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020

The Michigan Wolverines field hockey team is the intercollegiate field hockey program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Michigan field hockey team plays its home games at Phyllis Ocker Field on the university campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan has won one NCAA Championship as well as eleven Big Ten regular season titles and eight Big Ten tournaments since the creation of the field hockey program in 1973. The team is currently coached by Marcia Pankratz.

History

Field hockey has been a varsity sport at the University of Michigan since 1973. From 1978 to 1988 and again from 1992 to the present, Michigan has played in the Big Ten Conference. Between 1989 and 1991, the team played in the Midwestern Collegiate Field Hockey Conference. The team won a number of major championships during the late 1990s and early 2000s, beginning with a Big Ten regular season title in 1997 and a Big Ten tournament championship in 1999. This streak of successes under head coach Marcia Pankratz culminated with the team's first and to date only national championship in 2001.[2] The achievement was the first NCAA title won by a women's sports team at the University of Michigan, and was also just the second time a Midwestern university had claimed the championship after Iowa had done it first in 1986.[3]

Season-by-season results

The 2001 national champion Michigan field hockey team honored at Michigan Stadium on the occasion of their 10-year reunion in 2011.
The 2010 Michigan field hockey team in action at Penn State
The 2012 Michigan field hockey team in action against Ohio State
The 2014 Michigan field hockey team in action against Michigan State
Year Head Coach Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Conf.
Place 		Conf.
Tourn. 		Postseason
1973 Phyllis Weikart 1–3–1 .300 – – – – –
1974 Phyllis Ocker 2–8 .200 – – – – –
1975 5–6 .455 – – – – –
1976 8–3 .727 – – – – –
1977 7–8–3 .472 – – – – –
1978 Candy Zientek 11–8 .579 – – – 5th –
1979 13–8–1 .614 – – – 2nd –
1980 11–8 .579 – – – T7th –
1981 11–8–1 .575 – – – 6th –
1982 13–3 .813 3–2 .600 3rd – –
1983 Karen Collins 9–7 .563 3–7 .300 4th – –
1984 1–13–5 .184 0–7–3 .150 T5th – –
1985 1–14–2 .118 1–8–1 .150 6th – –
1986 9–11–1 .452 1–8–1 .150 T5th – –
1987 11–6–3 .625 2–6–2 .300 5th – –
1988 6–10–4 .400 1–6–1 .188 T4th – –
1989 Patti Smith 9–9–2 .500 3–7 .300 4th – –
1990 12–7–2 .619 3–6–1 .350 4th – –
1991 9–9 .500 4–6 .400 5th – –
1992 10–8 .556 3–7 .300 T4th – –
1993 13–7 .650 4–6 .400 4th – –
1994 9–11 .450 4–6 .400 5th T5th –
1995 12–9 .571 4–6 .400 4th T5th –
1996 Marcia Pankratz 7–11 .389 2–8 .200 6th T5th –
1997 16–6 .727 7–3 .700 T1st 2nd –
1998 15–6 .714 7–3 .700 2nd 2nd –
1999 20–7 .741 7–3 .700 3rd 1st NCAA Runner-Up
2000 19–4 .826 6–0 1.000 1st 1st NCAA Second Round
2001 18–5 .783 4–2 .667 3rd T3rd NCAA Champion
2002 18–4 .818 6–0 1.000 1st 2nd NCAA First Round
2003 17–6 .739 5–1 .833 T1st 3rd NCAA Final Four
2004 17–6 .739 5–1 .833 T1st 1st NCAA Second Round
2005 Nancy Cox 16–8 .667 3–3 .500 T3rd 1st NCAA Second Round
2006 11–9 .550 4–2 .667 T2nd T5th –
2007 16–7 .696 6–0 1.000 1st 2nd NCAA Second Round
2008 8–12 .400 3–3 .500 5th T5th –
2009 Marcia Pankratz 7–14 .333 2–4 .333 5th 5th –
2010 15–7 .682 5–1 .833 T1st 1st NCAA First Round
2011 15–7 .682 5–1 .833 1st 2nd NCAA Second Round
2012 15–7 .682 4–2 .667 T2nd 2nd NCAA First Round
2013 12–8 .600 4–2 .667 T3rd T5th –
2014 13–7 .650 6–2 .750 T2nd T3rd –
2015 18–5 .783 7–1 .875 T2nd T2nd NCAA Quarterfinal
2016 12–8 .600 5–3 .625 T3rd T3rd NCAA First Round
2017 21–3 .875 8–0 1.000 1st 1st NCAA Final Four
2018 14–7 .667 7–2 .778 T1st 3rd NCAA Second Round
2019 13–7 .650 5–3 .625 T3rd T4th NCAA First Round
2020 15–3 .833 6–0 1.000 1st 1st NCAA Runner-Up
2021 16–5 .762 5–3 .625 T4th 2nd NCAA Second Round
2022 14–6 .700 5–3 .625 T3rd 1st NCAA First Round

Season-by-season results through the end of the 2022 season[2]

Coaching Staff

Name Position coached Consecutive season at
Michigan in current position
Marcia Pankratz Head coach 21st
Ryan Langford Assistant coach 12th
Kristi Gannon Fisher Assistant coach 2nd
Reference:[4]

Awards and accolades

National championships

Michigan has accumulated a total of 11 appearances in the NCAA tournament, including three Final Fours.[2] In 2001, the Wolverines won their first NCAA championship by defeating Maryland in the final by a score of 2–0. The victory made them the first women's team at the university to win a national championship, as well as the second field hockey team from the Midwest to earn the title, after Iowa in 1986.[3]

Year Coach Opponent Score Record
2001 Marcia Pankratz Maryland Terrapins 2–0 18–5

Conference championships

Michigan has won eleven conference titles, all of them in the Big Ten Conference and all but one under the leadership of head coach Marcia Pankratz.[2]

Year Coach Conference Record Overall Record Conference NCAA Result
1997 Marcia Pankratz 7–3 16–6 Big Ten –
2000 6–0 19–4 Big Ten NCAA Second Round
2002 6–0 18–4 Big Ten NCAA First Round
2003 5–1 17–6 Big Ten NCAA Final Four
2004 5–1 17–6 Big Ten NCAA Second Round
2007 Nancy Cox 6–0 16–7 Big Ten NCAA Second Round
2010 Marcia Pankratz 5–1 15–7 Big Ten NCAA First Round
2011 5–1 15–7 Big Ten NCAA Second Round
2017 8–0 21–3 Big Ten NCAA Final Four
2018 7–2 14–7 Big Ten NCAA Second Round
2020 6–0 15–3 Big Ten NCAA Runner-Up
11 Big Ten Championships

Conference Tournament Championships

Season Conference Head coach
1999 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2000 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2004 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2005 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2010 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2017 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2020 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
2022 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz
8 Big Ten Tournament Championships

All-Americans

Key

   First-team selection 

   Second-team selection 

   Third-team selection 

Awards and accolades through the end of the 2022 season[2][5][6]

Stadium

Main article: Phyllis Ocker Field
Phyllis Ocker Field before a game in October 2014

Michigan has played its home games at Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Field since its construction in 1995. The field is named after Phyllis Ocker, a former University of Michigan teacher, field hockey coach, and athletics administrator. In 2003, Ocker Field's AstroTurf playing surface was upgraded at the cost of $500,000.[7] Between the end of the 2013 season and the start of the 2014 season, Ocker Field underwent substantial renovations that included the installation of a blue AstroTurf 12 playing surface and a permanent 1,500-seat grandstand, which tripled the stadium's capacity.[7] In 2017 Ocker Field received a new playing surface with the installation of a Poligras Platinum CoolPlus field. Between the 2003 and 2014 renovations, the stadium had a seating capacity of 500.[8] Before the construction of Ocker Field, the Michigan field hockey team had played at four other venues on campus: Michigan Stadium (1973–75), Ferry Field (1976–86), the Tartan Turf (1987–90), and Oosterbaan Fieldhouse (1991–94).[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "University of Michigan Style Guide: Colors". July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Michigan Field Hockey Year-by-Year Results". mgoblue.com. January 5, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Thomas, Paul. "Tasch Backstops U-M to First Women's NCAA Team Title". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Michigan Field Hockey Coaches". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Michigan Field Hockey Record Book" (PDF). MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Eleven Big Ten Players Earn NFHCA All-America Honors". BTN.com. Big Ten Network. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Field". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Phyllis Ocker Field Hockey Field". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

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