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 nine Big Ten tournaments since the creation of the field hockey program in 1973. The team is currently coached by Kristi Gannon Fisher.
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. 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.
Season-by-season results
Year Head coach Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Conf. Place Conf. Tourn. Postseason 1973 Phyllis Weikart 1–3–1 – – – – – 1974 Phyllis Ocker 2–8 – – – – – 1975 5–6 – – – – – 1976 8–3 – – – – – 1977 7–8–3 – – – – – 1978 Candy Zientek 11–8 – – – 5th – 1979 13–8–1 – – – 2nd – 1980 11–8 – – – T7th – 1981 11–8–1 – – – 6th – 1982 13–3 3–2 3rd – – 1983 Karen Collins 9–7 3–7 4th – – 1984 1–13–5 0–7–3 T5th – – 1985 1–14–2 1–8–1 6th – – 1986 9–11–1 1–8–1 T5th – – 1987 11–6–3 2–6–2 5th – – 1988 6–10–4 1–6–1 T4th – – 1989 Patti Smith 9–9–2 3–7 4th – – 1990 12–7–2 3–6–1 4th – – 1991 9–9 4–6 5th – – 1992 10–8 3–7 T4th – – 1993 13–7 4–6 4th – – 1994 9–11 4–6 5th T5th – 1995 12–9 4–6 4th T5th – 1996 Marcia Pankratz 7–11 2–8 6th T5th – 1997 16–6 7–3 T1st 2nd – 1998 15–6 7–3 2nd 2nd – 1999 20–7 7–3 3rd 1st NCAA Runner-Up 2000 19–4 6–0 1st 1st NCAA Second Round 2001 18–5 4–2 3rd T3rd NCAA Champion 2002 18–4 6–0 1st 2nd NCAA First Round 2003 17–6 5–1 T1st 3rd NCAA Final Four 2004 17–6 5–1 T1st 1st NCAA Second Round 2005 Nancy Cox 16–8 3–3 T3rd 1st NCAA Second Round 2006 11–9 4–2 T2nd T5th – 2007 16–7 6–0 1st 2nd NCAA Second Round 2008 8–12 3–3 5th T5th – 2009 Marcia Pankratz 7–14 2–4 5th 5th – 2010 15–7 5–1 T1st 1st NCAA First Round 2011 15–7 5–1 1st 2nd NCAA Second Round 2012 15–7 4–2 T2nd 2nd NCAA First Round 2013 12–8 4–2 T3rd T5th – 2014 13–7 6–2 T2nd T3rd – 2015 18–5 7–1 T2nd T2nd NCAA Quarterfinal 2016 12–8 5–3 T3rd T3rd NCAA First Round 2017 21–3 8–0 1st 1st NCAA Final Four 2018 14–7 7–2 T1st 3rd NCAA Second Round 2019 13–7 5–3 T3rd T4th NCAA First Round 2020 15–3 6–0 1st 1st NCAA Runner-Up 2021 16–5 5–3 T4th 2nd NCAA Second Round 2022 14–6 5–3 T3rd 1st NCAA First Round 2023 9–8 3–5 7th T5th – 2024 15–5 5–3 3rd 1st NCAA First Round Season-by-season results through the end of the 2024 season
Coaching staff NamePosition coachedConsecutive season atMichigan in current position Kristi Gannon Fisher Head coach 1st Ryan Langford Assistant coach 17th Leah Settipane Assistant coach 2ndReference:
Awards and accolades
National championships Michigan has accumulated a total of 11 appearances in the NCAA tournament, including three Final Fours. 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. 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. 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 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 2024 Big Ten Conference Marcia Pankratz 9 Big Ten Tournament Championships
All-Americans Key First-team selection Second-team selection Third-team selection
SeasonPlayerRemarks 1996 Michelle Smulders 1997 Julie Flachs 1997 Loveita Wilkinson 1998 Kelli Gannon 1998 Loveita Wilkinson Second selection 1999 Kelli Gannon Second selection 1999 Ashley Reichenbach 2000 Catherine Foreman 2000 April Fronzoni 2000 Kelli Gannon Third selection; Second first-team selection 2000 Courtney Reid 2001 Catherine Foreman Second selection 2002 April Fronzoni Second selection 2002 Kristi Gannon 2002 Stephanie Johnson 2002 Molly Powers 2003 April Fronzoni Third selection; Second first-team selection
SeasonPlayerRemarks 2003 Kristi Gannon Second first-team selection 2003 Stephanie Johnson 2004 Lori Hillman 2004 Adrienne Hortillosa 2005 Lori Hillman 2006 Mary Fox 2007 Lucia Belassi 2007 Paige Laytos 2010 Paige Laytos Second selection 2010 Rachael Mack 2010 Meredith Way 2011 Bryn Bain 2011 Rachael Mack Second selection 2012 Rachael Mack Third selection 2012 Ainsley McCallister 2013 Rachael Mack Fourth selection 2014 Ainsley McCallister Second selection 2015 Lauren Thomas 2015 Sam Swenson 2016 Katie Trombetta
SeasonPlayerRemarks 2017 Katie Trombetta Second selection 2017 Meg Dowthwaite 2017 Sam Swenson Second selection 2018 Emma Way 2018 Guadalupe Fernandez Lacort 2019 Guadalupe Fernandez Lacort Second selection 2020 Halle O'Neill 2020 Anna Spieker 2020 Kathryn Peterson 2021 Sofia Southam 2021 Halle O'Neill Second selection 2021 Kathryn Peterson Second selection 2021 Anouk Veen 2022 Katie Anderson 2023 Lora Clarke 2024 Abby Tamer 2024 Lora Clarke Second selection
Awards and accolades through the end of the 2024 season
Stadium
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. 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. 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. 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).
See also List of NCAA Division I field hockey programs
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