| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Trenton State 1st title |
| Runners-up | Franklin & Marshall 1st title match |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 5 |
| Goals scored | 16 (3.2 per match) |
The 1981 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship was the first annual NCAA-sponsored tournament to determine the top Division III women's college field hockey team in the United States. [1]
The semifinals and championship of the inaugural event were played at Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Trenton State (now TCNJ) defeated Franklin & Marshall in the final, 2–0, to win their first national title.
| Team | Record | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown | 9–5–1 | 1st |
| Franklin & Marshall | 8–5–1 | 1st |
| Frostburg State | 7–3–3 | 1st |
| Trenton State | 13–0–2 | 1st |
| Westfield State | 9–4–3 | 1st |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 20–3–0 | 1st |
| Opening Round November 14, 1981 Campus sites | Semifinals November 20, 1981 Westfield, MA | Championship November 21, 1981 Westfield, MA | ||||||||||||
| Trenton State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Westfield State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Westfield State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| * | Frostburg State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Trenton State | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall | 0 | |||||||||||||
| * | Elizabethtown | 2 | ||||||||||||
| UW–Stevens Point | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 0 | Third-place | ||||||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Westfield State (2OT) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 2 | |||||||||||||