Twelve women's sports were added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year. The first national championship events were staged Nov. 21-22, 1981, in cross-country and field hockey. Field hockey championships have been held in all three NCAA divisions since the beginning.

Division I Champions

NCAA Champions

• 1981 Connecticut 4, Massachusetts 1
• 1982 Old Dominion 3, Connecticut 2
• 1983 Old Dominion 3, Connecticut 1 (3 OT)
• 1984 Old Dominion 5, Iowa 1
• 1985 Connecticut 3, Old Dominion 2
• 1986 Iowa 2, New Hampshire 1 (2 OT)
• 1987 Maryland 2, North Carolina 1 (OT)
• 1988 Old Dominion 2, Iowa 1
• 1989 North Carolina 2, Old Dominion 1 (penalty strokes)
• 1990 Old Dominion 5, North Carolina 0
• 1991 Old Dominion 2, North Carolina 0
• 1992 Old Dominion 4, Iowa 0
• 1993 Maryland 2, North Carolina 1 (penalty strokes)
• 1994 James Madison 2, North Carolina 1
• 1995 North Carolina 5, Maryland 1
• 1996 North Carolina 3, Princeton 0
• 1997 North Carolina 3, Old Dominion 2
• 1998 Old Dominion 3, Princeton 2
• 1999 Maryland 2, Michigan 1
• 2000 Old Dominion 3, North Carolina 1
• 2001 Michigan 2, Maryland 0
• 2002 Wake Forest 2, Penn St. 0
• 2003 Wake Forest 3, Duke 1
• 2004 Wake Forest 3, Duke 0

Division II Champions

NCAA Champions

• 1981 Pfeiffer 5, Bentley 3
• 1982 Lock Haven 4, Bloomsburg 1
• 1983 Bloomsburg 1, Lock Haven 0
• 1984-91 Not held
• 1992 Lock Haven 3, Bloomsburg 1
• 1993 Bloomsburg 2, Lock Haven 1 (penalty strokes)
• 1994 Lock Haven 2, Bloomsburg 1
• 1995 Lock Haven 1, Bloomsburg 0
• 1996 Bloomsburg 1, Lock Haven 0
• 1997 Bloomsburg 2, Kutztown 0
• 1998 Bloomsburg 4, Lock Haven 3 (OT)
• 1999 Bloomsburg 2, Bentley 0
• 2000 Lock Haven 2, Bentley 0
• 2001 Bentley 4, East Stroudsburg 2
• 2002 Rowan 1, Messiah 0
• 2003 Bloomsburg 4, UMass Lowell 1
• 2004 Bloomsburg 3, Bentley 2 (OT)

Division III Champions

NCAA Champions

• 1981 Trenton St. 2, Franklin & Marshall 0
• 1982 Ithaca 2, Trenton St. 1 (penalty strokes)
• 1983 Trenton St. 2, Ithaca 1
• 1984 Bloomsburg 3, Messiah 2
• 1985 Trenton St. 2, Millersville 1
• 1986 Salisbury St. 3, Bloomsburg 2
• 1987 Bloomsburg 1, William Smith 0
• 1988 Trenton St. 3, Bloomsburg 2 (2 OT)
• 1989 Lock Haven 2, Trenton St. 1
• 1990 Trenton St. 2, Bloomsburg 1
• 1991 Trenton St. 1, Bloomsburg 0
• 1992 William Smith 1, Trenton St. 0
• 1993 Cortland St. 1, Mary Washington 0
• 1994 Cortland St. 2, Trenton St. 1
• 1995 Trenton St. 2, Messiah 1
• 1996 Col. of New Jersey 2, Hartwick 1
• 1997 William Smith 3, Cortland St.
• 1998 Middlebury 3, William Smith
• 1999 Col. of New Jersey 4, Amherst 1
• 2000 William Smith 1, Springfield 0
• 2001 Cortland State 1, Messiah 0
• 2002 Rowan 1, Messiah 0
• 2003 Salisbury 4, Middlebury 1
• 2004 Salisbury 6, Middlebury 3