Steph O'Sullivan - Providence College Cindy Curley - Providence College Radcliffe competed against teams from Pembroke, Sargent and Jackson Colleges. Mary Jones - University of Wisconsin–Madison, Lauren Apollo - Assabet Valley Patriots (MBHL) Shawna Davidson - University of New Hampshire United States Field Hockey Association solidify their place among the world's elite with a 2-2 draw against England in front of 56,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium. Jennifer Schmidgall - U.S. Women National Team Jennifer Schmidgall - University of Minnesota Meanwhile, Connecticut won the inaugural NCAA field hockey Division I national title, and Pfeiffer of South Carolina defeated Bentley in the Division II title game. Be an Effective Sport Leader by allocating its resources efficiently to Grow the Game, Serve Members and Succeed Internationally.

A. J. Mleczko - U.S. Women National Team Down the road at Mount Holyoke College, where students had journeyed to see the men playing at Springfield College, the 1902 student handbook indicated that “this delightful game has recently been introduced at Holyoke and bids fair to outdo even golf and tennis in popularity” (p. 39). The paper reported that thirty students in both the freshmen and sophomore classes had come out for the sport, and that none other than Constance Applebee would come over to the school to give two lessons to the freshmen and sophomores. But other sports were moving in this direction, so it was appropriate that field hockey should as well.” If there was a question about excitement, that was answered quickly, because in a harbinger of the excitement that was to follow in the annals of national championship field hockey, West Chester needed strokes to get past Ursinus 2-1 in that inaugural championship. Helen Resor - Yale University Representatives from Harrisonburg (now JMU), Farmville (now Longwood), Sweet Briar, Randolph-Macon, Hollins, and George Washington traveled to Williamsburg at the invitation of Barksdale to compete in the state tournament. Among these schools were a handful of west coast teams, including the Universities of Arizona, California and Oregon as well as Stanford University, Mills College and Oregon A&T. Later, coaching would be done by the students who attended these lessons and the captains of the two class teams. Carisa Zaban - U.S. Women National Team, Sara DeCosta - Providence College The United States women made their first appearance in the sport at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, where they went on to earn bronze. It reappeared in 1920 in Antwerp after pressure from Belgian hockey advocates before being omitted again in Paris in 1924. In the northeast, Barnard, Hunter, Radcliffe, Pembroke, Sargent, Jackson and Wheaton maintained their independence.

The tournament marked the final championship for the women's international federation. Kerry Weiland - Vaughan Flames, Natalie Darwitz - Minnesota Whitecaps Erin Whitten - University of New Hampshire, Lauren Apollo - Assabet Valley Patriots (MBHL) It was south of the Mason-Dixon Line that saw early state tournaments and advanced intercollegiate competition. Kristin King - Dartmouth College Krissy Wendell - University of Minnesota. These three schools are most likely unfamiliar to sports fans today, as Sargent was assumed by Boston University, Jackson College merged with Tufts College and Pembroke College merged with Brown University, much like Radcliffe with Harvard. Sandra Whyte - Harvard University Chanda Gunn - Northeastern University

The following is the American roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. Lisa Brown-Miller - Providence College Kelly O'Leary - Providence College, Beth Beagan - Providence College Gretchen Ulion - Dartmouth College Cammi Granato - Providence College Succeed Internationally with competitive success and enhanced performance programming. Harriet Ballintine, the director of Physical Education at Vassar, was also there, along with an English acquaintance of hers, Constance Applebee.