The Penn State Nittany Lions field hockey team is the intercollegiate field hockey program representing Pennsylvania State University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), although it was also previously a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The Penn State field hockey team plays its home games at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex on the university campus in State College, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions captured the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championship twice, in 1980 and 1981, and have won 10 regular-season conference titles as well as eight conference tournament championships. While Penn State has qualified for the NCAA tournament 30 times, and has made seven appearances in the semifinals and two in the championship game, it has never won the NCAA national championship. The team is currently coached by Charlene Morett.

Field hockey has been a varsity sport at Penn State since 1964. In 1980 and 1981, the Nittany Lions won back-to-back Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championships.^[3] Penn State played in the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) between 1988 and 1990, and has been a member of the Big Ten Conference since 1992.^[3][4] The team has won 10 regular-season conference titles (three in the A-10 and seven in the Big Ten) as well as eight conference tournament championships (two in the A-10 and six in the Big Ten).^[3][4][5] The Nittany Lions have appeared in the NCAA tournament 30 times, including seven appearances in the semifinals and two in the championship game, but have never won the NCAA national championship.^[3] Penn State is currently coached by Charlene Morett, who is in her 28th season as the program's head coach.^[3][1] Before Morett's tenure began in 1987, the Nittany Lions had previously been coached by Pat Seni (1964–68), Nancy Bailey (1969), Tonya Toole (1970–73), and Gillian Rattray (1974–86).^[3]

Season-by-season results

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Year	Head Coach	Overall	Pct.	Conf.	Pct.	Conf. Place	Conf. Tourn.	Postseason
1964	Pat Seni	4–0	1.000	–	–	–	–	–
1965		1–3–1	.300	–	–	–	–	–
1966		1–2–1	.375	–	–	–	–	–
1967		3–2	.600	–	–	–	–	–
1968		2–2–1	.500	–	–	–	–	–
1969	Nancy Bailey	3–3	.500	–	–	–	–	–
1970	Tonya Toole	1–5–1	.214	–	–	–	–	–
1971		5–3	.625	–	–	–	–	–
1972		4–3–1	.563	–	–	–	–	–
1973		3–2–3	.563	–	–	–	–	–
1974	Gillian Rattray	5–2–2	.667	–	–	–	–	–
1975		6–4–2	.583	–	–	–	–	–
1976		9–3–2	.714	–	–	–	–	–
1977		8–8	.500	–	–	–	–	–
1978		13–1–3	.853	–	–	–	–	–
1979		18–3	.857	–	–	–	–	AIAW Runner-Up
1980		20–0–2	.955	–	–	–	–	AIAW Champions
1981		19–2–1	.886	–	–	–	–	AIAW Champions
1982		14–6	.700	–	–	–	–	NCAA Final Four
1983		14–3–5	.750	–	–	–	–	NCAA 2nd Round
1984		14–8–1	.630	–	–	–	–	NCAA 1st Round
1985		16–4–1	.786	–	–	–	–	NCAA 1st Round
1986		18–5–2	.760	–	–	–	–	NCAA Final Four
1987	Charlene Morett	14–5–2	.714	–	–	–	–	NCAA 1st Round
1988		15–6–1	.705	2–0	1.000	1st (West)	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
1989		18–3–1	.841	4–0–1	.900	1st	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1990		21–4	.840	4–1	.800	T1st	1st	NCAA Final Four
1991		18–3–1	.841	–	–	–	–	NCAA Final Four
1992		16–5–1	.750	8–2	.800	2nd	–	NCAA 2nd Round
1993		20–2	.909	9–1	.900	1st	–	NCAA Final Four
1994		13–7–2	.636	6–3–1	.650	2nd	T3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
1995		15–9	.625	6–4	.600	T2nd	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1996		14–9	.609	6–4	.600	T2nd	1st	NCAA 1st Round
1997		18–6	.750	7–3	.700	T1st	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1998		18–5	.783	8–2	.800	1st	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1999		17–5	.773	8–2	.800	2nd	T3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2000		17–6	.739	5–1	.833	2nd	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2001		12–7	.632	3–3	.500	T4th	T5th	–
2002		19–5	.792	4–2	.667	3rd	T3rd	NCAA Runner-Up
2003		18–7	.720	3–3	.500	4th	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
2004		10–10	.500	3–3	.500	4th	T5th	–
2005		17–4	.810	6–0	1.000	1st	T3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2006		16–6	.727	4–2	.667	T2nd	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
2007		16–8	.667	3–3	.500	4th	T3rd	NCAA Runner-Up
2008		13–7	.650	5–1	.833	1st	T3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2009		7–13	.350	1–5	.167	T6th	T3rd	–
2010		14–6	.700	4–2	.667	3rd	T3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2011		17–6	.739	4–2	.667	3rd	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2012		18–4	.818	5–1	.833	1st	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2013		13–6	.684	5–1	.833	T1st	T3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2014		16–6	.727	5–3	.625	4th	T3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
2015		9–10	.474	4–4	.500	T4th	T3rd	-
2016		17–2	.895	6–2	.750	2nd	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2017		16–4	.800	6–2	.750	T2nd	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
2018		12–6	.667	6–2	.750	3rd	T5th	NCAA 1st Round
2019		8–12	.400	4–4	.500	T5th	2nd	-
2020		7–7	.500	5–2	.714	2nd	T5th	-
2021		14–6	.700	6–2	.750	T2nd	T3rd	NCAA 1st Round
2022		17-4	.810	7–1	.875	1st	T3rd	NCAA Final Four

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Season-by-season results through the end of the 2022 season^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Penn State has played its home games at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex since its opening in 2005. The complex has a seating capacity of 750, and boasts an advanced field watering system as well as floodlights that allow for the playing of night games. Built adjacent to Bigler Field, the former home of the Nittany Lions field hockey program, the Penn State Field Hockey Complex has witnessed success both on the field and in the stands; in both 2005 and 2006, Penn State did not lose a home game all season, while in 2006 the school finished fifth in the country in home attendance (2006 was the first year that the NCAA kept attendance statistics for field hockey). Before the Nittany Lions field hockey team moved to the complex in 2005, it had previously played at four other venues: Pollock Field (1964–75), Lady Lion Field (1976–88), Holuba Hall (1989–95), and Bigler Field (1996–2004).^[11]

• List of NCAA Division I field hockey programs