The UMass field hockey team began competition in 1975, initially competing in AIAW-sponsored tournaments between 1975 and 1980. Starting in 1981, the Minutewomen began to compete in the newly founded NCAA Division I field hockey tournament. In the inaugural NCAA tournament in 1981, UMass made it to the NCAA championship game where they lost to the UConn Huskies. To date, the 1981 run to the national title game is the team's best finish in the national tournament. UMass began to compete in Atlantic 10 field hockey tournaments in 1988, in which they have won 16 Atlantic 10 championships. The Minutewomen have appeared in five NCAA Final Fours, most recently in 2024.[3]
The Minutewomen play their games at the Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex in Amherst, Massachusetts. The team has played its games at the Gladchuk Complex since Fall 2015, previously playing at Garber Field from 1997 to 2014.[4]
