1990 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament

The 1990 NCAA Division I field hockey tournament was the 10th annual single-elimination tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate field hockey among its Division I members in the United States, the culmination of the 1990 NCAA Division I field hockey season.

Old Dominion won their fifth championship, defeating North Carolina in the final, 5–0, a rematch of the previous year's final.^[1]

The championship rounds were held at Bauer Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Qualifying

Team	Record	Appearance	Previous
Connecticut	11–7–2	8th	1988
Iowa	17–3	9th	1989
Maryland	11–5–2	4th	1988
Massachusetts	15–5	10th	1989
North Carolina	18–3	8th	1989
Northeastern	14–5–3	3rd	1989
Northwestern	15–2–1	9th	1989
Old Dominion	20–2–1	10th	1989
Penn State	20–2	9th	1989
Providence	18–4–1	3rd	1989
Stanford	8–4–1	4th	1987
Temple	17–5	4th	1984

First round November 7–8 Campus sites		Second round November 10–11 Campus sites		Semifinals November 17 Piscataway, NJ		Championship November 18 Piscataway, NJ

Northeastern*	2

Providence	1
		North Carolina*	3

		Northeastern	1



				North Carolina	1

				Penn State	0
Temple*	2*

Maryland	1
		Penn State*	5

		Temple	0



						North Carolina	0

						Old Dominion	5
Iowa*	7

Stanford	2
		Northwestern*	0

		Iowa	2



				Iowa	0

				Old Dominion	1
Massachusetts*	1†					Third place

Connecticut	0
		Old Dominion*	4			Penn State	0

		Massachusetts	0			Iowa	1