USIAA Field Hockey Rules:
Scholarship and Roster Rules:
- All programs can only have a max of 24 players during the regular season; this limit is lifted to 30 players for preseason tryouts & 50 for spring practices only.
- All programs can choose whether to allow athletic scholarships or not; start-up programs are given a max of 5 years to decide whether or not to provide athletic scholarships to players.
- All D1/D2 scholarship programs can only have a max of 12 total scholarships, and a max of 6 full scholarship players.
- All D3/D4 scholarship programs can only have a max of 6.3 total scholarships, and a max of 3 full scholarship players.
- All programs can only have a max of 20 players on the active roster for all regular season games.
- All programs are required to give all 4 inactive players free season tickets in the designated student sections for all home games.
- 4 points for a win.
- 2 points for a draw.
- 1 "bonus" point for scoring at least 4 goals.
- 1 "bonus" point for losing by 5 points or less.
- 1 "bonus" point for losing in overtime or a shootout.
- All D1/D2 programs play a 16-game season (8h/8a) beginning in the last week of August and ending in the last week of October.
- All D3/D4 programs play a 12-game season (6h/6a) beginning in the first week of September and ending in the first week of November.
- All 6 (D1/D2) non-regional games are required to be against teams that are within 700 miles of the program in question.
- All 4 (D3/D4) Non-conference games are only allowed for teams that are within 500 miles of the program in question.
- The D1/D2 & D3/D4 Tournaments begin on the first week after the regular-season and ending five weeks later.
- The programs selected to enter the tournament are the 13 conference champions and 11 wild cards; All conferences are allowed to have a max of only 2 teams (the conference champion and a wild card) in the tournament.
- To be eligible for the post season:
a) D1/D2 programs must have a minimum record of 8-8 (or 7-9 with good academic standing), and not be on probation.
b) D3/D4 programs must have a minimum record of 6-6 (or 5-7 with good academic standing), and not be on probation.