Smith College Athletics

The 1983 Smith "Unicorns" field hockey team set the program record for wins, finishing with a 16-3-1 overall record and a 13-2-1 regular season mark. Smith won the Northeast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, with victories over league rivals Bates and Trinity. Nationally ranked as high as No. 7 with a 12-0-1 mark mid-season, the Unicorns headed into the NCAA Division III National Tournament ranked No. 12. At Nationals, Smith triumphed over Wooster, 6-0, before falling to Denison in the quarterfinals, 2-1. The team set records for most goals scored in a season (66) and consecutive wins (13), led in part by All-American and Smith College Hall of Famer Paola Prins '86.