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NCAA Game Notes
STORRS, CT (November 11) -- The University of Connecticut field hockey team
has been selected to participate in the 2003 NCAA Division I Field Hockey
Championship for the seventh time in eight years. The NCAA has also selected
UConn to host the first two rounds of the Tournament, as the Huskies will
welcome Boston College, Wake Forest and Northeastern to Storrs. UConn will
square off with Northeastern on Saturday, November 15 at the George J. Sherman
Family Sports Complex in Storrs. UConn is scheduled to play NU at 2:00
p.m. and that match-up will be preceded by the Wake Forest vs. Boston College
contest at 11:00 a.m.
Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for youths, students, and seniors.
Tickets can be purchased at the gate, which will open 9:30 a.m.
on Saturday and will remain open through the conclusion of Saturday's second
game. The gate will open at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday as
well.
UConn defeated Northeastern 2-0 in the regular season, but lost to NU in the
first round of last year’s NCAA Tournament. Northeastern, the America East
Conference Champion, comes into the NCAA’s ranked No. 9 in the 2003 STX/NFHCA
Division I National Coaches Poll. UConn finished the regular season with a
record of 16-5 and is ranked 12th nationally.
Boston College will play the overall #1 seed, Wake Forest on Saturday. The
Demon Deacons ended the season with a 18-1 mark and won the ACC Tournament.
Boston College comes into this weekend with a 15-6 record, after defeating UConn
in the BIG EAST Tournament championship game. BC is ranked No. 13 by the NFHCA.
