NCAA Field Hockey Championship Brackets

Division 1 Bracket (Photo of the Michigan State field hockey team reacting to their selection as a host site)

Maryland, Iowa, Syracuse and Wake Forest won the top 4 seeds and will host 1st and 2nd rounds, except for Iowa that will play at Michigan State University. What do you think of the draw? I am always interested to see how it will turn out, there are always a few teams that feel they pulled the short end of the stick. Overall I think the bracket is "fair", especially if you are a Syracuse or North Carolina fan, but probably not so much if you support Maryland or Wake Forest.

I think the Final Four has a great chance to look very similar to 2007, give or take one of the ACC teams. We have the most exciting and competitive field hockey weekend ahead of us with the best 16 teams in the Nation playing back to back for a trip to Lousiville for the Final Four.

Post your predictions!!

Division II Bracket

The Final Four is set for this weekend with Bloomsburg and Shippensburg playing Friday night in the first semifinal game for a shot at the National Championship on Sunday against the winner of the second semifinal match up between UMass Lowell and Bentley.

Division III Bracket

The Division III Field Hockey Championship is down to the Elite 8 and will play their second and third round games this weekend with the Semifinal and Championship games next weekend.

Let me know what you think!!

Alli

Conference Champions set sights on NCAA tournament

Congratulations to all NCAA Conference Champions!

ACC - University of Maryland

Big 10 - Iowa University (picture)

America East - University of Albany

Big East - Syracuse University

Atlantic 10 - University of Massachusetts

MAC - Kent University

NorPac- Stanford

Northeast - Lockhaven University

Patriot League - American University

CAA - James Madison University

I, like most of you, anxiously await the NCAA tournament bracket release which will be aired live on NCAA.com at 8pm EST on Tuesday, November 11th.

Congratulations to the East Chapel Hill Wildcats as they won the North Carolina State Championship in overtime against town rival, Chapel Hill High.

Tournaments Galore

NCAA Conference Tournament Brackets:

ACC
Big Ten A10 Big East
CAA
NorPac
MAC America East
Northeast Conference
Ivy League Schedule
Patriot League

High School State Tournament Brackets:

PA - PIAA AAA
PA - PIAA - AA
NJ - Group Brackets
NJ - Group Semi's/Finals
NJ - Tournament of Champions
MD - 1A
MD - 2A
MD - 3A
MD - 4A
NY - Class A
NY - Class B
NY - Class C
CT - Class L
CT - Class M
CT - Class S
MA - Tournament Brackets
DE - Tournament Bracket

Make it 10!

Add the Ann Arbor Pioneers to the list of Champions! Defeating Huron 2-0 completed their undefeated season and captured them their 4th straight Michigan State Championship. Congratulations!!

9 more Champions!

9 teams reigning from Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island celebrated State Championships over the weekend.

N.Kingston (picture) defeated Bay View (1-0, 3OT) in the Division 1 Rhode Island championship while Moses Brown beat Wheeler (3-0) in Division 2.

Maine holds 3 seperate tournaments for Classes A, B and C. Skowhegan claimed the Class A crown by defeating Scarborough, York took the Class B Championship over Nokomis and N. Yarmouth defeated Dexter for the Class C title.

New Hampshire also produced 3 State Champions from Classes I, L and M-S. Merrimack Valley defeated Kennet 2-1 for the Class I championship. Londonderry defeated Pinkerton 2-0 in Class L while Newfound Regional defeated Berlin 4-1 for the Class M-S title.

Hathaway Brown, Shaker Heights captured Ohio's only State Championship by defeating Columbus Academy, Gahanna 3-1 on Saturday.

Congratulations to all the Champions and runner-ups on an outstanding season!!

Pennsylvania will begin their State tournament tomorrow, here is the bracket.

Have a great week!

Alli

Happy Halloween!

On a beautiful fall day in Denver, CO with Halloween festivies already beginning and the final weekend of NCAA regular season play approaching, things are looking good for this field hockey fan.

As the season winds down, who is dressing up as Cinderella? Syracuse perhaps? Maryland as "Goal-liath"? Who will be the dark knight?

As teams prepare to honor their seniors and fit the final pieces of the puzzle together, I expect to see great field hockey this weekend. Find a game near you and see for yourself!

Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island will have their own shot at creating a field hockey fairytail this weekend as they complete their high school state championship tournaments.

Congratulations and good luck to all the Seniors playing in their last regular season games. Enjoy your opportunity to show what you've learned over the past 4 years and most importantly have fun competing!!

Have a great weekend,

Alli

SMA Celebrates OT goal

Deline and teammates celebrate the winning goal in Monday nights Championship game.

St. Mary's Academy Upsets Kent Denver for State Championship!

Congratulations to St. Mary's Academy (CO), on their 2-1 Overtime victory and first State Championship in program history!!!

St. Mary's went up 5 minutes into the game on a goal by Liz Deline and held the lead until there was a little under 3 minutes left in regulation. Freshman Lucy Dikeou scored Kent Denver's lone goal on a 1 v keeper breakaway that sent the ball, goalie, defender and Lucy into the back of the net.

In overtime, both teams had their chances at the State Title, but St. Mary's came out on top. Another goal by Deline with 2:51 left in OT was all they needed to secure the championship. Check out the Denverpost.com for a slide show of the game and celebrations.

In Pennsylvania field hockey, teams are entering District semi-finals today and tomorrow. District III AA semi's are between Lancaster Mennonite and Donegal on one side of the bracket and Oley Valley and Palmyra on the other. Winners will meet 11/1 for the District Championship.

District III AAA semi final match ups are between Penn Manor and Lower Dauphin, and Central Dauphin vs. Hershey with the winners also meeting on 11/1.

District XI semi finals will be played tomorrow, 10/29.

Have a great Tuesday!

Alli

Congratulations VT State Champs!!

CVU (left), Harwood and Rice captured Vermont State Championships in their respective divisions this weekend. Harwood completed their season undefeated with an outstanding record of (15-0-0), Congratulations!!!

#1 Maryland (right) handed #5 UNC their 2nd largest loss in program history on Saturday as they beat them 7-0 and claimed the top seed in the ACC tournament as well as the regular season title.

With an OT win over Indiana, and a decisive 3-0 win over Michigan, #9 Penn State captured the Big Ten regular season title. This was confirmed when # Michigan State lost in OT to #10 Iowa.

We have one final week of regular season play before conference tournaments begin, you never know what could happen!

Yours in Sport,

Alli

UNC vs MD: the rematch

The Tar Heels and Terrapins will for the second year in a row, play in the deciding game of the ACC regular season. Last year, both teams were undefeated heading into the match and Carolina came out on top beating Maryland 3-0 and claiming the ACC regular season title, the #1 seed for the ACC tournament, and the #1 NCAA seed.

This year, Maryland holds the #1 ranking while Carolina is at #5. Both teams are 3-1 in the conference. The match is set for Saturday at 1pm at College Park, MD. If you're in the area I promise it will be well worth the effort to go see it live!

Vermont State Championships will also take place this weekend. In the first division, Hartford will play CVU, in the second, the undefeated Harwood team will take on Woodstock, and in the third division, Rice will battle Stowe for the State title.

St. Mary's Academy from Colorado will play Kent Denver on Monday, Oct 27th for the Colorado State Championship. St. Mary's beat the #1 seed Smoky Hill 2-1 in overtime to reach the final while Kent Denver beat Mountain Vista 4-1 to advance.

Best of luck to all teams competing, check back Monday to see results!

Alli