University of Connecticut Athletics
Field Hockey Clinches BIG EAST Regular Season Crown
10/24/2000 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
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The University of Connecticut field hockey team has clinched the BIG EAST regular season crown for the fifth consecutive year in a row.
The conference title gives the Huskies (12-5 overall, 4-0 BIG EAST) the top-seed in the BIG EAST Championship Tournament to be held on Nov. 3 & 5 at the George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex in Storrs. The remaining conference matches around the league will determine the rest of the tournament field and seeding.
Last week, UConn held at least a share of the conference crown, with then 15th-ranked Syracuse. However, BIG EAST rival Providence would upset the Orangewomen on Oct. 20, to eliminate any possibility of a tie.
In the latest STX/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll released on Oct. 24, the Huskies remain in the nations top ten ranked No. 10. UConn coach Nancy Stevens, also ranks second all-time with 339 coaching wins in 22 seasons.
Connecticut next travels to No. 17 Boston University in Boston for its second consecutive night match on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. They also finish out the regular season this weekend against No. 18 Syracuse on Saturday, Oct. 28 at noon and No. 6 Princeton on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m.
PTS PRE 1. Old Dominion University (17-1) 438(21) 1 2. University of North Carolina (16-1) 418 2 3. University of Maryland (14-3) 389(1) 3 4. Wake Forest University (14-2) 382 4 5. University of Michigan (15-3) 350 6 6. Princeton University (10-3) 330 7 7. Penn State University (13-4) 305 5 8. University of Massachusetts (13-3) 275 9 9. University of Virginia (10-6) 238 10 10. University of Connecticut (12-5) 233 8 11. Kent State University (16-3) 226 11 12. College of William & Mary (10-5) 196 12 13. Harvard University (9-4) 129 18T 14. James Madison University (10-7) 126 14 15. Boston College (10-6) 124 13 16. Ohio State University (10-6) 111 16 17. Boston University (12-6) 107 17 18. Syracuse University (12-6) 76 15 19. Michigan State University (10-7) 52 18T 20. Northeastern University (9-9) 41 NR
