University of Connecticut Athletics
2008 BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship At UConn This Weekend
11/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Bracket Set For 2008 BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship at UConn
No. 3 seed UConn to face No. 2 seed Louisville on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (November 2, 2008) - The 2008 BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship field is set following the final weekend of regular season action. The University of Connecticut will host the event with the semifinals taking place on Nov. 8, and the championship game on Nov. 9. All games will be held at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex.
Syracuse and Providence will face off in the first semifinal game on Nov. 8 at 11 a.m., with Louisville and Connecticut to follow at 1:30 p.m. The two semifinal winners will face each other Nov. 9 in a 1 p.m. match for the title and the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. Fans can follow all the action live online at
For the first time since 2003, there is a three-way tie for the regular season title. Syracuse, Louisville and Connecticut all earned a share of the title after completing the regular season with 5-1 records in conference play.
In 2003, Boston College, Connecticut and Villanova had a three-way tie for the regular season title after posting 4-1 records in conference play. In addition, this is the second year in a row in which the same four teams have made the BIG EAST Championship.
Syracuse earned the No. 1 seed in the BIG EAST Championship. Syracuse ends the regular season with a 18-1 overall mark, with the 18 victories being a program best. The Orange finished with a 5-1 mark in conference play. Syracuse is enjoying its most successful year in program history. SU earned its first ever No. 1 ranking in the NFHCA Poll on Oct. 14 and became the first women’s team at Syracuse to ever reach No. 1 in a national poll.
Louisville earned the No. 2 seed with a 14-5 (5-1 BIG EAST) record that includes 11 games against ranked opponents. UofL earned a share of the regular season title with an 11-0 win over Georgetown on Nov. 1. This marks the third straight year the Cardinals have earned a share of the regular season title.
Connecticut is the No. 3 seed and enters the championship with a 16-2 record and a 5-1 mark in BIG EAST action. For the 11th time in the program’s history, UConn has garnered a share of the BIG EAST regular season title. The Huskies earned a share of the title after defeating Villanova 4-0 on Nov 1.
Providence brings a 12-8 overall record and 3-3 BIG EAST mark into the Championship. The Friars earned the No. 4 seed on Oct. 26 after defeating Georgetown 6-2. It marks the first time Providence has made appearances at the BIG EAST Championship in three consecutive seasons since doing so from 1996-98.
