#2 Orange Hosting NCAA Opening Rounds
11/10/2013 8:44:00 PM | Field Hockey
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -Â Syracuse field hockey is the No. 2 overall seed and will host the winner of Tuesday's play-in game between Miami (OH) and Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA announced on Sunday night. The Orange (16-3) will host the first two rounds on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-17. Boston College and Connecticut will play in the other first round game at J.S. Coyne Stadium.
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Syracuse is one of four host sites awarded to the top four seeds in the 19-team tournament. ACC teams received all the bids, with No. 1 Maryland, the conference champion, receiving the No. 1 seed, while No. 3 North Carolina and No. 4 Duke are the other host sites.
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Miami, the MAC champion, and Michigan State, the Big Ten Tournament champ, will play a play-in game on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in East Lansing, Mich. The winner will advance to face the Orange on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Coyne Stadium. BC and UConn will follow at 2 p.m., with the winners advancing to play on Sunday at 2 p.m. for a berth in the Final Four in Norfolk, Va.
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Head coach Ange Bradley's No. 2-ranked Syracuse squad is 16-3 overall, including a 4-2 mark in its first ACC season. The second-seeded Orange defeated seventh-seeded Boston College in the ACC Tournament first round on Thursday before falling to third-seeded North Carolina in the semifinals on Friday, 1-0.
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As it makes its ninth overall NCAA Tournament appearance, this is the third time Syracuse has hosted the first round, and the second time it has done so since the NCAA put the first and second round games at the same sights. SU hosted its first NCAA Tournament game in 1993, defeating Penn, 3-0, before traveling to Penn State for the second round. The Orange received a host bid in 2008, when defeated No. 17 Massachusetts (3-2) and No. 9 Princeton (3-2) to advance to the program's first Final Four.
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Syracuse is coming off its second Final Four run in 2012, when it beat No. 16 UMass in the first round, 4-2, and then defeated host and No. 3 Penn State in the second round, 5-2. Its season ended in the national semifinals vs. No. 1 North Carolina, 6-1, in Norfolk, Va.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -Â Syracuse field hockey is the No. 2 overall seed and will host the winner of Tuesday's play-in game between Miami (OH) and Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA announced on Sunday night. The Orange (16-3) will host the first two rounds on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-17. Boston College and Connecticut will play in the other first round game at J.S. Coyne Stadium.
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Syracuse is one of four host sites awarded to the top four seeds in the 19-team tournament. ACC teams received all the bids, with No. 1 Maryland, the conference champion, receiving the No. 1 seed, while No. 3 North Carolina and No. 4 Duke are the other host sites.
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Miami, the MAC champion, and Michigan State, the Big Ten Tournament champ, will play a play-in game on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in East Lansing, Mich. The winner will advance to face the Orange on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Coyne Stadium. BC and UConn will follow at 2 p.m., with the winners advancing to play on Sunday at 2 p.m. for a berth in the Final Four in Norfolk, Va.
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Head coach Ange Bradley's No. 2-ranked Syracuse squad is 16-3 overall, including a 4-2 mark in its first ACC season. The second-seeded Orange defeated seventh-seeded Boston College in the ACC Tournament first round on Thursday before falling to third-seeded North Carolina in the semifinals on Friday, 1-0.
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As it makes its ninth overall NCAA Tournament appearance, this is the third time Syracuse has hosted the first round, and the second time it has done so since the NCAA put the first and second round games at the same sights. SU hosted its first NCAA Tournament game in 1993, defeating Penn, 3-0, before traveling to Penn State for the second round. The Orange received a host bid in 2008, when defeated No. 17 Massachusetts (3-2) and No. 9 Princeton (3-2) to advance to the program's first Final Four.
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Syracuse is coming off its second Final Four run in 2012, when it beat No. 16 UMass in the first round, 4-2, and then defeated host and No. 3 Penn State in the second round, 5-2. Its season ended in the national semifinals vs. No. 1 North Carolina, 6-1, in Norfolk, Va.
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