Field Hockey Announces 2022 Schedule

Syracuse University field hockey has announced its schedule for the upcoming 2022 season. The Orange are coming off an appearance in the Elite Eight and will face five teams that reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including two conference champions.

Syracuse, which went 14-6 overall and 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), was the only team in the conference to advance past the first round of the NCAA Tournament. This year, Orange return four NFHCA All-Americans, as well as four of the five NFHCA All-Region selections from last year.

Schedule Notes

Syracuse opens its home slate on Sept. 4 against Columbia. The Orange open 2022 with back-to-back neutral site games against Sacred Heart (Aug. 26) and Vermont (Aug. 27) in New Haven, Conn. at Yale University's Johnson Field.
The Orange will host nine games at J.S. Coyne Stadium, including three ACC games: Duke (Sept. 16), Boston College (Sept. 30) and Louisville (Oct. 21)
Syracuse will face five programs that reached the NCAA Tournament last season, including Rutgers (Oct. 23) which also reached the second round of the tournament. That game will be the regular season home finale for the Orange and will serve as Senior Day.
The 2022 ACC Field Hockey Championship will be hosted at Duke University's Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium from Tuesday Nov. 1 through Friday, Nov. 4.
The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament will be held Thursday Nov. 10 and Saturday Nov. 12 at campus sites. The NCAA Semifinals and NCAA Championship games will be held at the Sherman Complex in Storrs, Conn., hosted by the University of Connecticut.

The Orange bring back the top six point scorers from 2021, pacing an offense that finished fourth in Division I with a 3.24 goals per game average. Quirine Comans led Syracuse with nine goals and nine assists for 27 points. Eefke van den Nieuwenhof finished second in the ACC with 11 total goals with Comans, Pleun Lammers, and Laura Graziosi finishing inside the top 10.

Syracuse returns three-time All-American Charlotte de Vries, fresh off a European tour with the U.S. Women's National Team for the FIH Hockey Pro League. De Vries played in 18 games last fall, posting 15 points, including six goals, two of which were game-winners.

In net, the Orange return Brooke Borzymowski, who started in 17 games last season as a freshman. The Fallston, Md. product made 55 saves at a 73.3 percent rate with a goals against average of 1.17. Borzymowski finished second in the ACC with five shutouts.

Joining the field hockey program for her final semester of eligibility will be Sam Swart, who played four seasons on the women's lacrosse team. Swart played for head coach Ange Bradley on the U19 field hockey team.

Syracuse welcomes seven newcomers this fall: graduate students Jannemijn Deutman and Joy Haarman, and freshmen Lana Hamilton, Suus Heijnekamp, Lieke Leeggangers, Abby Neitch, and Lindsay Schiavone.

Admission to all Syracuse field hockey games at J.S. Coyne Stadium is free of charge. The 2022 schedule is subject to change. Game times and the broadcast schedule will be announced at a later date.