Bowdoin Earns Top Seed for 2000 Field Hockey Championship

HARTFORD, Conn. – Bowdoin, which finished with an 8-1 record in conference play during the regular season, earned the top seed for the inaugural NESCAC Field Hockey Championship tournament. The Polar Bears will host the semifinals on Saturday, October 28 and will host the championship game on Sunday, October 29.

Second-seeded Amherst (8-1), third-seeded Williams (7-2), and fourth-seeded Wesleyan (6-3) earned home games in the opening round of the tournament, which begins on Tuesday. Amherst will host seventh-seeded Middlebury (4-5), Williams will play at home against sixth-seeded Connecticut College (4-5), and Wesleyan hosts fifth-seeded Tufts (4-5).

The top seven teams in regular season conference play qualify for the NESCAC championship tournament. The top-seeded team hosts the semifinal and final rounds, while the next three seeds play home games in the first round. The final three seeds play road games in the opening round based on seeding and geographical considerations. The top seed faces the lowest remaining seed in one semifinal and the other two first round winners face off in the other semifinal.

2000 NESCAC FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
First Round - Tuesday, Oct. 24 at Higher Seeds
No. 7 Middlebury (4-5) at No. 2 Amherst (8-1) - 2:00 p.m.
No. 6 Connecticut (4-5) at No. 3 Williams (7-2) - 2:00 p.m.
No. 5 Tufts (4-5) at No. 4 Wesleyan (6-3) - 2:00 p.m.

Semifinals - Saturday, Oct. 28 at Bowdoin
Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 Bowdoin (8-1) - 11:00 a.m.
Remaining first round winners - 1:30 p.m.

Championship - Sunday, Oct. 29 at Bowdoin
Semifinal winners - 12:00 p.m.