UConn Field Hockey 2019

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No surprise here:

UConn FH Picked to Win BIG EAST - University of Connecticut Athletics

For the 10th straight season, the UConn field hockey team has been picked to win the BIG EAST in the 2019 Preseason Coaches' Poll announced Friday.

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Senior Svea Boker picked as Preseason Offensive Player of the Year.

Boker, redshirt sophomore Cheyenne Sprecher, sophomore Lindsay Dickinson, senior Antonia Tiedke, and junior Jessica Dembrowski were all named to the Preseason All Big East team.

 

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Preseason field hockey poll has UConn at No. 4. North Carolina is at No. 1, Maryland is 2, Duke is 3. Overall, there are 3 ACC teams in the top 10, 7 in the top 18.

Huskies Ranked Fourth in NFHCA Preseason Poll - University of Connecticut Athletics

The storied UConn field hockey program begins the 2019 season ranked No. 4 in the preseason Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.

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Defending National Champion, UNC, tops the Preseason Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll

Field hockey’s reigning NCAA Division I National Champion, University of North Carolina, was voted into the top spot in the preseason edition of the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.

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Wins over to start the year Northwestern and Stanford out west. Good character win today at Stanford after falling down 2-0. After their insane seeding last year they really can't afford to lose to anyone besides Maryland and expect to host.

 

[huskymedic]

Always a nice win for a home opener!

 

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#6 Harvard

 

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[DarthGrumpy]

Damn, there goes any chance of a home playoff game...

 

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Damn, there goes any chance of a home playoff game...

It didn't help. Still, if UConn can beat current No. 4 Maryland and current No. 5 Princeton, both road games for the Huskies, then they could still get a home playoff game.

 

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[ASweet3781]

UConn wins at Princeton in OT 2-1. Hopefully makes up for the Michigan loss. But than again this is the selection committee.

 

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#22 ODU:

 

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[gtcam]

This program never ceases to amaze
Just a wonderful success story for Coach S and the team

 

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UConn field hockey has games at Temple and Maryland this weekend. A victory at Maryland would give UConn a big lift in possibly gaining a home seed in the NCAA tournament. A loss could very well put UConn on the outside looking in.

 

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[Vowelguy]

Major blow to hosting.

 

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My current projection:

Mia/Stan @ 1 UNC / NWern v Princeton
Michigan @ 4 Lou / Iowa v Virginia
Fair/Amer @ 2 MD / Delaware v St Joes
BC @ 3 UConn / Duke v Harvard

If FH uses the 500-mile rule, then only 3 teams (Mia/Stan winner, NWern, Duke) would be beyond that