The UConn women’s field hockey team, going for its sixth national title, will host the first two rounds of the 18-team NCAA Tournament this weekend in Storrs.
The Huskies (17-3), the No. 3 overall seed, will play UMass on Friday at noon. If they win, they would play Syracuse or Harvard on Sunday at 1 p.m. for the chance to go to the Final Four in Ann Arbor, Mich. UConn defeated UMass 1-0 during the regular season.
Fairfield (12-8), the MAAC champion, will also represent the state in the tournament, with a first-round game at home against Delaware on Wednesday. The winner of that game plays the No.1 overall seed, North Carolina, in Chapel Hill on Friday.
UConn won the NCAA Tournament in 1981 and 1985 under coach Diane Wright, 2013, 2014 and 2017 under Nancy Stevens. Paul Caddy, who succeeded Stevens, is in his fifth season.
Huskies, Stags also in women’s soccer tourney
UConn and Fairfield both won automatic berths in the NCAA women’s soccer tournament as well. The Huskies will face No. 6 seed Rutgers on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET in New Jersey. The winner of that game will face the winner of UC-Santa Barbara and No. 3 seed Stanford in the second round.
Fairfield will travel to Georgetown to face the sixth-seeded Hoyas also on Saturday, at noon. The winner will face either 3-seed Iowa or Missouri State.
