Albany, Stanford Earn Top Seeds for 2017 #AEFH Championship
The seeds and matchups are set for the 2017 America East Field Hockey Championship, which takes place this week. The eight-team tournament runs Nov. 2-5 at UMass Lowell.
Albany and Stanford earned the top divisional seeds for the third-straight season. The Great Danes shared the East Division regular-season title with Maine, which will be the East #2 seed, but held the tiebreak advantage due to their 1-1 record vs. third-place New Hampshire, the East #3 seed. Tournament host UMass Lowell is the East #4 seed.
Stanford, California and Pacific all shared the West Division regular-season title. The Cardinal earned the top seed by virtue of having the best goal differential in the four games vs. the Bears and Tigers. California edged out Pacific for the #2 seed. The Tigers are the #3 seed while UC Davis will be seeded #4.
The championship kicks off Thursday with cross-divisional quarterfinal action, which will be split over two days. Albany will face UC Davis in the first quarterfinal Thursday at 1 p.m. ET followed by Stanford vs. UMass Lowell at 3:30 p.m. ET. On Friday, California takes on New Hampshire at 12 p.m. ET and Maine faces Pacific at 2:30 p.m. ET. The Albany-UC Davis winner will square off with the California-New Hampshire winner in the first semifinal on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET while the Stanford-UMass Lowell winner will battle the Maine-Pacific winner in the second semifinal Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET. Saturday’s winners will square off the 2017 America East title on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
The entire championship will be streamed for free at AmericaEast.TV and be available on computers, tablets and smartphones.
Stay up-to-date on the tournament by visiting Championship Central for streaming and live stats links as well as box scores, highlights and recaps following each round in addition to team information, tournament history and more.
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2017 America East Field Hockey Championship
At UMass Lowell; Lowell, Mass.
All Times Eastern
Quarterfinals - Thursday, Nov. 2
Game 1 – #E1 Albany vs. #W4 UC Davis, 1:00 p.m.
Game 2 – #W1 Stanford vs. #E4 UMass Lowell, 3:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals – Friday, Nov. 3
Game 3 – #W2 California vs. #E3 New Hampshire, 12 p.m.
Game 4 – #E2 Maine vs. #W3 Pacific, 2:30 p.m.
Semifinals – Saturday, Nov. 4
Game 5 – Game #1 Winner vs. Game #3 Winner, 12 p.m.
Game 6 – Game #2 Winner vs. Game #4 Winner, 2:30 p.m.
Final – Sunday, Nov. 5
Game 7 – Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 1 p.m.
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