Top Seeds Albany, Stanford Advance to #AEFH Semis
BOSTON — Albany and Stanford, the two #1 seeds for the 2017 America East Field Hockey Championship, rolled to quarterfinal wins Thursday at UMass Lowell’s Wicked Blue Turf to advance to the semifinals for the third-straight season.
The Great Danes, the top seed from the East, beat West #4 seed UC Davis, 5-0, in the day’s first quarterfinal while the Cardinal, the West #1 seed, upended East #4 seed UMass Lowell, 5-1, in the nightcap. Ghislaine Beerkens scored twice to the lead Albany, the #20 team in the nation, while America East Rookie of the Year Corinne Zanolli had two goals and an assist to pace #18 Stanford.
Albany will face the winner of West #2 California-East #3 New Hampshire in the first semifinal Saturday at 12 p.m. ET while Stanford takes on the winner of East #2 Maine-West #3 Pacific in the second semifinal Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The tournament continues Friday with the Cal-UNH quarterfinal at 12 p.m. ET followed by the Maine-Pacific quarterfinal at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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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 5, #W4 UC Davis 0
Game 2 – #W1 Stanford 5, #E4 UMass Lowell 1
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 – #E1 Albany vs. Game #3 Winner, 12 p.m.
Game 6 – #W1 Stanford 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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