Field Hockey

UMass Lowell Wins Regular Season Title as #AEFH Bracket is Released

BOSTON – On the final day of the regular season the top two teams battled for the regular season title and UMass Lowell came away with the road victory over UAlbany to secure the outright regular season title and No. 1 in the 2026 #AEFH Championship.
 
The victory marks the first outright regular season title for UMass Lowell and the second time in the past four seasons the River Hawks have earned the No. 1 Seed. With the loss UAlbany dropped into a 3-way tie at 3-2 and finished as the No. 3 Seed due to tiebreak procedures. Maine, who took down Vermont 2-1 in a shootout earned the No. 2 Seed with a 3-2 mark, while New Hampshire earned the No. 4 Seed with its win and also finished 3-2 in league play. 
 
For the second straight year the higher seeds will host each round of the #AEFH Championship. Quarterfinal action begins on Sunday, Nov. 1 followed by the Semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The 2026 #AEFH Championship will take place on Friday, Nov. 6 at the highest remaining seed.
 
All five games of the 2026 #AEFH Championship will air on ESPN+ domestically and AmericaEast.TV internationally.
 
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 The final seeds for the 2026 #AEFH Championship are:
  1. UMass Lowell (4-1) – Earned No. 1 Seed for the second time in program history and its first outright title with Thursday’s win.
  2. Maine (3-2) – Captured its first top-two seed since 2022, when the Black Bears were the No. 1 overall seed.
  3. UAlbany (3-2) – Secured a top-three seed for the sixth straight year.
  4. New Hampshire (3-2) – The defending champions had 4 of 5 conference games decided in overtime or a shootout.
  5. Vermont (2-3) – Have reached the championship game each of the past two seasons.
  6. Bryant (0-5) – Second-ever #AEFH Championship appearance

On Thursday’s final day of action, UMass Lowell shut out UAlbany 2-0 to secure the outright regular season title and No. 1 Seed. In the opening game of the day, New Hampshire scored in the final minute of regulation to tie Bryant and send the game to OT. The Wildcats tallied the game-winner in the extra session to finish league play 3-2. In Orono, Maine and Vermont went to a shootout with the Black Bears coming away victorious and with a top-two seed.
 
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