2009 D-I Field Hockey bracket released

Women's Field Hockey ChampionshipsDefending champ Maryland hasn’t lost this year, going 20-0 en route to an ACC title. Tonight, the Terps and 15 others learned their fates in the D-I Selection Show.

Five conferences were awarded automatic qualification. In addition, six conferences competed for three play-in berths and the remaining eight teams were selected at large.

The following conferences and their representatives received automatic qualification:

Atlantic Coast Conference       University of Maryland, College Park
Big East Conference                    University of Connecticut
Big Ten Conference                     Michigan State University
Colonial Athletic Assn              University of Delaware
Ivy Group                                       Princeton University

The teams winning the play-in berths were American University from the Patriot League, the University of Richmond from the Atlantic 10 Conference and Stanford University from the Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference.

The NCAA championship bracket lists the eight at-large teams, as well as the pairings, sites and dates.

First- and second-round games will be played on four campus sites November 14 and 15. Wake Forest University will host the semifinals and final, November 20 and 22 at Kentner Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. For ticket information, call 888/758-3322.

In 2008, Maryland claimed its sixth NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship title with a 4-2 victory over Wake Forest at Trager Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky.

To see how the Terps clinched their perfect season and the ACC Championship, check out the video below.

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NCAA Division I Softball Champions

November 24, 2007 by admin  
Filed under College Athletics, College Softball, Softball

The College Corner

Year Champion Record
2007 Arizona (50-14-1)
2006 Arizona (54-11)
2005 Michigan (65-7)
2004 UCLA (47-9)
2003 UCLA (54-7)
2002 California (56-19)
2001 Arizona (65-4)
2000 Oklahoma (66-8)
1999 UCLA (63-6)
1998 Fresno St. (52-11)
1997 Arizona (61-5)
1996 Arizona (58-9)
1995 UCLA (50-6)
1994 Arizona (64-3)
1993 Arizona (44-8)
1992 UCLA (54-2)
1991 Arizona (56-16)
1990 UCLA (62-7)
1989 UCLA (48-4)
1988 UCLA (53-8)
1987 Texas A&M (54-11)

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Arizona Wins 2006 College World Series

World Series College SoftballJune 6 2006 – Arizona beat Northwestern 5-0 for the 2006 NCAA Softball Championship. The Wildcats won 20 of its last 22 games, and rode the right arm of Alicia Hollowell all the way to the championship. A four-time All-American, Hollowell pitched 43 innings, striking out a record 64 hitters and allowing only two earned runs in a WCWS-record six complete games. Read more

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