RADFORD, Va. – Seeded third in the NorPac East division, the Davidson field hockey team will face the West division’s second seed, California, in the opening round of the NorPac Championships on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. PST (9:30 p.m. EST) in Stanford, Calif.
Davidson finished the regular season with a 6-11 overall record, and went 2-4 in the NorPac East division.
The Wildcats will face a strong challenge from California, as the Golden Bears were receiving votes in the latest National Field Hockey Coaches Association Top 20 poll, effectively ranking them 27th in the nation. California went 6-10 overall, 4-2 in the NorPac West during the regular season.
The NorPac Championships will begin Thursday with four interdivisional first round games. The winners of those games will play semifinals matches at 1:30 pm and 4:00. Those contests are sandwiched between a pair consolation matches at 11 am and 6:30 pm. The championship game will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Radford and tournament-host Stanford won their respective NorPac divisional crowns and will be the top seeds. The Highlanders and the 12th-ranked Cardinal both finished with 5-1 records in their divisions.
California and Longwood finished second with 4-2 records with Pacific (3-3) and Davidson (2-4) holding down the third seeds. Newcomer UC Davis (0-6) and Appalachian State (1-5) round out the field in fourth place
The winner of the championship game will head to the winner of the America East Conference in a NCAA play-in game on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Tournament Schedule (All times PST)
Thursday, Nov. 5
Game 1: No. 2E Longwood vs. No. 3W Pacific, 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: No. 1W Stanford vs. No. 4E Appalachian State 1:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 1E Radford vs. No.4W UC Davis 4:00
Game 4: No. 2W California vs. No. 3E Davidson 6:30
Friday, Nov. 6
Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser (consolation), 11:00 am
Game 6: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner (semifinals), 1:30 p.m.
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner (semifinals), 4:00
Game 8: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser (consolation), 6:30
Saturday, Nov. 7
Game 9: Game 6 loser vs. Game 7 loser (Third Place), 11:00 a.m.
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner (Championship), 1:30 p.m.