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Rutgers Field Hockey Will Go Dancing in the NCAA Tournament

Author Michael Cohen
Women's field hockey hosts the Big 10 Tournament today. scarletknights.com

After a historic season that saw Rutgers Field Hockey capture not only the program’s first ever Big 10 Tournament Championship, but the University’s first ever Big 10 Tournament Championship in any sport, the ladies are heading to the NCAA Tournament.

November Madness here comes Rutgers!

Rutgers earned the number one seed in the tournament, and will play the winner of Delaware vs. Fairfield on Friday, November 12 at 11 a.m. in Piscataway. Rutgers played in front of 2,000 fans for the Championship game against Michigan on Sunday.

Should Rutgers win that match-up, they will square off with the winner of Liberty vs. St. Joseph on November 14.

“To be able to keep the season going in NCAA Tournament play is amazing,” head coach Meridith Civico told scarletknights.com. “To have won the tournament in the best field hockey conference in the NCAA is going to set us up for success moving forward. We’re so grateful to be able to continue to play.

The NCAA Tournament appearance is the fourth in the program’s history. RU last made the NCAA Tournament in 2018, and also went to the NCAA Tournament in 1986 and 1984. The Scarlet Knights are 2-3 all-time in NCAA Tournament play.

Iowa is ranked number 2 in the NCAA Bracket, with Michigan, the team Rutgers defeated 1-0 in Sunday’s Championship game, ranked third in the tournament. Penn State is ranked fourth.

To view the entire bracket click here!

Men’s and women’s soccer are both awaiting to hear from the NCAA about their placement in their respective tournaments. Women’s soccer, who won the Big 10 regular season title, and won 13-straight games, had their run halted by Michigan in the Big 10 Title game 1-0.  Men’s soccer completed a 9-6-2 season. They bowed out of the Big 10 Tournament on Sunday in the quarterfinals against Indiana.

 

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.

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