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This year, the Crimson played just one team, Wake Forest, from field hockey’s top three conferences—the ACC, the Big Ten, and the CAA. Getting more such teams on its schedule—as Princeton does with little trouble—is crucial to becoming a serious national title contender...
There are eight automatic berths to the NCAA tournament and eight at-large berths. Three of the at-large berths are destined to go to the ACC (Wake Forest, Maryland, and Duke) and two are certain to go to the Big Ten (Michigan and Penn State). That leaves three berths for bubble teams...
...irrelevant games suddenly have a significant impact on Harvard’s postseason chances. For instance, Princeton’s victory over No. 8 North Carolina yesterday dropped the Tar Heels under .500 for the season. North Carolina will now have to accomplish the unlikely feat of winning its ACC semifinal and final to finish .500 and qualify for an at-large berth. Another Tar Heel loss would open up a playoff spot for a bubble team like Harvard...
Harvard will be in competition for at-large berths with schools from stronger conferences like the ACC, Big Ten, Colonial, and Mid-American, but also against local rivals who beat the Crimson earlier this year. Boston College and Connecticut would fall into the latter category, unless either wins the Big East...
...network also operates websites for the ACC, PAC-10 and other athletic conferences as well as several college sports organizations...