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Last year there was only one field hockey championship, the AIAW's. This year there are two. Starting with this season, the NCAA is also sponsoring field hockey playoffs. The top four finishers in the '80 EAIAW championships--UNH-UMass, UConn, and Springfield College-all decided to participate in the NCAA tournament...
Money was the reason for the switch, according to UMass athletic director Frank McInerney. The NCAA pays the expenses of its championship participants, while the AIAW does not. "Our school simply cannot afford to send large teams long distances," said McInerney...
Money-or lack of it--has always been a problem with AIAW championships. In 1979 the Eastern champion Springfield field hockey team could not attend the AIAW national tournament simply because the college could not pay for the trip. But despite the financial benefits of joining the NCAA bandwagon, the Ivy League has decided to stay with the AIAW. "We thought that we should stick with the AIAW until we can see what path the NCAA is following," said Pat Miller, Harvard's assistant athletic director, earlier this year...
...Harvard women's cross country team solidified its preeminent place in New England Saturday, outrunning and outclassing ten other colleges to take the Eastern AIAW Championships at Green Hill Golf Course in Worcester by a comfortable margin of 53 points...
...team--which has not dropped a single contest all year--now has piled up six wins, not to mention the Greater Boston, Ivy and Eastern laurels. The team's finish among the top three Saturday earned it a spot in the national AIAW Championships in Pocotello, Idaho, on November 21, where at least two or three team embers stand a chance of earning All-American honors by finishing...