University of Massachusets Athletics
Field Hockey Spring Schedule Underway
April 07, 2008 | Field Hockey
April 7, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass field hockey, fresh off its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001, kicked off the beginning of its 2008 spring exhibition season last weekend with games vs. Yale, Holy Cross, and UConn. UMass and Yale played two 40-minute periods, with the Minutewomen outscoring the Bulldogs, 5-1. In two 40-minute periods vs. Holy Cross, UMass outscored the Crusaders, 4-2. On Sunday at UConn, the teams played three periods with the Huskies outscoring the Minutewomen, 4-0. The teams played two periods of 7-on-7 to a 0-0 tie.
Head coach Justine Sowry's Minutewomen play a total of five spring exhibitions. The remaining dates are:
UMass is looking to build off a season that saw the Minutewomen post a 14-9 overall record, including a 6-1 mark in Atlantic 10 play. They went on to win the the program's first conference tournament title since 2001 (10th overall) and win an NCAA play-in game vs. #17 Princeton to advance to the NCAA Tournament's field of 16.