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Nov. 7, 2000
The University of Virginia field hockey team, ACC finalists in 2000, has been invited to the 2000 NCAA Championships. The Cavaliers (14-7) will face the Connecticut Huskies (16-6) in the first round in a game to be played at Old Dominion on Saturday, November 11. This is the Cavaliers’ sixth consecutive bid to the NCAA tournament, extending the longest streak in school history. This appearance is the 11th in the NCAA tournament for the Cavaliers, who have a record of 5-10 all-time in the championships.
Virginia is in the same bracket as the top seed, Old Dominion. The Monarchs will face Stanford, the NorPac champion. The other top seeds are #2 North Carolina, #3 Maryland, and #4 Wake Forest.
The Hoos and the Huskies have met just once in history, in the opening game of the 1981 campaign for the Cavaliers, which was won by Connecticut 4-0.
November 11 & 12, NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds
AT OLD DOMINION, Norfolk, Va.
#1 Old Dominion (21-1) vs. Stanford (13-10)
Connecticut (16-6) vs. Virginia (14-7)
AT NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill, N.C.
#2 North Carolina (17-3) vs. Kent State (19-3)
Massachusetts (18-3) vs. Boston University (16-7)
AT MARYLAND, College Park, Md.
#3 Maryland (17-3) vs. New Hampshire (14-7)
Princeton (13-3) vs. Penn State (17-5)
AT WAKE FOREST, Winston-Salem, N.C.
#4 Wake Forest (16-3) vs. Harvard (12-5)
Michigan (18-3) vs. William and Mary (12-7)