Virginia Concludes Preseason with a Monday Scrimmage

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Aug. 23, 2015

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia field hockey team wraps up its preseason training by hosting Quinnipiac in a scrimmage on Monday, August 24 at 11 a.m. at Turf Field. Live stats will not be available for the scrimmage.

Admission is free for all home scrimmages and regular-season field hockey games.

Virginia, last season’s ACC regular-season co-champion, returns its top six goal scorers from last season, including first-team All-American and ACC Freshman of the Year Tara Vittese (Cherry Hill, N.J.), who scored 17 goals with 17 assists, as well as All-Region honorees Caleigh Foust (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and Lucy Hyams (Whitstable, England).

Virginia’s season-opener is set for Friday, August 28 when UVa hosts Drexel at 6 p.m. at Turf Field.