NEW YORK – The 2019 field hockey season gets underway on Friday with all eight teams in action this weekend with five games on Friday. Starting the season, the BIG EAST boasts two teams in the National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association’s (NFHCA) preseason poll with the league’s preseason favorite Connecticut as No. 4 and Liberty, No. 20.
UConn and Quinnipiac get their seasons started on the West Coast playing in California. Georgetown, Temple, Old Dominion and Providence open at home on Friday. Liberty and Villanova are also at home to start 2019, playing their first games on Saturday.