I thought that when Old Dominion’s field hockey team defeated nationally ranked Liberty, 3-1, in the semifinals of the Big East Conference tournament last week that the Monarchs would make the NCAA tournament.
ODU played one of the toughest schedules of any team outside of the ACC, including 10 of their 17 games against nationally ranked opponents. The Monarchs won at Penn State and beat Liberty twice and lost at No. 1 North Carolina, 1-0, just before the Big East tournament.
But they were the last team left out when the 18-team NCAA tournament field was announced on Sunday.