UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; October 29, 2022 – The Penn State field hockey team will be the No. 1 seed for the 2022 Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament. The event takes place on Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 3-6, and will be hosted by Ohio State University. Penn State clinched a share of the Big Ten Championship on Friday with a 3-1 win at Rutgers, sharing the crown with Maryland. The Nittany Lions rolled over Maryland 5-1 a week prior to earn the top-seed via head-to-head tiebreaker.
Head coach Char Morett-Curtiss' squad will receive a first-round bye thanks to its No. 1 seed status. The Nittany Lions will face the winner of the game between fourth-seed Michigan and fifth-seed Iowa in the Big Ten semifinals on Friday, Nov. 4. The game will air live nationally on the Big Ten Network and starts at 1:30 p.m. The other two first round games (in addition to Iowa/Michigan) are second-seed Maryland vs. seventh-seed Ohio State and third-seed Northwestern vs. sixth-seed Rutgers.
Penn State's semifinal game is the first on Friday and the other starts at 4 p.m. The Big Ten Tournament title game, which will determine the Big Ten's automatic qualifier for the NCAA tournament, will take place on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 12 p.m. and airs nationally on the Big Ten Network as well.
The Nittany Lions entered this week ranked No. 3 nationally by the NFHCA and ended the regular season with a 15-2 overall record and a 7-1 mark in Big Ten games. The NCAA tournament field will be announced on Sunday night, Nov. 6, at 10 p.m. in a live stream at NCAA.com. The NCAA tournament begins on campus sites to be determined the following weekend, Nov. 11-13. The national semifinals and finals will take place in Storrs, Conn., on Nov. 18-20.
Fans are encouraged to follow the Nittany Lion field hockey team online at www.GoPSUsports.com (click teams, click field hockey), on twitter @pennstateFH and on facebook at www.facebook.com/pennstatefieldhockey.