Wolverines Selected No. 3 NCAA Seed, First/Second-Round Host
11/7/2021 10:48:00 PM
// Leah Howard
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The University of Michigan field hockey team will be the No. 3 overall seed for the 2021 NCAA Tournament and will be a first/second-round host site for the fifth time in program history, as announced by the NCAA on Sunday evening (Nov. 7). U-M (15-4) is one of four schools selected to host four-team NCAA contests running next Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 12-14) at Phyllis Ocker Field.
Michigan opens NCAA Tournament play against the winner of the play-in game between Maine (15-6) and Miami University (11-10) on Friday (Nov. 12) at noon, with Louisville (16-3) and Harvard (15-1) to follow at 2:30 p.m. Sunday's NCAA quarterfinal matchup is slated for a 1 p.m. start.
The winner of each first/second-round site will advance to the national semifinals, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 19, at Ocker Field. U-M will also host the NCAA championship game at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21.
Single-day tickets for the first/second rounds are priced at $8 for adults, $5 for students 18 and under and $3 per ticket for groups of 10 or more. All tickets will be general admission.
Tickets go on sale at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday (Nov. 9), and may be purchased online at MGoBlue.com/tickets, by phone (734-764-0247 or 1-866-296-6849) or in person at the U-M Ticket Office (1000 S. State St.).
Michigan makes its 18th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and seventh in as many seasons. U-M owns a 20-15 record in NCAA Tournament play and has advanced to the semifinals in five of its 17 appearances, most recently reaching the NCAA championship game last season -- its third trip to the final and first since capturing the national title in 2001.
Michigan received an at-large berth to the tournament after winning posting a 15-4 record with 10 wins over nationally-ranked opposition. Michigan has been ranked top two nationally for the entirety of the 2021 season. The Wolverines narrowly fell to Rutgers 1-0 in the Big Ten Tournament final this afternoon.
The Big Ten advanced six teams to the NCAA Tournament -- the most in conference history and the most for any conference this year. All four NCAA seeds and host sites went to Big Ten teams: No. 1 Rutgers, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Penn State. Maryland and Northwestern also earned at-large bids.
Maine earned the America East automatic bid after beating Albany 2-1 in a shootout in the tournament final to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Miami (Ohio) defeated Longwood 2-1 to secure its seventh straight MAC tournament title. Maine and Maine will meet in one of two NCAA play-in games on Wednesday (Nov. 10) in Oxford, Ohio; the winner will travel to Ann Arbor to face Michigan.
Michigan owns a 6-2 advantage in the all-time series against Maine and a 16-2 series lead against Miami; U-M has not faced Maine since 2013 or Miami since 2012 -- though the Wolverines defeated the Red Hawks 2-1 in a preseason scrimmage in August.
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