Providence rounds out the field hockey tournament field.
#BIGEASTfh Minute – Half Of The Field Set For Playoffs
NEW YORK –The Connecticut Huskies have clinched the No. 1 spot in the 2019 BIG EAST Championship presented by Jeep and at least a share of the regular season with a 6-3 win over Liberty on Saturday. Old Dominion shutout Quinnipiac 4-0 on Friday afternoon and secured the No. 2 seed. Providence clinched the fourth and final spot in the championship field on Friday with a 2-0 win over Georgetown. On Friday, Providence and Liberty, who qualified last weekend, will play for the final two seeds. The winner of the Friars-Lady Flames game will be the No. 3 seed, the loser No. 4.
In the final league game on Friday, Temple defeated Villanova 3-0.
In non-conference action on Sunday, Villanova downed Davidson, 7-2, No. 25 Providence shutout Rider, 1-0 and Quinnipiac defeated Brown, 5-2. For Bobcat head coach Becca Main, the win was the 200th for her career. No. 18 Rutgers edged Temple, 1-0 and No. 1 North Carolina did the same to No. 19 Old Dominion.
Liberty plays a non-league game on Monday against No. 6 Virginia at 6 p.m.
League Game Recaps are below:
#19 OLD DOMINION 4, QUINNIPIAC 0
The No. 19 Old Dominion field hockey team (9-5, 5-1 BIG EAST) celebrated its Senior Day in style, winning its final home game of the season against Quinnipiac (3-13, 1-5 BIG EAST) in a 4-0 shutout. Four different seniors scored the Monarch goals, as Alexandria Brewer, Jess Miller, Ashleigh Thomas and Erin Huffman each tickled the twine, making the program’s Senior Day that much more special. Old Dominion held the Bobcats to just two shots and kept them away from the penalty corner for the entire game. The Monarchs ended the game with 21 shots and a season-high 11 penalty corners. In goal, sophomore Cam MacGillivray posted her fourth shutout of the season, after only having to turn aside one shot on goal.
#25 PROVIDENCE 2, GEORGETOWN 0
After a scoreless first quarter that featured three shots by each team, Providence finally got on the board in the second quarter at the 25:15 mark. Senior Mary O'Reilly found the back of the cage for her fourth goal of the season as she collected a rebound off the Hoyas' goalkeeper Ciara Weets. Providence added an insurance goal in the fourth quarter at 53:47 as sophomore Amanda Collins tipped in a feed from graduate student Corinne Kenney at the left post. It marked Collins' third goal of the season. Graduate student Lydia Rice recorded her fifth shutout victory of the season with five saves.
TEMPLE 3, VILLANOVA 0
Though the game was slow to start, the Owls controlled the ball for the majority of the game. The Owls created several scoring chances, earning six penalty corners and two penalty strokes. Senior Lucy Reed took the first shot for Temple with a penalty stroke, but a save from the Wildcats kept the team off the board. Junior Dani Batze scored the eventual game-winner off a penalty corner, with Nienke Oerlemans giving the Owls the go-ahead before the first half came to a close. Senior Kathryn Edgar put the game away for the Owls on a penalty stroke, giving Temple insurance to open the fourth quarter.
#3 CONNECTICUT 6, #17 LIBERTY 3
Senior Svea Boker posted eight points to lead the No. 3 UConn field hockey team (14-3, 6-0 BIG EAST) past No. 17 Liberty (9-5, 4-2), 6-3, Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Huskies clinched at least a share of their seventh straight BIG EAST regular season championship and the program's 19th overall. Boker notched two goals and four assists, marking career highs for assists and points in a game. She tallied a point on each of UConn's six goals. Fellow senior Antonia Tiedtke tallied one goal and two assists. Freshman Claire Jandewerth scored twice and junior Vivienne Tucker notched her first goal of the season. Redshirt sophomore Cheyenne Sprecher made three saves in the game. Liberty goal scorers were Jill Bolton, Charlotte Vaanhold, and Lizzie Hamlett.
#BIGEASTfh Weekend Schedule
Friday, Oct. 25
#19 OLD DOMINION 4, QUINNIPIAC 0
#25 PROVIDENCE 2, GEORGETOWN 0
TEMPLE 3, VILLANOVA 0
Saturday, Oct. 26
#3 CONNECTICUT 6, #17 LIBERTY 3
Sunday, Oct. 27
VILLANOVA 7, Davidson 2
#18 Rutgers 1, TEMPLE 0
#25 PROVIDENCE 1, Rider 0
#1 North Carolina 1, #19 OLD DOMINION 0
QUINNIPIAC 5, Brown 2
Monday, Oct. 28
#17 LIBERTY at #6 Virginia, 6 p.m.