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Liberty and Old Dominion Advance to #BIGEASTfh Title Game

PHILADELPHIA – The BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship Presented by JEEP opened Friday afternoon with a thrilling semifinal contest. No. 1 seed Liberty held on to beat No. 4 seed Villanova in a back and forth contest, 3-2, while No. 2 seed Old Dominion outlasted No. 3 seed Temple, 2-0. The Lady Flames and Monarchs advance to Sunday’s title match at 1 p.m. ET on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports Presented by Invesco QQQ. The winner of the BIG EAST Championship receives the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Liberty 3, Villanova 2
After a scoreless opening quarter, Liberty caught fire with a pair of second quarter goals off penalty corners to take a 2-0 advantage into the break. In the 19th minute, Jodie Conolly scored her 10th goal of the season off assists by Bethany Dykema and Regan Underwood, to open the scoring at Howarth Field. Six minutes later, Liberty’s Milagros Arteta doubled the score with a score off Conolly’s assist. Less than three minutes out of the break, Villanova’s Sabine de Ruijter cut the lead in half after converting on a penalty stroke. Arteta later scored her second goal of the game to give the Lady Flames the 3-1 lead in the 44th minute. Off a penalty corner with under seven to play BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year Meghan Mitchell tallied her 16th goal of the season, cutting the deficit back to one.

No. 2 Old Dominion 2, No. 3 Temple 0
Old Dominion's Sacha de Gier opened the scoring in the 25th minute off a penalty corner, as Danielle Husar picked up the dish.  Maintaining a 1-0 lead out of the break, Anna Miller doubled the lead in the 33rd minute, off an assist by Frederique Zandbergen. Held without a shot in the opening half, Temple fired off five in the second half but ODU's Suus Broers and the backline were up for the challenge to maintain the shutout.
 
BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship Presented by Jeep
 
Semifinals – Friday, November 3 – BEDN
No. 1 Liberty 3, No. 4 Villanova 2
No. 2 Old Dominion 2, No. 3 Temple 0
 
Finals – Sunday, November 5 – BEDN
No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 2 Old Dominion