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#14 Spartan Field Hockey to Host #19 Washington and Lee in NCAA First Round

YORK, Pa. The No. 14 York College Field Hockey team will host No. 19 Washington and Lee in the first round of the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship on Wednesday, November 11. Game time at Kinsley field is set for 4 p.m.

The Spartans (16-4) qualified for the tournament with an automatic bid by winning the MAC Commonwealth title with a 2-1 victory over No. 5 Stevenson. York is ranked 14th in the latest NFHCA coaches' poll and 11th in the NCAA Power Index (NPI). The Spartans notched a trio of victories over top-five opponents this season in Johns Hopkins, Salisbury and Stevenson, while also scoring key wins over fellow tournament qualifiers Scranton and Penn State Harrisburg. York is 8-3 on Kinsley Field this season and enters the NCAA postseason riding a seven-game win streak.

Washington and Lee (14-4) earned the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's automatic berth in the national tournament following a 2-0 shutout of top-seeded Lynchburg in Saturday's conference championship game. The Generals are ranked 19th in the NFHCA poll and 26th in the NPI with three wins over top-25 opponents. W&L owns a sterling record of 8-1 on the road this season and enters the national tournament having won 10 of their last 11 contests.

The Spartans are making their fourth appearance in the NCAA postseason and their first since 2024. York has hosted an NCAA First Round contest in each of their prior three appearances and owns a record of 3-0 in those contests. Washington and Lee returns to the NCAA postseason for the first time since 2022, when the program claimed its second consecutive ODAC title.

York owns a 2-0 record against Washington and Lee in the all-time series. The two teams last met on Sept. 7, 2013 which resulted in a 5-2 Spartan win on Kinsley Field.

The winner of Wednesday's opening round matchup between the Generals and Spartans will advance to the second round on Saturday, November 14 and travel to Newport News, Va. to face the winner of the Penn State Harrisburg-Salisbury opening round matchup.

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