The Field Hockey Final Four is set with North Carolina, Saint Joseph’s, Northwestern and UMass all earning bids.

The GIST: Final Four, here they come. The field hockey championship semis are set for today at 12 p.m. ET (No. 1 UNC vs. No. 4 Saint Joseph’s) and 3 p.m. ET (No. 2 Northwestern vs. UMass) with winners advancing to Sunday’s 1:30 p.m. ET championship game. Let’s meet the contenders:

North Carolina: The reigning champ Tar Heels need no introduction, having won two consecutive titles and five of the last six. They’ve breezed through the competition this postseason, shutting out their opponents in the second round and the quarter-finals. Oh yeah, and they haven’t lost a game since October 2023. How do you spell dominance? U.N.C.

Saint Joseph’s: St. Joe’s needed two nail-biter Ws to reach the Final Four, narrowly winning 1–0 in both the second round and quarters. Flying the highest for the Hawks? Grad students Lily Santi and Manu Ghigliotti, who have 14 and 12 goals, respectively, on the season, not to mention 12 assists apiece.

Northwestern: The Wildcats are no strangers to the big stage. They’ve played in four straight semifinals and took home the trophy in 2021. After losing to UNC in back-to-back title games, this squad will certainly be hungry to reclaim the ’ship. What team?!

UMass: No postseason tournament is complete without an underdog, and UMass is playing the role perfectly. The Minutewomen are making their first Final Four appearance since 1992, upsetting No. 3 UConn in the second round and intrastate rival Harvard in the quarter-finals to punch their ticket. A win today would be, ahem, massive.