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The 16-team college field hockey tournament bracket is set, featuring UNC contending for their third straight title

With a major conference tournament upset behind us, the postseason field is officially set. Eighteen teams will compete in the NCAA Field Hockey Championship, with four battling in today’s play-in games before the first round begins on Friday.

November 13, 2024

UNC head coach Erin Matson leads Tar Heels to another title after winning as a player last year

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Two defending national champs re-upped their hardware-hoisting privileges, two 2022 runners-up did revenge, and a handful of individuals inked their names in history this weekend.

November 20, 2023

NCAA field hockey and cross country champions will be crowned this weekend

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Play vintage Taylor and stock up on some bubbly — the 2023–24 school year’s first national champions will hoist their hardware this weekend.

November 17, 2023

Updates from the women's field hockey and soccer national tournaments

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The field hockey and women’s soccer national tourneys raged on through the weekend, offering up a few moments that could become our new Roman Empire.

November 13, 2023

NCAA Fall championship season is underway

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The hunt for the first NCAA ’ship of 2023–24 is officially on, so lock in your brackets, and let’s dive in.

November 08, 2023

Conference championship winners in field hockey and women's soccer

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If this weekend’s buffet of conference tournament title games gave you a hardware hangover, buckle up — that was just the beginning, as the field hockey and women’s soccer national tourneys begin this week.

November 06, 2023

Postseason NCAA field hockey continues into the weekend

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When it rains conference tourneys, it pours, and field hockey’s also splashing into the postseason this week.

November 01, 2023

Wrapping up field hockey's regular season

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Wrapping up field hockey's regular season

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October 27, 2023

Most conferences’ regular seasons end this weekend before tournaments begin bullying next week, so here’s the tea on conference play’s grand finale.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #412

A conversation with Napheesa Collier, plus some NWSL & NFL action

November 14, 2024

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A conversation with Napheesa Collier, plus some NWSL & NFL action

Welcome back!

On today’s three-part episode of The GIST of It, co-host Steph Rotz and guest host Lauren Tuiskula are kicking things off with the latest news in football (and fútbol). First up, LT and Steph preview this weekend’s NWSL semifinals as NJ/NY Gotham FC faces the Washington Spirit, followed by the undefeated Orlando Pride taking on the KC Current. Thrilling.

Then, the gals tackle the latest NFL headlines, from the repercussions of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott’s season-ending injury to what’s ahead for an unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs team.

Then last but not least, we have a very special guest: Minnesota Lynx star and Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier, who chats about her work with OPill and what to expect when Unrivaled tips off in January. Can’t wait.

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