No. 16 Liberty (10-6, 6-0) at No. 14 Old Dominion (13-2, 5-1)
Game Info – Friday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m.
Location – L.R. Hill Sports Complex
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NORFOLK, VA – The No. 14 Old Dominion Field Hockey team will finish it's regular season schedule when they host No. 16 Liberty on Friday at 1 p.m.
Friday's match will be streamed on Monarch Media.
ODU, UCONN, and Liberty have already clinched spots in the BIG EAST Tournament that will be held at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex, but there are many scenarios that will be confirmed this weekend at the conclusion of the BIG EAST regular season.
- If UConn beats Temple, ODU must beat Liberty by two goals in order to be the No. 1 seed. Liberty would be the No. 2 Seed and UConn would be the No. 3 seed.
- If Temple beats UConn, Temple is the No. 4 seed, and the winner of ODU/Liberty is the top-seed. If Liberty wins, ODU is the No. 3 seed and UConn is the No. 2 seed. If ODU wins, Liberty is the No. 2 seed and UConn is the No. 3 seed.
- If Temple loses and Villanova loses to Georgetown – Temple is the No. 4 seed (Villanova and Providence eliminated)
- If Temple loses, Villanova wins, and Providence loses to Quinnipiac – Villanova is the No. 4 seed (Temple and Villanova eliminated)
- If Temple loses, Villanova wins and Providence wins (It ends in a three-way tie for fourth and is determined by goal-differential, causing Villanova to be eliminated)
- Goal differential scenarios
- Temple loses by just 1 goal – Temple is the No. 4 seed
- Providence wins by just 1 goal – Temple is the No. 4 seed
- Temple loses by exactly 2 goals and Providence wins by exactly 2 goals – Temple is the No. 4 seed
- Temple loses by 2 or more goals and Providence wins by 3+ goals – Providence is the No. 4 seed
- Temple loses by 3+ goals and Providence wins by 2+ goals – Providence is the No. 4 seed.
Old Dominion had a pair of victories over the weekend defeating Temple, 2-0 on Friday, Oct. 21 and VCU, 2-1 on Sunday, Oct. 23. The Monarchs are currently riding an eight-game win streak entering the game Friday. On Tuesday, the BIG EAST announced that ODU had swept the BIG EAST Weekly Awards. Marlon de Bruijne was named Offensive Player of the Week, Cam MacGillivray was named Defensive Player of the Week, and Sanci Molkenboer was named Freshman of the Week. The Monarchs are led by de Bruijne in points (34) and goals (14). Frederique Zandbergen leads the team in assists with 13. MacGillivray currently ranks first in the nation in save percentage with a percentage of .835. Old Dominion ranks fourth in the country in points per game, goals per game, and assists per game.
Liberty is coming off a 1-1 weekend with a loss to #7 Virginia, 2-1 on Friday and a win against Providence, 3-1 on Sunday. Daniella Rhodes leads the Flames in points (30), and it tied for the team high in assists and goals. She is tied with Lizze Hamlett for goals (10) and tied with Bethany Dykema for assists (10).
ODU was defeated by Liberty in 2021 by a final score of 2-1.
Old Dominion can only be the No. 1 or No. 3 seed in the tournament.