WASHINGTON – The Saint Joseph’s University field hockey team will meet the University of Vermont in an opening-round game at the NCAA Championship. The entire 18-team NCAA field was announced on Sunday night.
 
The Hawks and America East champion Catamounts will play on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill., with the winner meeting top-seeded Northwestern on Friday.
 
The Hawks won the A10 title on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Richmond in a shootout, going eight rounds with the Spiders before emerging with a 4-3 advantage in the shootout. Prior to that, SJU won the regular-season crown with a perfect 6-0 conference record. Following the season, first-year head coach Sam Brown was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year while senior Milou Kluyt earned her second straight A10 Defensive Player of the Year honor.
 
Saint Joseph’s is making its sixth straight appearance in the NCAA Championship and ninth overall, all of them coming since 2017. Of note, the Hawks played in the national championship game in 2024.