Field hockey schedule released

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Penn field hockey is about to enjoy the comforts of home more than it has in a long time.

The Quakers' field hockey schedule was released today and reveals nine games in a slate of 17 to be played on the new Ellen Vagelos Field, the first field hockey-specific surface in the history of the Penn field hockey program.

Nine out of 17 is an excellent percentage of home games for Penn field hockey.

Because AstroTurf teams generally do not want to play games on a non-AstroTurf field, Penn has had to dedicate nearly its entire nonconference slate to road games season after season. Just 29 of Penn’s 88 nonconference games have been home contests since 2003, which was also the last year in which the Quakers hosted more nonconference games than they traveled for.

But now Penn can finally enjoy some extra time at home, starting with its first game at Vagelos Field on Sat., Sept. 21, against Cornell. Penn also gets to play four of its final five games at Vagelos Field, and the Quakers will finish their regular season against national champion Princeton in on Sat., Nov. 9.

The Quakers open their season with three straight road games, beginning Friday, Sept. 6 at Lehigh.