Wake Forest Battles BC in ACC Tourney Opener
11/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Nov. 3, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest field hockey team will begin play at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday, November 6 against Boston College at 4 p.m. Duke University will host the three-day event in Durham, N.C.
The third-seeded Demon Deacons finished the regular season with a 17-2 overall record and 3-2 mark in the conference. BC earned the six-seed with a 12-6, 1-4 finish. The teams faced each other on November 1, where Wake Forest posted a 4-1 victory in Chestnut Hill.
The winner of the Thursday's match will face two-seed North Carolina at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 7.
Maryland earned the tournament's top-seed, while host school Duke was seeded fourth and Virginia was seeded fifth.
Single session tickets will be available for $5 and all-tournament passes will be sold for $10. Fans can purchase tickets by calling the Duke Box Office at 1-877-375-DUKE or visiting the ticketing website. In addition, the quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast over the internet at ACCSelect.com. The championship will be broadcast on Regional Networks on a tape-delayed basis.
Complete tournament information is available at the ACC's Tournament Website.
Duke last hosted the conference championship in 2002 where Wake Forest posted its first of three ACC Tournament titles with a 4-0 victory over Maryland. The Demon Deacons also took the title in 2003 and 2006.
2007 marked the first year Wake Forest did not earn a bye in the first round of the tournament. The third-seeded Deacons advanced to the final match but fell in 4-3 heartbreaker to eventual National Champion North Carolina.
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