2012 NEC Field Hockey Championship
Hosted by Rider University
All games to be broadcast live on NEC Front Row.
You can also watch on your mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Android phones,
by typing NECFrontRow.com into your browser and clicking on the game link.
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Tournament Format
The top four finishers, based on winning percentage during the Conference’s regular season will compete in a two-day, single-elimination tournament. The high seed will host the entire event. If the high seed is unable to host, then the option goes to the #2 seed.
Click here for NEC Field Hockey Tiebreaker Procedure
NEC Schools That Sponsor Field Hockey
Bryant, Monmouth, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart and Saint Francis (PA).
NEC Field Hockey Associate Members
Rider and Siena
The NEC Tournament champion will face the A-10 winner in a NCAA play-in game on November 6. The A-10 champion will serve as host for the game. The winner of the play-in game will advance to the NCAA Tournament which begins with first round play on November 10-11.
Tickets
Tickets will be available the day of the event at the host site. Ticket prices are $6 for adults, $3 from senior citizens and children between the ages of 11-18. Children under the age of 11 and NEC students with an institutional I.D. will be admitted free.
Directions to Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Enter the campus at the main entrance (traffic light on Rt. 206) and continue to the first right. Drive to the end of the road and turn left. Follow the road past the Greek Houses and continue through the white gate. The field hockey field is to the right. You may drive down into the parking area around the outside of the track.
From New York and North:
From the NJ Turnpike:
take the New Jersey Turnpike south to exit 7A (I-195 West). Follow I-195 west to the exit for I-295 north toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 south. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right. From Route 1 South: take the exit for Interstate 95 South (sign says "To Pennsylvania." Bear right at junction, following signs for I-95 south (Pennsylvania). Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
From South Jersey:
From the Garden State Parkway: take exit 98 (I-195 west). Follow I-195 west to the exit for I-295 north toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 south. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
From I-295 North:
I-295 will become I-95 south. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
From Philadelphia, South and West:
From Philadelphia:
Take I-95 north, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
From the Pennsylvania Turnpike:
take the Pennsylvania Turnpike east to the main Philadelphia exit 28 and follow the signs to I-95 north. Continue on I-95 north, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 south (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.
Preferred Hotel Partner
Comfort Inn
3270 US Route 1 North
Lawrenceville, NJ, US, 08648
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NEC Field Hockey History
NEC Field Hockey Championships (1997-11)
NEC Field Hockey Recordbook
A Brief History Of NEC Field Hockey
NCAA Field Hockey Participation