Cards Earn No. 3 Seed in ACC Championship

The No. 10-ranked University of Louisville field hockey team has earned the No. 3 seed in the 2018 ACC Championship. The Cardinals (12-4, 3-3 ACC) will face the No. 6-seed Wake Forest in the quarterfinals Thursday at 4 p.m. The Demon Deacons (8-7, 2-4) defeated the Cardinals 4-2 in the regular season matchup on Sept. 21 in Winston-Salem.

Top-ranked North Carolina earned the No. 1 seed and received a first-round bye and will play the winner of No. 4 Boston College and No. 5 Virginia on Friday, Nov. 2, at noon. No. 2 Duke (5-1) will take on No. 7 Syracuse (1-5) on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

About the ACC Championship
The 2018 ACC Championship will be held at North Carolina's Karen Shelton Stadium Nov. 1,2 and 4.

Single-session tickets are available for $5 for adults. Youth under 18 and students from an ACC school with valid student identification can enter for free.

2018 ACC Field Hockey Championship
Thursday, November 1
Game 1 - No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 4 Boston College (RSN/ACC Network Extra), 11:00 a.m.
Game 2 - No. 7 Syracuse vs. No. 2 Duke (RSN/ ACC Network Extra), 1:30 p.m.
Game 3 - No. 6 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Louisville (RSN/ ACC Network Extra), 4:00 p.m.

Friday, November 2
No. 1 North Carolina vs. Game 1 Winner (RSN/ ACC Network Extra), Noon
Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner (RSN/ ACC Network Extra), 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 5
ACC Championship (RSN/ ACC Network Extra), 1:00 p.m.

2018 ACC Field Hockey Championship Television Coverage
The ACC Field Hockey Championships play-by-play tag team will be familiar to RSN viewers. Tom Werme will handle the quarterfinals on Thursday (Nov. 1) and Sunday's championship game, with Jeff Fischel on hand for Friday's semifinals. Leah Secondo, a former three-sport star at the collegiate level and a leading women's sports analyst for more than three decades, will handle color commentary throughout the tournament.

The ACC Field Hockey Championship quarterfinal games on Thursday, Nov. 1, are set for 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Friday's semifinal games are scheduled for noon and 2:30 p.m., and Sunday's title game is slated for a 1 p.m. start.

The ACC's Regional Sports Networks for the 2018-19 season are comprised of FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Florida, FOX Sports Sun, FOX Sports Midwest, FOX Sports Indiana, NESN, YES Network, AT&T SPORTSNET Pittsburgh and NBC Sports Washington.

University of Louisville Athletics

Related News

Related Videos