Sydni Ciardi, Tufts Athletics

Field Hockey

Bates and Wesleyan to Play for NESCAC Field Hockey Title

The 2025 NESCAC Field Hockey Championship game will feature No. 4 Wesleyan versus No. 3 Bates in a game played at Tufts’ Ounjian Field on Sunday, November 9 at Noon.
The Cardinals upset top-seeded Tufts, 2-0, to earn Wesleyan’s first trip to the NESCAC Championship game in team history. Bates, last year’s NESCAC Runners-Up, knocked off No. 2 Middlebury, 1-0, in a shootout to return to the NESCAC Final for the second straight year.

The game will be streamed for free via the NESCAC NETWORK powered by NSN. The NESCAC NETWORK is available on the streaming apps for television (Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku), computers, and mobile devices (iOS, Android). The apps can be found by searching for NESCAC Network in the device’s app store and installed for free. Download the app and begin watching wherever you are.

No. 4 Wesleyan (14-3) def. No. 1 Tufts (14-3) | Box Score
  • Wesleyan’s Leila Feldman scored both goals to propel the Cardinals past the Jumbos and into the NESCAC Championship game for the first time in program history.
  • Feldman broke a scoreless game with her 10th goal of the season at 21:01 and three minutes later added her 11th goal of the year to give Wesleyan a quick 2-0 lead.
  • Wesleyan kept Tufts off the board and held a 6-3 edge in shots on goal in the game. Audrey Pace made three saves for the shutout, and Wesleyan defended four penalty corners in the fourth quarter.
  • Lydia Eastburn was credited with four saves in the Tufts cage.
  • Wesleyan improved to 14-3, marking the most wins in a single season, and extended its win streak to a program-best 10 straight games.
No. 3 Bates (14-3) def. No. 2 Middlebury (12-5), 1-0 (2OT, SO W, 2-1) | Box Score
  • Bates and Middlebury played through 80 minutes of scoreless field hockey and needed a shootout to see which team would advance to the NESCAC Championship Game.
  • The Bates duo of Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg and Sophie O’Sullivan made their shootout attempts and Ava Donohue made three stops to send the Bobcats to the championship game for the second year in a row.
  • Donohue finished the game with 11 saves while Izzy Redzic was credited with three saves for Middlebury.  The Panthers held a 24-10 edge in shots and a 14-3 advantage in penatly corners.
  • The win was the second straight shootout victory for the Bobcats. They defeated No. 6 Hamilton in a shootout in the quarterfinal round.
  • Bates’ 14 wins match last year’s win total and are the most in team history in a single season.
Championship Matchup
Bates defeated Wesleyan, 1-0, in Lewiston, Maine on September 20 this season. The Bobcats defeated the Cardinals, 2-1in a shootout, in last year’s quarterfinals, the only time the teams have squared off in the NESCAC Tournament.