field hockey
noun
: a game played on a turfed field between two teams of 11 players each whose object is to direct a ball into the opponent's goal with a hockey stick
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Westminster field hockey: The Owls held off Franklin for a 3-2 win in Tuesday’s 3A North Region II championship.
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Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
One area, in particular, that ESPN+ excels is in its coverage of men's and women's NCAA sports, including basketball, baseball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling).
—PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024
Injuries once derailed her field hockey and lacrosse careers as a Bulldog, setting her on a path toward medicine.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Northwestern has had extensive on-field and on-the-court success recently, with men’s basketball reaching back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time in program history and field hockey and women’s lacrosse reaching national title games.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
One area, in particular, that ESPN+ excels is in its coverage of men's and women's NCAA sports, including basketball, baseball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling).
—PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024
Injuries once derailed her field hockey and lacrosse careers as a Bulldog, setting her on a path toward medicine.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Northwestern has had extensive on-field and on-the-court success recently, with men’s basketball reaching back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time in program history and field hockey and women’s lacrosse reaching national title games.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Field hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20hockey. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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