[Rooster Cogburn]

http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm? ... ewsID=6194

Liberty University Director of Athletics Jeff Barber has announced the Athletics Department will make field hockey its 21st NCAA Division sponsored program, with competition slated to start in fall of 2011. Additionally, Liberty Athletics has tabbed former Richmond assistant Jodi Murphy as the program's inaugural head coach.

[BJWilliams]

my question is where would they play their matches?

[ATrain]

my question is where would they play their matches?

Probably where they're building the new NCAA field with 500-seat bleachers.

[flamesbball84]

Not even giving a coach a whole year to recruit? Are they going to be satisfied with getting their butt kicked nearly every game for a while? Prime recruiting season for FH is in the fall and summer...

[ATrain]

Not even giving a coach a whole year to recruit? Are they going to be satisfied with getting their butt kicked nearly every game for a while? Prime recruiting season for FH is in the fall and summer...

To answer your question, see the Lacrosse program or women's tennis when that was first started.

[flamesbball84]

Not even giving a coach a whole year to recruit? Are they going to be satisfied with getting their butt kicked nearly every game for a while? Prime recruiting season for FH is in the fall and summer...

To answer your question, see the Lacrosse program or women's tennis when that was first started.

Fairly familiar with women's lax from first hand experience, unfortunately. Team had some good athletes but a lot of them didn't look to be much versed in the ways of lax.

[From the class of 09]

Not even giving a coach a whole year to recruit? Are they going to be satisfied with getting their butt kicked nearly every game for a while? Prime recruiting season for FH is in the fall and summer...

To answer your question, see the Lacrosse program or women's tennis when that was first started.

Fairly familiar with women's lax from first hand experience, unfortunately. Team had some good athletes but a lot of them didn't look to be much versed in the ways of lax.

Who cares how they do we just need them to satisfy title IX right? That way the football team can move on up.....

i'm kidding relax our womens teams are some of the most competitive

[Cider Jim]

About the conference we're joining:

The team will compete as an independent program in 2011 and is slated to join the NorPac Conference in 2012. Started in 1982, the NorPac's current field hockey membership consists of: Appalachian State, Davidson, Longwood, Radford, Stanford, California-Berkeley, California-Davis and Pacific

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http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=23899

Bio on our new coach:
http://www.richmondspiders.com/sports/w ... odi00.html

[ToTheLeft]

What the heck kind of conference is that?

[Sly Fox]

I have to admit I never saw the day when when we would be in the same conference as Cal & Stanford for anything (and I am sure neither could they).

[Sly Fox]

What the heck kind of conference is that?

A conference of convenience. See the Great West Conference in other sports for an example. Not many schools carry field hockey as a scholarship sport these days outside of the New England region. So sometimes you have create allegiances wherever you can find them.

[Cider Jim]

And we are FINALLY in a conference with Longwood.

[01LUGrad]

Title IX sports are awesome.

[ATrain]

And we are FINALLY in a conference with Longwood.

That happened last year with women's lacrosse