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Delaware Field Hockey Ends Season No. 17 in STX/NFHCA National Coaches Poll

NEWARK, DE-- The University of Delaware field hockey team finished the 2004 regular season No. 17 in this week's STX/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll released Tuesday.

The Blue Hens are one of three teams in the Colonial Athletic Association to be ranked in the poll including No. 13 William & Mary and No. 9 Old Dominion

Delaware ended it's regular season 13-6 (5-2 CAA) October 30 by defeating Towson University, 1-0.

In the Womensfieldhockey.com poll, Delaware improved to No. 17 this week while William & Mary continued to stay locked at No. 13 and Old Dominion fell to No. 9.

The Blue Hens travel to Williamsburg, VA this weekend as the third seed in the CAA tournament. The winner of the tournament is guaranteed a berth in the NCAA tournament. Delaware faces second seed Old Dominion in the first round on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

AGATE:

STX/NFHCA DIVISION I NATIONAL COACHES POLL

1. Wake Forest (469); 2. University of North Carolina (467); 3. Duke University (408); 4. University of Maryland (400); 5. Michigan State University (387); 6. University of Connecticut (353); 7. American University (327); 8. University of Michigan (300); 9. Old Dominion (292); 10. University of Richmond (268); 11. Boston College (227); 12. Northeastern University (225); 13. William & Mary (198); 14. University of Iowa (182); 15. University of California-Berkeley (124); 16. University of Virginia (108); 17. University of Delaware (88);18. Penn State University (52); 19. Boston University (49); 20. Harvard University (35).

Top 5 receiving votes: Syracuse University (30), Princeton University (19), Lock Haven University (11), University of Maine (5), James Madison (4).

Womensfieldhockey.com poll

1. Wake Forest; 2. University of North Carolina; 3. Duke; 4. Maryland; 5. Michigan State; 6. Connecticut; 7. American; 8. Michigan; 9. Old Dominion; 10. Northeastern; 11. Richmond; 12. Boston College; 13. William & Mary; 14. Virginia; 15. Iowa; 16. California; 17. Delaware; 18. Penn State; 19. Harvard; 20. Boston.

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