No. 14 Princeton To Open NCAA Tournament At No. 4 Virginia

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 14 Princeton Tigers will take on the No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA announced tonight.

This is always the most exciting time of the year," said head coach Carla Tagliente. "I am very proud of how far this team has come this season. Wrapping up the Ivy League undefeated is a tremendous accomplishment and we are looking forward to seeing what lies ahead."

No. 3 seed Princeton and No. 2 seed Virginia will get underway on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 2:00 p.m., in Charlottesville, Va. The other contest in the bracket will be the No. 1 seeded North Carolina Tarheels and No. 4 seeded St. Joseph's Hawks (11:30 a.m., Nov. 11). The Tarheels are sixth in the nation while the Hawks are No. 17. Virginia will host the bracket despite being the No. 2 seed.

Princeton and Virginia have faced off in 13 meetings including three times in the NCAA Tournament. The Cavaliers lead the all-time series, 7-6, but Princeton earned the win in the NCAA quarterfinals last year. In one of the greatest moments in program history, Sophia Tornetta laced a laced a shot into the back of the cage as time expired to send the Tigers to the Final Four for the first time since 2012 with a 3-2 victory.

The Tigers clinched the outright Ivy League championship, its 25th all-time, and the Ivy's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It's the 22nd time that the Tigers have made the Big Dance. The last time that Princeton did not play in at least the NCAA Play-In Game was in 2004. The field hockey team has made the NCAA quarterfinals 15 times, the national semifinals seven time and won the National Championship in 2012.

Princeton is 11-6 overall and 7-0 in the Ivy League this year. The Tigers boast four top-25 wins, taking down No. 22 Rutgers (Sept. 8), No. 10 Maryland (Sept. 19), No. 24 Boston University (Sept. 24) and No. 15 Harvard (Oct. 21). The Tigers have an RPI of 12 and has faced arguably the hardest schedule in Division-I. Princeton opened the year with six straight ranked teams. Since beginning the season 1-4, the Tigers have two separate four-game winning streaks and have rattled off 10-of-12 victories.

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