LYNCHBURG, VA. - The BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship presented by JEEP opened Friday afternoon with No. 1 seed Liberty taking down No. 4 seed Villanova 3-1. No. 2 seed UConn defeated No. 3 seed Old Dominion 4-1. The Lady Flames and the Huskies advance to Sunday's title match at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The winner of the BIG EAST Championship receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
No. 7 Liberty 3, Villanova 1
Liberty opened the scoring late in the first half as Maite Altamirano netted her first career goal at 27:21, giving the Lady Flames a 1-0 lead at the half.