Post-season play opportunities such as the NCAA Division III championships are held in the second week of November. The field hockey team practices six days a week, two hours a day. Once games begin, the team has one or two games mid-week and a game on Saturday. Practices two days before a game will focus on stick-work and conditioning. The practice before a game will focus on strategy.
Every practice ends with some form of a scrimmage.
If 25 people try out for the team, there will be a JV team. Years when numbers are down, players who have not yet reached varsity-playing level will still practice with the team, but will not dress for the games. Bryn Mawr is a member of the Centennial Conference, and the field hockey team competes against the ten other schools within that conference. Our one overnight trip is the Seven Sisters Tournament. The remaining games are played against local Division III field hockey teams.