Nov. 8, 2013

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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - With fall championship season in full swing, Patriot League Network brings the action right to your computer for free with coverage of all six games of the Field Hockey and Women's Soccer Championships this weekend.

Field hockey gets underway first on Friday, as fourth-seeded Lafayette takes on No. 1 and host American at 11 a.m. The second semifinal is set for 2 p.m., when No. 2 Boston University battles third seed Bucknell. The two winners will advance to Saturday's championship, set for 1 p.m. on PLN, from Jacobs Field at American.

PLN's wall-to-wall championship coverage on Friday continues with women's soccer. No. 1 seed and host Navy takes on fifth-seeded American in the first semifinal scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in Annapolis, Md. Second seed Boston University goes up against No. 3 Colgate at 7:30 p.m. The two semifinal victors will advance to Sunday's championship game at 1 p.m. on PLN.

The 2013-14 basketball season begins this weekend, and the women get first dibs on PLN on Friday. Boston University opens begins its new era in the Patriot League by hosting Boston rival Northeastern at 6 p.m. Two games will tip on PLN at 7 p.m., with Lafayette hosting Rider in the renovated Kirby Sports Center and Holy Cross welcoming Dartmouth to Worcester, Mass.

We're reaching the home stretch in volleyball, and PLN will bring you three critical contests at 7 p.m. Defending League champion Colgate can clinch a Patriot League Tournament berth with a win over visiting Navy, while Lehigh tries to strengthen its postseason ambitions when it hosts Bucknell. In Worcester, Holy Cross and Loyola Maryland duke it out for late-season momentum.

Friday's schedule is filled out by Colgate women's ice hockey hosting Union for a 7 p.m. faceoff.

Football opens Saturday's PLN slate. If Lehigh is to stay in the race for a Patriot League championship, it must defeat Holy Cross when the two square off at Goodman Stadium at 12:30 p.m. At 1 p.m., unbeaten Fordham hosts Bucknell, which has picked off the Mountain Hawks and Colgate in the last two weeks.

The final slate of regular-season games play out in men's soccer. Boston University hosts Bucknell at 2 p.m., with the Terriers needing a win to clinch a tournament berth. The Bison are already in the postseason, but would wrap up a home quarterfinal game with a win. Then at 4 p.m., Colgate hosts American in another critical showdown as the winner wraps up a tournament spot. Two games are set for 7 p.m. as Holy Cross tunes up for the playoffs at Lehigh, while Lafayette could be still be in the tournament picture when it visits Loyola Maryland on PLN.

PLN will air three more volleyball contests on Saturday. Lehigh visits Colgate in a 3 p.m. showdown that could shuffle the standings, while American might be in position to clinch a tournament bid at 4 p.m. at Holy Cross. Lafayette and Bucknell tussle at 5 p.m. in Lewisburg, Pa.

As if that schedule wasn't busy enough, two League rivals will square off in a non-League sport when Lehigh wrestling welcomes Bucknell at 7 p.m.

In addition to Sunday's women's soccer championship at 1 p.m., women's basketball will air again on PLN as Colgate hosts St. Bonaventure at 2 p.m. and Navy welcomes Stony Brook at 7 p.m.

In addition to the 25 live events scheduled through the next three days, PLN also includes free on-demand video content including highlights of last weekend's Patriot League Cross Country Championships, the Rockin' Refuel Performance of the Week, plus previews of both championships coming up this weekend.