For the first time since 1996, the 15th-ranked Swarthmore College field hockey team is headed to the NCAA Tournament and will host a first-round match-up. It is the first time in program history that Clothier Field will host NCAA postseason action.

Swarthmore (12-7) opens on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. with a rematch against 22nd-ranked Scranton; The two teams squared off in the regular season on September 5 with the Royals prevailing 2-1 in a shootout.

Despite falling in the Centennial Conference Championship to Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore finished 16th in the NCAA Power Index to grab the final at-large bid and first-round hosting opportunity.

The Garnet are making their second NCAA Tournament in program history. The team was nationally ranked for seven weeks this season by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association with a peak of No. 14.

In other fall sports action, the 17th-ranked women's soccer team qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in 12 years, earning an at-large bid after finishing with a 12-2-3 record and reaching the Centennial Conference semifinals.

Swarthmore will play Brevard College on the campus of Batten University in Virginia Beach, Va. Action starts on November 14 at 1:30 p.m.