SportsTurf

December 2012

SportsTurf provides current, practical and technical content on issues relevant to sports turf managers, including facilities managers. Most readers are athletic field managers from the professional level through parks and recreation, universities.

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Irrigation&Drainage RINCETON UNIVER SITY has fielded a championship women's field hockey team for more than three decades and this season has been a banner year for the Tigers. For the first time in program history, the women's field hockey team won the NCAA Division I National Championship Title in November in a 3-2 victory over #1-ranked University of North Carolina. The Tar Heels had been six-time national champs. Under coach Kristen Holmes-Winn, the Tigers (21-1) have become known as the "team of destiny," as they also clinched their 21st Ivy League trophy in 2012 and count two Olympians and four US National Team players on the squad. P PRINCETON FIELD HOCKEY TURF GOES HIGH TECH This article was supplied by Creative Services, Encinitas, CA. >> THE PRINCETON TIGERS women's field hockey team plays a fast and furious game on the new AstroTurf 12 JG surface at the campus's recently renovated Bedford Field. 22 SportsTurf | December 2012 Giving the Tigers home turf advantage is a new state-of-the-art facility at Princeton's Bedford Field. The field is a model of advanced technologies—from the custom-designed synthetic turf/drainage system to an innovative irrigation control and watering program. "In field hockey the condition of the field is critical to the playability of the game," says Princeton Associate Athletic Director for Facilities Jeffrey Graydon. "The surface has to be wet so that the ball moves without bouncing. A faster, more consistent playing field ensures a challenging game that allows the players to compete at the highest level," he says. BEDFORD: A TWO-PHASE PROJECT The Bedford Field project was planned in two phases: Phase 1 included new turf, updated drainage and irrigation systems, perimeter fencing and PA. It also features a new field hockeyspecific scoreboard with PCS (penalty corner www.sportsturfonline.com

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