When you think of the Atlantic Coast Conference, one sport immediately comes to mind: field hockey. Fred Bowen, who writes the sports columns for the KidsPost page in the Washington Post, wrote this a few days ago.

Field Hockey of Dreams

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Friday, October 28, 2005; C13

The Atlantic Coast Conference tournament is coming to town. ... What's coming to the University of Maryland next week is the ACC field hockey tournament.

... The nation's top four field hockey teams -- Wake Forest, Duke, Maryland and North Carolina -- are in the ACC. And the two other ACC schools with field hockey teams, Boston College and Virginia, are in the Top 20 and plenty tough. (Two area schools not in the ACC, American and James Madison universities, are also in the Top 20.)
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... You can check out the matchups and game times at UMTerps.com (click on \"Field Hockey\").

If you have never seen top-flight women's field hockey, get your mom or dad to take you to one of the games next Thursday, Friday or Sunday. You will be in for a big surprise.
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Fred Bowen writes KidsPost's sports opinion column and is the author of sports novels for kids.