Homewood Field
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Homewood Field is the athletics stadium of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
History
It was built in 1906 and has an official capacity of 8,500 people. The name is taken, as is that of the entire campus, from the name of the estate of
soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse
teams.
It was also the home field for the professional lacrosse team, the
NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
in 1975, and was the site for the 2016 Big Ten men's lacrosse tournament. The south grandstand is named for Conrad Gebelein (1884–1981), longtime music director at the university.
While known primarily for being the "
in-state rival Maryland. Fletcher Watts scored the game-winning field goal as the last moments ticked down. From then until 1934, the teams met on that day all but two years.[3]
References
- ^ The exalted history of the Hopkins lacrosse program, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, March 1, 2007. Archived May 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A century of excellence, Sports Illustrated, August 25, 1983. Archived July 19, 2012, at archive.today
- ^ Ted Patterson and Edwin H. Remsberg, Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia, 2000, March 25, 2009.
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