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Cristy Freese Field

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QUICK FACTS

Official Name: Cristy Freese Field
Opened: 2005
Surface: Fieldturfs Hockey Pitch
Location: Central Michigan University Campus
Address: 300 E Broomfield Street, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858
First Game: September 13, 2005 (vs. Michigan)
Capacity: 1,000

THE FACILITY

Cristy Freese Field opened in 2005 and was dedicated to its namesake in 2019. Freese served as the head field hockey coach at CMU for 29 seasons and is the winningest coach in program history.

The facility was upgraded with the installation of permanent seating in 2008, allowing for a more fan-friendly viewing experience. In August 2018, a new turf and watering system was installed. The turf was recently named a Global certified field by the International Hockey Federation.

The Chippewas' field hockey complex has an internationally approved water-based AstroTurf field, while the turf bay in the IAC also is at the program's disposal for year-round conditioning and workouts.

Freese worked for 33 years in the Central Michigan University Athletics Department, 29 of which were spent as the head coach of the field hockey team. She played field hockey at Ohio State from 1976-79 and breaking into coaching shortly thereafter as a graduate assistant at James Madison. She landed at CMU in 1986, hired by then-athletic director Dave Keilitz as the school's field hockey coach. She stepped away from that role in 2015 to become the university's executive associate athletic director/sport administrator for the final four years of her athletic career.

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