Bowdoin College will defend its 2005 NESCAC Field Hockey crown this weekend when the Polar Bears host the 2006 NESCAC Field Hockey Championship at Ryan Field in Brunswick, Maine. Top-seeded Bowdoin will take on sixth-seeded Amherst on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 11:00 a.m. in the first semifinal, followed afterwards at 1:30 p.m. with second-seeded Middlebury squaring off against fourth-seeded Tufts. The 2006 NESCAC Field Hockey Championship will conclude on Sunday, Nov. 5, with the final beginning at 12:00 p.m.