MANSFIELD, Conn. – In playoff games, every team plays with a chip on their shoulder as it is. But for ten Warriors, three of them now seniors, they're not just playing for a playoff win, this game is personal. Exactly two years and six days ago today, the Spartans sent the Warriors packing in the first round of the playoffs. Today, those ten Warriors have a chance at redemption, and for the senior trio, a chance to bring the Warriors to their first Field Hockey conference title game since 2021, and a chance to host the Little East title game for the first time in program history.
 
Team Records:
 
Eastern: 11-8
Vermont State Castleton: 8-10
 
Series History:
 
- 11th meeting all time, dating back to 2006
- VTSU leads all time series 8-2
- ECSU is 2-3 all time at home
- Last meeting: 2025 (2-1 ECSU)
- Last win: 2025 (2-1 at ECSU)
- 3rd LEC playoff meeting all time (2018, 2023)
- Championship Appearances: ECSU (2015, 2021), VTSU (2018, 2022)
- Semifinal Appearances: ECSU (2001, 2015, 2021), VTSU (2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
 
Game Notes:
 
- The Warriors have never been the No. 1 seed
- The Spartans are 1-1 as the No. 4 seed (2023), since they joined the LEC in 2018
- The Warriors have scored more than two goals only once in the last ten games against the Spartans
- This is the first time Eastern is hosting Castleton in the LEC playoffs
- Eastern is looking for its first playoff win over Castleton in three attempts
- The No. 1  seed has advanced to the LEC championship game all but three years (2005, 2015, 2017)
- The No. 4  seed has advanced to championship game just three times (2005, 2015, 2017)
- Eastern has hosted playoff games: 2015, (QF, SF 4 seed), 2021 (QF 3 seed), 2024 (QF)
- Eastern is 3-1 when hosting LEC playoff games
- Emma Sanson is one goal away from tying the all-time career goal record