John W. Smithson Field is a
baseball venue in
Merion Station, Pennsylvania,
United States. It is home to the
Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball team of the
NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern ...
. The field hosted its first game in spring 2012. The venue has a capacity of 400 spectators. It is named for
John Smithson, Saint Joseph's alumni and once interim president of
Saint Joseph's University
Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh olde ...
.
History
Construction began in June 2011, and the venue was scheduled to be completed for the start of the
2012 season. On March 9, 2012, the Hawks defeated the
Iona Gaels
The Iona Gaels are the athletics teams of Iona University, in New Rochelle, New York. They compete in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and participate in 21 NCAA Division I programs.
Varsity athletic programs
Men's basketball
I ...
5–1, in the first ever game at Smithson Field.
Features
The stadium features a
press box, clubhouse, indoor hitting facility, suites and stadium lighting.
See also
*
List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
This is a list of stadiums that currently serve as the home venue for National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I college baseball teams. Conference affiliations reflect those in the coming 2023 NCAA baseball season. ...
References
External links
St. Joseph's Hawks
College baseball venues in the United States
Baseball venues in Pennsylvania
Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball
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