Washington and Lee University
The W&L Turf Field was designed by Clough Harbour & Associates and completed in the fall of 2000 at a cost of $2.48 million. The facility serves as the home for the W&L field hockey program and serves as an alternate practice and game field for soccer, football and lacrosse. The University also uses the field for intramurals, club sports and recreational use.
The W&L Turf Field is a 230-foot by 400-foot lighted, multi-purpose facility that features seating for 1,000 spectators. It includes a press box, two scoreboards and a storage building for stowing away equipment. The actual playing surface is a knitted nylon product called AstroTurf 12 and is imbedded with lines for field hockey, football, men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse.
The complex is surrounded by fencing and has a landscaped entrance at the intersection of the lower and upper freshman parking lots. There is also a restroom and concessions building just above the stands that was completed as part of the Watt Field project.
The W&L Turf Field has already hosted a number of conference and national events, including serving as the host site for the 2005 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championships.
For directions on how to arrive on the Washington and Lee campus and Lexington community, please visit our directions webpage. To arrive at the W&L Turf Field, take Route 60 West through town and past the W&L campus and the University Parking Deck. Proceed up the hill approximately 1/2 mile past the parking deck and turn right on West Denny Circle. Just a few hundred yards down the road on the right is the upper and lower freshman parking lots. Both of these lots service the W&L Turf Field.