Patchin Field is a 1,000 seat facility that is home to the

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(VMI) Keydets

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's and women's

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teams, along with being the practice facility for the VMI

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team. Patchin Field is built over top of Woods Creek, along with VMI's baseball facility, Gray–Minor Stadium. Paulette Hall contains locker rooms for VMI baseball, lacrosse, and men's and women's soccer. Patchin Field is named after Herb Patchin, an

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at VMI for thirty-four years.

Features

Patchin Field, aside from locker rooms, which contain audio and visual equipment,

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, and a

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bench, contains an electronic

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and aluminum bench seating on the sidelines of the field, which is made of natural grass. It is located north of Institute Hill.

References

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