Chessa Field, located on the west end of the Athletic Mall, has served as the home to the Ohio women's soccer programs since 2002.
The site, which previously served as a practice site, was renovated and transformed into the competition facility. The Kentucky Bluegrass and Rye athletic turf grass mix sits atop a modern irrigation and drainage system. A soccer-specific scoreboard is situated across from the press box and the seating grandstand, which can accommodate 750 fans.
Chessa Field could not have been made possible without the generous contribution of Ohio University employee Scott Blower and his wife, Crista, a 1985 Ohio University graduate. The couple's $70,000 contribution in 2003 was used to renovate the playing surface at Chessa Field, making it the university's largest private gift to women's athletics. Other improvements at the soccer facility included the construction of a press box and the addition of a simulated wrought-iron fence adjacent to Shafer Street.
To honor the couple's gift, Ohio Athletics renamed the facility's playing surface Chessa Field in honor of the Blowers' daughter.
In the spring of 2015, a major renovation of the playing surface at Chessa Field was completed. The project installed a new drainage and irrigation system, along with new natural turfgrass.
