2025 Field Hockey Roster

Wadas & Bent-Cole
Bent-Cole so happy
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
Big Ten Tournament Hugs
Liv vs. Ohio
Photo by: George Koukios/Northwestern Athletics
Hugging ft. Sad Michigan State Girl
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
Bent-Cole vs. Penn
Bent-Cole at Duke
Bent-Cole vs. Penn
Goal at Vermont
Photo by: Nich Hall
August 8, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Field Hockey team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Friday, August 8, 2025. (Photo by Christian Simons/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 3

Olivia Bent-Cole

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Junior
  • High School:
    Camden Catholic High School
  • Hometown:
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Awards:
  • NFHCA All-West Second Team (2024)
  • NFHCA All-American Second Team (2023)
  • NFHCA All-West First Team (2023)
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team (2023)
  • Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2023)
  • First Team All-Big Ten (2023)
  • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (9/25/23)
  • NFHCA National Academic Squad (2023)
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
Career Highs:
  • Goals: 2 (2x - last vs. Maine, 8/30/24)
  • Assists: 1 (4x - last vs. Rutgers, 11/8/24)
  • Points: 4 (2x - last vs. Maine, 8/30/24)
  • Shots: 6 (2x - last vs. Stanford, 10/18/24)
  • Shots on Goal: 5 (vs. Stanford 10/18/24)

2024:
  • Eleventh in the Big Ten with eight goals
  • Started in all 24 games for Northwestern's National Championship season
  • Scored two goals and fired three shots with all three on goal in the 3-0 season opener against Maine (8/30)
  • Notched the first goal in a 6-1 win against UMass (9/1)
  • Fired six shots with three on goal in 5-0 win against No. 4 Iowa (9/20)
  • Scored a goal in 3-2 win over No. 16 Princeton (9/29)
  • Tallied an assist in 4-0 win against Rutgers (10/4)
  • Fired three shots with one on goal in 7-2 victory over No. 17 Penn State (10/6)
  • Scored a goal and fired four shots with three on goal in 3-2 win over No. 9 Harvard (10/13)
  • Contributed an assist and fired six shots with five on goal in 7-0 win against Stanford (10/18)
  • Notched four shots with one on goal in 5-0 win at Michigan State (10/27)
  • Logged an assist in 2-0 win against Rutgers (11/8)
  • Scored two goals in 9-2 win over Miami (OH) (11/15)
  • Scored a goal in 5-0 National Championship victory over No. 3 Saint Joseph's (11/24)
 

2023:

  • Recorded one shot on goal during her first collegiate game against #9 Louisville (8/27)
  • Tallied two shots on goal in an 1-0 overtime win vs. #17 Boston College (9/1)
  • Scored her first-career goal in a 3-2 win against #20 Duke (9/3)
  • Logged two shots on goal and recorded an assist in a 2-0 win against Vermont (9/5)
  • Scored a goal and recorded an assist in a 3-0 win over Maine (9/8)
  • Recorded an assist and two shots on goal in a 3-0 win against #20 UMass (9/9)
  • Scored a goal in a 5-0 win over Indiana (9/15)
  • Notched two goals and recorded four shots on goal in a 4-3 win vs. #12 Ohio State (9/22)
  • Scored two goals in a 5-0 win over Ohio (10/15)

High School:
  • USA TODAY HHSA Field Hockey Player of the Year
  • MAX Field Hockey Player of the Year
  • First-Team All-American
  • Competed for USA Field Hockey as part of the Junior Women's National Indoor Team, the U-16 Women's National Team, the U-21 Women's National Team and the senior U.S. Women's National Team
  • Contributed to the United States' gold-medal performance at the 2023 Junior Pan American Championships
  • Contributed 38 goals and 16 assists her senior season
  • Helped Camden Catholic High School to their first state championship in nearly 40 years during the 2022 season
Field Hockey - Wildcats Down Duke 1-0 (9/5/25)
Saturday, September 06
Field Hockey - 'Cats Open 2025 Campaign with 4-0 Rout of Richmond (8/31/25)
Thursday, September 04
"50+ Years in the Making" | The Foundation: Northwestern Field Hockey
Wednesday, April 30
Official Trailer - '50+ Years in the Making' | The Foundation: Northwestern Field Hockey
Friday, April 25