2023 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 9, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Field Hockey internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. (Photo by John Konstantaras/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 3

Olivia Bent-Cole

  • Class:
    First-Year
  • 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
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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