Olivia Bent-Cole

Photo by: Andy Mead/YCJ

Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics

Photo by: George Koukios/Northwestern Athletics

Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics

Photo by: Nich Hall

Awards:

Career Highs:

Goals: 2 (2x - last vs. Maine, 8/30/24)
Assists: 1 (6x - last vs. Boston College, 9/7/25)
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)

2025:

Contributed to final goal with an assist in 4-0 season opening victory at Richmond (8/31)
Contributed to goal with an assist in 2-0 win against No. 8 Boston College (9/7)
Scored first goal (2nd minute) in road 5-1 victory against No. 20 Miami (OH) (9/14)

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