WALTHAM, Mass. – Coming off a 1-1 opening weekend against Millersville and West Chester, the Bentley field hockey team heads to Pennsylvania this weekend to take on Kutztown on Friday at 3:00 PM and East Stroudsburg on Sunday at 12:00 PM.

Opening weekend split

The Falcons defeated No. 5 ranked Millersville 1-0 on opening day. Senior Katie Thies scored the game's only goal 2:49 into the game. That was her 15^th career goal. Goalie Mia Trottie made two saves to earn her sixth career shutout.

Less than 24 hours later the Falcons took on No. 3 ranked West Chester and fell 3-1 to the Golden Rams. Junior Libby Harrison had Bentley's goal in the 4^th quarter.

Honor roll

Katie Thies and Mia Trottie were both named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the first week of the season.

Series history

Bentley leads the all-time series against both of their PSAC opponents this weekend. They have a 4-3 edge against Kutztown. The first meeting between the two programs was back in 1988.

The Falcons lead East Stroudsburg 6-3 and the first ever meeting was in 1996.

Up Next

After this weekend the Falcons return home to play Assumption, in a non-conference game, on Sept. 13 at 6:00 PM. A week from Saturday they host St. Thomas Aquinas for the first NE10 game of the season.