Field Hockey Set to Host Bryant, Vermont for Opening Weekend

Friday, August 28

Hamden, CT

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Bryant

Jule Hoefer with the ball vs Bucknell (Aug. 31, 2025 in Hamden, Conn.)

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Field Hockey Set to Host Bryant, Vermont for Opening Weekend

8/27/2026 3:42:00 PM | Field Hockey

Game #1: Quinnipiac vs Bryant
Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Hamden, Conn. | Quinnipiac Field Hockey Stadium
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Game #2: Quinnipiac vs. Vermont
Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026 | 12:00 PM
Hamden, Conn. | Quinnipiac Field Hockey Stadium
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac field hockey kicks off the 2026 campaign on Friday with its home opener against Bryant, before welcoming Vermont to Hamden on Sunday afternoon.

RETURN TO THE NEC

The Bobcats rejoin the Northeast Conference after previously competing as a full-time member from 1998-2013. During that span, QU won the inaugural NEC Field Hockey Tournament in 1999, including two more NEC tournament titles, and four regular-season championships.
QU was selected to finish second, behind Wagner, in the coaches' preseason poll with five first-place votes.

LEADERSHIP GROUP

Katie Shanahan returns for her second straight year as captain of the Bobcat squad, with the addition of senior Audrey Everett and junior Jule Hoefer to the leadership group.

ROZE TO THE OCCASION

Rozemarijn van Keulen returns for her sophomore season after recording eight goals and four assists for 20 points in 16 games as a first-year.
Van Keulen finished second on the team in goals and points and fourth in assists.
The forward recorded her first goal in a 2-0 win against Bucknell on Aug. 31.
Van Keulen registered a career-high four points in four games.
She recorded multi-goal games against Columbia, Merrimack, and UMass Lowell.

NEW CATS ON THE BLOCK

Head Coach Nina Klein and her staff brought in eight newcomers ahead of this season.
Among the group, there are four joining QU from across the Atlantic, with Senne Fassbender, Julia Lutz, and Meike van Schoot from the Netherlands and Evelyn Henderson from England.
Kaia Jackson, Mia Khazin, Maddie Lathrop, and Lily Mastrella are each from the Northeast.
QU's roster is made up of 14 underclassmen among the 24 players.

HEAD COACH NINA KLEIN

Nina Klein enters her fourth season as the head field hockey coach and second coach in program history, replacing longtime head coach Becca Main.
A season ago, Klein helped lead the Bobcats to their first 10-win season since 2013.
Sophomore Francisca Eschoyez was named BIG-EAST co-offensive player of the year, ALL-BIG EAST First Team, and NFHCA Third-Team All-American. In 2024, Eschoyez earned Second Team All-BIG EAST honors.
In Klein's first season at the helm of the Bobcats, she helped the Bobcats to one of their best finishes in BIG EAST play.
Klein also helped guide Stella Tegtmeier to the first major BIG EAST award in program history, with Tegtmeier taking home BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year in 2023.
A selector for USA Field Hockey U16 goalkeepers, Klein returns to Quinnipiac after serving as the assistant field hockey coach at Boston College for the 2022 season.
Prior to her time at Boston College, Klein joined the Bobcats under Becca Main and was elevated to associate head coach prior to the 2019 season.
A UConn graduate, Klein served the Huskies as a volunteer assistant for the 2018 season.

For more information on Quinnipiac Field Hockey, visit gobobcats.com/fh and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_FH.