CARLISLE, Pa. – For the fifth straight year the Dickinson field hockey team will open up the season with a matchup against local rival Messiah University as the Red and White welcome the ninth-ranked Falcons to the Biddle Field Complex on Friday afternoon at 4pm in the first contest for new Red Devils head coach Maggie Sohns.

Game Information
Opponents – #9 Messiah University Falcons
Date – Friday, August 29th
Time – 4:00 pm
Location – Carlisle, Pa. (Biddle Field Complex)
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Schedule Overview

• The Devils will play ten matchups on the home turf, while taking their show on the road eight times.
• Just like the 2024 season, this year's slate of action features six opponents ranked inside the preseason Top-25 poll (#5 Johns Hopkins, #9 Messiah, #11 Shenandoah, #15 Bryn Mawr, #18 Ursinus and #22 Swarthmore).
• The Red and White will enjoy some home-cooking early in the season with a two-game homestand against Messiah on Friday at 4pm, before taking on the Marlins of Virginia Wesleyan University on Suday (12pm).
• Following road contests at Catholic and Susquehanna, the Devils come back to Carlisle for three straight home matchups versus Juniata (9/13 at 4pm), Shenandoah (9/17 at 4pm) and DeSales (9/20 at 1pm). 
• The Centennial Conference opener pops up on Saturday, September 27th at 12pm against Ursinus. That also kickstarts a run of four consecutive games against nationally-ranked conference opposition: at Johns Hopkins (9/30 at 6pm), at Bryn Mawr (10/4 at 2pm) and Swarthmore (10/11 at 4pm). 
• Rivalry battles with Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall occur on October 15th (away) and October 25th (away) respectively.
• The Devils will honor their five seniors in their last home game of the regular season on Saturday, November 1st when the Washington College Shorewomen come rowing on into the Biddle Field Complex for a high noon start.

Centennial Conference Preseason Poll Position – 9th

Returning All-Conference Performers

• Junior midfielder, Alexandra Hockwitt (Second Team)
• Junior forward, Nicole Uebele (Second Team)

Senior Leaders

• Head coach Maggie Sohns will rely on the senior group of Maggie Carson, Calyn Clements, Malena Malka Goldman, Taylor Morrow, Sophia Pereira and Natalie Slusser to provide key leadership both on and off the pitch in her first season on the Devils sideline.

Ironwomen

• The duo Megan McClure and Morrow showed great stamina and endurance during the 2024 season as all three of them appeared in and started all 17 games for the Red and White.

Key Returners

• Dickinson returns four players who tallied multiple goals last season, including team leader Uebele who netted eight. She will be joined up top by McClure (6), Erin Liggio (4) and Hockwitt (2). 
• The Devils bring back a group of eight who picked up an assist during the 2024 campaign led by both Liggio and Uebele with three each, followed by McClure at two.

 Keepers of the Cage

• Morrow was solid all season long picking up five wins in her second year as the primary starter for the Red and White. She made 17 appearances (all starts) ending the season with a 2.73 goals-against average with a .719 save percentage after tallying 115 stops.
• Backing up Morrow in 2025 will be first-year Kayla Capuzzi. 

Welcome to the Devils Den

• Coach Sohns expects immediate impact from a talented first-year class made up of Kayla Capuzzi, Devon Damminger, Alex Hackett, Keira Manning and Gillian Rosenstock.

From the Mind of Coach Sohns

• Thoughts on Schedule
  • We challenge ourselves during our non-conference games to better prepare us for Centennial Conference play. Two of eight teams from our non-conference schedule are nationally ranked in the NFHCA Division III preseason poll. It will be these matchups where we will have the ability to try and make in-game adjustments and utilize different rotations to get us ready for the gauntlet of the conference season.
• What have you seen in the preseason that has you excited about the season?
  • It has been very exciting and a great learning experience for our team. They have been getting used to new terminology, plays and lingo and taken it all in stride. We have had good practices and a competitive scrimmage that has us ready and motivated for Friday's opener.
• How have your first-years acclimated to the college game so far?
  • Really pleased with the assimilation of our first-years into this team. They are melding well with our returning group asking questions, bringing new skills and characteristics to the identity of our team which is really exciting to see. They will be an impactful group for sure and will only get better as the season goes on.
• What to expect from your team?
  • I want our fans and alumni to be proud of this team each and every time we step out onto the pitch. I want everyone to see a composed and calm team with good passing and that plays a solid possession based style of field hockey. We are going to be a team that works for each other and every end of the field each game.