TRIBUTE TO THE CLASS OF 2023: Olivia Bent-Cole, Camden Catholic field hockey

Posted by Dave O'Sullivan | Sep 13, 2023

We may have just witnessed the greatest South Jersey field hockey player in history the past couple of years at Camden Catholic. If she’s not
No. 1 all-time, “OBC” as she’s referred to certainly is in the conversation. Supremely talented with speed, explosiveness, field vision and stick skills, Bent-Cole, a Philadelphia native, can do pretty much whatever she wants on a field hockey field.
She finished her storied Irish career with 128 goals, including 46 as a junior, to go along with 48 assists. She also led Camden Catholic to a 21-1 record last fall that included a Non-Public state championship. Of course, Bent-Cole scored in the 2-1 title game win over Oak Knoll Academy. She also had nearly three times as many goals as any one else on the Irish roster.
The Northwestern University recruit was the state Player of the Year in 2022.

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Dave O'Sullivan

Sully, as he’s known throughout South Jersey, began his newspaper career in 1995 and has worked for some of New Jersey’s top papers, including The Asbury Park Press and Press of Atlantic City, as a writer and editor. He’s earned several New Jersey Press Association awards and continues to produce high quality reporting, writing and photography. A native of Ocean County, Sully played high school baseball at Lacey Township High and college baseball at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina. After a successful 15-year career in the newspaper business, Sully launched Glory Days Magazine in 2013 and for nearly a decade has been bringing fans outstanding and insightful coverage of high school sports throughout South Jersey.