Purple Knights to play four games overseas while visiting
Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

Information Provided By Saint Michael's Sports Information


COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Saint Michael’s College field hockey team is making their longest trip of the season – by far – this week, as the Purple Knights will embark on an eight-day, three-country European tour of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

The team is scheduled to leave John F. Kennedy International Airport today (Aug. 11) at 5:55 p.m., and arrive in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. local time. The Purple Knights will conduct their first professional training session on Wednesday at 4 p.m., and play their first game of the trip on Thursday versus HC Bonn at 7 p.m.

On Friday, Saint Michael’s will hold its second and final professional training session at 4 p.m., followed by a game with HC Meerssen at 8 p.m. After an off-day Saturday, the Purple Knights conclude the trip with games on Sunday versus HC Kerkrade at 11 a.m., and on Monday, Aug. 18 against HC Tegelen at 7 p.m. The team then returns to the United States on Tuesday, Aug. 19.

The overseas trip is a precursor to Saint Michael’s normal preseason camp held on campus, which leads up to the Purple Knights’ regular-season opener at Stonehill College on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 2 p.m.

The fundraised trip is led by Carla Hesler, who begins her 10th season as Saint Michael’s head coach this fall and is the second-winningest coach in program history with a 103-68 record. Saint Michael’s went 9-11 last season, advancing to the Northeast-10 Conference Semifinals, and return senior Andrea Slaven (Danvers, Mass./Bishop Fenwick), last year’s NE-10 Player of the Year.