Settles selected for national senior game

Senior forward Bridget Settles of the field hockey team was recently selected to compete in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I Senior Game on Nov. 19 at the University of Louisville. The team’s co-captain was chosen to play with 38 other top Division I players and is the sixth player from Temple to do so in five years.

Settles is one of two Atlantic Ten Conference players selected for team along with Massachusetts senior goalie Alesha Widdall. The national senior team will face off against the U.S. Women’s National Team and each other.

The Haddon Township, N.J. native has scored 18 goals this season, which ranks her at 18th nationally in goals scored per game with .90 goals.

The third-seeded Owls will play second-seeded UMass at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4 at Saint Joseph’s.