HADLEY, Mass. -- Bates field hockey senior captain Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg is the NESCAC Player of the Week, as announced Monday by the New England Small College Athletic Conference. 

This is the first NESCAC Player of the Week award of Moloney-Kolenberg's career and she is the first Bates field hockey player to earn the honor since Molly Griffin '24 in 2023.

Moloney-Kolenberg (Winchester, Mass.) played a key role in the Bobcats' stunning come-from-behind win over Bowdoin last Tuesday. She scored the equalizer off a penalty corner in the 60th minute to force overtime. Then she won the game in the extra session with a brilliant drag off a transition pass from sophomore Elsa Copeland (Toronto, Ontario) to secure a 4-3 victory for the Bobcats. Bates once trailed 3-0 in the contest and still trailed 3-1 with under four minutes remaining. It's believed to be the biggest come-from-behind win in program history. 

Moloney-Kolenberg wasn't done. On Saturday, she dished out the assist on the equalizer from senior captain Lucy Norris (Chicago) as Bates rallied to defeat the Amherst College Mammoths by a count of 2-1 for their first win on the road at Amherst since 2006. 

Moloney-Kolenberg is tied for the team-lead in goals (4) and holds the team-lead in assists (4) as the No. 7 nationally ranked Bobcats are off to an 8-0 start, their best start to a season since 1973. 

Bates is back in action Saturday when they host No. 5 Williams (6-2, 4-1 NESCAC) at 11 a.m.