KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The defending national champion Kutztown field hockey team enters the 2024 regular season with a ton of positive momentum, as it sits on top of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference preseason poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches.
 
The Golden Bears, who finished last season with a program-record 19 wins and their first national championship, received eight of the potential 10 first place votes.
 
Kutztown leads the field, followed by reigning PSAC champions East Stroudsburg, which received one first place vote, and then conference runners-up, Shippensburg, which also tallied a first place vote. West Chester and Bloomsburg round out the top-five, followed by Millersville, Mansfield, IUP, Frostburg State and Slippery Rock. The Bobcats have joined the PSAC for the first time this season for field hockey.
 
The title defense for KU begins on Thursday, Sept. 5, with a home game against Saint Anselm at 3 p.m., from Andre Reed Stadium.