Bethany Dykema

Class:
Senior
Position:
D
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Newport News, Va.

2022 (Sr.)
• Started all 20 contests
• Honored on National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-America second team
• Tabbed to NFHCA All-South Region first team, her third career all-region honor
• Selected to All-BIG EAST first team
• Honored on VaSID All-State first team for a second straight season
• Recognized on BIG EAST All-Tournament team
• Garnered inclusion on BIG EAST Weekly Honor three times (Aug. 30, Sept. 20, Oct. 4)
• Honored on BIG EAST All-Academic team for fourth straight season
• Finished year with eight goals (fifth on team), career-best 12 assists (most on team), 28 points (second on squad) and 24 shots (15 on goal)
• Her 12 assists are tied for the third most in a season in program history, and she finished the year ranked No. 18 nationally in assists per game (0.60)
• Scored the game-winning goal in the 54th minute of the BIG EAST Championship title game at No. 1 seed Old Dominion (Nov. 6)
• Totaled three goals, five assists and 11 points in seven BIG EAST games
• Part of Liberty defensive unit which recorded a program-record 10 shutouts on the season and allowed only two goals on 89 penalty corner attempts while ranking seventh in goals-against-average (1.06)
• Enters final campaign in the top 10 in program history in career assists (tied for third, 34) and points (10th, 76) and ranks 11th in school history with 21 goals
• Competed at the 2023 Senior Nexus Championship over the summer

Fall 2021 (Jr.)
• Started all 23 games
• Earned NFHCA All-South Region first team honors
• Received All-BIG EAST first team recognition
• Garnered inclusion on VaSID All-State first team
• Named to BIG EAST All-Tournament team
• Recognized on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, Oct. 20
• Garnered inclusion on NFHCA National Academic Squad for third straight year
• Honored on BIG EAST All-Academic team for third straight season
• Finished season with eight goals (fifth on team), nine assists (third on team), 25 points (third on team), one defensive save and 31 shots (20 on goal)
• Tied for the team lead with five assists in seven BIG EAST games and added four goals and 13 points
• Scored two goals in 3-1 road win at Longwood on Oct. 17
• Scored at least one goal in five straight games from Oct. 8-22, including a goal in a 4-0 win at three-time defending national champion North Carolina (Oct. 10)
• Dished out two assists in 5-1 road BIG EAST win at Georgetown, Sept. 17
• Part of Liberty defensive unit which recorded seven shutouts and finished No. 11 in the nation in goals-against-average (1.14) and No. 19 in shutouts per game (0.30)

Spring 2021 (So.)
• Started all 16 games
• Earned NFHCA All-South Region second team honors
• Received All-BIG EAST second team recognition
• Honored on VaSID All-State second team
• Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on April 5
• Garnered inclusion on NFHCA National Academic Squad
• Honored on BIG EAST All-Academic team
• Finished second on the team with 12 assists (tied for third most in a season in program history) and had four goals, 20 points and one defensive save
• Led the team with 10 assists in 12 BIG EAST games, adding three goals and 16 points
• Ranked No. 4 in the nation in assists per game (0.75)
• Notched at least one assist in 10 of 16 games and had tallied two assists on two occasions – versus Villanova (home, Feb. 21) and Temple (home, April 4)
• Tallied a career-best five points on career-high two goals and one assist in 4-2 home win versus Temple (April 3)
• Made first career defensive save in 4-0 shutout win over Connecticut, March 14
• Finished season with 18 shots, seven of which were on goal
• Part of Liberty defensive unit which recorded six shutouts and finished No. 11 in the nation in goals-against-average (1.04) and No. 14 in shutouts per game (0.38)
• Dykema and the Liberty defense surrendered only four penalty corner goals in 16 games and helped the team finish second in the country in scoring margin (2.46)

2019 (Fr.)
• Appeared in all 18 games, making 14 starts on the season
• Honored on NFHCA National Academic Squad
• Garnered inclusion on BIG EAST All-Academic team
• Scored one goal and tallied one assist and three points
• Recorded first career goal on a penalty corner in 53rd minute of 3-0 home shutout of Richmond, Sept. 6
• Notched first career point, an assist on a Jill Bolton goal, in the 11th minute (Liberty’s first goal of the season) of the Lady Flames’ 5-1 season-opening win over James Madison (Sept. 1).
• Tied for the team lead with one defensive save, which she made against No. 4 Duke on Nov. 3
• Took 17 shots on the year (tied for sixth most on team), nine on goal
• Attempted a season-best four shots (two on goal) at Georgetown, Oct. 18
• Made first career start, Sept. 1 versus James Madison

Prep
• Homeschooled
• Played at the club level for Saints Hockey Rocks throughout prep career
• Competed at the National Club Championship from 2015-19, earning a silver medal (2015) and bronze medal (2016) along the way
• Participated in the Futures program (2013-19)
• Selected to National Futures Championship (2013-19)
• Played in Junior Olympics (2014-17)
• Competed on U17 Junior National Team (2017-18) and at U17 Junior National Camp (2017)
• Invited to U19 Junior National Camp (2018)
• Played on US Junior National Indoor Team (2014-16)

Personal
• Daughter of Mike and Sarah Dykema
• Older sister, Ashley, played for Liberty from 2017-21
• Younger sister, Emily, was a member of the Liberty field hockey team from 2020-22
• Younger brother, Corey, is a practice player for Liberty and made the 2021 U.S. Junior Men’s National Team
• Majoring in exercise science – strength and conditioning
• Birthday is Jan. 8