NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Four Bulldogs -- including Yale field hockey alums
Anne Keating '77 and
Lorraine Pratte Lewis '78 along with former Yale assistant coach
Dr. Loretta DiPietro '85 MPH '88 PhD and
Pam Stuper, Yale's former Caroline Ruth Thompson '02 Head Coach of Field Hockey -- are on the U.S. rosters for the upcoming FIH Masters World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. The event, which runs from Oct. 1-10, features men's and women's teams of players age 45 and older representing their home countries. DiPietro, Keating and Lewis are on the O65 team, while Stuper is on the O50 team.
This is the fourth time that Keating has been selected for the World Cup, as she also played in 2014 in the Netherlands, in 2016 in Australia and in 2018 in Spain. Stuper played in 2014 and 2018, while Lewis played in 2018. This is DiPietro's first Masters World Cup.
In 2016, Keating earned bronze at the event. That represented the best finish to date for USA Masters teams.
Keating, a forward, is originally from Rye, N.Y., and now lives in New York City. She was a three-sport athlete at Yale, earning nine varsity letters (four in field hockey, three in basketball and two in lacrosse). She captained the field hockey team in 1976, and received the Nellie Pratt Elliot Award as the top female student-athlete her senior year -- the first year that award was given. She was one of five recipients of Yale's George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award in 2007.
Keating was a member of the USA Field Hockey Squad from 1977-1980 and was on the Olympic Training Squad in 1979-1980. She was also on the US Lacrosse Team in 1977-1978, choosing in 1978 to focus on field hockey since it had been named an Olympic sport.
Lewis is of Worthington, Ohio, and now lives in Bethesda, Md. A goalie, she was a three-year starter for the Bulldogs. In her senior season (1977) she captained the team, playing all 18 games and registering eight shutouts. She allowed 1.2 goals per game. Lewis was selected as team MVP as a junior and senior and attended the U.S. Developmental Camp in the summers of 1977 and 1978. She played on the first Yale women's varsity lacrosse team in 1976, and played again in 1978. She currently serves as the president of the Yale Field Hockey Association.
DiPietro, a 1979 Southern Connecticut State graduate, earned her MPH from Yale in 1985 and her PhD in epidemiology from Yale in 1988. She served as a postdoctoral associate at the Yale School of Medicine in 1989-90. She is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences within the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington. She is a member of SCSU's Hall of Fame, having been a four-year starter for the Owls and part of their 1976 squad that finished sixth at the USFHA/AIAW National Tournament.
Stuper is now executive director of the USA Field Hockey Foundation. She is a member of the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame, won three national championships playing for Old Dominion and coached Yale to an Ivy League championship in 2011.
Stuper was on the U.S. National Team for nine years. She participated in three World Cups (1990, 1994 and 1998), one Pan American Games (1995) and two Champion's Trophy Tournaments (1995, 1997). She also was an alternate for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team. She earned a silver medal in the 1995 Pan American Games and a bronze in the 1994 World Cup.
