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Field Hockey - Varsity
Overview
Overview
2022 New England Finalists
2022 Founders League Champions
2022 Western New England Champions
2021 New England Quartfinalists
2019 New England Quarterfinalists
2018 New England Quarterfinalists
2011 New England Semifinalists
2005 Founders League Champions, 2005 New England Finalists
The varsity field hockey team has perennially been one of the top teams in New England, winning the New England tournament in 1999. In the past 14 seasons, the team has qualified for the New England tournament 9 times. The team averages 12 wins a season with only 2.5 losses. The field hockey program consistently has strong, well-balanced teams and many players choose to continue their field hockey careers at the college level. Recent graduates have played at Duke, Middlebury, Yale, Brown, Bowdoin, Princeton, and Trinity, just to name a few. The JV and thirds teams are part of the whole field hockey program. Girls who start on thirds have the opportunity to move up to JV and varsity. All three teams focus on developing the basic skills that provide the teams with consistency and which makes the program stronger year after year. Both the JV and thirds teams are often as competitive as the varsity.
Philosophy
The philosophy of the Taft field hockey program is to learn through the challenge of playing a team sport that you can do things that you did not think you could do. We constantly strive to be the best athletes, to represent Taft at the highest level of sportsmanship and ability, and to always remember that we play sports to have fun.
Schedule
Schedule
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Milton Academy
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Sacred Heart Greenwich
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Sacred Heart Greenwich | Away | Details | Win | 4-1 | ||
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Canterbury School
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Agnes Irwin
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The Frederick Gunn School
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Loomis Chaffee School
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Greenwich Academy
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Miss Porter's School
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Berkshire School
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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Williston Northampton School
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Deerfield Academy
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The Ethel Walker School
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Kent School
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Westminster School
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Northfield Mount Hermon School
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Suffield Academy
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Hotchkiss School
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Roster
Roster
# | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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2 | Britty Page | 2025 | Wayne, PA | |
3 | Maisy Ricciardelli | 2024 | Darien, CT | |
4 | Estelle Maggard | 2025 | Larchmont, NY | |
5 | Truus van Wees | 2024 | Ridgefield, CT | |
7 | Caroline Traina | 2026 | Watertown, CT | |
8 | Ariana Ftorek | 2025 | Kent, CT | |
10 | Elizabeth Maggard | 2027 | Larchmont, NY | |
12 | Devon Watson | 2025 | Trumbull, CT | |
13 | Emily Smith | 2025 | Boston, MA | |
14 | Savoy McMahon | 2025 | Hebron, CT | |
15 | Lydia Wilson | 2026 | Stowe, VT | |
17 | Abigail Butler | 2026 | Washington Depot, CT | |
18 | Sophie Brown | 2025 | Burlington, VT | |
21 | Erin Butler | 2024 | Washington Depot, CT | |
22 | Rachel Turer | 2025 | South Windsor, CT | |
25 | Reiley Pascale | 2025 | Middlefield, CT | |
27 | Alexa Blaha | 2026 | Avon, CT | |
33 | Brighton McMahon | 2025 | Hebron, CT | |
Kaylee Graham | 2026 | Windsor, CT |
Coaches
Coaches
About Head Coach Rachel Beam
Rachel joins the Taft community from the Pine Bush School District in New York where she taught mathematics while also assistant coaching field hockey at her alma mater, SUNY New Paltz. While a student-athlete at New Paltz the field hockey program won a conference championship and went on to compete in the NCAA tournament. Rachel also had the opportunity to play field hockey at the international level competing in Trinidad and Tobago, Germany, and the Netherlands. At Taft, Rachel will teach in the math department, live in USGD, and serve as the head coach the field hockey team.
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Head Coach