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Team Info
Field Hockey - Varsity
Overview
Overview
| 2024 New England Class A Finalist | 2022 Founders League Champions | 2011 New England Semifinalists |
| 2024 Founders League Co-Champions | 2022 Western New England Champions | 2005 Founders League Champions |
| 2023 New England Class A Champions | 2021 New England Quarterfinalists | 2005 New England Finalists |
| 2023 Founders League Champions | 2019 New England Quarterfinalists | |
| 2022 New England Class A Finalists | 2018 New England Quarterfinalists |
The varsity field hockey team has perennially been one of the top teams in New England, most recently winning the New England Class A tournament in 2023. 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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Playday
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Berkshire School | Away | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | CANCELLED | |||
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Milton Academy
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Pomfret School | View Recap | Win | 3-0 | |||
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Sacred Heart Greenwich
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Sacred Heart Greenwich | Away | View Recap | Loss | 1-4 | ||
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Canterbury School
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Canterbury School | Away | View Recap | Win | 4-0 | ||
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The Frederick Gunn School
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The Frederick Gunn School | Away | View Recap | Win | 4-0 | ||
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Loomis Chaffee School
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 3-2 | |||
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Greenwich Academy
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Greenwich Academy | Away | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Loss | 0-6 | ||
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Kingswood Oxford School
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Kingswood Oxford School | Away | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 4-1 | ||
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Miss Porter's School
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 5-0 | |||
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Berkshire School
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Berkshire School | Away | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Loss | 0-1 | ||
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 2-1 | |||
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Williston Northampton School
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Home | View Recap | Loss | 1-3 | |||
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Deerfield Academy
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Deerfield Academy | Away | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Loss | 1-4 | ||
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The Ethel Walker School
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 7-0 | |||
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Kent School
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Tie | 0-0 | |||
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Westminster School
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 3-1 | |||
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Northfield Mount Hermon School
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 4-1 | |||
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Suffield Academy
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Home | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity | Win | 2-1 | |||
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Hotchkiss School
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Hotchkiss School | Away | View Recap | Loss | 1-2 | ||
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Phillips Academy at Andover
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Phillips Academy at Andover | Away | Details about Field Hockey - Varsity |
Roster
Roster
| # | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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| 0 | Eva Layton | 2027 | Larkspur, CA | |
| 1 | Jocelyn Schwartz | 2028 | Sandy Hook, CT | |
| 2 | Lucy Traina | 2028 | Watertown, CT | |
| 3 | Sai Green | 2029 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Maggard | 2027 | Larchmont, NY | |
| 6 | Carolina Keenaghan | 2029 | Middlebury, CT | |
| 7 | Caroline Traina | 2026 | Watertown, CT | |
| 8 | Hannah Zhang | 2027 | Haren | |
| 10 | Zoe Chiweshe | 2027 | Stamford, CT | |
| 14 | Beatrice Oneglia | 2027 | New York, NY | |
| 16 | Effie Young | 2027 | Bernardsville, NJ | |
| 17 | Abigail Butler | 2026 | Washington Depot, CT | |
| 19 | Emmy Solso | 2029 | Derry, NH | |
| 21 | Scout Milner | 2027 | Park City, UT | |
| 26 | Sophie Stimpson | 2028 | New Canaan, CT | |
| 27 | Lindsey Kunzelmann | 2028 | Avon, CT | |
| 28 | Alexa Blaha | 2026 | Avon, CT | |
| 99 | Nika Yemets | 2026 | Kyiv | |
| Grace Alfond | 2029 | New York, NY |
Coaches
Coaches
About Head Coach Rachel Beam
Rachel joined the Taft Community in the Fall of ’23 from the Hudson Valley region of New York. Here, she teaches Mathematics, is the dorm head of USGD, and serves as the Varsity Field Hockey Coach. She graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a bachelors in Adolescent Education with a concentration in Mathematics. In 2023, Rachel led Taft Field Hockey to a NEPSAC Class A Championship and the program's first undefeated season. She was named MAX FH's Connecticut & Northeast Region Coach of the Year. In 2024, the team earned NEPSAC Class A runner up and Beam earned the National Field Hockey Coaches' Association's Under 30 Coaches Award. This past summer she also had the opportunity to coach for USA Field Hockey at the Junior Olympics. In the winter, she coaches strength & conditioning.
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