Manhasset field hockey tops Garden City in Nassau Class B final, wins first title since 2021
Manhasset players and coaches embrace after winning the Nassau Class B field hockey championship game against Garden City on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Cold Spring Harbor. Credit: Libby O'Neill
The players on the Manhasset field hockey team aren't old enough to remember the last time the program beat Garden City in a Nassau final. Now, these athletes will know the championship feeling for a lifetime.
For the first time since 2012, top-seeded Manhasset took down No. 2 Garden City, 2-1, to claim the Nassau Class B title Saturday morning at Cold Spring Harbor High School. Eden Randall played a key role in the midfield, helping her team control the game.
Manhasset won a Nassau Class B title in April 2021, but its county final win came against Locust Valley.
“Since Day One, we’ve been talking about doing this,” Randall said. “We’ve been talking about doing this for years and personally, this is the most surreal feeling of my life. These are my best friends in the world and I wouldn’t trade a single person on this team for anything. We have ‘one’ on the back of our shirts for that reason. We just work together and move as one.”
Manhasset remains the only unbeaten team on the Island at 17-0 and will face Harborfields in the Long Island Class B championship in a state subregional contest at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Adelphi. Garden City finished 13-3.
Just like its prior two meetings with the Trojans, Manhasset struck early. Five minutes into play, Abigail Bauer capitalized on the goalkeeper’s misstep, finding Katie Farrer on the left post for a goal. In the second quarter, Michaela Filipski weaved through the circle and assisted Bauer, giving Manhasset a 2-0 halftime lead.
But Garden City found some momentum in the second half. On a penalty corner in the fourth quarter, Emily Racich found Stella Goettelmann on the left post to cut the lead in half. The Trojans earned eight penalty corners in the second half to Manhasset’s one, but goalkeeper Annie Spina made 14 saves to fend off a tie.
“I trust my defense so much and I know we can get the ball out of the circle,” Spina said. “We all communicate so well with each other on that side of the field and it just goes our way. Practicing together and just putting in the work every day has really made us a family.”
Lauren Kim, a Swiss Army knife in the midfield, said seeing her team’s dream come to fruition is the most special part of the win.
“To think that we were so confident in the beginning of the season and see that confidence build up to this scale of actually accomplishing our goal is surreal,” Kim said. “We’ve been working on connection and trust all season and it was really great to see it all come together in this game.”
Tess Ferguson is a reporter on Newsday's high school sports staff. She joined the team after graduating with a journalism degree from Ithaca College in 2025.
