Team Detail

  • Field Hockey - Varsity

    2023 - 2024
    Head Coach: Elizabeth Stone

    Fall 2023
    Field Hockey (21-1 Overall, 6-0 CISAA)
    The Field Hockey team once again enjoyed an extremely successful championship season! The team finished 2nd in the state, 6th in the Northeast region and 26th in the country! They outscored their opponents 135-9. They went undefeated in regular season CISAA play and won the CISAA Championship for the second year in a row with a convincing 12-0 victory over Appleby in the finals. During an early season trip to Saratoga the team went 1-1 with a victory over Saratoga and a loss to South Glens Falls. In mid-September, the team traveled to the MAX Field Hockey National Tournament in Pennsylvania where they saw tough competition, coming away victorious over Hun, Kennett Square and Cape Henry.
    Many players received multiple accolades after the season. Kiersten Smith was named the 2023 All-Western New York Player of the Year! Kiersten Smith ’24, Molly DiGiulio ’25 and Ella Murphy ’25 were named All-State Honors and 1st Team All-WNY. Molly Duffett, Seina Spadone and Callista Printz earned 2nd team All-WNY honors and Brynn Bacak was named Honorable Mention All-WNY. DiGiulio & Smith were also recognized by NFHCA on the NY All-Region team. Most Valuable Players were Kiersten Smith ’24 and Molly DiGiulio ’25. Seniors Molly Duffett ’24, Callista Printz ’24 and Seina Spadone ’24 received the Coaches Awards. Bailey MacKellar ’25 and Paige Pilote ’26 were the Most Improved Players. The team thanks the four seniors for their amazing talent and dedication to the field hockey program!  

    Girls Varsity Field Hockey Championship History
    • Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association Regular Season Champions 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023
    • Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association Tournament Champions 2022 (Inaugural Sharon Creelman Cup), 2023
    • New York State Association of Independent Schools Championships 2005, 2010
    • New York State Association of Independent Schools Finalists 2003, 2004, 2011
     

Field Hockey - Varsity

Home
Scrimmage

Scrimmage Day

Non-League
Playing Fields - Nichols - Peek Turf Field
Home
vs.
Starpoint Central High School
Win 9-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Home
vs.
Clarence High School
Win 8-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Away
Invitational
vs.
Saratoga Springs High School
Win 3-1
Saratoga Springs High School
Away
Invitational
vs.
South Glens Falls High School
Loss 2-3
Saratoga Springs High School
Home
vs.
Orchard Park High School
Win 8-1
Playing Fields - Nichols - Peek Turf Field
Home
vs.
Pittsford Sutherland High School
Win 5-1
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Home
vs.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School (ON)
Win 10-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Home
League
vs.
Ridley College (ON)
Win 11-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Away
Invitational

MAX Prep HS Invitational Consohocken, PA

Non-League
vs.
The Hun School of Princeton
Win 5-0
The Proving Grounds
Away
Invitational

MAX Prep HS Invitational Conshohocken, PA

Non-League
vs.
Kennett High School
Win 6-2
The Proving Grounds
Away
Invitational

MAX Prep HS Invitational Conshohocken, PA

Non-League
vs.
Cape Henry Collegiate
Win 5-1
The Proving Grounds
Away
League
vs.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School (ON)
Win 9-0
Home
League
vs.
Appleby College (ON)
Win 7-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Away
vs.
Magnificat High School
Win 2-1 (OT)
Magnificat High School
Away
vs.
Hudson High School (OH)
Win 5-0
Hudson High School (OH)
Home
vs.
Hamburg High School
Win 7-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Peek Turf Field
Home
League
vs.
Ridley College (ON)
Win 6-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Peek Turf Field
Away
League
vs.
Appleby College (ON)
Win 7-0
Appleby College (ON)
Home
League
vs.
CISAA Tournament
St. John's-Kilmarnock School (ON)
Win 7-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Home
League
vs.
CISAA Finals
Appleby College (ON)
Win 10-0
Playing Fields - Nichols - Strauss Truscott Turf Field
Overall Statistics
W L T %
19 1 0 95

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Nichols School is a nationally recognized college preparatory coed independent school with a 130-year history.