Field hockey beat: CSH thrilled to tie Trojans

FIELD HOCKEY

CSH ties Garden City

Cold Spring Harbor's tie was sort of like the kind a dad gets on Father's Day: not bad, but there is some disappointment.

The Seahawks played to a tie at 1 with Garden City last week, and in doing so, became the first team to score against the Trojans this year and snapped their streak of Nassau victories that dates back longer than coach Diane Chapman can remember. The letdown comes from the game having been called at halftime because of rain after Victoria Kotowski gave CSH the lead at 22:06 and Catherine McTiernan tied it 59 seconds later.

Cold Spring Harbor was "ecstatic" to have played host Garden City (10-0-1) even, coach Danielle Skakandi said, but everyone was upset at the officials' decision to end it early. "I thought we could've continued," Skakandi said. "We'd have loved to complete it."

Chapman agreed. Still, for the Seahawks (6-2-1), who lost to Garden City in last year's Class B semifinals, there's positive to be extracted. "Our goal is to be able to play at their level," Skakandi said, "so this was a big confidence boost."

Comsewogue on the rise

Shoreham-Wading River, of course. Miller Place, uh-huh. Comsewogue? Yeah, Comsewogue. The 8-1 Warriors are right there with the big dogs of Suffolk Division III and are enjoying their "best start in at least 10 years," coach Nicole Kidd said.

The reason for the turnaround is simple: They're scoring more, and more easily. Kidd attributes that to several of the girls having participated in the futures program last winter. Karie Znaniecki (11 goals) and Alex Hagney (10) are having breakout seasons, and Marykate McCormick is fourth in Long Island with 19 points. Also, first-year goalie Caitlin Moran has an .808 save percentage.