Nine Holderness School student-athletes committed to play competitive college athletics on Wednesday, May 4. These students represent some of the top athletic talent in New Hampshire and New England and are testaments to Holderness School’s culture of academic and athletic excellence.
Hockey Girls Varsity
Overview
The girls varsity hockey program seeks to cultivate the team’s level of play, cohesiveness, resilience, and develop each player’s skills, knowledge, and love of the game. We emphasize being coachable, working hard, being competitive, and supporting teammates
Practices are progressive and develop players’ skills and knowledge through repetition, multiple touches on the puck, and small games that simulate situational play. Off-ice programs complement the on-ice experience, as we have season-long strength and skills programs and frequent video analysis. Ultimately, our goal is not only for Holderness hockey players to be recruited to college hockey programs, but also to know the games so well they become integral parts of their college teams.
Several Holderness student-athletes have gone on to play hockey at the NCAA level at schools including Colby, Bowdoin, Wesleyan University, Middlebury, Brown, Connecticut College, Williams, and Lake Forest.
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Athletics News
In a moving show of support for a teammate who lost his father to cancer at the beginning of the school year, all 29 members of the Holderness boys varsity lacrosse team shaved their heads to raise nearly $30,000 for the Sarcoma Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
There is no terrain too rugged, race too long, mountain too high, climate too severe, or obstacle too difficult to keep Mirna Valerio from feeling the power of her body and using movement as a form of liberation and wellness. In her New York Times bestselling book, A Beautiful Work in Progress, Valerio writes, “This body isn’t meant to be stagnant or cease moving. When we stop moving in mind, body, and spirit, we stop learning. When we stop learning, we stop living. Therefore, when we stop moving, we stop living. We stop evolving toward being the human we are destined to be.” This is the message she carried to Holderness School these past few days.
Holderness School is pleased to announce that Annie Smyth-Hammond ’16 will join the Admission Office as Assistant Director of Admission as well as serve as Head Coach for the Girls Varsity Ice Hockey team.
Following an historic 23-3-3 season that saw the Holderness School Boys Varsity Hockey secure their first-ever selection to the Elite Eight, New England prep school hockey’s most competitive tournament, it’s no surprise that Head Coach Alan Thompson ’04 has been selected as Neutral Zone’s Prep Hockey Coach of the Year Runner-Up.
On the heels of a series of strong showings at regional races, an incredible number of Holderness School skiers have qualified for state, national, and international competitions.
Schedule
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Advantage | Details | Result | Score |
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Hockey Girls Varsity |
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Berwick Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | Loss | 0 - 2 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
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Tilton School
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Tilton School | Away | Details | Win | 4 - 1 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
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Brewster Academy
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Brewster Academy | Away | Details | Win | 3 - 1 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
St. Paul's School
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St. Paul's School | Away | Details | Loss | 0 - 8 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Governor's Academy
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Governor's Academy | TBD | Details | Other | 0 - 1 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Kents Hill School
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Governor's Academy | TBD | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Canterbury School
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Governor's Academy | TBD | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Vermont Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
North Yarmouth Academy
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North Yarmouth Academy | Away | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
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Tilton School
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Kimball Union Academy
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Kimball Union Academy | Away | Details | Loss | 2 - 3 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
New Hampton School
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | Loss | 0 - 4 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Phillips Exeter Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | Loss | 2 - 6 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Hoosac School
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | Win | 4 - 1 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Proctor Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | Loss | 0 - 3 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Kimball Union Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink - 10 | Home | Details | Loss | 1 - 6 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Tilton School
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | Win | 3 - 0 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Groton School
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
North Yarmouth Academy
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North Yarmouth Academy | Away | Details | Tie | 2 - 2 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Hebron Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | Win | 9 - 2 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
North Yarmouth Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Brooks School
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Brooks School | Away | Details | Loss | 0 - 3 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
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North Yarmouth Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | Win | 4 - 1 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Worcester Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | Win | 4 - 3 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
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Vermont Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | Loss | 2 - 4 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Proctor Academy
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Proctor Academy | Away | Details | Tie | 1 - 1 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Middlesex School
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Middlesex School | Away | Details | Tie | 2 - 2 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Brewster Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details | Win | 2 - 1 |
Hockey Girls Varsity |
vs.
Kents Hill School
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Kents Hill School | Away | Details | ||
Hockey Girls Varsity |
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Proctor Academy
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Playing Fields - Hockey Rink | Home | Details |
Roster
# | Name | Class | Hometown |
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4 | Grace Adams | 2024 | Vershire, VT |
7 | Sage Amaliksen | Essex, VT | |
23 | Ella Cedrone | 2023 | Wilmington, MA |
31 | Megan Cunningham | 2023 | Tewksbury, MA |
2 | Phoebe Fisher | 2023 | Unionville, PA |
30 | Mia Gonsalves | 2025 | Billerica, MA |
21 | Sofia Ierardi | 2024 | Campton, NH |
13 | Marissa Lafferty | 2024 | Dunbarton, NH |
16 | Lucy Lamoureux | 2024 | Ketchum, ID |
24 | Samantha Lantz | 2024 | Huntingtown, MD |
6 | Madelynn Monahan | 2023 | Bristol, NH |
14 | Grace Murphy | Kearsarge, NH | |
25 | Ahneka Noyes | Endicott, NY | |
9 | Caitlin Slider | 2024 | Thetford Center, VT |
3 | Lily Spooner | 2024 | Scarborough, ME |
5 | Caleigh Weig | 2025 | Maynard, MA |
11 | Molly Wrinn | 2025 | Annapolis, MD |
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