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It can be difficult for a county to have widespread success in a sport where just half of the county’s teams play, but despite having just 12 schools with field hockey teams, several of them had strong 2025 campaigns. Three teams finished with eight wins (including playoffs), and one team even made it as far as the final four! Click this link or scroll down to read more about some of Baltimore County’s best field hockey teams heading into the 2026 season!

Despite losing eight seniors from last year’s team, including Ohio Wesleyan commit Emmerson Crist, Carver will retain both athletes selected to the all county squad. Junior defender Zoe Drane and sophomore attack Kara Foertsch will return to the team that had one of the county’s best offenses, averaging 5.7 goals per game in the regular season. The team will open their regular season with a postseason rematch at home against Sparrows Point

The Pointers sent attacker Arianna Perry and goalkeeper Caroline Weaver to the division one all county team, but Perry will not return this fall. In her sophomore season, Weaver will have a crucial role on a team that averaged 1.6 goals per game against in the regular season after losing defenders Jaslyn Nida and Allie Roberts. Currently, Sparrows Point has just nine games on their schedule with a two and a half week break from September 16 to October 2.

Like Sparrows, Towson also finished 8-6 last season, reaching the state semifinals before a loss against Westminster. The team will go into this season without seven seniors including all county selectees Lily Franklin and Sarah Parks. Midfielder Lilyann Richard, who is committed to Appalachian State University, will return for her senior season this fall along with junior Cat Lang who was nominated as the most improved athlete on the team last fall.

Eastern Tech’s team will be headed by St. Mary’s College of Maryland commit Bella Wexler. Wexler, along with rising junior Payton Lentz, were both selected to the division two all county team in 2025. Riley Ruhling leads the five seniors that graduated this past spring, as she was also selected to the BCPS squad. The Mavericks will face the Carver Wildcats once and Sparrows Point twice, both of which handed ET a loss last regular season.

Dulaney’s Achilles heel in 2025 was out-of-county opponents, against which the Lions went 0-6. That is in comparison to a 5-0 record against Baltimore County schools. Dulaney graduated seven seniors including all county selectees Sarah Crowley and Mia Edwards, but they will return Northeastern University commit Sarah Sugarman and all county selectees London Krafft and Stella Smith.

The Bulls will look to improve upon their 4-6 regular season record from last fall after losing seven seniors including a pair of graduated all county athletes, Grace Berquist and Lauren Matthews. Head coach Camryn Kelbaugh will still return a pair of athletes who made the list including Celia and Linley Morrow. Hereford’s 2026 schedule does not include any of three IAAM teams they played last fall, but the Bulls will face Century, Fallston, McDonough (IAAM), CMW, South Carroll, and Francis Scott Key as their out-of-county opponents.

Unlike several other teams on this list, the Franklin Indians swept their three out-of-county games, including a postseason win against City College. The team graduated American University commit Nora Tromble along with defender Polina Markelova, but Franklin will have plenty of returning talent this fall. Mady Eisenberg, Ella Green, and Mae Norris were three of the team’s four captains (Tromble), and will all return this fall. Eisenberg, along with rising junior Hayden Meloy, received all county honors last season.

Pikesville graduated three athletes, each of whom made the all county team – forwards Sophia Fung and Lennon Wollman along with goalie Casey Robb. Senior midfielder Jillian Modell and junior defender Sarah Fung will return to the team under first year head coach Jordan Wagner following the departure of Mackenna Gehman (Bush).

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BCPS saw three teams advance as far as the state quarterfinals in 2025, along with a team that finished the regular season undefeated! Heading into this fall, several of the county’s top teams are shaping up for yet another strong season. Click this link or scroll down to read more about some of Baltimore County’s best field hockey teams heading into the 2026 season!

On September 9, Pikesville will open their season at home against Chesapeake Science Point in search of their 31st consecutive regular season win. The Panthers have finished two consecutive regular seasons undefeated, but they have not won a regional title in the stretch. Despite graduating five seniors, the team will return their top two athletes. Stevenson commit Rilynn Aikens and middle hitter Addisyn Jordan were both selected to the division two all county team last fall, as they’ll look to lead the Panthers to the state bracket.

Randallstown kicked their season off with eleven straight wins, but the team could face more challenges this season. The Rams graduated Harmonie Marshburn and Tasia Scarborough, their two all county selectees from division three. Opening day will feature a postseason rematch against Lansdowne, who eliminated Randallstown 3-0 in their first playoff game last fall.

Dulaney had one of, if not the toughest schedule, in the county last fall, playing 15 regular season games including five IAAM schools. Cary Lyon’s team graduated eight athletes including Eileen Lee and Ellie Leone who made the division one all county roster. The Lions will return senior setter Serafina Reckamp, who also made the all county roster and is committed to Elizabethtown College. The team will rematch McDonough, Mercy, and Garrison Forest while also facing SPSG and St. Timothy’s in the regular season.

Franklin finished the regular season with double-digit wins in 2025, but this year’s team will look very different. The Indians graduated nine seniors, including all county selectee Emerson Sumpter, but Franklin will have Brenden Grace back to lead the team in her senior season. It is unclear if 2025 head coach Denikwa James will return after accepting the athletic director position at Carver Center, but that could lead to even more of an impact to a team with a major roster overhaul coming.

Hereford will open their 2026 campaign with two out-of-county games in three contests, facing Mercy and McDonough. The team will be without Camryn Treon-Sapp, who plays at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Jane Steller, who made the division one all county roster, and two other seniors. The Bulls will be led by all county selectee Sophia Kefi who will play her senior season at Hereford this fall.

Sparrows Point’s season will kick off with a road match against Eastern Tech as the Pointers look to avenge a pair of losses to the Mavericks, including in the first round of the playoffs, last season. Maddy Funkhouser was the team’s lone athlete on the all county roster, but she will not return after graduating in the spring.

The Western Tech Wolverines finished the regular season a game above .500, but graduated seven athletes from the team that finished 7-6. They did not graduate their lone all county selectee, Sarah Ma. The Wolverines’ lone out-of-county game comes on opening day at home against North County, followed by four straight road games against Milford Mill, Sparrows Point, Loch Raven, and Pikesville.

Stay tuned to County Sports Zone for more preview articles and power rankings for Baltimore County high school sports in the coming weeks! Practices kick off on August 12 before the regular season gets underway on September 4.

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