Cold Spring Harbor girls lacrosse team wins Long Island Class D title (original) (raw)

It’s a rare sight when two reigning state champions meet in a Long Island championship game. It’s rarer still to see Cold Spring Harbor’s Olivia Mulada held without a point, even if it’s just in the first half.

But it’s only a matter of time before the Seahawks star leaves her mark on a game. And she certainly wasn’t the only one to do so, as she knows well.

“They don’t need me,” Mulada said. “We know how to play offense without me, and I can rely on my teammates to do the job.”

And yet it’s quite good to have her.

Mulada scored two of her three goals in the fourth quarter to lift Cold Spring Harbor to a 9-7 win over Bayport-Blue Point in the Long Island Class D girls lacrosse championship game at Stony Brook on Sunday.

Cold Spring Harbor (14-5), which won its sixth consecutive Long Island title in Class D, will face Section I’s Pleasantville at 4:30 p.m. Friday in a state semifinal at SUNY Cortland. Bayport-Blue Point (11-7) dropped to Class D this year, having won the state Class C title in 2025.

Neither team held a two-goal lead until the third quarter, and even then, Bayport-Blue Point’s Kailey Bruckner and Liliana LiPuma scored to tie it at 6-6 entering the fourth quarter. Bruckner had three goals and three draw controls and Shannon Carney played excellent defense throughout the contest.

“I couldn’t be prouder,” Bayport-Blue Point coach Ryan Gick said. “We gave everything right to the last second, trying to chase them down. Sometimes it doesn’t go your way, but you’ve got to be proud of your effort.”

Mulada, who scored her first goal on an 8-meter free position in the third quarter, drew another and scored with 10:57 left in the game to give Cold Spring Harbor a lead it wouldn’t concede. She added another goal with 8:19 left and had seven draw controls.

Olivia Leopardi had two goals and an assist for the Seahawks. Sophomore Kaitlin Millet impressed on both sides of the field, intercepting a pair of passes and adding a goal and an assist.

“We heavily rely on [Millet],” Cold Spring Harbor coach Danielle Castellane said. “Her size is such a good asset. She’s really come into her own, and I think the best is yet to come for her.”

Sure, it’s a sixth straight Long Island title in Class D. But this one certainly felt different.

In a long-awaited match between two reigning state champs, Cold Spring Harbor held off Bayport-Blue Point to book the Seahawks’ ticket to Cortland in a game that did not disappoint. pic.twitter.com/vr1MFLu61R

— Michael Sicoli (@Michael__Sicoli) June 8, 2026

Cold Spring Harbor has only one senior. But as Castellane put it, “These kids are young, but they’re ready.” And Mulada agrees.

“We have a different starting lineup and team, but we have the same mentality, same mindset,” she said. “But obviously, our job’s not done yet.”

Michael Sicoli covers high school sports for Newsday. He graduated from Quinnipiac in 2022 and left with a master’s degree in sports journalism in 2023.