Studio City Harvard-Westlake field hockey freshman Eleanor Levy was planted in the box on short corners.

She’d been working on redirecting the ball into the back of the net all season.

In the biggest moment, one of the smallest players on the field came through Thursday night in the Tournament of Champions title match.

Levy scored twice within a minute in the fourth quarter, both times on deflections, as Harvard-Westlake rallied to defeat host Huntington Beach 2-1 and repeat as TOC champion.

“My jaw is still on the floor,” Levy said after the game. “We’ve been working all season for that moment. The No. 1 way to do it is believe in yourself. Going into the fourth quarter, I needed to believe. In the words of (TV’s) ‘Ted Lasso,’ just believe.”

Edison got a game-winning penalty stroke goal from senior Hayven Medeiros-Schomberg to top Newport Harbor, 3-2 in overtime, for third place in the TOC.

Huntington Beach (18-3-4) took a 1-0 lead in the third quarter of the final, as sophomore Grace Moniak weaved through the center of the Wolverines defense. She gathered herself in the box before burying a shot into the left corner with 8:20 left in the quarter.

Oilers coach Theresa Moniak credited her team’s resiliency, as the short corners started mounting up for the visitors.

“After all of the years of starting their athletic career here, I thought every individual played awesome,” the coach said. “At the end of the day, there were a couple of calls we disagreed [with] and it kind of breaks our momentum a little bit. But, each time there was that breakdown, they answered back with being on offense for the next five, 10 minutes. They did everything I could have asked for.”

Huntington Beach’s lead held up until Harvard-Westlake (18-3-1) broke through. Levy’s first goal came after senior co-captain Margaux Schlumberger drove the ball toward the Huntington Beach net with 10:47 left in the game. The second goal, 40 seconds later, was assisted by Harvard-Westlake’s other senior co-captain, Abigail Ryan.

“It was thrilling to see,” Wolverines coach Sue Hodgkins said. “[Levy] has been frustrated that she couldn’t get a tipped goal, and she did.”

Huntington Beach had a tournament win and a tie against Harvard-Westlake earlier in the season, but the win came as Harvard-Westlake played without Schlumberger, a Harvard University commit who said she was traveling with the U.S. Junior National Team.

Schlumberger praised the tenacity of her freshman teammate.

“This particular group has been really great to both play with and to watch improve, because we really are a very different team from how the season started,” she said. “It’s been such a joy to just be with my best friends and do something that I love, day after day.”

Senior goalkeeper Charlotte Johnson made several big saves for Huntington Beach, which also benefited from the defense of seniors Natalie Carroll and Kailey Kosai and junior Sarah Moniak. Freshman goalkeeper Juliette Benadon anchored the Harvard-Westlake defense, with help from Diya Desai, Alice Lee and Minka Mendoza.

The Oilers, who were trying to win their first TOC title since 2022, could keep their heads high. They repeated as Sunset League Southern Division champion this year. Huntington Beach beat league rival Newport Harbor 2-0 in the TOC semifinals on Tuesday, with Grace Moniak and Hana Lu scoring and Alana Williams dishing out an assist.

Carroll called Thursday’s TOC final as one of the best games the group had ever played, the result notwithstanding.

“Every person put in the work, it just wasn’t our time,” Carroll said. “They’re going to take it another year. I’m really happy with the legacy that we left here, being seniors.”

Edison 3, Newport Harbor 2 (OT): Hayven Medeiros-Schomberg scored the game-winner on a penalty stroke in sudden death overtime in the TOC third-place match Thursday at Huntington Beach High.

Meideros-Schomberg scored twice in the game for Edison (17-4), and assisted senior Madison Brown on her first-quarter goal. Defensive captains Peyton Makros and Brooke Smith also helped the Chargers.

Meideros-Schomberg, one of 14 seniors for the Chargers, said it felt good to beat a formidable foe like the Sailors.

“We’ve always had battles with them,” she said. “So, to get that win felt really good, to end the season on a high note too … It’s a really good team and group. This is probably one of the best teams I’ve ever played with. Everyone’s friends, we’re all a tight community, so it felt really good to get that win.”

Newport Harbor (8-8-2) got a pair of short corner goals from senior midfielder Sadie Takeda. Sailors coach Amanda Boyer also praised the play of seniors Sophia Peca, a forward, and Devyn Teter, a center back.