Coaches and asst coaches are being hired, athletes are preparing for a challenging preseason, fields are being prepared, clinics are executed, travel is arranged and schedules are finalized. But there is one area most participants forget about and that is umpire preparation.
The game is not possible without competent well trained umpires.The speed and wide ranging movement of the game demands fitness, as much as a deep understanding of the rules and skills of the players. There is a constant need for replacement, as older umpires retire. Recruitment and training is a key ingredient for a successful and safe experience for fans and athletes alike.
Sean Rapapport was recently appointed Head of Umpires for US Field Hockey and he gave a presentation to the Board of US Field Hockey describing his efforts on recruiting and training of umpires. He also described some points of concern he has as the sport expands.
In general he was pleased with the available talent and recently he used some of the more senior players at the Nexus tournament as umpires in the younger divisions. He was extraordinarily pleased with their performance and was encouraged with the hope when many of the athletes finish their playing careers, perhaps they might choose umpiring to stay connected to the game.
Officials attention on skills
He got into details on the use of certain skills and potential issues. As an experiment at Nexus, he took a random collection of 10 under 16 athletes and had the group execute a reverse stick. Remarkably, 8 out of the 10 would have been guilty of a back stick violation. He demonstrated using film show how an umpire can detect the back stick violation, confirming it with how the ball bounces after striking the stick.
It is that kind of detail which is included in the training of a new official, and a caution to coaches and players to execute skills according to the rules.
It is one of the many elements for a successful experience for fans, athletes and coaches, that umpires are prepared. Let the games begin!
The long wait is over and as I write this the schedule is published and allows us to plan our “field hockey treks” for this fall. The first competition is less than a month away and as I assess the schedule there will be some exciting hockey this fall with interesting and challenging opponents. The exhibition schedule opens at the beach on Aug 15 against a good Monmouth squad. Monmouth in recent years has changed conferences and their schedule has been beefed up in the process. They are a quick team that relies a lot on the fast break and will be a great preseason challenge for our rebuilding defense. Just 3 days later the challenges don’t get any easier as the Leopards host the Blue Hens of Delaware. They are always a tough opponent who will test our offense.
After that early preparation, Wagner comes to Rappolt Field a week later for the opening game of the season at night under the lights at 7pm. It will be time for the Buckeyes of Ohio State at our field that following Sunday at 3:30. We are the second game for Ohio State in the Valley as they will be playing Lehigh Friday afternoon. It will be interesting to see the comparative scores. I plan to attend both games.
The road beckons again on Friday the 1st of Sept as the Leopards will travel to Vermont for a first ever game with this team. They have a new field and are celebrating with a 12 game home schedule. The New England Labor Day weekend swing ends on Sunday with UMass at Amherst.
Spanns flies through the Crusader defense
The Schedule doesn’t get any easier as Friday will mark the ACC’s Syracuse University Orange return to Lafayette for a 6 pm game. Sunday the 10th it’ll be a trip to the BIG APPLE and the Columbia Lions who have been improving in the Ivy League.
The Patriot League opener arrives on our home field on Friday at 7pm as the Bison of Bucknell show up. This is a game the team should be looking forward to and the Leopards will look to avenge the one goal loss last year. This is always a competitive match and this year will be no exception. A win for either team launches the pathway to the post season and a trip the NCAA’s. Four wins against Patriot League opponents will be needed to make the League tournament. The regular season league winner will host.
We will catch our breath and get ready for 1pm Sunday and Fairfied ,who actually was a Patriot League member a decade ago. The first Saturday game for the Leopards will be against American in DC, home to many Field Hockey alums. The noon time game as always will be key to title hopes and hopes to host the PL tournament. The Leopards lost by one goal in overtime last year!!
Leneke Spanns speeds through the Terrier defense
The Patriot League will again be on our mind as Holy Cross comes to town the following Saturday at noon. The Crusaders always seems to get up for the Leopards!!
The Patriot League challenge continues the following Saturday, October 7 with Colgate. By the end of the game we should be able to plot our post season chances and what might be needed to be done to get there.
Twenty five hours later Drexel arrives as the Leopards will try avenge the one goals loss from last year. It’ll be back on the bus as our heroes make a second trip to New England, first meeting League rival Boston University who will want to avenge their 2 goal loss in Easton last year. They will playing on their resurfaced field.
The Leopards will stay in New England and after an overnight rest will meet the next challenge, the Provdence Friars at 1 pm. The last game with them ended in a loss, so this could be a very competitive game.
The schedule again switches to a Friday night game at 6:30 with Towson on the home turf to be shortly followed by a noon away game with Quinnipiac in Hamden CT. They will be under new coaching this season!!
Lineke Spanns loses the goalie on the way to a score
The Patriot League regular season ends appropriately with Lehigh at Lehigh. Lehigh has consecutive victories of late and this game regardless of the records, holds drama for each team. Lehigh will be the defending League champion. It will be a key contest in any case. It is a Oct 27 7 pm start that no doubt could define the season!
The regular season ends with a home game with Temple on Sunday at noon, hopefully with both teams looking at a post season! The PL tournament is Thursday November 2 and Saturday November 4th at the site of the regular season champion.
Schedules are crafted to fufill specific aims. Coaches first must fill their league commitments, but they are also constructed with an eye to the playoffs, preparing for league games, recruiting, and alumni support. League demands are first and you can imagine the differences, depending on the size and geographical scope of the league. Most schools will look to fitting in conference games first and structure an out of conference schedule that fits travel demands with an eye to RPIs.
A conference like the Big Ten, NEC, Ivy and the Patriot League will fill dates right away with mandatory games of 9, 8 or 7 dates, before filling in the out of conference games. Coaches will keep in mind travel budgets and time away from campuses. Some coaches will avoid weekday games and missing classes. Others, in divergent geographical conferences will bunch out of conference games in regions they will be traveling.
Many large schools will not play Saturday games on the same day their football home games are played. ( one team shamefully years ago cut short a field hockey game that went to overtime because a football game in the adjacent stadium was about to begin pregame festivities).
Josephine van Wyck defends
The Ivy League this year, for the first time will have a league tournament, but the price was to have teams cut one game from their schedule. Given the fact the Ivies will not allow any game before Sept 1 has always resulted in scheduling nightmares. Teams that normally had 18 games on the schedule now have 17, 16 and in one case 15 games. The result is that there are 16 less games in division one this year. The late start also means, as usual, some teams are forced to play on a weekday. Many teams like Lafayette try to avoid middle of the week travel. The Ivy League stance is inexplicable considering it would be more convenient, and less missed classes if early season games could be scheduled before classes started.
The trickier aspect is to get a schedule that could maximize a team’s RPI. Losing to a team with a lower RPI could be disastrous for the post season on those teams depending on an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Even a loss to a high ranked team may even help a ranking. Strength of schedule is a closely watched element for those post season slots.
Penn State’s Mackenzie Allessie (2) during the game with Lafayette. The No.5 Nittany Lions defeated Lafayette, 2-1 in double overtime at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex on Sunday afternoon Oct. 9, 2022.
Photo by Mark Selders
Finally, recruiting could be considered. Getting exposure in areas of strong high school interest in the sport could be factored in. An even bigger draw is if the roster has some local player on the squad.
Although Lafayette has not officially announced its schedule, it can be found on the League website. There’s a lot for fans to be excited about with early games at Lafayette with Big Ten and ACC teams traveling to Easton. There is an away game with an Ivy school and some Big East and CAA schools to add excitement. We cannot forget the annual game at Lehigh who won the PL last year.
The winner of the PL tournament goes to the NCAA’s and the seeding will depend on how well that team did and strength of the schedule. Once the schedule is announced alumni in the area should be alerted so they can see their school in action. Games in New England, Washington, and New York City always draw alumni interest. As usual ESPN plus will be carrying Lafayette games with some OTC games on other streaming platforms.
Only four weeks to go before preseason and teams will begin practice. The first preseason scrimmage is Aug 15!!!
In 8 weeks the 2023 Lafayette Leopards Field Hockey squad will be arriving on campus to begin their fall season and their run at a Patriot League championship, and entry into the national NCAA Tournament. The schedule has not been published yet, but if past is prologue, it will include a number of quality out of conference games, but assuredly will have the six Patriot League games which will determine entry to the League tournament. I do have it on good authority, it will include a number of New England schools along with League rivals Boston University and Holy Cross. I have heard there is also at least one ACC school and most likely an Ivy League foe scheduled.
Coach Stone has been searching the world for top notch talent, and according to go leopards the new class will have new leopards from as close as Wayne Pa. to as far away as Europe. It includes one all American and a pair who have played on their national junior team.
They will join an experience and skilled veteran squad, who are playing this summer in US club teams and International club teams!! The Leopards just missed making the League playoffs despite their .500 league record. Featured games this year will be Lehigh ( last year’s league champion) at Lehigh, and a home contest with Bucknell. The DC trip to American will be looked forward to as will Colgate’s and Holy Cross’ home contest. Boston will host the Leopards on their new turf.
American University has published an article on their new class and Lehigh has listed without biographies their incoming fall class. Lafayette has listed their new class with biographies on the web page. I see no other Patriot League school with their classes revealed.
As posted in the go leopards website we start in order of their new jersey number.
Number 3 Emma Maher
Emma comes from Wayne, Pa. and graduated from Villa Maria. Villa Maria is known for producing terrific field hockey talent and Emma is no exception. Penciled in as forward this future economics major is described by her coaches as ” quick and feisty with a heart of gold while being a selfless teammate.” No stranger to on the field honors she was also noted for her excellence in the classroom. Emma also likes to sail boats and has been doing it since she was six.
Emma was recently selected to the Nexus high performance games by USAFH in Virginia Beach. I will be traveling there, and will have a first glance at her in action.
Number 4 Stella Malinowski
Stella hails from Vancouver BC. She attended Little Flowers academy. Her athletic accomplishments are numerous as she participated in soccer, volleyball, basketball, and field hockey. She was on the silver medal team in provincials. Aside from from her athletics skills she was a competitive dancer for eight years. We are all hoping she can help us dance our way into the post season. Welcome aboard Stella.
Number 6 Maddie Evans
Maddie was a four year starter at Servana Park a 4A state champion. She was also named to the 2021 national academic squad. She is no stranger to winning championships on any team she played on.She played with Freedom HKY. where was a Shooting Star Thanksgiving Champion, a JPOL Champion and top scorer. Aside from her athletic and academic accomplishments she created BE STRONG foundation in honor of her father to raise awareness for heart disease along with her brothers. It was named the largest youth fundraiser in the state of Maryland for the American Heart Association. In her off time she likes to fish, wakeboard, surf and ski.
Her aunt Jane Curry Michener played field hockey at Lafayette and her uncle Graham Michener played tennis as a Leopard.
Number 7 Ines Araujo
This future Psychology major comes from Sacred Heart Greenwich and may see action as a defender. She is a Riverside, Conn. native and like many of her future classmates is multi-sport athlete. ( field hockey, diving and ice hockey). She also is no stranger to championships and was first team selection in the FAA league. She is active in executive student council and serves as Eucharist Minister. She played on AGH club team where they place second in the NCC’s.
Number 11 Lea Good
Lea played her hockey at Oak Knoll while coming from Chatham, N.J. She was a starter in both ice hockey and field hockey for four years. She is penciled in as a midfielder. She was first team all county, a Max top 50 honoree, regional all American, second team national all American, Team MVP, first team all state, and First team National Invitational Tournament. She was selected for the u 16 junior Olympics.
While collecting all this hardware she is a volunteer at the St Joseph’s food bank and also be found at the Jersey shore in the summer. This August she will be found with her teammates getting ready at Metzgar!!
Number 12 Katie Gibb
Katie Gibb and Laine Delmonte
Katie already has played with a Leopard teammate. She and Laine Delmonte just played on the Under 21 Canadian National Team. She played her high school hockey at Point Grey Secondary and also like many of her classmates played ice hockey. She was captain of both teams. She was named athlete of the year 2018-2022. She has aspirations to play on the national Canadian team and perhaps she will follow Leopard Audrey Sawers who is now on the Canadian team.
We are all looking forward to her joining her other Leopards this fall and making an impact.
Number 15 Naomi George
Naomi lives in Surrey, England and went to St John’s School. A mid fielder, in field hockey she also showed her overall athleticism by competing in the triathlon. Championships are no stranger to Naomi as she was on the county and region championship for field hockey. She is the school champion and record holder for the triathlon. She was chosen for England Hockey’s performance center in 20,21,and 22.
Is there any doubt after swimming, biking and running that this athlete will star in preseason conditioning.
Number 23 Lena Thedrian
Their is no information yet on Lena and I could not find anything via other sources. We can assume this defender is a recruited athlete and has the quality of the others in this class. If anyone has any info, I will add it to this blog.
USA Field Hockey used the opportunity of a “High Performance Summit” to break ground on the new field for the US National Field Hockey Team. The field is expected to be ready for use this fall, in time for several international games against Canada, South Africa and others. For about a year, the team has been practicing at Queen’s College in Charlotte, N.C. The new field will be 25 minutes to the north on the campus of the University of North Carolina Charlotte. The Belk family, UNCC, and the State of North Carolina in partnership with USFH have been working on the project for several years. This is an effort by all to encourage the attracting of Olympic teams to the city of Charlotte. There are several sports already training full time.
Field Hockey will be the first team olympic sport to set up permanent residence in the city. The United State Performance Center co-founded by Ike Belk and David Koerner have provided the management and development expertise to attract the resources in North Carolina to make it all happen. In addition, they are providing medical and training staff for the team. The campus already houses the strength and conditioning staff for USPC which is directing the US Field Hockey women’s team in its daily fitness and nutritional efforts.
So it was on May 18, 2023 the first phase of construction was marked by a ceremonial ground breaking attended by USFH officials, Chancellor Sharon Gaber, various political officials from the State of North Carolina, members of the Belk family, the team and coaches. Shovels in hand with appropriate hard hats….work was ceremoniously begun!!!
The turf will be made of Polygras Paris GT Zero, which will be the same turf used for the Paris Olympics next year. The material used is a derivative from sugar cane which produce ethanol that is used in the production of the plastic artificial surface. It will need significantly less water to play on and is recyclable. It will be the third new surface installed in the world to date.
There were words of inspiration and instruction delivered by Ike Belk, and David Koerner. Chancellor Gaber noted the partnership and cooperation by all. Coach David Passmore and team Captain Amanda Golini thanked everyone for the facility and were humbled by the inspirational teamwork that brought us to this point and how proud they will be representing the state, the city and the country.
Simon Hoskins the Executive Director of US Field Hockey remarked how this moment is a step into the future for the game of Field Hockey.
The Patriot League was well represented with national team members Amanda Golini, Alex Hamel and Natalie Konerth.
High Performance Summit
All during this the week the women’s and men’s national team coaches met with the top coaches in the country to discuss training methods and the “game” in general. In residence were coaches from all over the country, many of whom provided the training for our current National Team athletes.
Coach Stone was in attendance and I was to visit with my good coaching friends that Pam and I have acquired over the many years that we have been connected to the sport. Our roles as Chairman and Trustee has allowed us to share our enthusiasm for the the game. We were pleased to attend events with Coaches Missy Maharg Carla Taglienti and Pam Stuper and made some new friends like Tracey Fuchs. The enthusiasm of all these Coaches and their dedication is amazing. We all shared our determination that US Field Hockey will have the best chance to succeed in the Pan Games,the Paris olympics and beyond.
In their third competition of the spring season, ” The Rivalry” was renewed on Lafayette’s home field. Originally scheduled to be played at Lehigh, the meeting was rescheduled to Lafayette due to the fact that Lehigh’s watering system was broken.
From the first push off, this had the feeling of a regular season game. In fact, the Metzger weather cooperated by giving us a deja vu of conditions in the late season. A chilling wind blew in from the west forcing fans to wrap themselves in warm blankets, but the players on the field seemed to ignore it as they battled for all sixty minutes.
The first half was a back and forth affair as both sides had their chances. Each goalkeeper turned away multiple shots. Raffi Franomeni withstood several penalty corner chances and several follow up shots.
The second half was to see the Leopards take charge. Emma Garvey was to get her first minutes of the spring, and preserve the shut out. It was the offense, with some excellent mid field work that was to finally “break the ice.”
Midway, in the third quarter Lafayette was to get their chance with a penalty stroke. Alex Darrah delivered and the Maroon was to go up 1-0. The team became energized, and Catalina Rubel was to deliver two more goals, the first off a left side base line circle entry and putting a hard sweep into the far corner. Later on she was to add to her first goal by receiving an Ellie Barton pass, after Barton carried it on the right side baseline, finding Cata at the stroke line, who touched it into the goal.
The last goal of the day was delivered by Hannah Findley during a penalty corner on a sweep from the left side into the far corner!!
The leopards were aided by some outstanding play in the field. Peyton Guinter thrilled with a nice interception, Mackenzie Hall made her self known on mutiple occasions, while Hoefnagel and and van Wiik were solid in the midfield. Spanns was a threat all evening while Darrah and Findley found themselves open on several attacking opportunities. India Ralph looked comfortable directing the defense from her center back spot!!
Although a sparse crowd, both Lehigh and Lafayette parents retreated to the warmth of their cars to watch the game but there were brave souls wrapped in blankets who were to lend their support to both sides from the sideline.
I benefited from standing next to several senior players, but was especially appreciative of Felicitas Hannes who provide her expert observations of the action on the field.
The last competition of the spring will be at Lafayette this Saturday at noon against Drexel!
As much as any fan observing their team, I really want them to “win” every contest. But springtime is about more than winning. It is in fact a time of reconstruction! We have lost a talented senior class and we have yet to see our new additions. So while observing any of the these spring “games” we must be cautious and look at them in a different way. For many team members they are in new positions, and are still trying to know their place as well as their teammates place on the field.
Passing at the high school level, for example is delivering the ball to where their teammate is, while at this level, division one, it is delivering the ball to where your teammate will be. It all about creating and finding space!
There is no doubt this edition of Leopard Field Hockey is individually talented, the question during this spring is how they are beginning to mesh together as a team!
Today, they were to be playing in Delaware, but unfortunately Delaware and Columbia were to come up with an insufficient number to field a viable squad. Temple stepped up and invited St. Joseph’s, Yale and Lafayette to play several 1/2 game simulated scrimmages. Each squad is trying to accomplish the same things, evaluate players, try different offensive and defensive sets, and give their team a chance to test their skills against another team. In this case, three other teams.
Not surprisingly, St. Joseph’s with their larger bench probably was the biggest challenge of the day. Temple, Lafayette and Yale were more or less equal at this stage of the spring.
I am still impressed with the underlying skill of our Leopards, but clearly there is more work to be done. The corner defense looked improved from last week and the midfield showed more cohesiveness as the games progressed.
Like many teams, there were several missing pieces. Two players were playing for the under 21 Canadian national squad and several minor injuries are keeping some off the pitch.
I am enjoying the determination and spark of Ellie Barton. She seems to leave it all on the field. Aimee Hoefnagel and Josephine van Wijk are showing more leadership every minute they play. Alex Farrah shows some confidence. I could hear Raffi Fragomeni directing her teammates from the cage. I could name every individual on the team who are playing more like the elite athletes they are.
Tuesday night they will meet last year’s Patriot League champion, the Brown and White of Lehigh. That, my readers, might be a good time to put it all together. GO PARDS
Lest I be accused of being a “homer,” I sampled some opinion from some of the fans at the spring game with Temple last night. Yes, some were parents, who no one can expect to be unbiased, but there were alumni, fans and others in attendance. The consensus was this team is improving and beginning to show some real personality.
Temple is a competitive team and one of those that Lafayette lost to by one goal last year! One parent was pleased to see some real growth in their daughter’s confidence and skills. One alumna said there seems to be some real skill on this team which was revealed in the shoot out at the end of the game. I saw real reason for confidence in the play our goalkeeper, perhaps the result of the coaching received from our newest assistant.
The details of the evening reveal even more. The game was played like a regular game, four quarters with officials ( but no instant replay review). Both teams had small benches due to lack of graduating seniors and incoming freshman. Lafayette had two players missing who are playing in the junior Pan Am games in Barbados, and a small number of injured sideline players.
Temple started the scoring with a goal in the first quarter, followed shortly thereafter with a goal by Carly Kreytak. The score stayed knotted until the second half when Temple opened up a two goal lead. Lafayette started their comeback on the shoulders of Lineke Spaans, who brought the Leopards within one with a slashing sprint to the goal and a reverse stick shot. The tie was delivered by Californian Mackensie Hall who dug out the ball during a scrum in front of the Temple keeper, and delivering it to the back of the cage.
Lafayette easily won the shoot out which in season would give the Leopards the win. After a first half that showed some tentative passing, the team seemed to come alive in the last 20 minutes. The passing became crisp and hard. There was less finesse, and more confidence and power in their play…all characteristics needed in the regular season.
Coach Stone had seen improvement by many players in the scrimmage last week at Monmouth with Rutgers, and to my mind and observation, much of that came together in second half against Temple.
As an aside we could see in the distance, ground has been broken as reconstruction of Metzger Field is beginning with a new soccer venue. Eventually, the refurbishment will include an upgrading for Lacrosse and Field Hockey.
The Leopards will travel to Delaware next Saturday for a playday format with Delaware, Drexel, Temple, St. Joe’s, Columbia and Bucknell.
Lafayette returns to the pitch as it begins a reloading process this spring. There is much to do as senior team members look to graduation and freshman, sophomores and juniors will discover where they fit best for a fall championship run. The team will be looking to improve on their record and will be looking to move past its 11 one goal losses. Most importantly, Coach Stone will be looking to fill the shoes of a very talented senior class.
The biggest challenge will be to reconstruct the very stout defense, but Stone will have two experienced goalkeepers to form that foundation. On the offensive side, will be the swift Lineke Spanns who may be the most exciting player in the Patriot League this year. The Leopards proved last year they could play with anyone in their overtime win against number 7 ranked Princeton and their close double overtime loss to Penn State.
The Leopards will have rising seniors Ariel Schumacher, Carly Kreytak, Alexandra Conway, and Emma Garvey providing an anchor of experience. There will be rising juniors of India Ralph, Lineke Spanns, Laine Delmontte, Alex Durrah, and Mackenzie Hall who were all contributors last season. To round out the experience there are 8 rising sophomores, Mackenzie Switzer, Catalina Rubel, Hannah Findley, Ellie Barton, Aimee Hoefnagel, Josephine van Wiijk, Peyton Guinter, and Raffi Fragomeni who have all proven to be valuable contributors. All will bring that extra year of training and exposure. Many will have international experience to add to the team.
By all indications the freshman recruits will also be a quality group as well when they arrive in the summer!
The spring schedule looks to provide experience and challenges. The first spring games will be at Monmouth against Monmouth and Rutgers on March 26 th. The Leopards will return to Easton to meet Temple on April 7th at 6pm. On April 15 the Leopards will travel to Delaware for a play day against multiple opponents, Yale, Drexel, Temple, St. Joe’s Columbia, Bucknell and Delaware! Three days later on the 18th, Lafayette will meet at Lehigh at 6:30. The Leopards will finish their spring training at home against Drexel at 12 noon on April 22nd!
Meanwhile, division one has seen a plethora of coaching changes. The most notable for Lafayette, are changes at long term opponents Lehigh and Quinnipiac. Meanwhile Syracuse, Northeastern, Rider, Penn State and UNC will be under new leadership. The biggest surprise being 22 year old all American Erin Matson switching roles from player to coach at UNC. Former Patriot League standout Maura Schimp will be a Lafayette asst Coach and will no doubt be coaching our two GK. There is still a need for a third coach to be added to the staff!!
Lafayette alums Amanda Golini and Audrey Sawers will be playing for their respective national teams in the Pan Am games, ( an olympic qualifier). The Canadian Junior Pan Am team will see Leopards on the roster. Rising junior Laine Delmotte and incoming freshman Katie Gibbs are on the team.
There is a talented mix of players returning, and this spring will be the the initial effort of blending it into a competitive unit. I for one will be interested in the meeting with Lehigh.
The Lafayette Field Hockey Team adds experience and pride by representing their country in international play. Laine Delmotte ’25 and incoming freshman Katie Gibb ’27 have been named to the Canadian Junior Pan Am game roster. Katie is the fifth recruit that was revealed in the press and through other sources to the incoming class. It is anticipated there may be several more revealed before summer workouts.
Laine is a rising junior who saw significant action during the season and will no doubt be a contributor in 2023.
Leo Baumgardner ’26 who practices with the team has been named to the USA Junior Men’s Pan Am roster! Of course Amanda Magadan ’17 was named Co-Captain for the USA WNT who will compete in Pro-League this spring and. summer.
Coaching slots in Division one continue to be open and closed. The biggest of course was the surprising announcement of Erin Matson to the open UNC head coach job. Erin just finished her fifth student year at UNC and graduating. It will be her first coaching experience. To my knowledge the top jobs at Lehigh, Syracuse and Northeastern remain open while Rider announced their head coach retired along with her asst coach and husband.
Congrats to our 4.O students Becca Harbert ’22, Shea Balderson ’23, Alex Conway ’24, Alex Darrah ’25 and Amiee Hoefnagel ’26!
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