September 6, 2010
NE women named to U.S. senior national team
by Staff Report/
Jennifer Russell (Andover, Mass.) has been named to the U.S. senior women's national lacrosse team. (photo: UNC Athletics)
The 2010-11 U.S. senior women’s national lacrosse team has a distinct New England flavor, with nearly one-third of the 36 players on the preliminary roster having ties to the area. The team – selected after three days of July/August tryouts – will train for the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup.
Six players with New England connections are back on the team, having been part of the 2009 Cup championship. They are Sarah Albrecht from Braintree, Mass. (Northwestern ’06), Sarah Bullard of Needham, Mass. (Duke ’11), Kristen Kjellman – a New England Lacrosse Journal columnist – from Westwood, Mass. (Northwestern ’07), Yale assistant coach Jillian Byers (Notre Dame ’09), and Boston College associate head coach Acacia Walker (Maryland ’05), and goalie Devon Wills (Dartmouth ’06).
Newcomers from New England are Katy Fitzgerald of North Andover, Mass. (North Carolina ’11), Kristin Igoe from Framingham, Mass. (Boston College ’11), Colleen Olsen of Avon, Conn. (Dartmouth ’10), Jennifer Russell of Andover, Mass. (North Carolina ’10), and Paris Waterman (Brown ’11).
Boston University coach Liz Robertshaw and Boston College coach Bowen Holden are assistant coaches for the national team.
U-19 team named
US Lacrosse also released the 24-player roster training for the 2011 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Under-19 World Championships in Hannover, Germany.
Three New England players made the team: Madison Acton of Sudbury, Mass. (Lincoln-Sudbury Regional, ’12), Kelsey Duryea of Beverly, Mass. (Governor’s Academy, ’12), Christine Ferguson of Weston, Mass. (St. Paul’s, ’11),
The U19 team’s next training session is at the US Lacrosse Stars & Stripes festival in Boston, Oct. 9-10.
Salem State women will get varsity status
Salem State University announced in August that women’s lacrosse will have varsity status beginning in 2012. The school has fielded a club team for three years – finishing with a 7-4 record in 2010 -- and will play as a club in 2011. Tara Kelly, who has led the club since 2009, has been hired to coach the team as it transitions to a varsity program. Salem State will compete in the New England Women’s Lacrosse Alliance.
Notes
Katie Woods, a South Windsor, Conn., native is the new head women’s lacrosse coach at the University of Connecticut, replacing Angela McMahon, who took the top job at UMass earlier in the summer. … Saint Anselm has named Holly Drown as its women’s lacrosse head coach; a 2009 UMass grad, Drown was assistant coach for the school in 2010. Her promotion makes her one of the youngest collegiate head coaches in America. … Ashley Hughes is the new head coach of the Saint Michael’s College women’s lacrosse program, replacing Carla Hesler, who ran the program for the last 10 years. … Julie Rigo, a Sandwich, Mass., native who coached at Bourne High School in 2010, will lead the Massachusetts Maritime Academy women’s lacrosse team as it moves from club team to varsity program. Mass. Maritime will go varsity in 2012. … Caitlin Connolly, women’s lacrosse and field hockey coach at Daniel Webster College for three years stepped down to become head coach of the same programs at Lasell College in Newton, Mass. Connolly, who started both DWC programs from scratch, will be replaced at Daniel Webster by Melissa Talamini, who starred for Bryant University during her collegiate career. … Wheelock College has hired Elizabeth Sullivan as its first women’s lacrosse head coach; the Johns Hopkins graduate will lead the team as it plays its first-ever season in 2011. ... East Falmouth, Mass., native Justin Domingos is the new head coach of the Colby College men’s lacrosse team. It’s the first head coaching gig for Domingos, who goes to Maine after years as an assistant at his alma mater, perennial Division 3 power Gettysburg College. … Jeremy Mattoon, who was the first lacrosse coach at Husson University, has left the Maine school to become men’s coach at Hood College in Maryland. Husson’s new men’s coach is Tim Murphy, who spent last season as a grad assistant at Franklin Pierce University. ... James Finlay and Ryan Glennon have been named as assistant coaches for the Harvard men’s lacrosse program. Finlay served as head coach at Trinity College in Connecticut for the last five seasons, while Glennon, former Colby College standout, was an assistant coach for Delaware.
