PAUL CANTABENE Head Coach
pcantabene@stevenson.edu 443-352-4254 Cantabene, named the 2013 Coach of the Year by CaptainU, returns for his 12th season as the head men’s lacrosse coach in 2016. In 11 seasons, he has led the Mustangs to seven NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship appearances, including one national championship and three national semifinal finishes.
MEN’S LACROSSE Stevenson, the 2013 National Champions, have won three-straight Commonwealth Conference titles while boasting a perfect 24-0 conference record. The Mustangs won their first conference championship in 2010 and have been ranked in the top-10 for 82 straight weeks since Feb. 23, 2009. The team has boasted 67 All-American selections, including the nation’s Outstanding Player of the Year in 2011. Over the last three years, Stevenson has totaled 39 All-Conference selections, including 25 on the first team. Three players have won Player of the Year while one was named Rookie of the Year.
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Additionally, Cantabene, who also serves as an Associate Athletic Director and Director of Facilities, has won three-straight Commonwealth Conference Championships, the 2010 CAC Championship, and the 2006 ECAC Division III Metro/South Championship. Under Cantabene, Stevenson has also boasted 67 All-American selections, 11 USILA Scholar AllAmericans, two USILA Attackman of the Year awards, two USILA Defensive Player of the Year awards, and the 2014 USILA Specialty Player award. In 2011, Jimmy Dailey was named the USILA Outstanding Player of the Year. Cantabene, who became the second-fastest head coach in Division III to reach 100 career wins, has a career record of 172-45 and ranking in the top 10 for the past eight years. He was inducted into the Greater Baltimore Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Rochester Chapter in 2003 and served as an assistant coach on the U.S. men’s lacrosse team that won the 2010 FIL (Federation of International Lacrosse) World Championship.
KATHY RAILEY
Head Coach krailey@stevenson.edu 443-352-4255 With 25 years of collegiate coaching experience, Railey begins her 17th season as a head women’s lacrosse coach, including her 11th at Stevenson. She also serves as an Associate Athletics Director, Senior Woman Administrator, and Compliance Director. In 16 seasons, Railey has totaled 169 career wins, 105 of which have come at Stevenson, including a school record 16 in 2013. She has led the team to at least 10 wins in seven of the past eight seasons. The Mustangs have been nationally-ranked in each of the last six years, climbing as high as No. 15 in the IWLCA Division III Coaches’ Poll. Railey was named the 2014 Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Mustangs to the Commonwealth Conference title and the program’s first NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship appearance. Railey, who was inducted into the Greater Baltimore Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2007, spent six seasons at Eastern Connecticut State University from 2000-2005. She was named Little East Conference Coach of the Year in 2005 while leading Eastern to the second round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE Stevenson has appeared in back-toback Commonwealth Conference championship games, winning it in 2014. That season the Mustangs advanced to the program’s first NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship. In 2013 the team achieved its highestever ranking at No. 15 on April 30, while finishing the season with a school record 16 wins and going a perfect 8-0 in its first season in the Commonwealth Conference. The Mustangs, who have been ranked in each of the last six seasons, have totaled eight-straight winning seasons and have had 35 AllConference and 21 All-Region selections since 2008.
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