AMY MARTIN
CAITLIN FIFIELD
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
SECOND SEASON HOLY CROSS (2011)
FIRST SEASON RICHMOND (2013)
Amy Martin is entering her second year on the Seahawk staff and her initial season in the role of first assistant, having been elevated to this position in August, 2013. Martin will again be charged with developing the Seahawk goalies. In 2012, Martin arrived on Grymes Hill armed with a wealth of knowledge about the Northeast Conference (NEC), having served a one-year stint as a media relations assistant in the league’s Somerset, NJ office. While with the NEC, Martin spearheaded the media relations efforts for women’s lacrosse, cross country, women’s soccer, volleyball, swimming, softball, and golf. Martin also spent a year coaching for the Metro Magic Club Lacrosse team in New York. “I am thrilled to promote Amy Martin to first assistant coach. Amy worked tirelessly for this new title: she was on the road recruiting and in the office working before she knew I was hired as head coach,” said Wagner College head coach Liz Frisoli. “Amy will be vital in creating a smooth coaching transition with the girls. She has had a year to work with them and I have already been using her as an invaluable resource!” From 2008 to 2011, Martin enjoyed a highly successful fouryear playing career as a goalie at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. While at Holy Cross, which is also Frisoli’s alma mater (2005), Martin was named First-Team All-Patriot League and to the All-Patriot League Tournament team in her junior year. In addition, Martin was Patriot League Goalie of the Year that season while receiving Patriot League Goalie of the Week honors eight times during the career, and was a two-time defender of the week. In her senior season, Martin served as captain of the Crusaders. “Amy’s dedication to this team speaks for itself,” Frisoli added, and I am thrilled to build on our Holy Cross Lacrosse friendship and create a successful working relationship!” In addition to her playing career at Holy Cross, Martin worked in the college’s sports information department for two years. While an undergraduate, Martin also gained experience in the field of journalism, writing bi-weekly columns for Inside Lacrosse Magazine while also covering high school sports for the Petoskey News Review in her native Michigan. A native of Harbor Springs, MI, Martin will pursue a Masters Degree in Education in addition to her coaching duties.
Former University of Richmond standout Caitlin Fifield joined the Seahawk coaching staff in August, 2013. A Babylon, NY resident, Fifield recently completed As a fifthyear senior midfielder in 2013, she was named to the prestigious Tewaaraton Watch List (Tewaarton Trophy is given annually to the most outstanding American college player), and earned Atlantic 10 First-Team All-Conference honors while leading the Spiders with 72 points and 24 assists, to go with 48 goals which was second on the team. An honor roll student who earned a degree in sociology in May, Fifield also had the distinction of being named to the 2013 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team. In addition to her outstanding playing career, Fifield brings a solid coaching foundation with her to the Wagner program as she has served as a club coach and college camp counselor since 2008. Over the last five years, Fifield has served as head coach of the Long Island Elite Yellow Jackets’ Club Team where she gained further experience administering practices, coordinating the offense and organizing activities. She has also served as a Youth Lacrosse Camp Counselor at Max Lax Lacrosse, Just 4 Girls Lacrosse, Long Island Elite Lacrosse, and the Blue Chip Recruiting Camp in addition to being a camp counselor at several Division 1 summer camps throughout the nation. “Caitlin Fifield is the perfect fit to our coaching staff. Her energy, enthusiasm and intensity are contagious and her success on the field speaks for itself,” said Wagner College head coach Liz Frisoli “Caitlin shares my coaching philosophy and I know we will work very well together. Her fresh, exciting ideas about our attack go very well with my passion for defense and Amy Martin’s skilled training with our keepers.” Fifield was also a First-Team All-Atlantic 10 choice in 2012, a SecondTeam All-Atlantic 10 selection in 2011 and was a member of the 2009 All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team, the same year that she was named to the 2009 Canadian Women’s Lacrosse active roster. She also finished fourth all-time in goals (174), seventh in assists (55), third in total points (229), ninth in single season points (72), and 10th in single season assists (24). In the summer of 2012, Fifield earned a spot on the Canadian National Team’s Top 34 Roster. As senior at North Babylon High School, Fifield was named a 2008 US Lacrosse All American.
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