2024 Women's Lax Game Day Magazine vs. Kutztown

Message From WCU President Dr. Chris Fiorentino

To Our Golden Rams Players, Coaches, Fans and Friends:

As West Chester University’s president, I am pleased to welcome you to the spring 2024 season of Golden Rams Women’s Lacrosse!!

With the entire WCU community—students, alumni, family members, faculty, staff and friends — I share pride and pleasure in the winning tradition of Golden Rams athletics. Our WCU student athletes are winners on the field and in the classroom. The University has one of the largest NCAA Division II athletic programs in the nation and one of the most successful as well.

As a member of the NCAA Division II, West Chester University strives to comply with all rules and regulations set forth by the national governing body of intercollegiate athletics. Our athletes are amateurs, who compete to enhance their educational experience. Our coaches, administrators, and student athletes and all those associated with the University’s athletic program are mandated to promote good sportsmanship.

I want to express my appreciation to the coaching staff and to our student athletes’ families and friends for bringing out the best in each athlete. To every Golden Rams fan, my thanks for your enthusiastic support of West Chester University athletics! Please continue to enjoy the exciting competition throughout the season— and share the good news about Golden Rams women’s lacrosse with anyone who hasn’t had the thrill of being to South Campus.

Whether you have been part of the Golden Rams family for many seasons, or are new to WCU sports, let me once again welcome you to another year of great women’s lacrosse. I look forward to seeing you at the games.

Sincerely,

Chris M. Fiorentino, Ph.D President West Chester University

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The 2024 West Chester University Women’s Lacrosse Game Day Magazine is an official publication of the West Chester University athletics department. The program was written, designed and edited by James Zuhlke, Sports Information Director, with assistance from Laurence Messler, Assistant Sports Information Director. Photos are courtesy of Scott Rowan, Danny Aguilar, Tom Silknitter and Erica Thompson.

University and Athletic Administration

University President

Dr. Christopher Fiorentino

Dr. Christopher M. Fiorentino enters his eighth and final year as president of West Chester University. With 40 years of higher education and administration experience at West Chester University, Fiorentino announced his retirement prior to the beginning of the 2023-24 academic year. He will step down as university president in June 2024.

Fiorentino, who holds three degrees in economics (baccalaureate, master’s and doctorate) from Temple University, joined WCU’s economics faculty in 1983. His role evolved from assistant professor to dean of the College of Business and Public Administration to vice president for External Operations to his current position of university president.

Dr. Fiorentino has been active in numerous leadership roles on campus, helping to secure AACSB International accreditation for the School of Business; developing off-campus academic centers, including the Graduate Center in West Goshen Township; and working with faculty and supporters to create the Cottrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Center. Dr. Fiorentino also spearheaded the development of the Center for Community Solutions, which links business and civic leaders with appropriate University faculty and staff. His responsibilities in his last position included University operations at the State System’s Center City Philadelphia site.

Dr. Fiorentino is married to WCU alumnae, Dr. Susan Fiorentino, ’86, a Professor in the Management Department at West Chester University where she is currently serving as Coordinator for the Master of Science in Human Resource Management program. The Fiorentinos have three children: Greg, a software engineer and WCU alum; Diana Marlin, a WCU grad and registered dietitian; and Jeff, a Penn State University graduate.

Director of Athletics

Terry Beattie

Terry Beattie begins his eighth athletic campaign as the Director of Athletics at West Chester University.

Overall, Beattie enters into his 18th season with West Chester University’s Department of Athletics. Previous to being named the Interim AD in 2017, Beattie served as the Associate AD overseeing facilities and game day operations. He also oversaw all of the grounds and equipment room operations for the athletic department.

A 31-year veteran in college athletics, Beattie recently spearheaded the development of the Michael Horrocks Emerging Leaders Institute at WCU, which provides leadership training and development to a select group of outstanding student athletes who, as recognized future leaders, will be taking on the mantle of leadership within their team sometime in the future.

He has also served on a number of strategic planning committee’s both within the athletic department and in conjunction with the university.

In his seven years as the university’s athletics director, Beattie created a Sports Performance aspect to the athletic department implementing additional resources from which WCU student-athletes could benefit. His collaboration with a number of other areas on campus gives student-athletes access to mental health and sport psychology experts, an expanded and much improved strength and conditioning program as well as education on sport nutrition.

His work in the field of Sport Leadership Training gives West Chester University’s coaching staff and administrators access to some of the cutting edge research on how to become a better leader, coach and mentor to young adults.

A member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Beattie was recently named the chair of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Athletic Administrators for the 2023-24 campaign. He has also served roles on the NCAA regional and national advisory committees overseeing selections to the NCAA Division II Tournament in a variety of sports.

A native of Rochester, N.Y., Beattie has an extensive background in college athletics dating back to 1991.

Beattie, 54, is 1991 graduate of Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y., with a degree in Business Administration. He completed his master’s degree in Sport Administration at Canisius College in 1999. He received a tenured promotion to Assistant Professor at West Chester University in April 2009.

About West Chester University

West Chester University, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is a public, regional, comprehensive institution committed to providing access and offering high-quality undergraduate education, select post-baccalaureate and graduate programs, and a variety of educational and cultural resources for its students, alumni and citizens of southeastern Pennsylvania.

West Chester University is committed to attracting, enrolling and graduating quality students from a wide variety of educational, cultural and economic backgrounds. This endeavor requires the University to attract and retain highly qualified faculty and staff and to provide each member of the University community with learning and leadership development opportunities. To this end, the University supports and encourages programs which benefit all people and which seek to eradicate discrimination and injustice. We treasure what we believe to be the highest principles of American society: the worth and uniqueness of each individual, the belief that success is to be earned by individual effort put forth in an environment founded on equality of opportunity, and the appreciation of the ideal of an inclusive society.

We believe that it is incumbent upon all members of our community - staff, students, faculty and administrators - to conduct themselves with civility toward one another at all times. We value the special talents and contributions of each member of our community. We further affirm the worth and dignity of each member and the shared responsibility of all to treat each other as individuals, with respect and courtesy.

As a university owned by the citizens of Pennsylvania, we value our mission to provide the best educational opportunities possible which will enable the University community to successfully address the concerns of a global society. To this end, West Chester University seeks to provide diligent advising for students and to focus on teaching students to think clearly and critically, to make logical and ethical judgments, and to communicate effectively with others.

West Chester University’s community strongly supports the principles of academic integrity and academic responsibility, viewing both as the province of every member of the campus community. We hold the highest esteem for teaching directed toward student learning and affirm that mastery of content as well as mastery of teaching skills necessary to communicate such content are paramount.

As a university owned by the citizens of Pennsylvania, we value our mission to provide the best educational opportunities possible which will enable the University community to successfully address the concerns of a global society.

West Chester University will be a national model for excellence for public regional comprehensive universities and is especially noted for:

l Undergraduate programs that actively engage students in connecting the life of the mind to the world in which they live and work.

l The responsiveness of its graduate and post-baccalaureate programs to regional needs.

l Its focus on providing lifelong-learning, technical, and applied skills essential to graduates’ success now and in the future.

l A commitment by faculty, staff, and administrators to provide access and to serve effectively the educational needs of a diverse student body.

l Its role as a leading educational and cultural resource and partner in fostering the economic, social, and cultural vitality of southeastern Pennsylvania.

Head Coach Ginny Martino

Entering her 26th season on the sidelines, West Chester University women’s lacrosse head coach, Ginny Martino has built the Golden Rams’ program into a perennial Division II national power while becoming the all-time winningest head coach in the NCAA at the Division II level.

Martino, the longest tenured head coach in the PSAC as well as at West Chester University, has led her charges to the Division II national title game 11 times in 22 years that the NCAA has sponsored a Division II national championship in the sport of lacrosse. The hardware crowding Martino’s trophy case is evidence of the dominance the Golden Rams have displayed both nationally and within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference during her administration.

In 25 seasons at West Chester, Martino has authored a 38582 (.824) record overall and a 240-21 (.920) mark against PSAC competition. She became the alltime winningest women's lacrosse coach in Division II history in 2012 and pushed past the 300-win plateau in 2018. She is now knocking on the door of 400 wins. Additionally, Martino has authored a 32-10 (.762) record in the PSAC Tournament and an 22-15 (.595) record in the NCAA Division II Tournament

- 22-17 overall, counting the two seasons that Martino participated in the Division I Tournament (1998, 1999).

Martino's .824 career winning percentage is the third-best in Division II history and eighth-best among women's lacrosse coaches at any level. Her 384 career victories ranks eighth at all levels of coaching as well. She is expected to become just the eighth coach in women's lacrosse history to win 400 games in a career later in the 2024 season.

Under Martino's tutelage, the Golden Rams strung together a 72game conference winning streak that spanned seven years. A loss at Bloomsburg in March 2012 brought an end to the streak that was just eight wins shy of the NCAA all-time record of 80 straight conference wins set by Stonehill College. The Golden Rams have reached double figures in wins in each of the past 21 seasons.

Martino's teams have won 14 conference titles, two national

crowns, earned four league coach of the year honors (2001, 2005, 2018 and 2023) and two national coach of the year (2002, 2008) recognitions while leading her team to the national semifinals an amazing 12 times.

Over the past five seasons, West Chester has gone 90-8 overall and 57-2 in conference play while winning four PSAC titles. Last spring (2023), Martino and the Golden Rams found themselves in the national championship game once again after running through the regular season, conference tournament and first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament undefeated. Martino brought home the Atlantic Region crown for the second time, before topping Grand Valley State in the national semifinals to run her career record in the semifinal round of the NCAA Tournament to an astounding 11-1. Pace University ended West Chester's bid at a perfect season in the national championship.

Martino and her charges were

Head Coach Ginny Martino

ranked No. 1 in the country for seven consecutive weeks last spring from March through the end ot the regular season. West Chester finished the campaign with the best record in the nation at 22-1. It's 22 wins were a program record and tied the national mark for most wins in a single season. West Chester's appearance in the national championship game broke a tie with Adelphi for the most appearances in a final (11) in Division II history. Both the Golden Rams' appearances in the NCAA Tournament (15) and wins in the NCAA Tournament (22) are second all-time behind Adelphi.

In 2019, the Golden Rams made another run to the national championship game - its first appearance in the title game since 2012 - before a loss to Adelphi ended their quest for the national crown. Along the way, West Chester won the regular-season PSAC title and the postseason tournament, before taking the Atlantic Regional title for the first time.

In 2018, Martino guided her charges through an undefeated regular season and grabbed the 12th PSAC Championship in her illustrious career. She followed that up with her 12th trip to the NCAAs. The

Golden Rams' loss to East Stroudsburg in the quarterfinals was the lone blemish on the team's ledger in 2018.

In 2013, West Chester University won its conference-record 21st PSAC Championship with an 8-7 victory over rival Lock Haven on the road. It marked the 11th PSAC title for Martino, but first since 2008. West Chester has missed the NCAA Tournament just seven times since the NCAA instituted a Division II championship in 2001.

In 2012, Martino once again landed her Golden Rams in the national championship game at the Division II Festival in Louisville, Ky. A 17-16 setback to then-C.W. Post was all that stood between Martino and her third national title. Junior attacker Tori Dugan set the school record with 134 draw controls while posting 94 points.

In 2011, Martino guided the Golden Rams to the national semifinals after a 16-5 campaign that saw them play for the conference championship for the sixth straight year. A 10-9 setback to No. 3 Limestone in the national semifinals marked the first time that West Chester lost an NCAA Tournament game that was not the national championship game. West Chester was 11-0 in the PSAC regular season.

In 2010, The Golden Rams put together a perfect 10-0 mark in regular season conference play and a 19-2 overall ledger. West Chester played for the PSAC championship for the fifth consecutive year and eventually reached the NCAA title game for the eighth time under Martino. She was lauded IWLCA South Region coach of the year af-

ter entering the campaign with a young and inexperienced roster and little expectations for postseason play.

Martino guided her charges to the school's second national championship in 2008, winning the last 20 games of the season in the process. The Golden Rams finished 20-1 overall and avenged the season-opening loss to Limestone in the national semifinals. The 14-year veteran on West Chester’s sideline captured her second national championship in seven years with the Rams’ 13-12 victory over C.W. Post in the title game in Houston, Texas.

As a result of the Golden Rams’ success that year, Martino was named IWLCA national coach of the year at the Division II level as well as FieldTurf Division II coach of the year for the second ime.

2023

Kutztown Golden Bears 2024 Roster

1 Olivia Eilbacher

2 Summer Davis

3 Zoe Powell

4 Emily Christiansen

5 Emma Meakim

6 Shannon Lake

Cherry Hill, N.J. / Camden Catholic

Beach Haven, N.J. / Southern Regional

Collierville, Tenn. / Collierville (Colorado Mesa)

Ledgewood, N.J. / Roxbury

Hatboro, Pa. / Upper Moreland

Medford, N.Y. / Patchogue-Medford 7 Kayla Brooks M 5-5 Jr. Mountville, Pa. / Hempfield

8 Sam Graf

9 Kelly Askins

10 Cyrose Conteh

11 Sammy Ruwet

Wayne, N.J. / Wayne Hills

Galloway, N.J. / Absegami

Elizabethtown, Pa. / Elizabethtown

Swedesboro, N.J. / Kingsway Regional 12 Molly Convery M/D 5-8 Fr. Springfield, Pa. / Springfield

13 Alexis Plesic

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Hanover, Pa. / South Western

17 Madeline Anemone D 5-5 Sr. West Caldwell, N.J. / James Caldwell

18 Lauren Lamorte A 5-4

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Head Coach: Kristen Nicholson (FDU-Florham ‘10), 3rd Season

Assistant Coach: Tiffany Anderson, Ashley Grimes

West Chester Golden Rams 2024 Roster

2 Natalie Goldsmith

3 Kerry Seiler

4 Courtney Medwin

5 Kara Stewart

6 Alana Mandato

8 Madison Mosher

9 Meg O’Donnell

Oceanport, N.J. / Shore Regional

Pa. / Salisbury (Millersville)

Coral Springs, Fla. / American Heritage

Bowie, Md. / Archbishop Spaulding

Pa. / Gwynedd-Mercy Academy

East Moriches, N.Y. / West Hampton Beach

Hatboro, Pa. / Upper Moreland

10 Eliza Enriquez A 5-8 So. Shillington, Pa. / Gov. Mifflin

11 Keri Barnett

13 Lauren Rush

Glenolden, Pa. / Archbishop Carroll

Perkasie, Pa. / Pennridge

14 Hannah Stanislawczyk M 5-6 Sr. Mohnton, Pa. / Gov. Mifflin

15 Sydney Grim M 5-5 Fr. Mohnton, Pa./Gov. Mifflin

16 Katie Byrne D 5-8 Jr. Wall, N.J. / Wall Twp.

17 Piper Hammond M 5-6 So. Tucson, Ariz./Southridge (Notre Dame Coll.)

18 Julia Littlewood A 5-4 Sr. Berwyn, Pa. / Conestoga (St. Joseph’s)

19 Kendall Fortune M 5-5 Fr. Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford

20 Jess Myers D 5-4 Gr. Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East

21 Ava Johnson A 5-9 Fr. Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown

22 Alexa Urbanski D 5-9

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WCU Baseball 2024 Schedule

WCU Softball 2024 Schedule

/ W, 7-4

03/30 D’YOUVILLE (DH) W, 4-0 / W, 8-0

03/03

(6) / W, 4-3

03/09 vs. Franklin Pierce (Melbourne, Fla.) W, 2-1 / L, 3-4

03/10 vs. Felician (Melbourne, Fla.) W, 11-1 / W, 12-3

03/12 vs. Molloy (Melbourne, Fla.) W, 3-1

03/12 vs. Post (Melbourne, Fla.) W, 8-0 (5)

03/13 vs. Ill.-Springfield (Melbourne, Fla.)W, 6-2 / W, 4-2

03/17 PACE (DH) L, 0-1 / L, 1-2

03/19 MILLERSVILLE* L, 9-10 / W, 12-3 (5)

03/22 at Lock Haven* (DH) W, 7-3 / W, 14-6

03/25 at Mansfield* (DH) W, 5-4 / L, 4-5 (9)

03/29 E. STROUDSBURG* (DH) W, 7-2 / L, 0-2

03/30 BLOOMSBURG* (DH) W, 1-0 (8) / W, 8-7 04/05

04/20

05/10

05/11 at PSAC

*PSAC East contest

% Bill Giles Classic

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(Slippery Rock, Pa.) TBA

05/01 at PSAC Tournament (Quakertown, Pa.) TBA

05/02 at PSAC Tournament (Quakertown, Pa.) TBA

05/03 at PSAC Tournament (Quakertown, Pa.) TBA

05/04 at PSAC Tournament (Quakertown, Pa.) TBA

*PSAC East contest

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