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In total, McHale has 23 years of head coaching experience at Divisions II and III and spent four seasons (2017-20) as an assistant coach at Division II Florida Southern. McHale, who started her head coaching career at SUNY Potsdam from 1996-2001, owns a career record of 196-158 and is coming off a three-year stint at Colorado Mesa where she went 31-17.
At Colorado Mesa, McHale led the Mavericks to a share of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship this past spring with a 9-1 mark in league play and an 11-6 overall record. CMU topped No. 4 Regis 14-13 in overtime to help earn the first RMAC Championship in program history. In her three years, the Mavericks went 26-4 in RMAC play, winning .867 percent of league games. Prior to her arrival, CMU never finished above third place in the conference and McHale guided the program to a pair of second place finishes to go with the league championship. Additionally, McHale coached Kelsey Viger to just the third IWLCA All-American in program history. In 2022, the Mavericks won the RMAC Midfielder of the Year, Defender of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors under McHale.
McHale also is on the IWLCA Division II Board of Directors and the NCAA Division II Women’s Lacrosse National Committee as well as being the Midwest Region’s Chair.
McHale went to CMU after spending 2018-20 as an assistant coach at perennial powerhouse Florida Southern. In her three seasons, the Mocs finished as Division II national runner up, had six players earn IWLCA All-America honors and won 18 straight games en route to the national title game.
McHale spent 20 seasons as a highly successful Division III coach at SUNY Potsdam, St. John Fisher and Ithaca. She won her first of three Empire 8 Coach of the Year honors at St. John Fisher in 2007 when the Cardinals won a program record 14 games and she led the team to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and 98 wins over a 10-year span. McHale’s 2009 squad defeated The College of Wooster 17-12 in the NCAA Tournament, the first NCAA postseason win in St. John Fisher history.
McHale then went on to Ithaca College and posted a 48-24 mark over her four years with a .667 winning percentage and was the Empire 8 Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2013. McHale led the Bombers to 13 wins in her first season (2012), the most for the program since winning 14 in 2003.
McHale is a 1992 graduate of SUNY Brockport where she was a three-year letter-winner in soccer and first-team all-state in 1990. She was the SUNYAC West Division Player of the Year in 1990 and was a first-team all-SUNYAC performer in 1989. She was inducted into the institution’s Hall of Fame in 1997.
She earned her master’s degree in exercise and sport sciences and sport psychology from Ithaca in 2005. She also served as an assistant coach for the Swiss National Team at last summer’s World Lacrosse Championship.
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In total, McHale has 23 years of head coaching experience at Divisions II and III and spent four seasons (2017-20) as an assistant coach at Division II Florida Southern. McHale, who started her head coaching career at SUNY Potsdam from 1996-2001, owns a career record of 196-158 and is coming off a three-year stint at Colorado Mesa where she went 31-17.
At Colorado Mesa, McHale led the Mavericks to a share of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship this past spring with a 9-1 mark in league play and an 11-6 overall record. CMU topped No. 4 Regis 14-13 in overtime to help earn the first RMAC Championship in program history. In her three years, the Mavericks went 26-4 in RMAC play, winning .867 percent of league games. Prior to her arrival, CMU never finished above third place in the conference and McHale guided the program to a pair of second place finishes to go with the league championship. Additionally, McHale coached Kelsey Viger to just the third IWLCA All-American in program history. In 2022, the Mavericks won the RMAC Midfielder of the Year, Defender of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors under McHale.
McHale also is on the IWLCA Division II Board of Directors and the NCAA Division II Women’s Lacrosse National Committee as well as being the Midwest Region’s Chair.
McHale went to CMU after spending 2018-20 as an assistant coach at perennial powerhouse Florida Southern. In her three seasons, the Mocs finished as Division II national runner up, had six players earn IWLCA All-America honors and won 18 straight games en route to the national title game.
McHale spent 20 seasons as a highly successful Division III coach at SUNY Potsdam, St. John Fisher and Ithaca. She won her first of three Empire 8 Coach of the Year honors at St. John Fisher in 2007 when the Cardinals won a program record 14 games and she led the team to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and 98 wins over a 10-year span. McHale’s 2009 squad defeated The College of Wooster 17-12 in the NCAA Tournament, the first NCAA postseason win in St. John Fisher history.
McHale then went on to Ithaca College and posted a 48-24 mark over her four years with a .667 winning percentage and was the Empire 8 Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2013. McHale led the Bombers to 13 wins in her first season (2012), the most for the program since winning 14 in 2003.
McHale is a 1992 graduate of SUNY Brockport where she was a three-year letter-winner in soccer and first-team all-state in 1990. She was the SUNYAC West Division Player of the Year in 1990 and was a first-team all-SUNYAC performer in 1989. She was inducted into the institution’s Hall of Fame in 1997.
She earned her master’s degree in exercise and sport sciences and sport psychology from Ithaca in 2005. She also served as an assistant coach for the Swiss National Team at last summer’s World Lacrosse Championship.
Cat (Gaffney) Jacomine is a 2021 graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University. She was a two time team captain, a standout player throughout her 5 year lacrosse career at LR and led her team to a SAC Championship. Since her graduation Cat has had a major impact on the Hickory lacrosse scene as both a coach and an official and continues to help grow the girls game.
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Parents are encouraged to observe their child’s participation in camps, clinics and lessons. Coaches will be happy to answer any questions after the event is over regarding what we worked on at camp that day. For safety and liability reasons, at no time is a non-camper allowed on the playing surface at Lenoir-Rhyne University.
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We have plans in place for all of our camps to run whether rain or shine. We will communicate any changes made to camp through the email provided during your account creation on Play’n Sports if the weather forecast looks like it will prevent us from being on the field. Players should bring appropriate footwear for any indoor activities i.e. sneakers or turf shoes.