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Anderson University (IN)

Anderson, IN 46012
Indiana Midwest
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Russell Mackey

Russell Mackey enters the 2022-23 season in his third year as the Anderson University women's lacrosse head coach.


Mackey spent the last 14 seasons as the girl's lacrosse head coach at Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati. During that time, Mackey led the Cougars to eight Greater Girls Catholic League (GGCL) titles, while putting together a 194-47 record. The Cougars earned four Elite 8 appearances and one Final Four appearance in the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Division I Tournament. Mackey was named the GGCL Coach of the Year eight times. He was also selected as the Cincinnati Enquirer Girl's Lacrosse Division I Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2018.


Mackey also spent the last three seasons as head coach of the Under Armour All-American Midwest Team, which was composed of the top players and coaches in a 15-state region. He was also a head coach for one of the four showcase teams during the U.S. Lacrosse All-American Showcase in 2012 in which his team won the showcase. In 2019, Mackey coached the all-state Ohio team in the U.S. Lacrosse Women's National Tournament, which finished undefeated in their division. He also led the Ohio all-state team during the 2014 and 2015 seasons.


During the 2017 season, Mackey served as an assistant coach with the Xavier University women's lacrosse club program.


Mackey helped co-found the Cincy Royals club girls program in 2012 and spent seven seasons as the head coach. During that time, 40 players went on to play at the collegiate level.


Mackey graduated from Babson College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Communication. He then earned a Master of Business degree in General Administration in Marketing with University of Maryland University College.

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Jacob Ashton

Jacob Ashton returns for the 2021-22 season in his fifth year as the Anderson University head men’s lacrosse coach and the program's fourth official season.


Ashton led the Ravens in their third season to its best finish to date, finishing third in Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference (HCLC) with a 3-8 overall record and a 2-2 conference record. The Ravens captured the first wins in program history in 2021 after topping Mount St. Joseph University and Earlham College in HCLC action.


Anderson totaled five HCLC Player of the Week selections during the 2021 season. Sophomore Cole Whatley earned HCLC Offensive Player of the Week Honors three times, Freshman Josh Rhodes earned HCLC Offensive Player of the Week Honors once and Junior Logan Lawrence earned Defensive Player of the week Honors one time.


Anderson collected an average of 39.27 ground balls per match in 2021, which led the conference and ranked 41st in the nation. The Ravens rewrote the school record books in 2021, setting single-season program records in goals (100), assists (60), points (160), ground balls (445), caused turnovers (124), faceoff wins (132), faceoff win percentage (.480), goals against average (12.45), save percentage (.491), man-up goals (20) and man-down goals (2). Anderson also set the team single-game program records in goals (19), assists (13), points (31), ground balls (64), caused turnovers (19) and faceoff wins (19).


Four Ravens earned second-team all-HCLC honors in 2021. Freshmen Mason Bratcher and Bryce Johnson were both named on defense. Josh Rhodes received the honors on attack while Logan Lawrence garnered the honors on short-stick defense. Anderson also closed out the HCLC season with two statistical champions as Cole Whatley led the conference in goals per match while Mason Bratcher led the conference in caused turnovers per match.


During Ashton’s career, Anderson has totaled five all-conference selections and nine conference players of the week.

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