Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Pennsylvania Northeast

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Katie O'Donnell

Katie O'Donnell was named the Mary Semanik Head Women's Lacrosse Coach in May of 2023 after serving as the interim coach for the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

As interim head coach, O'Donnell guided the Dragons to a 12-6 record and their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance in 2023. Under her tutelage, Corinne Bednarik and Jenika Cuocco were named USA Lacrosse Magazine All-Americans. Bednarik was selected as the CAA Attacker of the Year, and Cuocco was both the Goalkeeper of the Year and Rookie of the Year. In total, five players were selected to All-Conference teams.

O'Donnell assumed the leadership role midway through the 2022 season and made an immediate impact on the team, helping to lead Drexel to its first-ever CAA Championship with a thrilling overtime victory against Towson in the title game.

A West Chester, Pa. native, O'Donnell joined the Drexel staff after spending two seasons with Lehigh University. She will be working primarily with Drexel's defensive unit and helping to oversee the draw unit. Under the direction of head coach Jill Redfern, O'Donnell helped lead the Mountain Hawks to back-to-back winning seasons. The Mountain Hawks finished the shortened 2021 season with a 9-4 record and 6-1 in Patriot League play. O'Donnell helped push the Mountain Hawks to their first Patriot League title game for the first time since 2010 and win two Patriot League Tournament contests for the first time in program history.

In her inaugural season with Lehigh, the Mountain Hawks competed to a 6-2 record heading into conference play before the season was canceled due to COVID-19. With the help of O'Donnell, Lehigh saw only the second athlete in women's lacrosse history to be named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.

A two-time All-American midfielder, O'Donnell was a two-time team captain at Penn State, was an IWLCA first team All-American, and won Big Ten Midfielder of the Year. She ended her career fourth in program history for career goals (203) and sixth in points (227) and went on to be selected fourth overall in the 2018 WPLL (Women's Professional Lacrosse League) Draft by the New England Command. O'Donnell is currently a member of the United States National Team and tried out to be part of the 2021 World Lacrosse Championship team.

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Alyssa Guido

Alyssa Guido joined Drexel's staff in the summer of 2021. She was promoted to associate head coach during the spring of 2022 after helping lead the Dragons to their first-ever Colonial Athletic Association championship.

Guido joined the Dragons staff after spending the 2021 season as an assistant at Holy Cross. She assists in overseeing the offense and works with the goalies.

Prior to her time in Worcester, Mass. with Holy Cross, Guido spent two years as the head coach of Maritime College. Maritime battled to a 4-1 record in 2020 before its season ended prematurely due to COVID-19. In her first season at the helm, Guido guided the Privateers to an 8-6 record with a 4-3 mark in the Skyline Conference during the 2019 campaign, with the program posting its first-ever winning season and making its first Skyline Conference playoff appearance. Guido was named the 2019 Skyline Conference Coach of the Year, while four of her players earned all-league recognition.

Prior to her time at Maritime, Guido served as a coach, director and account manager with Team 91 Lacrosse. She managed multiple girls' and boys' youth travel teams on Long Island and in Westchester, including oversight of coaching staffs and event directors. Guido also played professionally with the Philadelphia Force of the United Women's Lacrosse League in the summer of 2017.

Guido spent her collegiate career at Stony Brook under the wing of former Drexel coach Kim Hillier. A four-year letterwinner, Guido totaled 77 points, 28 goals and 49 assists in 68 career games played. Guido helped Stony Brook to an overall record of 72-11 during her four years, with the Seawolves winning four straight America East regular season and tournament titles, in addition to making four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.

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Katrina Geiger

In her first season on staff, Geiger coached the Dragons' defense to their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. The defensive unit ranked 13th in scoring defense among all Division | programs at 9.28 goals allowed per game.

Katrina Geiger joined the Drexel women's lacrosse staff as an assistant coach on July 27, 2022. She comes to Drexel from Penn State, where she was an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions.

Before her stint at Penn State, Geiger was the primary defensive coach for Georgetown for two seasons. During those years, she coached nine All-Big East honorees, three IWLCA All-South Region honorees and one All-American. Geiger previously coached for one season at Elon, where she worked with the offense and the goalkeepers.

Geiger, who is from Drexel Hill, Pa., plays professionally for Athletes Unlimited. She has been a member of the team since 2020. Previously, Geiger played in the Women's Professional Lacrosse League for two years with the Philadelphia Fire.

As a player, Geiger was a four-year starter and two-time captain for Loyola University in Baltimore, Md. Geiger also played on three Patriot League championship teams and five teams that advanced to the NCAA Championships. She was named Second Team All-Patriot League twice. Geiger graduated in 2017 with a communications degree and earned her master's degree in emerging media in 2018.

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Brian Voelker

Brian Voelker became just the sixth head coach in Drexel lacrosse history when he was hired in the fall of 2009. He is entering his 15th season at the school and has compiled a 108-89 record. During his time at Drexel, the Dragons have won 10 or more games four times and have won two CAA championships. Drexel advanced to the CAA title game twice in the last four seasons and now has played in the title game four times under Voelker. His teams have advanced to the CAA postseason on 11 occasions in 13 opportunities.

In 2021, Voelker’s team won nine straight games on its way to advancing to its second straight CAA title game. The Dragons won their second CAA championship, defeating Hofstra in Hempstead, N.Y. The Dragons advanced to their second NCAA Championship appearance and narrowly missed upsetting No. 4 Notre Dame, 10-8. Voelker was named the 2021 CAA Coach of the Year. Voelker has had 11 players selected to All-American Teams at Drexel. He has had three Dragons named the CAA Player of the Year and twice has had the CAA’s Defensive Player of the Year. In all, Voelker has seen 26 of his players named First Team All-CAA, 25 named Second Team All-CAA and 20 players named to the All-Rookie Team.

The 2014 season will go down as one of the best in school history. The Dragons defeated Towson in overtime in the semifinals and advanced to the title game at Hofstra, where Cole Shafer’s goal in the third overtime gave Drexel its first-ever CAA championship and first NCAA Tournament bid. The Dragons faced Penn at Franklin Field in the first round and defeated the Quakers, 16-11. Drexel fell to No. 2 Denver in the NCAA Quarterfinals, snapping its nine-game winning streak. The Dragons tied the school record for wins in a season (13) and had five players on the All-CAA First Team, including Player of the Year Ben McIntosh. Four Dragons were named All-Americans (Belka, McIntosh, Saputo, Trizano), the most the program has had since 1961.

In 2013, Voelker’s squad was 11-5 record and was one of the top offensive teams in the nation, finishing seventh in the country in scoring and fifth in man-up offense. Robert Church and McIntosh became the fifth and sixth Drexel All-American recipients since he took over the program just four years earlier. Drexel was 8-8 in 2012 and advanced to the CAA title game, where it lost to No. 1 UMass. Voelker became the first coach in the history of Drexel lacrosse to defeat Hofstra, Towson and Delaware in the same season. The Dragons lost by one goal on five occasions, including narrow misses against defending national-champion Virginia (9-8) and Notre Dame (6-5), who advanced to the NCAA semifinals. Three of Voelker’s players were named First Team All-CAA and Dana Wilber was named the CAA’s Defensive Player of Year and a Third Team All-American.

In 2011, DU was 8-6. Three of those losses came to teams ranked in the top 10 and the three other losses were by a combined four goals. Scott Perri was named the CAA Player of the Year and earned All-American status. Teammate Mark Manos became the first back-to-back All-American selection at Drexel since 1961.

In his first season at the school, Voelker led the Dragons to a 10-5 overall record. In 2010, the Dragons defeated a school-record four top 10 ranked teams and knocked off No. 3 Notre Dame in overtime, 7-6. Despite those wins, the Dragons were one of the last teams left out of the NCAA field in 2010. Manos had a stellar year in the cage, earning both the CAA’s Defensive Player of the Year and a Third Team All-American selection.

Voelker was Penn’s Head Coach for seven seasons before taking the position at Drexel. At Penn, he helped return the Quakers to national prominence. He coached the Quakers to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2004, Voelker guided Penn back to the Tournament after a 15-year absence. Two years later, the Quakers recorded their best season since 1988 (10-4 overall, 4-2 Ivy). The four wins were the most Ivy victories for the school in 17 years. He took over as Penn’s 24th men’s lacrosse coach prior to the 2003 season. He led the Quakers to a .500 or better record in three straight seasons in Ivy play for the first time since 1989. Before his arrival, the Quakers had just four .500 seasons in the previous 14 years.

Voelker was the head coach and assistant general manager for the Baltimore Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse before going to Penn. He coached the 2001 National Division championship team and was selected to coach in the MLL’s Inaugural All-Star Game. He previously served for four seasons as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays earned four NCAA berths, including two NCAA Final Fours and an NCAA quarterfinal appearance during his time at Hopkins.

A 1991 Hopkins graduate, Voelker was a defenseman and a three-time All-American for the Blue Jays. He earned First Team All-American honors as a senior, when he served as a captain. During his sophomore season, the Blue Jays advanced to the NCAA championship game. Voelker was part of four NCAA tournament teams. He was elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2015. He resides in Ardmore, Pa. with his wife, Laura, and their two children, Jack and Brendan.

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Steven Boyle

Steven Boyle joined the men's lacrosse staff in the summer of 2014. A former standout player at Johns Hopkins, Boyle came to Drexel after serving as an assistant at Brown for the previous three seasons.

Boyle serves as the team's offensive coordinator. The Derry, New Hampshire native was the offensive coordinator at Brown where he assisted with the development of the Bears' attackmen and midfielders while at Brown. Prior to his arrival at Brown, Boyle was the offensive coordinator at St. Paul's School for Boys in Baltimore.

The Drexel offense has been a key factor in the Dragons reaching the CAA Championship game twice in the last four seasons and reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2021 for the first time since 2014. Boyle's group scored at least 10 goals in all but one regular-season game and led the CAA with 13.62 goals per contest, which tied for 12th in the nation with Syracuse and Bryant. Drexel had five players score at least 19 goals and had four 30-point scorers in just 13 games. Reid Bowering was named an Honorable Mention All-America, while Ryan Genord was a USA Lacrosse All-American. In 2022, Jack Mulcahy, one of the Dragons' midfielders, was named the CAA's Offensive Player of the Year. Both Genord and Mulcahy were First Team All-CAA selections.

Boyle's offensive unit led the CAA in scoring during the 2019 season and finished 13th in the nation with more than 13 goals per game. Drexel's man-up unit scored 39 goals, the most in the nation, one more than Penn State. The team also had a .473 extra-man percentage, which was fourth in all of Division I. Three of Drexel's offensive players were named to All-CAA teams in 2019. In 2018, the Dragons also scored more than 10 goals per game and led the CAA in shooting percentage (.315). The previous season, Drexel's man-up unit led the CAA and finished 13th in the nation.

Boyle graduated from Johns Hopkins in 2010 with a degree in political science. He was a member of the 2007 NCAA Championship team and was awarded the Bob Scott Award given to the school's top freshman. A three-time All-American, Boyle led the team in scoring as a senior with 32 goals, 23 assists and 55 points. The team's Outstanding Attackman Award winner in 2009 and 2010, Boyle finished his career with 95 goals, 69 assists and 164 points. He was selected 12th overall in the 2010 Major League Lacrosse Draft by the Boston Cannons and played in the league until 2015.