Le Moyne College

Syracuse, NY 13214

New York Northeast

Private Small Developing team

I'm interested in this program!

Coaches

Email coach

Liz Beville

Le Moyne College Interim Director of Athletics Tim Fenton announced on August 19, 2019 the hiring of Liz Beville as the sixth head women's lacrosse coach in program history.

"We are excited to have Liz Beville join our outstanding coaching staff," said Fenton. "From her background and experiences, Coach Beville will prove to be a strong fit and asset to our women's lacrosse program, our department and our College as we continue to deepen the advancement of our Inside the L culture. Every step Liz has taken through the college coaching ranks and her passion for teaching the sport of women's lacrosse will be invaluable as we continue to build upon and advance our women's lacrosse program's culture of excellence with a continued focus on the growth and development of our student-athletes so they are prepared to go forth and have positive impacts on their communities."

"I would like to thank Tim Fenton, the search committee, and the College for giving me the amazing opportunity to lead the Le Moyne Women's Lacrosse team," said Beville. "I feel extremely fortunate to be given the chance to lead a national championship-caliber program and look forward to building on the solid foundation and culture that has been established."

In her two years on the Heights, Beville has guided the Dolphins to a 17-1 record. The Dolphins went 4-0 in 2020 prior to the season being shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She then guided the 'Phins to a 13-1 record this season, including a 12-0 record in the regular season to win the NE10 Southwest Division championship, the program's sixth NE10 regular season title. For her efforts this season, she was named the NE10 Coach of the Year, while three Dolphins combined for four NE10 major awards as 10 Dolphins were honored by the conference. After six Dolphins received IWLCA East Region honors, three were named IWLCA All-America selections.

Beginning July 1, 2021, Beville will be serving as a Division II representative on the IWLCA Board of Directors.

A native of Jamesville, Beville comes to Le Moyne after serving the 2019 season as the interim head coach at Colgate University. She was hired as an assistant coach on August 10, 2018 and was named the interim head coach on January 25, 2019. Beville guided the Raiders to an 8-10 record, including a mark of 5-4 in Patriot League action. The Raiders earned the fifth seed in the Patriot League Tournament and went on to upset Boston University in the first round for the program's first Patriot League tournament victory since 2011 and their first berth into the semifinals since 2015. Beville mentored four student-athletes to Patriot League All-Conference honors, while two earned Patriot League All-Tournament Team recognition. Additionally, 22 members of the team earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll accolades and one was selected to the Academic All-Patriot League Team.

Beville arrived at Colgate after spending the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach at Division II Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. The Mavericks went 12-4 on the season, including a 7-2 mark in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), and advanced to the RMAC Championship semifinals. The four losses came to the two teams who would go on to meet in the NCAA Midwest Regional championship game, Regis University and Lindenwood University. Five Mavericks earned All-RMAC honors, including a pair on the first team. The Mavericks placed 12 student-athletes on the RMAC All-Academic Team, including three on the First Team.

Prior to her time at Colorado Mesa, Beville spent two years as an assistant coach at SUNY Cortland. The Red Dragons went 35-6 and won two SUNYAC Tournament championships over the two seasons, while earning their sixth straight Division III semifinal appearance in 2016, when Cortland finished the season 21-1. In 2016, the Red Dragons had the SUNYAC Player of the Year, IWLCA Midfielder of the Year and the Inside Lacrosse Co-Rookie of the Year as well as six all-conference selections, six all-region honorees and three all-America selections, while nine earned all-academic honors. In 2017, Beville mentored the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year along with five all-conference selections, two all-region honorees and one all-America selection, while 16 Red Dragons earned all-academic team recognition.

Beville started her collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach for one season at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Mules posted a 9-7 record, earned their first-ever postseason home game and had two all-conference team selections and one all-region honoree, while two student-athletes earned Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll recognition.

In addition to her collegiate coaching career, Beville has been the program director and coach of Orange Crush Lacrosse since 2013. She is responsible for evaluating student-athletes, hiring coaching staffs and creating and implementing practice plans as well as strategizing for tournament games. A successful program, Beville and Orange Crush have developed over 35 Division I and II commitments in her time with the organization.

Beville played four years collegiately at SUNY Cortland, where she served as team captain and was a Dean's List student. The Red Dragons, under the direction of former Le Moyne head coach Kathy Taylor, registered an 84-7 record, won four SUNYAC Championships and made four Division III Semifinal appearances.

Beville, whose father, Steve, has been the head coach of the men's lacrosse team at Cortland since 2007 and whose sister, Lauren, played at NE10-foe Franklin Pierce from 2012-16, graduated from SUNY Cortland with a Bachelors of Science in Education in Physical Education in 2014 and earned her Masters of Sport Management in 2016.

Beville has taken part in the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy (WCA) and completed the courses with Class 43 in November 2018. While attending the WCA, which is hosted in partnership between the Alliance of Women Coaches and the NCAA, Beville focused on non-sport specific concepts that foster inclusion across the sports community and strategies that influence personal and team success. She has also served on the IWLCA Division II All-America and Awards Committees and was a member of the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll panel.

Email coach

Riley Donahue

Donahue joined the staff as the program’s first full-time assistant coach in August 2023.

Donahue comes to Le Moyne following three seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina University. The Pirates recorded a five-win improvement from year one to year two and then went 10-8 in 2023, while finishing 3-3 in conference play, and making the AAC Tournament for the second season in a row. Two members collected 2023 AAC First-Team honors and four others earned Second-Team recognition, while a pair were tabbed IWLCA All-Region. During the regular season, the Pirates earned six AAC Player of the Week recognitions.

In 2022, Donahue guided a Pirates offense which scored the most total team points, goals and assists in a single season in program history. Frances Kimel broke the individual points and assists single-season records while Leah Bestany scored the most goals in a season in program history.

A native of Camillus, Donahue was a four-year starter at Syracuse University and finished her career ranked ninth on the school’s all-time scoring list with 227 points and seventh in career goals (143) and assists (83). She served as team captain as a junior and senior.

Donahue was named second-team All-America by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association in 2017 as a junior after she led Syracuse in points (68), goals (42) and assists (26). She was also named first-team All-Northeast Region and second-team All-ACC following the season.

She also received all-region honors as a senior and sophomore, collecting first-team honors as a sophomore. As a freshman she was part of the Orange’s 2015 ACC Championship squad and helped SU to four NCAA Tournament appearances, reaching the semifinals in 2016.

Donahue was twice nominated for the prestigious Tewaaraton Award, which is given annually to the nation’s most outstanding collegiate men’s and women’s lacrosse players.

She also completed an internship as the Director of Operations for Syracuse women's lacrosse, organizing camps and clinics during the summers of 2016 and 2017.

A three-time member of the ACC All-Academic Team, she earned a Bachelor of Science in information management and technology from Syracuse in 2018.

Email coach

Dan Sheehan

Dan Sheehan, the first coach at Le Moyne College to lead his team to a national championship, is in his 26th season as the men’s lacrosse head coach. One of the nation’s most successful lacrosse coaches, he has posted a 349-58 (.857) overall mark through the 2022 season, including six National Championship game victories. Since the turn of the century, Sheehan’s Dolphins are 337-41 (.892). His 349 career victories are the 13th-most in the history of NCAA lacrosse.

Sheehan led Le Moyne to another successful season in 2019. The Dolphins posted a 16-3 overall record and a 10-1 mark in the Northeast 10 Conference. The strong regular season helped Le Moyne earn the second seed in the NE-10 Conference tournament. After defeating defending national champion Merrimack with a buzzer-beating goal in the semifinals, the Dolphins defeated top-seeded Adelphi 11-9 to win their 14th conference tournament championship and third in the last four years. Le Moyne earned the top seed in the North region of the NCAA tournament and recorded a win over Mercy before being knocked out by eventual national champion Merrimack in the national semifinals. Five players from Sheehan's 2019 roster earned All-American honors including three positional players of the year and first-teamers in Dan Entenmann, Andrew French, and Zac Prattson.

The 1995 Ithaca College graduate has guided Le Moyne to 17 berths in the last 18 NCAA tournaments - its only trips to the national tournament in program history. Sheehan is a seven-time Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year, the 2000 USILA Division II Coach of the Year, the 2010 FieldTurf Division II Coach of the Year and the 2013 and 2016 Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA) Division II Coach of the Year.

Sheehan led the Dolphins to their fifth National Championship in 2016 with the Dolphins registering an 8-4 victory over top-ranked, previously-unbeaten and two-time defending national champion Limestone College to close out the season with a 20-0 record. The Dolphins became the fifth undefeated national champion in Division II history (three of which are Sheehan-led Le Moyne teams) and the 20 wins are the most by an undefeated team in DII history, besting the 18 by the 2006 Dolphins. Three weeks before winning the national championship, Sheehan guided the Dolphins to their 12th Northeast-10 Conference Championship. The Dolphins went undefeated in Northeast-10 Conference play for the 14th time in 17 seasons. The Dolphins led the nation in scoring defense (13th time in last 15 years), man-down defense and winning percentage, while ranking second in scoring margin and assists and fourth in ground balls.

Sheehan guided the Dolphins to the National Championship game for the eighth time in 2015. The Dolphins posted a record of 16-3, including a Northeast-10 record of 11-0, the program’s 13th undefeated conference slate in 16 years. The Dolphins had four USILA First Team All-America selections and two position player of the year award recipients, while having eight Northeast-10 All-Conference honorees and three player of the year award winners.

In 2013, Sheehan led the Dolphins to their fourth National Championship in 10 years with an 11-10 victory over Mercyhurst University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For his efforts, Sheehan was named the 2013 Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA) Division II Coach of the Year. After entering the Northeast-10 Conference Championships as the third seed, the Dolphins knocked off Saint Anselm at home before defeating #6 Merrimack (8-4) and #2 Adelphi (7-5) on the road to claim their 11th Northeast-10 Conference Championship. Seeded third in the NCAA Tournament’s North Region, Le Moyne started its run to a fourth national title with a 9-8 overtime victory at second-seeded LIU Post in the first round. The following week, the Dolphins rallied from an early deficit to beat top-seeded Adelphi University, 16-13, in the National semifinals to earn their seventh berth in the title game. After heading into halftime of the national championship game tied at five with Mercyhurst, the Dolphins rattled off six straight goals in the third and fourth quarters en route to the victory.

In 2010, Sheehan guided the Dolphins to their fifth consecutive appearance in the National Championship game. Le Moyne took an 8-5 lead into halftime against C.W. Post, but eventually fell to the Pioneers, 14-9, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland to close the year 15-2. The Dolphins opened NCAA play with an 11-7 victory over Limestone in the national semifinals. The Dolphins posted their 10th undefeated season in conference play in the last 11 years and advanced to their 11 straight conference championship game.

In 2009, the Dolphins returned to the National Championship game for the fourth consecutive season. The Dolphins lost to C.W. Post, 8-7, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts to end the season 16-1. Le Moyne went undefeated in conference play for the ninth time in the last 10 years by posting a 9-0 record against Northeast-10 opponents. The Dolphins cruised through the conference tournament, allowing just four goals over two games, to claim their ninth tournament title. The Dolphins led the nation in scoring defense (3.94) for the ninth straight season, while also recording the top Man-Down Defense (7-68/.103) and Winning Percentage (16-1). Senior goalkeeper Doug McIver received top individual honors for leading the country in Goals-Against-Average (3.96) and save percentage (.681).

In 2008, Sheehan led the Dolphins to their third consecutive appearance in the National Championship game, held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Sheehan’s charges, which finished the season 15-2, fell to New York Tech in the title game by a score of 16-11. En route to the title game, the Dolphins clinched their eighth Northeast-10 Conference regular season championship by going 10-0 in conference play. For the eighth consecutive season, Le Moyne posted the best goals against average in Division II (3.94).

In 2007, the Dolphins earned their third national championship and second consecutive title by defeating Mercyhurst, 6-5, in Baltimore, Maryland. The USILA honored Most Outstanding player of the game, Mike McDonald, with the Turnbull Award, and three other players were announced as First Team All-Americans. From 2004 to 2007, Sheehan led his teams to 63 wins and only dropped 3 contests. With a third national championship ring, the senior class left as the program’s most decorated. In ‘07, the Dolphins led the nation in goals against average for the seventh consecutive season.

In 2006, he guided the Dolphins to a program record 18 wins and its second national championship. Le Moyne was ranked first in every poll, led the nation in goals against average for the sixth consecutive season and landed eight players on the USILA All-America team en route to its second perfect season in three years. The Dolphins downed Dowling 12-5 in front of 23,990 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for their second national championship.

In 2005, Sheehan led the Dolphins to a 14-1 overall mark and 10-0 Northeast-10 Conference record. Le Moyne’s vaunted defense allowed an unprecedented 3.27 goals per game. A program-record seven Dolphins were named to the USILA All-America teams, including national player of the year Travis Tarr.

An 11-10 double overtime triumph over Limestone in front of 19,202 at M&T Bank Stadium in the NCAA Division II Championship capped off a perfect 2004 season. Le Moyne trailed 10-9 with nine seconds remaining, but out of a timeout Brandon Spillett rushed the cage and scored to send the game into overtime. The Dolphins dodged several Limestone chances in the extra sessions, but Spillett netted the decisive goal in the second overtime. The Dolphins raced through the regular season unbeaten, hosted the Northeast-10 Conference Championship as the regular season titlist for the fifth consecutive time, topped Bryant 7-6 for their fourth straight league crown and edged N.Y. Tech 7-5 to advance to the national championship game.

In 2003, Sheehan was named the NE-10 Conference Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive time. The 2003 squad opened the season with a dramatic victory at defending national champion Limestone and proceeded to rattle off 14 consecutive victories. Le Moyne was ranked atop every USILA Division II regular season coaches poll as the Dolphins won a school-record 14 games. Eventual national champion N.Y. Tech spoiled the unblemished season 12-11 at Le Moyne in the national semifinals. Statistically, Le Moyne topped the NCAA Division II in defense, allowing just 5.33 goals per outing.

In 2002, Sheehan guided the Dolphins to new heights, becoming the first men’s lacrosse coach to lead Le Moyne into the NCAA tournament and the first to gain the nation’s No. 1 ranking. Le Moyne topped the national statistics in scoring offense, scoring defense and margin of victory (11 goals per game).

In 2001, Sheehan led Le Moyne to a 12-3 record and the second Northeast-10 Conference Championship in program history. Le Moyne topped the national statistics in goals allowed per-game and man-down. Sheehan was named the 360Lacrosse.com Division II Coach of the Year and Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year.

The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association named Sheehan its 2000 Division II Morris Touchtone National Coach of the Year. He also earned the conference coach of the year award for the first time. At the time, the 13-3 overall mark equaled the best of all-time and the 8-0 conference regular season mark set off a string of seven consecutive unbeaten seasons that reached 70 straight league victories.

A 1991 graduate of nearby lacrosse powerhouse West Genesee High School, Sheehan resides in Camillus with his wife Kate, a 1995 Le Moyne College graduate, their two sons, Kevin (a senior for the Dolphins) and Ryan (a sophomore at Cornell), and daughter, Margaret.