Coaches

Eric Clakeley

Eric Clakeley recently concluded his third season as the head women's lacrosse coach at Presbyterian College in the spring of 2022. He was announced as the sixth head coach in program history in August of 2019.


In the 2022 season, junior Abby Edmisten led the Blue Hose with 38 goals including 19 free position goals to pace the offensive attack throughout 2022. Edmisten set the program’s DI record with 41 free position goals in her career. Senior Heidi Shafer became the fourth player in DI history with 300+ saves in her career.


Presbyterian improved its win total for the second straight season in 2021, including a 12-11 win at Longwood, its first Big South road win since 2017. Sophomore Abby Edmisten earned a Big South Offensive Player of the Week award and finished second in the league in goals/game (3.42) and third in points/game (4.08) on her way to being selected to the All-Big South Second Team. Edmisten's season included tying the program's single-game record for both goals (9) and points (10) in a win at Lander. The sophomore finished the season with 41 goals, second-most in a season in Blue Hose history.


The 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19, but not before the team showed an improvement over previous seasons. The Blue Hose picked up an early win against Howard at home before improving to 2-1 on the season with an exciting 10-9 overtime win against Akron. Sarah Marshall and Abby Edmisten both picked up weekly honors from the Big South, while players like Kara DiClemente were in the middle of breakout seasons with collegiate-best totals in various statistical categories.


Clakeley came to PC from Lafayette College where he served two seasons as the defensive coordinator for the women’s lacrosse team. In his time with the Leopards, the team ranked highly within the Patriot League in save percentage and saves per game. In his first spring, he lowered the team’s goals against average by half a goal. The program also had the most players receive Patriot League All-Academic honors as well as receive All-Academic Team honors from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association.


Prior to his time at Lafayette, he spent one season as an assistant coach for women’s lacrosse and field hockey teams at Lindenwood University-Belleville. While with the Lynxs, Clakeley worked on both sides of the ball.


Clakeley got his start at the high school level in 2012. In one season as defensive coordinator with University High School’s boy’s lacrosse, the team led the state in every defensive statistical category. He then accepted a job with Seneca Valley High School, where he spent four seasons as an assistant coach. The team advanced into Pennsylvania’s Class 6A district playoffs on three occasions during his tenure. While there, he also assisted the Athletic Director in day-to-day operations and spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the varsity football team.


He served as a men’s lacrosse official for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association from 2009-2016 in which he completed over 200 game assignments and was selected to officiate the 2015 and 2016 WPIAL Playoffs.


Clakeley graduated from Penn State in 2016 with a degree in business and from Lindenwood in 2018 with a master’s in business administration. He and his wife, Nicole, recently welcomed their first child, Marion Jules.

KeriAnn Barlage

KeriAnn Barlage finished her third season as an assistant coach with the women's lacrosse team in the spring of 2022. She initially joined the program in January 2020.


PC has improved its win total over the previous campaign in each of her first two seasons on the sidelines. In 2021, Abby Edmisten earned a selection to the All-Big South Conference Second Team, after netting 41 goals, the second-most in a single season in program history.


A 2015 graduate of Newberry College, Barlage came to PC after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at North Greenville, where she helped the team finish 7-3 in the Conference Carolinas in back-to-back seasons and twice reach the semifinals of the conference tournament. During her tenure, the Crusaders received a First Team All-Conference selection and five Second Team All-Conference awards.


Prior to her time at NGU, Barlage founded the varsity lacrosse program at Boiling Springs High School, where she guided the Bulldogs to a record of 4-9 in 2015 and 9-4 in 2016. She coached four All-Region selections during that time.


Originally from Baltimore, Md., Barlage began her collegiate career at CCBC Cantonsville, where she was a two-year starter and helped lead the Cardinals to the NJCAA Final Four in 2010 and 2011. She ranked in Maryland's JUCO Conference top-10 for goals (33) and points (44) her final season and was named to the 2011 NJCAA All-Region XX First Team, 2011 All-Maryland JUCO First Team and the NJCAA National Tournament All-Tournament Team.


Barlage transferred to Newberry where she continued her outstanding play as a two-year starter. After leading the South Atlantic Conference in caused turnovers and finishing in the top-10 for goals, assists, points and draw controls, she was named the SAC Player of the Year and earned a spot in the North-South All-Star Game. Barlage was also named Newberry's first "Women's Athlete of the Year" in 2014.


Barlage has an undergraduate degree in sport management and a minor in coaching from Newberry (2015) as well as a master's in college athletic administration from Coker (2016).

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