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University of Hartford Dept of Athletics
 Sports Center - 200 Bloomfield Ave. West Hartford, CT 06117
Division 1 Connecticut Northeast
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Jen Nardi

Jen Nardi enters her first season as head coach of the Hartford women's lacrosse team in 2022. Becoming the second coach in the young four-year history of the program in September 2021, Nardi joins the Hawks from Manhattanville College, where she served as head coach of the Valiants for four seasons from 2018-21.


Nardi compiled 21 wins during her time at Manhattanvile. Her career was highlighted by a 2018 campaign that saw the Valiants score a school-record 258 goals and finish in a three-way tie for first place in the competitive MAC Freedom.


Each of Nardi's final two seasons at Manhattanville in 2020 and 2021 were shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Valiants were off to a great start in 2020 prior to the shutdown, though, as they started off the campaign with a 4-1 record after averaging 17.2 goals per game and holding opponents to just 8.6 scores per contest.


Prior to landing at Manhattanville, Nardi was the head coach at Smith College from 2012-14. In her first season in 2012, she led the Pioneers to the finals of the ECAC New England Region Championship for the first time in program history. In addition, she was named Smith's Coach of the Year after finishing that season with a 10-9 record, the most wins in a single season in program history.


Nardi coached at the club level before taking over as Executive Director of Brooklyn Crescents Lacrosse in January of 2016. She spent two years managing all logistics of the program, which features more than 600 youth athletes of all ages.


Nardi brings a wealth of experience at the Division I level to Hartford, previously spending time as an assistant coach at the University of Vermont, the University of Massachusetts, Long Island University and the University of California. She also served as the interim head coach at Colby College in 2007, where she helped lead the team to an 8-7 record and a Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament berth.


Nardi enjoyed an illustrious collegiate career at UMass. A goalie from 1998-01, she graduated as the program's all-time leader in saves and finished with a stellar 7.91 goals-against average and .624 save percentage over 55 career games.


An Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-Northeast Region First Team selection as a junior in 2000, Nardi helped pilot the Minutewomen to an Atlantic 10 Championship after she led all NCAA Division I goalies in both goals-against average (6.75) and save percentage (.644). The year before, she shattered the school record after posting a .700 save percentage.


Graduating from UMass in 2001 with a degree in hospitality and tourism management, Nardi went on to earn her master's degree in sport management from Southern New Hampshire University in 2013.

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Elizabeth Morrison

Elizabeth Morrison begins her first year as a member of the Hartford women's lacrosse team's coaching staff in 2021-22. A native of Stonington, Conn., Morrison joined the Hawks as an assistant coach in September of 2021.


Morrison comes to Hartford by way of Trinity College, where she was an assistant coach for both the women's lacrosse and field hockey teams for three seasons, from 2018-21. While working with both teams, she assisted with the day-to-day operations of the programs while helping to develop 11 All-Conference, eight All-Region and four All-American honorees.


In addition to coaching at the collegiate level, Morrison also coaches with her former club team, Nor'Easter Lacrosse, based out of New Haven, Conn. She is also a CrossFit Level 1 trainer at CrossFit Hartford.


Prior to beginning her collegiate coaching career at Trinity, Morrison was a standout two-sport athlete at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), where she played three seasons of field hockey (2015-17) and was a four-year member of the women's lacrosse team (2015-18).


Morrison enjoyed a decorated career on the lacrosse field for TCNJ, graduating as the program's single-season and all-time record holder in ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers. Anchoring the Division's lowest scoring defense each of her four years, she became the first — and only — player in Division III women's lacrosse history to earn four All-American honors from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).


In addition, Morrison was the only player across all three divisions to earn National Defender of the Year honors in non-consecutive years (2016, 2018). She was also the only Division III player to be named to the prestigious Tewarraton Award Watch List in 2018.


A two-time Longstreth/NFHCA Division III South Atlantic All-Region selection and a two-time NJAC All-Conference performer in field hockey in 2016 and 2017, Morrison capped off her career by earning NJAC Attacker of the Year and All-American honors as a senior after pacing the Lions' offense with 41 points on 16 goals and nine assists.


Leading the Lions to 53 wins during her three seasons with the field hockey team, Morrison tallied 102 career points.


As a student-athlete and an assistant coach, Morrison brings an abundance of experience at the Division III level. She led TCNJ to four NCAA Division III Final Four appearances as a player, and worked for a national-level program during her time at Trinity.


Morrison graduated from TCNJ in 2018 with a degree in biology. She went on to earn her Master's degree in public policy from Trinity.

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