Anderson University (SC)

Anderson University Athletics
316 Boulevard Anderson, SC 29621

Division 2 South Carolina Southeast

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Nicole Voci

Nicole Voci is entering her first season as the head coach of Anderson's women's lacrosse program. Voci was named an assistant coach in the fall of 2023 before taking over the role of head coach in June of 2024.

During her year as an assistant with the Trojans, she helped lead the team to their first South Atlantic Conference regular season title in just the second year of existence, while also mentoring the SAC Attacker and Freshman of the year. In addition, she was instrumental in the development in the program's first ever All-American, Alicia Cannon. During the season the Trojans also cracked into the top-25 rankings for the first time, climbing as high as No. 23 before wrapping up the season ranked No. 25.

Voci joined the Trojans after a year as an assistant coach at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY. During her time at RIT, Voci had an integral role in developing the team’s offensive strategy, practice plans, and player development, both on and off the field. She was also heavily involved in all aspects of RIT’s student-athlete recruitment process.

Voci played collegiately at Division I Mount St. Mary’s University appearing in eleven games as a freshman while registering seven goals and two assists with a 77% shooting percentage. She made her collegiate debut vs. UMBC, scored her first goal against Army, and recorded multi-goal games against Presbyterian and CCSU.

Upon revising her academic pursuits, Voci went on to attend and play at SUNY Geneseo, a top-25 Division III program and nationally recognized school of education in NY. She was a two-year captain, appearing in 38 games over a shortened Covid career, Voci tallied 43 goals and 51 assists. She ranks in all-time career assists at SUNY Geneseo.

As a three-sport high school athlete, Voci was a four-year letter earner at Webster Thomas High School (NY). She ranks second in Webster Thomas record books in 3 categories: total points (297); total goals (160); and total assists (137). She also broke the single-season assist record with 54. Voci earned first-team all-county accolades for 3 straight seasons and was named to the All Greater Rochester Top-12 female lacrosse players as a senior.

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Alexandra Young

Alexandra Young is entering her first season as the assistant coach of the women's lacrosse program after being hired in the summer of 2024.

Young comes to Anderson after working as a graduate assistant at Limestone University in Gaffney, SC from 2022-2024. During her time working with the Saints, the team had 15South Atlantic Conference All-Conference players, two SAC Defensive Players of the Year, three IWLCA All-Region players in the South, one USA Lacrosse All-American, three IWLCA All-American athletes, six IWLCA Division II Academic Honor Roll recipients, a SAC Elite 23 award, a SAC Championship appearance and a SAC Championship in 2024.

Young graduated with a BA in Editing and Publishing and an English minor from Limestone University in 2021 and is currently pursuing her MBA with a concentration in Leadership and Management. While at Limestone, she played lacrosse all four years, during which time the Saints were the 2018 and 2019 Conference Carolina Season Champions and made NCAA Tournament appearances in 2018 and 2021.

Young is originally from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada and currently resides in Greenville, SC with her husband Eric Mullinax.