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Bryant University

Bryant University Athletics
 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield, RI 02917
Division 1 Rhode Island Northeast
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Eileen Ferry

Bryant University Vice President for Athletics & Recreation Bill Smith announced Eileen Ferry as the next head coach of the Bryant Women's Lacrosse program on Thursday (July 27).


Ferry will be the sixth head coach in program history and takes over for Brianna Roche who spent the last five years as Bryant's head coach.


"It is with great excitement that we welcome Eileen to the Bulldog family as our next women's lacrosse head coach," Smith said. "Coach Ferry's success as both a Division I head coach and assistant, including a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances while at Monmouth, speaks for itself. The future of Bryant Women's Lacrosse is in great hands."


Ferry comes to Smithfield after spending the past four seasons as an assistant coach at Brown. A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, Ferry brings 12 years of coaching experience to Bryant, including three as a collegiate head coach. Ferry has also coached on the international stage, serving as the head coach of the Ireland U19 team and most recently as the head coach of the U20 team at the 2023 Euro's.


She served as the head coach at Ursuline College in 2019, an assistant coach at Robert Morris in 2018 and the previous six years, including two as head coach, at Monmouth University.


At Monmouth, Ferry helped the Hawks reach back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 2012 and 2013 before being named the fifth head coach in Monmouth history in August of 2015. She led the Hawks to a 12-9 record and a spot in the MAAC Championship game her first season, finishing with an 18-18 overall record in two seasons.


"I am thrilled to be the next head coach at Bryant," Ferry said. "I want to thank Bill Smith, Jason Sullivan and the entire search committee for trusting me to lead their program. The winning tradition, top tier facilities and the department's focus on providing the very best for its student-athletes is second to none. Bryant's rich tradition is a direct result of the tremendous players and coaches who have come through this program. We are committed to making them proud."


As the head coach at Monmouth, Ferry had seven players earn all-conference honors and 22 named to the conference's academic honor roll. In her time as an assistant, Ferry helped the Hawks to four conference tournaments, two NCAA Tournament appearances, two conference tournament titles and a regular season championship. Ferry was in charge of the defense as an assistant, coaching Gianna D'Urso to NEC Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2013. She also had four players earn first team all-conference honors and three earn spots on the All-Tournament team.


Ferry graduated from Rutgers in 2011, serving as a player-assistant coach as a junior and senior. She had her playing career at Rutgers cut short due to a number of knee injuries she suffered as a freshman and sophomore. Ferry was put in charge of the goalkeepers as a senior and RU's goalies finished second in the Big East in goals against average and third in the league in save percentage.

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Merredith Kraisser

Before Bryant, Kraisser was with Ferry at Brown University as a volunteer assistant coach. She also has experience coaching at the club level, serving as a coach for Bogue Elite in Emerald Isle, NC.


During her time as a player, Kraisser was a three year starter in goal at Campbell University. The 2017 graduate played in 60 games for the Camels, making 52 starts over her career. Kraisser recorded a season and career high 20 saves against San Diego State (3/6/15), which was the second-most of any Big South goalie for a single game. A New Jersey native, Kraisser was named to the First Team Big South in 2017 to finish out her career.

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