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Chapman University

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 One University Drive Orange, CA 92866
Division 3 California Southwest
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Delaney Benson

Delaney Benson was originally hired as the Interim Head Coach for the women's lacrosse program prior to the 2024 season. After a successful season, the interim tag was dropped and Benson was hired into the permanent position.


Benson is the third head coach in the history of Chapman NCAA Division III program and the first woman to lead the varsity program. In her first season, she led the Panthers to a 9-6 overall record and a third=place finish in the SCIAC.


A native of southern California, Benson returned to the area after her lacrosse career took her from Colorado to Israel. As a student-athlete, Benson played collegiately for four years at NCAA Division II Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo. After graduating in 2020, Benson joined the Israel National Team and competed at the Women's World Championships in 2022. She earned the Spirit of Lacrosse Award at the world championships.


While in Israel, Benson committed to the Israel Lacrosse Association and became a Program Director for youth programs. She spent the next year and a half recruiting and introducing lacrosse to girls in Israel. She returned to the United States and coached for one year as an assistant at the College of Wooster, helping the Fighting Scots to an 11-5 overall record in 2023.


Since moving back to southern California, Benson has coached with the SoCal Express and Alliance Club in Orange County.


She earned her degree in Exercise Physiology in 2020 from Fort Lewis College.

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Larkin McDermott

Larkin McDermott joins the Chapman coaching staff for the spring of 2024 alongside interim head coach Delaney Benson. McDermott brings plenty of SCIAC experience after spending four years as a student-athlete at Whttier and one as an assistant coach.


She spent one year as a graduate assistant at Whittier after graduating in 2022. McDermott originally came to Whittier as a freshman in 2018-19 and played three seasons for the Poets (Whittier did not play in 2020-21 due to the pandemic). She scored twice and assisted on another goal as a senior.

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