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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical - Daytona

Embry-Riddle Athletics
600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Division 2 Florida Southeast
Private Medium Competitive team

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Christina Nikolai

Christina Nikolai was selected to lead the women's lacrosse program at Embry-Riddle in August 2024.


Nikolai was elevated to the position of head coach after spending two seasons as the Eagles' top assistant. As an assistant coach, she helped the Eagles to a 25-11 record and back-to-back Sunshine State Conference Tournament appearances over the last two seasons. The women's lacrosse program has been a mainstay in the IWLCA Top 25 poll and last season, rose to a program-best No. 8 national ranking.


Prior to her arrival at Embry-Riddle, Nikolai was team captain and a five-year starting defender for the Stetson women's lacrosse team. As a junior, she was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference first team after leading the team in caused turnovers and finishing sixth in the league in ground balls per game (2.22). She also garnered ASUN Honor Roll and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll honors in 2021 and was an ASUN Academic Honor Roll selection in 2022.


Nikolai spent a year and a half as the coach of the Burning River Lacrosse club program in Ohio. She was also a Student-Athlete Academic Success Specialist and Business Foundations tutor at Stetson.


A native of Medina, Ohio, Nikolai graduated from Stetson with and undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 2020 and earned her MBA in 2022.

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