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Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD 21532
Maryland Northeast
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Taylor Sindall

Taylor Sindall enters her fourth season as the Head Women's Lacrosse coach for Frostburg State.


The 2023 season marked the top-performing season of Sindall's tenure, with a 12-7 record on the year culminating in the program's first Mountain East Conference Tournament Championship. Despite a tough non-conference start to the schedule, which featured matchups against three ranked opponents, the team went on a run in the conference, earning a 9-1 mark to secure the regular season title. A 17-0 victory over Davis & Elkins in the semifinals led to a commanding 17-10 win against rival Notre Dame (Ohio) in Bobcat Stadium to sweep the regular season and tournament titles.


Sindall repeated as the league's coach of the year, while star freshman Neila Haney earned IWLCA All-Region honors on her way to winning both the MEC Offensive Player and Rookie of the Year. Haney set a new school record with 61 goals scored in the season, as the team as a whole also set records for goals (291), points (407), and goals against average (8.53). Four players were named First Team All-MEC, with three players on the Second Team and two earning Honorable Mention.


2022 marked another successful season for the program, with a 10-7 mark and another spot in the MEC Tournament Championship game. The team set new school records for goals (259) and draw controls (262) in a single season. Under her direction, 11 players earned All-MEC honors from the conference, with four First Team members, six on the Second Team, and a pair of honorable mention selections. Stephanie King was named the conference Offensive Player of the Year, while Sindall secured Coach of the Year honors.


In 2021, Sindall led the team to a 10-5 record and an appearance in the MEC championship game. The Bobcats went 9-3 in MEC play and led the conference in Goals Per Game (16.93), Assists Per Game (7.29), Points Per Game (24.21), Shots Per Game (39.21), Caused Turnovers Per Game (11.36), and Draw Controls Per Game (15.07).


Sindall coached 4 athletes to All-MEC 1st team (Stephanie King, Anna Kearney, Summer Cavey, Mackenzie Cramer), 3 for All-MEC 2nd team (Lilly Stephens, Emma Neff, Cammie Schniedwind), 2 All-MEC Freshman team (Anna Kearney, Witney Crosby), and 2 for All-MEC Honorable Mention (Lindsay Kohlmann, Witney Crosby). Along with the numerous All-MEC selections, Sindall coached a very decorated academic team with 12 All-MEC academic selections and was named an IWCLA academic squad for having a team GPA over 3.2.


Sindall, who arrived at FSU from Bucknell University, inherits a Frostburg program that opened the 2020 season at 2-2 overall and was picked to win the Mountain East Conference in the Bobcats’ first year at NCAA Division II.


Sindall served as the top assistant at Bucknell in 2019-20 and helped the Bison to a 3-5 overall record prior to the season being cut short. Bucknell opened the season with wins over Sacred Heart and Binghamton and was picked to finish ninth in the Patriot League. She served as the Bison recruiting coordinator, was responsible for all on-campus clinics and the marketing efforts involved and oversaw all team equipment. Sindall also worked as the second assistant coach at Bucknell for the 2019 season, helping three student-athletes to All-Patriot League athletic and academic honors.


Sindall was the associate head coach for NCAA Division III Goucher College for two seasons following a standout playing career for DII Limestone. She directed the offensive, defensive and draw strategies while at Goucher. She also developed and executed the Gopher strength & conditioning program, assisted with player development and evaluated student-athletes throughout the recruiting process. Three players earned All-Landmark Conference honors during her time at Goucher.


Sindall coached for the Elite Lacrosse Club and spent three years with the Frederick Star Lacrosse Club. She served as the director for the Ground Control Lacrosse Club and was a coaching/management intern for the Baltimore Ride.


She earned her master’s degree in education while working at Goucher and she graduated summa cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in physical education/strength & conditioning from Limestone in May 2016.


She was a three-year starter and four-year letter winner for the nationally-ranked Limestone program from 2012-2016. She helped the Saints to four regular season Conference Carolinas Championships, three tournament championships, including an NCAA Division II National Runner-Up finish in 2013 and Quarterfinalist in 2014.


A two-time First Team All-CC selection, Sindall capped her senior season with numerous honors that include, Second Team All-South Region, Third Team All-American and an NCAA Woman of the Year nomination. She was also voted team captain in 2016.


In the classroom, she named the Limestone College and Conference Carolinas Spring Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2016 and she was named to the CC academic honor roll in 2014, 2015, and 2016

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Stephanie King

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Steve Gartelman

Steve Gartelman enters his sixth season as the head coach of the Frostburg State men’s lacrosse program in 2023, after being hired from a national search in the summer of 2018.


The 2023 season began with a winning run of eight straight games, including a shocking upset over #1 Tampa that eventually led the team to become the #9 team in the USILA national poll. Despite losses to three ranked foes and a home loss to Molloy, FSU secured the #2 seed in the ECC Tournament. In a complete Semifinal performance, the Bobcats rolled past #3 Roberts Wesleyan 21-13. In the Championship, Frostburg got out to a fast start but couldn't hold on in a loss to #1 Mercy for another second-place finish.


With a 13-5 record, it was the most program wins since 2016 and tied for the fourth-most in school history. The team smashed every offensive record in the book, setting new program highs for goals (322), assists (213) and points (535). Jake Bowman had arguably the top individual season performance in program history, setting records for goals (67) and points (91) on his way to becoming a USILA All-American and Scholar All-American. Additionally, six players earned All-Conference honors, with three on the first team and three on the second team.


The Bobcats had a stellar 2022 season under Gartelman, posting a record of 11-8. FSU posted a 4-2 record inside the ECC, which was good for a conference tournament berth for the first time in the program’s eligibility. Included in that ECC tournament berth was a run all the way to the ECC Championship game.


In 2022, Gartelman guided sophomore Luke McCullough and junior Jake Bowman to USILA All-North Region honors, and All-ECC First Team honors. McCullough led the team in ground balls from non-faceoff players with 55, also causing 18 turnovers. Bowman finished second on the team in points (60), notching 32 goals and 28 points.


In his third season as the Bobcats’ bench boss, Gartelman guided Frostburg State to a 6-2 record in the condensed spring season. The 6-2 marker included a record of 2-0 in the ECC before that season was also shortened. In the five game win streak that opened up the 2021 campaign, FSU outscored their opponents by a combined tally of 82-30.


2021 saw sophomore Tanner Donaldson and senior Garret Colvin earn USILA All-American Honorable Mentions, as well as All-ECC First Team bids under the tutelage of Gartelman. Donaldson chipped in 6 goals and 10 assists (16 points) in the stout offensive season, and Colvin was a defensive menace registering 14 caused turnovers and accumulating 14 ground balls.


Gartelman had his Bobcats off to a blistering start in 2020 before the season was cut short. FSU was 5-0 in its first season at Division II that included a 16-8 upset of No. 19 Florida Southern and a 15-14 OT win over Lake Erie in the opener. Following the 5-0 start, FSU was receiving votes in the weekly USILA Top-20 poll.


The Bobcats scored 92 goals in five contests, while defensively, they were allowing just under eight goals per game.


In his first season, he led the Bobcats to their first ever ECAC Championship after three previous program appearances. The Bobcats hosted the ECAC Tournament and defeated Westminster (Pa.) 10-8 in the championship game.


Gartelman guided Frostburg to a 12-8 record to collect the most wins the program has had since the 2016 season.


He also guided junior Jimmy Lucas to All-CAC Second Team honors after notching a career-high in goals (23), points (29) and ground balls (23). Junior attack Paul Ruppert set a program record with 48 goals.


The Bobcats made a CAC Tournament appearance for the 2019 season and advanced to the semifinals for the fifth time since 2014.


Gartelman spent four seasons as the head coach at NCAA Division II Lake Erie College. During that time, he has led the Storm to 41 wins with six All-Americans.


Lake Erie, which consistently appears in the Top 20, won the ECAC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament semifinals in 2015. That same season, the Storm were ranked No. 1 in the USILA weekly poll for five weeks.


Prior to serving as the head coach at Lake Erie, Gartelman was the program's top assistant in 2013 and 2014. The Storm won 22 games during that span and the '14 team won the program's first ECAC Division II Championship.


In 2013, the Storm posted a school record 12 wins (12-5) and earned the program's first NCAA Playoff bid.


Aside from his coaching duties at Lake Erie, Gartelman has served as camp director at Bill Pilat's Goalie School for the past four years.


Gartelman earned his bachelor's degree in strength & conditioning from Limestone College in 2012 and earned his MBA from Lake Erie in 2014.


A goalie at Limestone, Gartelman is the program's all-time leader in both goals against average (6.43) and wins (44). He is fourth in program history with 374 saves in his three seasons and is eighth in saves per game (7.48),


Gartelman takes over a Bobcat program that has won 85 games since being reinstated as a varsity sport prior to the 2011 campaign. Frostburg has appeared in seven-consecutive CAC Tournaments, including the league title game in 2015.

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