Goucher College

Goucher College Athletics
1021 Dulaney Valley Road Towson, MD 21204

Division 3 Maryland Northeast

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Katie Russo

Katie Russo was named head coach of the Goucher women's lacrosse program on October 25, 2022 and officially began her duties in early November of that year.

Russo came to Goucher from Eastern Mennonite, where she was hired in the spring of 2018 as the Royals' inaugural women's lacrosse coach, with EMU beginning play in the spring of 2020. Eastern Mennonite's inaugural season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Royals did post the first win in program history that season, downing Bethany 15-10.

In addition to her duties as women's lacrosse head coach, Russo served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) advisor and as the Title IX deputy for athletics.

Prior to her stint at EMU, Russo was a graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach at Frostburg State for two seasons, assisting in all facets of the program. She also served as a club coach with DEWLAX in Morristown, New Jersey, coaching the program's Class of 2020 team.

Russo was a four-year member of the women's lacrosse team at Randolph-Macon College. A four-year starter and team captain for the Yellow Jackets, she played in 71 of a possible 72 games and was in the starting lineup 66 times, totaling 89 goals and 66 assists for 155 points. As a sophomore she earned All-ODAC Second Team honors after totaling 24 goals and 33 assists and Russo was a two-time member of the ODAC All-Academic Team.

A native of Cockeysville, Maryland, Russo was a three-sport athlete at Dulaney High School, competing in lacrosse, soccer and basketball.

Russo graduated from Randolph-Macon in 2016 with a degree in Communications and a minor in Psychology. She went on to earn her Master's at Frostburg State in School Counseling in 2018.

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Gena Speights

Gena Speights is in her first season as an assistant coach with the Goucher women's lacrosse program in 2023.

Speights enjoyed a standout four-year career at Division II Millersville (Pa.) University. A two-time All-PSAC selection, Speights was All-PSAC Second Team in 2019 and All-PSAC East in 2021. As a sophomore in 2019 she led the team in points (48) and draw controls (58) and was an IWLCA Second Team All-Region selection. She finished her career with 83 goals and 18 assists for 102 points while also recording 176 draw controls.

A 2017 graduate of Susquehannock (Pa.) High School, Speights was an All-American in lacrosse as well as First Team All-County.

Speights graduated from Millersville in 2021 with a degree in Sports Business with a minor in Management.