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Jen Adams

Innovative. Difference-Maker. Creative. Stellar. Spectacular: All words used to describe Jen Adams throughout her illustrious playing career on the collegiate and international levels.

Those same adjectives hold true for her coaching and leadership styles as she enters her 16th season at the helm of the Loyola women's lacrosse program in 2024.

She is a member of the USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the Chesapeake Chapter of USA Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the University of Maryland Athletics' Hall of Fame, and in 2023, she was named to the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame.

At Loyola

The Greyhounds had their second most wins in a season in 2023, trailing their win total in 2022 by just one game. They won their seventh Patriot League Championship, extended their NCAA record for consecutive conference games won to 75-straight, and recorded their second straight NCAA quarterfinals appearance.

Adams became the programs all-time leader in wins, surpassing Diane Geppi-Aikens who won 197 games, during the 2023 season. She also surpassed the 200 career wins mark during the season.

Four players earned IWLCA All-America honors, highlighted by Jillian Wilson being named First-Team All-American, Katie Detwiler earned her third All-American honor, while Lauren Spence and Georgia Latch earned their first All-America honors. Wilson was also named the IWLCA Midfielder of the Year, becoming the programs first player to earn an IWLCA Positional Player of the Year award. Detwiler was named as the Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

The three-time IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year has led Loyola to nine NCAA Championships appearances in the last 10 completed seasons dating back to 2010.

Led by Adams, the Greyhounds had one of their finest seasons in history during 2022, winning school-record in wins and a 20-2 overall record, a sixth Patriot League Championship, an NCAA record for consecutive conference games won at 66-straight, and their first trip to the NCAA quarterfinals since 2015.

Katie Detwiler was named a First-Team All-American by the IWLCA, Livy Rosenzweig became the program's first-ever four-time IWLCA All-American, and Jillian Wilson joined them on the All-America teams. Elli Klugel was named the Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the conference's overall Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was also named the IWLCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

The 2021 season was highlighted by a 12-game winning streak, tied for the sixth longest in program history, a fifth Patriot League championship and a return trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Rosenzweig became the program’s all-time scoring leader and the Patriot League’s all-time assist leader, and she and teammate Detwiler were both honored as IWLCA Second Team All-America honorees.

The Greyhounds maintained their academic excellence as well, with Kluegel announced as the Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the team combining for an impressive 3.76 GPA during the 2020-21 academic year. Kluegel became the program’s fifth Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the last six completed seasons.

During the 2020 campaign, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greyhounds were a perfect 5-0 on the year, defeating four ranked opponents and earning their highest end-of-year national ranking (No. 3) in the IWLCA Coaches’ poll since 2003. Included in the win total were victories over #24 Johns Hopkins (16-7), #4 Florida (17-6), #19 Penn State (22-12) and #9 Penn (19-15).

Since coming to Loyola, Adams has directed a resurgence of the program back to national prominence. Inheriting a squad that posted a 6-10 record in 2008, Adams turned that into an 11-6 mark in 2009 and an 11-7 record in 2010. Her 2011 squad won its first of two-straight BIG EAST Championships, returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004 and tied a school record for wins in a season, posting a 17-3 record. Her 2015 squad tied that record with a 17-5 mark and won a second-straight Patriot League title, while the 2016 team gave Adams five conference championships in six years, as it won its third-consecutive Patriot League Championship.

In conference play, Adams’ squads have dominated. Between five seasons in the Big East and 10 in the Patriot League, her teams have gone 102-12. The Greyhounds have an unblemished 76-0 record in Patriot League play with nine-straight regular-season titles. The 76-game conference winning streak is the longest in NCAA history, and the nine-straight regular-season titles marks the longest active streak.

Her Greyhounds have also claimed nine league tournament titles – back-to-back BIG EAST Championships (2011, 2012) and seven Patriot League titles (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023). The BIG EAST title in 2011 was the first for the program, while 2014 win was the school’s first-ever Patriot League Championship, a League it joined for the 2013-14 school year.

Nationally, 12 of Adams’ squads have began the season ranked in the top-15 of the IWLCA Preseason Coaches Poll, while Loyola's stretch of four-straight years ranked in the preseason top-10 made the Greyhounds one of just seven programs in the NCAA to be ranked among the nation’s top-10 teams from 2012-15.

As a member of the BIG EAST Conference, Adams picked up co-BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors in 2011 and led the Greyhounds to back-to-back BIG EAST Tournament titles, a 27-12 record in conference games and a 4-2 mark in tournament action. Four times in her five years with the conference, she guided a Greyhound to a major conference award, with Grace Gavin being tabbed the BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year in both 2010 and 2011, and Marlee Paton and Kellye Gallagher picking up midfielder and defender of the year honors, respectively, in 2012. Paton and Gallagher also became the program’s first pair of first-team All-Americans since 2003 that year.

Adams didn’t miss a beat in transitioning to the Patriot League in 2014. Tabbed as the League’s preseason favorite each of her first eight years, Adams has been named the League’s Coach of the Year five times (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) and brought 17 major awards to the Greyhounds, including three-straight Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year accolades to Maddy Lesher.

Adams has coached 32 IWLCA All-Americans and one Tewaaraton Award finalist. She’s collected 32 All-America, 69 All-Mid-Atlantic Region and 95 all-conference honors for her players, while 32 major conference awards have gone to Loyola throughout Adams’ tenure. Five of the program’s 10 three-time All-Americans have played under Adams: Marlee Paton ’14, Taryn VanThof ’15, Maddy Lesher '16, Livy Rosenzweig '21 and Katie Detwiler '22.

Before Loyola

Prior to coming to Loyola, Adams served as the associate head coach under Cathy Reese at the University of Maryland during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. She was also an assistant to Reese at the University of Denver from 2004-06.

At Maryland, Adams rejuvenated the Terrapins offense to play in her up-tempo attacking style. In her first season as associate head coach, Maryland scored 287 goals, the most it had recorded in a season since 2001, Adams' senior year.

In 2008, Adams helped Maryland ascend to a No. 2 rank nationally. The Terrapins finished with an 18-3 record and were ranked sixth in the NCAA in goals scored and second in total points.

Coaching Internationally

Adams took a break from the college game during the summer of 2012 and 2015 and assisted her sister, Trish, at the Under-19 World Championships. The Adams duo led the U-19 Australian National Team to a silver medal in 2012 and to the semifinals in 2015. She served as the Australian's U-19 Co-Head Coach with former Greyhound Stacey (Morlang) Sullivan for the 2019 World Championships, and she was a member of the Australian staff at the 2022 World Championships.

As a Player

Adams is regarded as the finest female lacrosse player of all time. Putting together arguably the greatest collegiate women's lacrosse career in the sport's history, Adams led Maryland to four-straight national titles from 1998-2001, including a 21-0 record in 1999 and a 23-0 mark in 2001.

Adams put together arguably the best collegiate lacrosse career of any player in the collegiate ranks during her tenure at Maryland from 1998 -2001. She racked up honors like she scored goals and recorded assists and was named to the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse 25th Anniversary Team in April 2007.

The Brighton, South Australia native, was named the three-time national player of the year and was the first recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy in 2001.

Adams set every scoring record for the Terrapins - season and career - helping them win national titles in each of the four seasons she spent in College Park. She finished her storied career with 267 goals, 178 assists and 445 total points. Her mark for total points currently remains No. 2 all-time in NCAA Division I history, and her goals total is still No. 2 all-time at Maryland.

In addition to her career marks, Adams had single-season performances that also rank amongst the best in Maryland and NCAA history. During her Tewaaraton-winning senior season, Adams led the nation with 88 goals, 60 assists and 148 total points, setting school single-season marks in the process. Those season totals only added her name one rung higher, as she had set school records with 81 goals, 55 assists and 136 total points the previous season.

Adams' efforts were not limited just to the lacrosse field. In addition to her three All-America honors as a player, Adams earned the 2000 and 2001 Honda/Broderick Award for women's lacrosse excellence in the classroom and on the field. She also garnered CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors as a senior.

She was also named the National Attacker of the Year in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and earned Atlantic Coast Conference Female Athlete of the Year laurels in 2000 and 2001. In 2012, Adams was inducted to the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame.

Playing Internationally

On an international level, Adams has been a member of the Australian National Team since winning the U-19 World Championships in 1995. She went on to represent Australia at the senior level, including captaining them to a 14-7 defeat of the United States in the gold medal game of the 2005 World Cup. She scored four goals, and assisted on three others, in the gold medal game and earned All-World honors after leading all players with 26 assists and 47 total points.

Adams was also a member of the Australian National Team that took home the silver medal the 2009 Women's World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic. Adams recorded a team-high 15 goals and led the tournament with 26 assists and 41 total points in the World Cup and recorded a goal and a pair of assists against the United States in the gold medal game. In 2013, Adams tore her ACL during training camp prior to the games, but still captained the Aussies to a silver medal in Oshawa, Canada.

In addition to her participation with the Australian National Team, Adams has been a highly sought clinician around the world and is the primary spokeswoman for STX Women's Lacrosse.

Adams graduated from Maryland in 2001 with a bachelor of arts degree in sports marketing.

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Dana Dobbie

Dana Dobbie came to Loyola with head coach Jen Adams in 2009 and will enter her 15th season as an assistant coach in 2023. The Greyhounds quickly developed into one of the top programs in Division I following their arrival, reaching nine NCAA tournaments and winning eight conference championships over the last 10 completed seasons.

Dobbie serves s the World Lacrosse Athletes Commission Vice Chair, where she is directly involved in helping to develop the 6s discipline as the version of the sport to be considered for the LA28 Olympic Games. She has also pushed for equal representation and opportunity to play box lacrosse for women at the World Championship level. Women will compete in the first even women’s box world championships in September of 2024.

Since joining the Patriot League in 2014, Loyola is a perfect 75-0 against conference opponents during regular season play, a streak which is the longest active run in the nation.

The Greyhounds had their second most wins in a season during the 2023 campaign, as they went 19-3 and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals. Dobbie played a crucial role in coaching Jillian Wilson, who set career and single-season records in draw controls, as she finished her career with 449 draw controls, which is the second most in the Patriot League and 14th in NCAA Division I history. She finished the 2023 season with 198 draw controls, which is the most in a single-season in Loyola and Patriot League history. Wilson was also named as the IWLCA Midfielder of the Year during the 2023 season.

Loyola set a school record for wins in a season during the 2022 campaign as the Greyhounds went 20-2 and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals. Dobbie played an integral role in the coaching of five-time All-American Livy Rosenzweig who set school records in points (439), assists (230) and draw controls (413) between 2018-22.

Dobbie continued her active role in international women's lacrosse on the field during the Summer of 2022 as she served as team captain, as she led Team Canada to a Silver Medal at the World Championships in Towson, Maryland. She earned All-World honors for the fourth time following the competition that she finished with 13 goals, four assists and 13 draw controls.

She was also named the recipient of the prestigious Wes Patterson Award, given to a player who displays sportsmanship, team cooperation and contribution, unselfish play, fairness and generosity, courtesy in her relations of others, and one who accepts the results of the game and the decision of officials.

The 2021 season was highlighted by a 12-game winning streak, tied for the sixth longest in program history, a fifth Patriot League championship and a return trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

During the 2020 campaign, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greyhounds were a perfect 5-0 on the year, defeating four ranked opponents and earning their highest end-of-year national ranking (No. 3) in the IWLCA Coaches’ poll since 2003. Included in the win total were victories over #24 Johns Hopkins (16-7), #4 Florida (17-6), #19 Penn State (22-12) and #9 Penn (19-15).

Dobbie has coached 14 IWLCA All-Americans at Loyola, with eight being repeat honorees, and one Tewaaraton Award finalist. The Greyhounds have received 25 All-America, 56 All-Mid-Atlantic Region and 82 all-conference selections, to go along with 27 major conference award winners.

One of the top draw control specialists in NCAA history as a player, Dobbie has coached six of the top seven draw control leaders all-time in program history. Recent graduate Taylor VanThof, a two-time All-American, set the latest Loyola record in 2019 after wrapping up her collegiate career with 392 draw controls.

Dobbie also guided Taylor’s sister, Taryn VanThof, who earned three All-America selections, set what had been the program record with 318 draw controls and was named to the U.S. National Team after her graduation. Current junior Livy Rosenzweig, already a two-time All-American, set a new Loyola freshman record for draws (63) in 2018 and has since broke single-season team records in points (116) and assists (70).

Loyola’s current run of success began with back-to-back BIG EAST titles in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, Dobbie helped turn Joanna Dalton into one of the top draw control performers in the conference. After not taking draws prior to the season, Dalton stepped in and finished the year ranked fourth in the league at 3.29 draws per game.

Dobbie joined Loyola after a storied collegiate career, and she remains active as a player at both the international and professional levels.

Professional/International Playing Career

A Fergus, Ontario, native, Dobbie has been a member of the Canadian National Team for over a decade. She has been named to the FIL World Cup All-World team on four occasions, leading Canada to the bronze medal in 2009 and helping the team earn silver medals as a team captain in 2013, 2017 and 2022 (see more above about 2023).

Dobbie was also captain of the 2003 Canadian Junior U-19 team, leading the squad in goals scored, and was a member of the 2003 World Championship team that won a bronze medal.

On the professional level, Dobbie served as team captain for a Baltimore Brave squad which claimed the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League title in the summer of 2019. Dobbie was named a WPLL All-Star that season, and also was a team captain and League All-Star for the Baltimore Ride of the UWLX back in 2016.

Loyola had a major presence in the WPLL, with eight Greyhound alums playing professionally for the league in the summer of 2019.

Collegiate Playing Career

A two-time All-American and Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, Dobbie concluded her Division I career as the NCAA's all-time leader in draw controls with 334.

At the University of Maryland, where she played for Jen Adams, Dobbie was a two-time ACC Player of the Year. As a senior, she was named the 2008 IWLCA Midfielder of the Year after leading Division I and setting an NCAA single-season record with 126 draw controls.

Dobbie was a unanimous First Team All-America selection in 2008, leading the ACC with 70 goals, the sixth-highest total in Maryland history. She also topped the Terrapins, who advanced to the NCAA Championships Second Round, with 32 caused turnovers and was third on the team with 33 ground balls.

As a junior in 2007, Dobbie was also a unanimous First Team All-American. She led Maryland with 79 draw controls and 39 ground balls and was second on the team with 53 goals and 69 points.

Dobbie spent her first two seasons of collegiate competition at Ohio University, scoring 34 goals as a freshman in 2005 and 37 in 2006. She led the nation in draw controls as a freshman with an average of 5.14 draws per game (72 in 14 contests).

Dobbie graduated from Maryland in May 2008 with a bachelor of science degree in family science.

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Caroline Hager

A 2011 Loyola graduate, Caroline Hager enters her 12th season on the Greyhounds coaching staff in 2023. She has been a part of nine conference championships and 11 NCAA tournament appearances during her playing and coaching career on campus.

Hager’s senior season marked the program’s return to the national stage, as she all started all 20 games for a team which finished 17-3, won a Big East championship and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals. She was selected to the Division I North vs. South All-Star Game that spring, and totaled 59 goals, 34 assists and 35 ground balls overall as a student-athlete at Loyola.

In her first season as a coach, Hager helped guide the Greyhounds to a second-straight Big East title and a return trip to the national quarterfinals. Loyola has since added five Patriot League tournament championships in six completed seasons since joining the conference in 2014, and the Greyhounds’ 57-0 record against conference opponents during the regular season is the longest active winning streak in Division I.

Hager has coached 25 IWLCA All-America selections, 23 conference major award winners and 73 all-conference selections in her 12 seasons on the sidelines. Loyola has posted an overall record of 170-33 (.837 winning percentage) during that span.

Prior to joining the Greyhounds, Hagar won three PIAA State Lacrosse Championships during a standout career at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. She was a first team All-State, first team All-Central League and All-Main Line performer as a senior.

Hager graduated from Loyola with a bachelor’s degree in speech language pathology and audiology.

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Charley Toomey

The 2023 season will be the 18th as head coach at Loyola for Charley Toomey, a school where he has put his stamp on the Loyola men’s lacrosse program as a disciplined, tough, athletic and skillful unit. The Greyhounds ascended to the top of college lacrosse in 2012, winning Loyola’s first NCAA Division I Championship.

Toomey has directed the Greyhounds to an even 108 wins, an average of 12.2 per season since 2012, and he enters the 2023 campaign with a 168-85 career record in his first 17 years at Loyola. Early in the 2016 season, Toomey became the second coach in program history to reach and cross the 100-win plateau. He stands second on the program’s all-time wins chart behind his college coach, Dave Cottle (181-70, 1983-2001).

As a head coach, Toomey has coached 51 USILA All-Americans, 93 all-conference selections, 21 conference positional or players or rookies of the year, a Tewwaraton Award winner and five finalists and 28 USILA Scholar All-Americans.

Of the award winners, Pat Spencer became the most decorated player in program history during his 2019 senior season when he set the NCAA career record for assists and finished second all-time in points. He was the school’s first winner of the Tewaaraton and the USILA Player of the Year Awards and became the school’s first four-time All-American.

In 2019, Toomey was named to the coaching staff of the U.S. Men’s National Team as an assistant coach. He will serve with Team USA in preparation for, and competition in, the 2023 World Championships in San Diego. He was also enshrined in the USLacrosse Chesapeake Chapter Hall of Fame in January 2019 for his accomplishments as a player and a coach.

Under his direction, the Greyhounds won at least a share of three of the last six ECAC Championships when the Greyhounds were in that conference, and Loyola has won four Patriot League. Loyola has reached four of the last six NCAA Quarterfinals as of 2022 with three-straight from 2018-21.

Loyola spent time as the No. 1 team in all national polls during the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2019 seasons.

Toomey was also a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee, a group responsible for selection of the NCAA Championships field and administration of the tournament. He also has served as part of the U.S. Men’s National Team selection group as a coach and evaluator of the goalies during the initial tryout process.

Toomey’s dedication to the program stems from his long ties to the Loyola community, dating back to the day he stepped onto campus as a freshman student-athlete in 1986.

He has been involved in 19 of the 27 NCAA D-I Tournament appearances in program history - three as a player, five as an assistant coach and 11 as a head coach.

The 2023 season will be Toomey’s 27th year as a coach for the Greyhounds and his 33rd overall in the coaching profession. Including his four years as a standout goalkeeper for the Greyhounds from 1987-1990, 2022 will be his 31st year on the Loyola campus.

With Toomey at the helm, Loyola reached the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time in his 15 years as a head coach in 2021 and the eighth time in nine opportunities. The quarterfinal bid was the third-straight for the program..

Toomey was named the 2012 recipient of the Morris Touchstone as the Division I Coach of the Year, and he earned his third ECAC Coach of the Year honor, an honor he also won in 2006 and 2008.

While his ties to the past of Loyola men's lacrosse run deep, Toomey's vision and commitment to the future of the Greyhounds is even stronger.

He led the Greyhounds to the 2021 NCAA Quarterfinals for the fourth time in five seasons after they were 5-5 through 10 games through the COVID-impacted season. In 2019, he was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year as the Greyhounds won their fourth conference regular-season title.

In 2018, the Greyhounds captured the Patriot League Championship for the fourth time in five years since joining the conference, winning both the regular-season and tournament crowns.

Toomey's Greyhounds continued to be one of the most up-tempo offenses in the nation, finishing sixth in the country in goals per game, while the defense also remained one of the best around in 2018. Loyola wrapped up the year with a 13-4 record and its third trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals in seven seasons.

The 2017 Greyhounds were one of the most balanced teams in the nation, finishing 10th in NCAA Division I in scoring defense, allowing just 8.38 goals per game while scoring 12.38 to rank 11th in scoring offense en route to a 10-6 record.

Loyola completed one of the finest years in school history in 2016, bouncing back from a 4-3 start to the regular-season to win 10-straight games. During that stretch, Loyola won the Patriot League Championship, coasting to a 14-6 victory over the U.S. Military Academy in the title game.

The Greyhounds then won two NCAA Tournament games in rematches of games they lost to teams during the regular-season. Loyola logged 16-11 win over Duke University when it hosted the Blue Devils in the NCAA First Round, and it then traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for the NCAA Quarterfinals. There, the Greyhounds downed Towson University, 10-8, to advance to Championship Weekend.

Loyola finished the season with a 14-4 record, the third-most wins in program history, and it was ranked No. 4 nationally in the final media poll of the season by Inside Lacrosse.

The 2012 Loyola squad set several program records and tied the NCAA Division I record for wins in a season with 18. The Greyhounds lost just a single game during the year, winning the ECAC regular-season and tournament championships en route to the national title.

Toomey was named the 2012 recipient of the Morris Touchstone as the Division I Coach of the Year, and he earned his third ECAC Coach of the Year honor.

During the year, the Greyhounds featured one of the most balanced teams in the nation, finishing fifth in scoring defense (7.51 goals allowed per game) and eighth in scoring offense (12.05). Loyola's transition game was also vaunted during the year, and the Greyhounds unit has been heralded as one of the nation's best for several seasons.

The 2010 season saw Toomey and Loyola return to the NCAA Championships for the third time in four years, playing in what would become an 'instant-classic' three-overtime game at Cornell. Loyola put together a 9-5 record for the second year in a row and reached as high as sixth in the national rankings during the season.

In 2009 Toomey guided the Greyhounds to a 9-5 record, their best since 2002. Loyola finished 6-1 in the ECAC and finished as the league's co-champion, the second year in a row Loyola has won at least a share of the crown.

According to the computer rankings, the 2009 Greyhounds played the third-toughest schedule in the nation, and they finished with an RPI of nine. Four of the Greyhounds' five losses came against teams ranked in the Top-10 nationally, and the five losses were by a combined seven goals.

The team was not short of highlights, as P.T. Ricci and Shane Koppens were named USILA All-Americans, and six Greyhounds earned All-ECAC honors. Ricci was the league Defensive Player of the Year, and Mike Sawyer was Rookie of the Year.

In 2008, Toomey was recognized by his peers as ECAC Co-Coach of the Year for the second time in three years. He led the Greyhounds to the ECAC title with a 6-1 record in conference play. The title marked the program's first since joining the ECAC in 2005. In addition to his 22-6 ECAC record, Toomey's teams have lost just one ECAC home game and have never finished lower than tied for second in the final league standings.

After weathering a challenging out-of-conference slate at the beginning of 2008, the Greyhounds hit their stride at the end of March. In a five-week span, the Greyhounds ripped off four wins, and they culminated the season by earning their 16th NCAA Tournament berth.

The 2008 squad ranked among the top three in nearly every statistical category in the ECAC. Boasting an up-tempo offense, the Greyhounds were third in the conference in goals (9.29) and points per game (13.43).

But true to Toomey's goalkeeper roots, the defense has also been a key ingredient to Loyola's success. In 2008, the Greyhounds allowed a league-low 39 goals in seven conference matchups (5.57 a game), an astonishing 18 goals lower than Hobart, which ranked second with 57.

In his first season as head coach in 2006, Toomey was selected as ECAC Coach of the Year after guiding the Greyhounds to a 6-6 overall record and a 5-2 conference mark. The Greyhounds finished 4-1 at home that year, defeating No. 2 Georgetown (14-10), as well as conference foes Penn State and Rutgers.

During his second year at the helm in 2007, Loyola accomplished its goal of returning to the NCAA Tournament. The storied program assembled an eye-raising tournament resume with marquee wins over then-ranked No. 1 Duke and Syracuse.

Toomey served as defensive coordinator for the Greyhounds prior to his appointment as head coach. His contributions to the unit and to the program, along with his coaching style and work ethic, earned him recognition in Lacrosse Magazine, which featured him as one of the nation's top assistants in 2005.

Beginning his coaching career at his alma mater following his graduation, Toomey helped lead the 1991 and 1992 Greyhounds to the NCAA Tournament. He then moved on to the Naval Academy Prep School, where he worked as a head coach in 1993.

Moving on to Navy, he was an assistant coach for the Midshipmen, working specifically with the goalies and defensive midfielders, helping guide the squad to the 1994 NCAA Tournament. Toomey served as the head coach at Severn School from 1996-98, leading the team to three successful seasons before returning to his alma mater in 1999.

As a student-athlete at Loyola from 1987-90, Toomey was a two-time All-America selection at goalie, garnering honorable mention honors in 1989 and third-team accolades in 1990. He owns two of Loyola's top six single-game save performances in the cage, and ranks amongst the Greyhounds' all-time save leaders.

His 22 saves against Rutgers in the 1990 NCAA Tournament also tie him for the top postseason mark in school history. He finished his career with an astonishing 25-5 overall record, and was the last Loyola goalkeeper to start an NCAA Championship Game, starting the 1990 NCAA Final against Syracuse.

In the early 1990s, Toomey played professionally for the Baltimore Thunder and the Boston Blazers. He has also guided several professional goalies like Mark Bloomquist, Tim McGeeney and Michael Fretwell, Jack Runkel and Jacob Stover as a coach.

Toomey and his wife, Sara, live in Anne Arundel County with their three daughters, Emma, Sophie and Lyla.

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Matt Dwan

The 2023 campaign will be Matt Dwan's 17th season overall as an assistant coach with the Loyola men's lacrosse program. For the past 17 seasons as the Greyhounds' defensive coordinator, Dwan has helped the Greyhounds become one of the most formidable defenses in the nation.

A 1995 graduate of Loyola, Dwan has shaped the Greyhounds' defense into one of the premier units in the nation, and his work with Loyola's rope unit has also led to a stellar transition game and play from the defensive midfield.

During Loyola's run to the 2012 NCAA Championship, the Greyhounds first, Dwan's defense finished fifth in the nation, allowing just 7.51 goals per game. He directed a pair of goalkeepers who had never started a collegiate game and close defense that had lost an All-ECAC performer to graduation.

The Greyhounds not only allowed a shot percentage of just .241 during the year, but they caused 127 turnovers and forced a total of 304 miscues by opponents.

On Championship Weekend in Foxborough, Mass., Loyola's defense set a pair of impressive records. The Greyhounds limited Maryland to a Championship Game-low three goals, and Loyola allowed a combined eight goals in the semifinal and title game after yielding just five to Notre Dame.

Four of Loyola's defensive players earned USILA All-America honors in 2012 - long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff, defensive midfielder Josh Hawkins and defenders Joe Fletcher and Reid Acton - and Ratliff was named the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year.

During the season, Ratliff set a school record in scoring by a pole with 12 goals and 19 points, breaking the record Dwan set as a senior with 11 goals and 16 points.

That quartet of defenders returned to the team in 2013 and also earned USILA All-America honors. Fletcher was tabbed the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year, and Ratliff earned ECAC Specialist of the Year recognition. The duo also were named First- and Second-Team All-Americans, respectively.

In 2014, Loyola again had one of the most formidable defenses nationally, as the Greyhounds went undefeated in the Patriot League during their first season in the conference. The unit was second in the nation in ground balls per game (36.0) and fourth in scoring defense (7.47).

Fletcher was named the National Defender of the Year by the USILA, earning First Team All-America recognition for the second year in a row, while short-stick midfielder Pat Laconi was tabbed to the second team, and goalkeeper Jack Runkel earned third team laurels. Fletcher garnered Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honors, and Runkel was the Goalkeeper of the Year.

In 2016, Loyola made its fourth NCAA Semifinals appearance in program history with a young defense that performed at a high level down the stretch. The Greyhounds won 10 games in a row while yielding 7.3 goals per game.

Dwan mentored a defense in 2018 that helped Loyola reach the NCAA Quarterfinals. Foster Huggins, a senior in 2018, was named a first-team All-American by the USILA and Inside Lacrosse after earning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year recognition as he led NCAA Division in caused turnovers and caused turnovers per game.

The 2009 Greyhounds' defense boasted All-American P.T. Ricci, a long-stick midfielder who was also named the ECAC Defensive Player of the Year. Dwan's defense held six of Loyola 14 opponents to seven or fewer goals in 2009, as the Greyhounds played the third-toughest schedule in the nation according to the computer rankings. Loyola allowed a league-low 39 goals in seven conference games (5.57 a game) in 2008, an impressive 18 goals fewer than the second-ranked team (Hobart, 57). The Greyhounds held nine of their 14 opponents to under 10 goals in 2008, and limited four of those to five or fewer goals. In a convincing 15-1 win over Massachusetts, the defense allowed only one goal for the first time since the 1999 season, and nearly registered the program's first shutout in 60 seasons.

A former Greyhounds' lacrosse standout himself, Dwan played professionally for the Baltimore Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse. Part of the inaugural MLL season in 2001, Dwan played in every game for the Bayhawks from 2001 to 2003. He helped anchor a defense that advanced to the MLL championship game in each of his three seasons, while capturing the championship in 2002.

During his collegiate career, Dwan was named an All- American three times, helping the Greyhounds advance to the NCAA tournament each of his four seasons at Evergreen.

His senior year in 1995, Dwan recorded 11 goals, five assists and 93 ground balls, earning first-team All-America honors. At the time, he was just the second long-stick midfielder in NCAA history to accomplish that feat.

In 1994, he was selected as a second-team All-American and was named honorable mention as a sophomore. Dwan was named co-captain and team co-MVP his final two seasons at Loyola, and in May 1995 he graduated with career totals of 19 goals, eight assists and 240 ground balls.

In June 2003, he was inducted into Loyola's Athletic Hall of Fame, and in November 2005 he entered the Hudson Valley Chapter of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

A native of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Dwan and his wife, the former Michelle Meyer reside in Pasadena, Md. Michelle was one of the most decorated players in Loyola women's lacrosse history, earning All-America three times, including First-Team honors as a junior and senior. She was named the 1997 National Midfielder of the Year, as well.