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Muhlenberg College

Allentown, PA 18104
Pennsylvania Northeast
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Kristen Stuckel

Summary

• Career record through 2023 season: 180-153 (.541) in 23 seasons

• Winningest coach in Muhlenberg women's lacrosse history

• 14 winning seasons in the last 19 complete years. Prior to her arrival, the program had just one winning campaign in 17 seasons

• Ranks third in Centennial Conference history in coaching wins

• Six Centennial Conference playoff berths

• Coached 54 all-conference selections and two CC players of the year

• Coached program's all-time leaders in every statistical category


Coaching Highlights

2023 Record 11-6

• Earned CC playoff berth

• Set school record with nine-game winning streak (dating to 2022 season)

• Scored second-most goals in a season in program history

2022 Record 11-5

• Tied for fifth in CC but missed playoff berth on a tiebreaker

• Led CC in ground balls per game

2021 Record 1-6

2020 Record 0-1

2019 Record 8-8

• Posted win vs. 23rd-ranked Haverford

2018 Record 7-8

2017 Record 13-4

• Centennial Conference coach of the year

• Tied school record for wins

• Earned CC playoff berth

• First All-America selection in program history

• Centennial Conference offensive player of the year

• Received first national ranking ever (No. 20)

• Recorded 8-7 win against top-ranked Gettysburg, the eventual Division III national champion

2016 Record 13-5 ECAC Champions

• Set school record with 13 wins

• Hosted ECAC Mid-Atlantic Tournament and recorded first two postseason wins in program history

• Received votes in the Division III poll

• Set school record for goals scored in a season (255)

2015 Record 9-7

• Earned CC playoff berth

• Hosted playoff game for first time ever

• Ranked 11th in Division III in assists per game

2014 Record 10-7

• Earned CC playoff berth

• Received votes in the Division III poll

• Centennial Conference defensive player of the year

• School-record five All-CC selections

• Set school record for assists in a season (144)

• Recorded 100th career win with 18-9 victory vs. FDU-Florham

2013 Record 8-7

2012 Record 5-8

2011 Record 7-8

2010 Record 9-6

2009 Record 10-4

• Earned CC playoff berth

• Received votes in the Division III poll for the first time ever

• Three of four losses came to Division III semifinalists

2008 Record 11-5

• Earned CC playoff berth - first in program history

• Set school record for wins in a season

• Set school record for goals per game scored in a season (15.50)

• Beat Ursinus for the first time in 19 all-time meetings

2007 Record 9-7

2006 Record 10-6

• Reached double digits in wins for the first time in program history

• Recorded win vs. 17th-ranked Drew

2005 Record 8-7

• Recorded first shutout in program history, 18-0 vs. Chestnut Hill

2004 Record 5-9

2003 Record 8-7

• Set school record for wins in a season

2002 Record 4-11

2001 Record 3-11


Coaching Career

• 2000-03 Head field hockey coach at Muhlenberg

> Career record of 43-30

> No. 7 national ranking in 2003

• 1997-2000 Graduate assistant in field hockey at lacrosse at Gettysburg

> Helped coach four Centennial Conference championship teams

> Gettysburg was ranked in the top 10 in Division III in both sports in 1999-2000


Playing Highlights

• First-team all-conference midfielder in field hockey

• Second-team All-Central Region defensive player in lacrosse

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Morgan Graham

Morgan Graham joined the Muhlenberg women's lacrosse coaching staff for the 2023 season.


Graham came to Muhlenberg after two highly successful seasons at Georgian Court University. The Lions won the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference championship in both 2021 and 2022 with Graham serving as a graduate assistant coach. She also was interim head coach during the fall of 2021.


Graham is a 2019 graduate of Kean University, where she played lacrosse for four years, scoring more than 200 points and earning first-team all-conference honors twice and all-region recognition once. She also has served as head coach of the Mad Dogs Lacrosse summer travel team.

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Jake Plunket

Summary

• Career record at Muhlenberg through 2023 season: 56-54 (.509) in eight seasons

• Record at Muhlenberg since 2018: 51-29 (.638) in six seasons

• Overall career record through 2023 season: 113-71 (.614) in 12 seasons

• Coached Mules to first national ranking in program history

• Back-to-back Centennial Conference playoff berths

• ECAC Tournament finalists

• Coached six All-American selections, 29 All-Centennial Conference selections and two CC rookies of the year

• Coached program's all-time leaders in points, goals, assists, ground balls and faceoffs won


Coaching Highlights

2023 Record 11-6

• Tied school record for wins in a season

• Qualified for Centennial Conference playoffs for second straight year and hosted CC playoff game for the first time

• Ranked in or just outside the Division III top 20 all season

• No. 18 ranking after taking two-time defending national champion RIT to triple-overtime was first time in top 20 in program history

• Record of 4-3 against teams that earned NCAA Tournament bids

• Posted 11-10 win against eventual NCAA quarterfinalist Dickinson


2022 Record 9-6

• Earned CC playoff berth for the first time since 2008

• Received votes in the Division III poll the entire season

• Led the CC in fewest goals allowed in league games

• Averaged 12.27 goals per game, a school record for a season with at least 10 games

• Three All-Americans for the first time in program history


2021 Record 5-4

• Centennial Conference coach of the year

• Ended season with 15-10 win at 10th-ranked Gettysburg

• Four losses came by a total of five goals, three to teams that were ranked in the top 20 all season

• Had the CC sponsored a postseason tournament, the Mules would have been the second seed and hosted a playoff game

• Received 12 votes - four spots out of the top 20 - in final Division III poll

• Program-record eight players on All-CC team, including CC rookie of the year


2020 Record 5-0

• Outscored first five opponents by 85-37 margin before season was stopped by Covid


2019 Record 10-6

• Finished with three Centennial Conference wins, the most in nine years

• Received votes in the national Division III poll

• Four of six losses came to nationally ranked CC opponents

• CC rookie of the year


2018 Record 11-7

• Broke school record for wins in a season

• Hosted ECAC Tournament and advanced to final

• Recorded first postseason win in program history, 19-5 vs. SUNY Canton

• Set school records for goals and assists in a season

• Received votes in the Division III national poll three times

• Individual school records for goals, assists and points in a season, faceoff wins in a career, season and game, and ground balls in a career and season


2017 Record 2-12

2016 Record 3-13


Coaching Career

• 2011-15 Head coach at Albright College

> Led startup program to 57-17 record in first four seasons

> Won ECAC Mid-Atlantic championship in 2013 and 2014

> Qualified for Commonwealth Conference playoffs all four years

> 2012 Commonwealth coach of the year

• 2009-10 Assistant coach at Hampden-Sydney College

> Helped Tigers to school-record-tying 13 wins in 2010

• 2006-08 Assistant coach at SUNY Cortland

> Served as defensive coordinator

> Coached 16 All-Americans and helped Red Dragons to 2006 national championship


Playing Highlights

• Four-year player at Syracuse, helping the Orange to two Division I national titles and serving as team captain in 2005

• Played professionally for Rochester Rattlers in 2007 and 2008, winning MLL championship in 2008


Personal

• Wife Jess is a former two-time All-America lacrosse player

• Has two children, daughter Reagan and son Cooper

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