Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac University Athletics
275 Mt. Carmel Ave. Hamden, CT 06518

Division 1 Connecticut Northeast

Private Medium National competitor

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Jordan Christopher

Jordan Christopher enters her second season leading the Bobcats in 2024-25, and her ninth season in total with the Bobcats.

Most recently, she helped guide the Bobcats to a successful spring 2023 campaign. QU finished with a winning record (10-8 overall), going 5-3 in MAAC play to earn a spot in the league’s postseason tournament. QU won three of their final five regular season games, then defeated No. 5 Canisius in Hamden to advance to the MAAC Semifinals. First year Mia Delmond (Rookie of the Year) and senior Kat Henselder (Goalkeeper of the Year) earned two of the seven major individual awards handed out by the MAAC, highlighting five All-Conference Selections for QU.

The Bobcats started the 2022 campaign hot, winning three of their first four, capped by a 13-12 victory over Patriot League foe Boston University. QU's offense was fourth in generating chances, averaging 31.19 shots and 22.06 shots on goal per contest during the year.

Under Christopher's guidance during the 2021 campaign, the Bobcats' offense led the MAAC leaderboards by averaging 19.58 points per game. They were also second in assists per contest (5.83) and third in goals per game (13.75), led by all-conference selections Megan Szawlowski and Sophia Iaccino.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the 2020 spring season, the Bobcats won three games and defeated their first BIG EAST opponent in Old Dominon with Christopher as assistant coach.

Quinnipiac posted a five win campaign in 2019 under Christopher's watch as an assistant coach, as well as two MAAC victories.

Quinnipiac improved in its second under Christopher's leadership as an assistant coach, picking up five wins on the season.

In her first season at Quinnipiac, Christopher helped lead the Bobcats to a four-win 2017 season and the program's first-ever appearance in the MAAC Tournament.

Christopher previously served as an assistant at Central Connecticut State University from 2014 through the 2016 season.

Christopher was part of the CCSU coaching staff that developed two All-Northeast Conference First Team and five All-NEC Second Team selections, as well as two All-Rookie Team honorees from 2014 through 2016. Under Christopher’s guidance, CCSU featured 13 NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll members as well as eight Travelers Athletic Directors All-Academic Team selections. In addition to posting the highest cumulative grade-point average in program history, the Blue Devils were also named a IWLCA Division I Academic Honor Squad in 2015 and 2016.

In addition to her role at Central Connecticut State, Christopher also served as the head coach with the Philly Blast Lacrosse Club team from 2012 to 2014 and the Nor’easter Lacrosse Club team from 2014 to the present.

A four-year letter winner at UConn, Christopher was a two-time captain in 2013 and 2014. A BIG EAST All-Academic selection, she also served on the Women’s Lacrosse Leadership Council in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, she was also part of the first team in UConn women’s lacrosse history to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Christopher graduated from UConn with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology in 2014. She earned her Master's in Organizational Leadership from Quinnipiac in 2020.

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Steve Dudeck

Dudeck joins the staff after 17 seasons as the head girls lacrosse coach at Longmeadow High School and also featured stints as an assistant on the Italian Women's National Team and a Director of US Elite Teams.

Dudeck's decorated 17 years at Longmeadow included a 338-52 overall record, with 17 sectional championships. He placed 81 of his former players in collegiate lacrosse, highlighted by 11 USL All-Americans and 7 USL All-Academic selections. He also coached Team Massachusetts at the Nike American Select, New England Regional Team for Under Armour and was a Coach for the Lower New England squad at the USL Women's National Tournament.

He also served as a USA Lacrosse Regional All-American and All-Academic Chair and was the U19 Women's Team Evaluator. His international duties also included stints with the Italian Women's National Team, coaching the Women's Lacrosse World Cup in London and the European Championships in Budapest.

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Rachel Crane

Crane comes to Hamden with MAAC experience already, spending five seasons as a Purple Eagle at Niagara and graduates as one of the best midfielders in the program's history. The two-time MAAC Midfielder of the Year and All-Tournament Team selection finished third all-time in the program's history with 171 goals, third in draw controls with 175, fourth in caused turnovers with 69 and fourth in points with 201.

Making 70 appearances across four seasons, her career culminated with Niagara's first-ever conference title as they knocked off Fairfield 11-10 in the MAAC final in May 2024.