Slippery Rock University

Slippery Rock University Athletics
101 Field House Road, Suite 102 Slippery Rock, PA 16057

Division 2 Pennsylvania Northeast

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Taryn Burkholder

Taryn Burkholder was named the permanent head coach of the Slippery Rock women's lacrosse program in June of 2022 after serving as the interim head coach during the 2021-22 academic year.

The Buffalo-area native and 2012 Niagara University alumna will enter her fourth year at Slippery Rock in 2024 after coming to The Rock as an assistant coach prior to the 2021 season.

CAREER AT A GLANCE

20-14 (.588) at Slippery Rock after two seasons as head coach

Also served five seasons as a head coach at the Division III level

Head coach at SUNY Morrisville from 2017-20

Won two conference titles and made two NCAA Playoff appearances at Morrisville

Head coach at Muskingum from 2016-17

60-52 (.536) overall record as a collegiate head coach

Has coached at NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels

SEASON-BY-SEASON BREAKDOWN

2023

SRU went 10-7, marking its seventh 10-win season in program history, the second time the 10-win mark has been eclipsed in consecutive years.

Charleigh Rondeau broke the all-time Slippery Rock record for draw controls, ending the season with 360, an average of 7.2 per game.

Rondeau named PSAC West Lacrosse Athlete of the Year, while Searles was named first team and Owings, Wisniewski and Masi made second team All-PSAC.

Masi and Reondeau named to All-Region honors, marking just the fifth time in SRU lacrosse history that two student athletes made All-Region in the same season.

Rondeau finished the year with 135 draw controls, averaging 8.44 per game, second highest in program history in both categories, only to her own records set a year prior.

Four named to CSC At-Large Academic All-District, with Rondeau honored as a first team Academic All-American

2022

Led SRU to double its win total in 2021 in her first year as head coach

10-win season marked just the sixth 10-win season in SRU history

SRU averaged a program record 15.12 goals per game in 2022

Five of the team’s seven total losses came by three goals or fewer

SRU set single-season program records for goals (257), points (389), assists (132), shots (604) and draw controls (293) in 2022

Emily Benham broke the SRU single-season scoring record and assist record

Charleigh Rondeau broke the SRU single-season draw control record

Four players were named to All-PSAC honors

Emily Benham earned All-Region honors

THE ROCK IN THE CLASSROOM

SRU won the PSAC Team GPA Award in 2021-22 and 2022-23 for having the highest team GPA among all women’s lacrosse teams in the league

SRU's cumulative GPA in 2022-23 was 3.717, the highest among all Slippery Rock teams and the highest lacrosse team in the conference

The Rock posted a 3.653 cumulative GPA in 2021-22, highest in the PSAC

SRU had two athletes named to CSC Academic All-District honors in 2021-22 (Emily Benham and Charleigh Rondeau)

Four named to 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District (Masi, Rondeau, Searles and Wisniewski)

Charleigh Rondeau was named to CSC Academic All-America honors twice, as well as PSAC Top 10 honors

CAREER PATH

Began her coaching career as an assistant at her Alma Mater, Niagara, in 2013

Became an assistant coach at Buffalo State for the 2014 season

Served as an assistant coach at SUNY Morrisville in 2015, helping the team to a conference title and NCAA Playoff appearance

Spent two years as the head coach at Muskingum

Spent three years as head coach at SUNY Morrisville, going 28-16 with two conference titles and two trips to the NCAA Playoffs

Became assistant coach at SRU in 2021 and interim head coach in 2022

Had the interim tag removed following 2022 season

PLAYING CAREER

Played Division I lacrosse as a defender at Niagara University

Two-year team captain

Played in 54 career games and started every game of sophomore, junior and senior seasons

PERSONAL

West Seneca, New York native

2012 Niagara University graduate – degree in sports management

Father was a longtime NCAA Division I ice hockey coach

COACHING TIMELINE

2013: Niagara University (assistant coach)

2014: Buffalo State University (assistant coach)

2015: SUNY Morrisville (assistant coach)

2016-17: Muskingum University (head coach)

2017-20: SUNY Morrisville (head coach)

2021: Slippery Rock University (assistant coach)

2022-Present: Slippery Rock University (head coach)

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Jordan Anderson

Jordan Anderson joined the Slippery Rock coaching staff in August of 2021 as an assistant coach.

CAREER AT A GLANCE

• Anderson came to The Rock after spending four years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Marietta College in Ohio.

• Slippery Rock head coach Taryn Burkholder had the chance to coach Anderson as a player at Morrisville State College, where Anderson played both lacrosse and women's basketball.

• She spent four years at Marietta, where she coordinated recruiting and was intricately involved in all facets of running the program.

• She also worked as a volunteer women's basketball coach and served as a strength coach with the softball program for one year at Marietta.

COACHING TIMELINE

2018-21: Marietta (assistant coach / recruiting coordinator)

2022-Present: Slippery Rock (assistant coach)

PLAYING CAREER

• She was named the North Eastern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was a first team ECAC Division III All-Star as a defender on the lacrosse field.

• Anderson was also a first team All-NEAC selection on the basketball court and set Morrisville State records for total field goals, free throws made, assists and steals while playing point guard for three seasons.

PERSONAL

• In addition to her coaching roles at Marietta, Anderson also served as a lacrosse coach at the Nike Lacrosse Camp at Saint Vincent and has been a certified CrossFit Level 1 instructor since May of 2019.