Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics
Schaeffer Ctr - Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ 07030

Division 3 New Jersey Northeast

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Karen Basciano

Karen Shaddock is in her sixth season as the head coach of the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s lacrosse team after spending one year as an assistant coach at Williams College and two seasons as the head coach of Lycoming College. Additionally, Shaddock has made stops as the head coach at Medaille College and the assistant coach at Rochester Institute of Technology.

In her first six seasons with the Ducks, Shaddock has led Stevens to the conference Tournament Championship game four three (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024). She has also coached 12 conference players of the year, won the 2023 and 2024 MAC Freedom Coach of the Year, and helped Bednarski win the 2020 Inside Lacrosse DiIII National Player of the Year Award.

2024: Boardwalk Region Coaching Staff of the Year

2024: Zoe Cook - Third Team All-American / First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2024: Stefanie Sellitto - Third Team All-American / First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2024: Lauren Sullivan - First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2024: Emily Leiby - Second Team All-Boardwalk Region

2024: Eran Gleason - Second Team All-Boardwalk

2023: Camryn Rogers – Third Team All-American / First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2023: Zoe Cook – First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2023: Lauren Sullivan – First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2023: Lauren Cunniff – Second Team All-Boardwalk Region

2023: Lindsay Esposito – Second Team All-Boardwalk Region

2022: Camryn Rogers – Third Team All-American / First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2022: Meredith Conlin – First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2022: Zoe Cook – First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2022: Morgan Westerby – Second Team All-Boardwalk Region

2021: Kyra Bednarski – First Team All-American / First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2021: Camryn Rogers – Second Team All-Boardwalk Region

2019: Kyra Bednarski – First Team All-Boardwalk Region

2019: Emily Shanklin – Second Team All-Boardwalk Region

Has won three straight MAC Freedom Championships and been to the second round of the last three NCAA Tournaments

Led the Ducks to the conference championship game in 2019 (Empire 8), 2021, 2022 and 2023, 2024 (MAC Freedom)

Helped Stevens knock off No. 9 York for the program's first win over a top-10 opponent since 2010 in 2023

Won a total of nine games in her first season as the head coach of the Ducks

Currently sits as just the third coach in the program’s history

Helped Kyra Bednarski become the first student-athlete in program history to be named National Player of the Year in 2020

After starting the year 3-7 in 2019, Shaddock was able to go 6-3 down the stretch to advance to the Empire 8 Tournament

Directed the Ducks to an 11-6 win over Utica College in the Empire 8 Tournament semifinals to advance to the Tournament title game in 2019

Completed her master’s degree in sport leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2022.

Also served as an assistant coach for Rochester Institute of Technology in 2015

In her addition to her coaching duties at RIT and Medaille, Shaddock also served in both school’s Sports Information office.

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Kathleen Jaeger

Kathleen Jaeger enters her second season as an assistant women's lacrosse coach after being added to the staff in the fall of 2023.

Jaeger arrived on Castle Point after her most-recent position as the head coach at The Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey. Under Jaeger’s direction, the Raiders posted 10 wins in 2021, up from the program’s average of six from the three prior seasons. In addition to her time on the sidelines for Hun, Jaeger served on the coaching staff of both Triple Threat Elite and Corrigan Sports.

Before entering the coaching ranks, the Whitehouse Station, New Jersey native was a three-sport standout at The College of New Jersey, competing in cross country, indoor track and field and lacrosse, earning All-America honors both on the track and on the lacrosse field. For TCNJ lacrosse, Jaeger netted 167 goals with 43 assists over 74 career games. Among her numerous goals were 13 game-winners and 13 on the woman-advantage. Additionally, Jaeger netted three short-handed goals, picked up 112 ground balls and corralled 39 draw controls. Her best statistical season came as a junior, when she scored 55 goals with 16 assists en route to Second Team All-America recognition from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association (IWLCA). Jaeger was then named to the organization’s Academic Honor Roll as a senior.

On the track, Jaeger earned a pair of All-America honors in the 800, finishing in seventh place at the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in both 2016 and 2018. Her career best times in the 500 (1:18.47) and the 800 (2:12.27) still rank among the top-10 in each event in TCNJ program history. She also ran a leg on the Lions’ NCAA-qualifying 4x400-meter relay squad that reached the national championship meet in 2019 and was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) G. Larry James Most Outstanding Athlete of the 2018 indoor championship meet. Additionally, Jaeger spent two years on the cross country course, helping TCNJ win an NJAC title in 2015.

Jaeger completed her Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and iSTEM in 2019 and went on to earn her Master of Arts degree in special education one year later. After graduation, Jaeger served as a special education teacher at the Princeton Middle School.

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Maddie Buechli

Maddie Buechli enters her third season on the sidelines for the Ducks in 2025 and first as the Interim Head Coach after serving as the Defensive Coordinator last season.

Buechli, a 2021 alumna of St. Thomas Aquinas, arrived on Castle Point prior to the 2022 season and helped pilot the Ducks to an 18-3 record, matching a program record for wins in a season. The Ducks went 7-1 in MAC Freedom play and captured their second conference title with a 10-5 win over Misericordia on May 6. The Ducks then topped Scranton 7-5 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament before falling at No. 10 York by a narrow 8-6 margin.

Under Buechli’s guidance, the Ducks ranked fourth in Division III in scoring defense, allowing just 6.24 goals per game to opponents, which led to the eighth-best scoring margin (+9.43) in the country. Additionally, the Ducks excelled in transition, finding success on 89% of their clearing attempts to rank eighth in DIII.

Buechli also coaches for the STEPS Lacrosse Club as a Head Coach for the past 2 years and coached for Prime Time Club Lacrosse from 2018-22. The Piermont, New York native graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas in 2021 with a degree in communications arts.with a focus in public relations.