Susquehanna University

Susquehanna University Athletics
514 University Avenue Selinsgrove, PA 17870

Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast

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Randall Swope

Randall Swope was named as the full head coach of the Susquehanna University women's lacrosse team in the summer of 2018, coming to SU as an assistant coach in 2017 and serving as the interim head coach in 2018. Swope has been involved with coaching at the highest level of the game since the late 1990s, including an eight-year stretch at nearby Bucknell University as the head women's lacrosse coach. She also has head coaching experience in both high school and the Division III level at Franklin & Marshall College.

At Susquehanna

27-35 overall record at Susquehanna

2021 Landmark Conference Tournament appearance

9 Landmark Conference First Team honorees

2022 Landmark Conference Player of the Year

Program Milestone

122 points by Caroline Chase in 2022 (Landmark Conference record)

70 assists by Caroline Chase in 2022 (Landmark Conference record)

15 points by Caroline Chase vs. Alvernia University (2/26/22) (Landmark Conference record)

Honors & Awards

IWLCA All-Region (6): 2017: Shannon McKinney (2nd Team, M); 2021: Caroline Chase (2nd Team, A), Kelsey Homberg (2nd Team, M), Mary Vilardi (2nd Team, D); 2022: Caroline Chase (1st Team, A), Kelsey Homberg (2nd Team, M)

Landmark Conference Player of the Year (1): 2022: Caroline Chase

Landmark Conference First Team (5): 2018: Libby Dex (G); 2021: Caroline Chase (A), Kelsey Homberg (M), Mary Vilardi (D); 2022: Caroline Chase (A)

Landmark Conference Second Team (3): 2018: Mary Vilardi (D); 2019: Libby Dex (G); 2022: Kelsey Homberg (M)

IWLCA Division III All-Star Game (1): 2022: Caroline Chase

IWLCA Academic Squad (4): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

IWLCA Honor Roll (15): 2018: Helena Woytovich, Emily Hoff, Kathrina DeMaio, Carly Biegel, Alison Elf; 2019: Carly Biegel, Kathrina DeMaio, Alison Elf, Emily Hoff, Helena Woytovich, Mel Barracato, Christine Hoerman; 2021: Tori Lombardi, Mary Vilardi, Katie Hoerman

Previous Coaching Experience

Interim Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Susquehanna University (2017-18)

Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Bucknell University (2011-2017)

Head Coach, Girls's Lacrosse & Soccer, Sidwell Friends School (2007-11)

Assistant Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Stanford University (2006-17)

Head Coach, Girls's Lacrosse & Soccer, Bullis School (2004-06)

Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse, Franklin & Marshall College (1999-2002)

Head Coach, Girl's Lacrosse & Soccer, St. Mary' High School (1998-99)

Assistant Coach, Women's Lacrosse, University of North Carolina (1997-98)

Assistant Coach, Women's Lacrosse, University of Maryland (1996-97)

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Emily DiGaetano

Alumnus Emily DiGaetano '20 was appointed Women's Lacrosse Assistant Coach in August 2023. DiGaetano's role will include coaching the goalies, a position she was known for during her time competing for the River Hawks in field hockey and lacrosse. Her coaching experience matches this, including working with the prestigious Ultimate Girls Lacrosse.

"I'm very excited to add Emily to our coaching staff this fall," said Head Coach Randall Swope. "Her expertise at the GK position, club and high school coaching experience, combined with being a Susquehanna alum, really put her in a position to succeed right away in our program, with recruiting, and around campus. Her positive energy and excitement for SU in general are really going to benefit our student-athletes."

"I am beyond excited to be back at Susquehanna!" said DiGaetano. "I am grateful for Coach Swope and the Athletics Department for this opportunity to learn and grow as a coach and as a person. Coach Swope has done a lot for the Women's Lacrosse program and is extremely knowledgeable, I am looking forward to learning from her. Can't wait to meet the team and start the 2023-2024 season!"

Originally from Havertown, Pa., DiGaetano has spent her last three years between Selinsgrove working in graphic design, while continuing to channel her passion for coaching lacrosse. She was a volunteer coach for her alma mater at Haverford High School this past spring and spent this summer coaching at Ultimate Girls Lacrosse with the 6-11 age groups. She mentored the goalies at both stops.

DiGaetano graduated from Susquehanna in 2020 with her degree in Graphic Design. She was a member of the field hockey team that captured the 2018 Landmark Conference title and a trip to the NCAA National Tournament. She started 14 games during that season over 16 games played, going 7-7 on the year with four shutouts, 1.25 goals allowed per game (18 total), good for third in the Landmark, and 76.9 save percentage that stood fourth in the conference. Her career numbers put her at 277 saves, which ranks sixth all-time in program history. She competed one season of women's lacrosse in 2017, playing in seven games with a pair of starts and totaling 32 saves.

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Sarah Quigley

Sarah Quigley joined the women's lacrosse coaching staff in Fall of 2024. A 2014 alumnus of Lycoming College and the captain of the Spanish National Team at the 2022 World Women's Lacrosse Championships, Quigley comes to the River Hawks after a five-year run as head coach of her alma mater.

Despite her first two seasons in 2020 and 2021 being severely altered due to the pandemic, Quigley helped the Warriors make two appearances in the postseason and coached nine all-conference picks, two conference rookies of the year and helped the team to back-to-back .500 or better seasons for the first time since 2017. Quigley spearheaded a dramatic turnaround in the Warriors in 2022, as the team finished 10-9 overall and reached the semifinals of the MAC Freedom Championship, defeating DeSales in a conference tournament first round game at UPMC Field. The Warriors featured four all-conference players, including MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year Katie Maguire.

She continued that run in 2023, as the Warriors finished 9-9 overall and again reached the semifinals of the MAC Freedom Championship thanks to an 11-9 win over Arcadia in the first round of the tournament. The Warriors had three all-conference players and MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year Riley Block. She and the program made the transition to the Landmark Conference for the 2024 season, where the team posted a 6-9 record and conference wins over Wilkes and Goucher. The program etched its first All-Landmark honorees in Second Team attacker Riley Block and Honorable Mention goalie Zoe Stauffer.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Lycoming College in 2014, Quigley returned to New City, N.Y., where she became the varsity girls' lacrosse coach at Hastings High School before moving to Clarkstown South in 2017, where she served as the head coach for the past three seasons. She also coached with the Clarkstown Lightning club program and Dip N Dunk Lacrosse.

In 2018, while finishing a Master of Social Work from New York University, she joined the Spanish National Team, where she served as captain of the team at the European Lacrosse Championships, helping the team to a 4-3 record. Since joining the team, Quigley has scored 19 goals in the team's 12 games, leading the squad.

Quigley was a four-year starter for the Warriors, finishing her career with 55 points and two game-winning goals, including a thrilling last-minute score in a 17-16 win over Albright in 2012. Quigley was valuable in nearly every aspect of the game, as she also scooped up 109 ground balls, picked up 50 draw controls and caused 21 turnovers in her career.