University of Bridgeport

University of Bridgeport Athletics
126 Park Avenue Bridgeport, CT 06604

Division 2 Connecticut Northeast

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Jessica Ormrod

Jessica Ormrod was elevated to head coach of the UB women's lacrosse program in 2023 and will begin her second season at the helm this spring. She was previously the Purple Knights' associate head coach in 2022.

Ormrod originally came to UB in the summer of 2021 after serving as the assistant women's lacrosse coach at the University of Montevallo in Alabama since August of 2017.

The West Haven, Connecticut native also served as a graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach at King's College in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, her alma mater, from May 2014 through May 2017.

A 2014 King's College graduate, Ormrod was a four-year starter who played defense her first three years before moving to the midfield as a senior. During her intercollegiate career, she tallied 24 goals, 127 ground balls, and 70 caused turnovers. She also earned two All-Academic team awards in 2012 and 2014, a 2014 All-MAC Freedom Conference honorable mention, and the Monarch Merit Award in 2014.

Along with her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Psychology, Jessica also holds a Masters of Education degree from King's College.

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Kate Smullen

Smullen joined the staff at the University of Bridgeport to become the Purple Knights’ women’s lacrosse coach beginning in 2010, and she directed the lacrosse program from the 2010 season through 2015 and returned to the sidelines as head coach for the 2017 and 2021 seasons.

She began he career in athletics administration at UB serving as the Purple Knights’ equipment and home game manager in 2011-12. Smullen then became the department’s Assistant Compliance Director and was named Assistant Athletic Director/SWA in October of 2012 and progressed to Associate Director of Athletics for Business Affairs in the fall of 2015.

Smullen came to UB from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut where she has served as assistant women’s lacrosse coach in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, the QU women’s lacrosse team won the Northeast Conference regular season title and had the most successful season in school history with an .812 winning percentage.

A native of West Haven, Connecticut and a graduate of West Haven High School where she was a four-member of the WHHS soccer and lacrosse teams plus a team captain, Kate earned her Bachelor’s Degree in History from Central Connecticut State University in 2006. During her time in CCSU, she was a four-year standout for the Blue Devils’ lacrosse team and also served as a team captain. In 2008, Smullen received her Masters of Education from the University of New Haven.