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Baltimore, MD 21250
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Amy Slade

2021 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Amy (Appelt) Slade is in her 11th season at the helm of the Retrievers and 14th overall with the program. Slade served as a co-head coach for her first two seasons at the head of the program after being hired as an assistant coach in August of 2009.


Slade has posted a 80-83 record while serving as UMBC's head coach. The Retrievers had three of the top seven goal scorers in the America East Conference in 2022, including Kolby Weedon, the league's Rookie of the Year. Claire Bockstie was named to the America East First Team while Weedon, Megan Halczuk and Kennedy Evans landed on the Second Team.


In 2021, Halczuk was named to the IWLCA Second Team after being named to the America East First Team. Bockstie (First Team), Dymin Gerow (Second Team) and Kennedy Evans (Second Team) were akso honored by the conference.


In the shortened 2020 season, UMBC posted wins against VCU and Bucknell and saw juniors Cassie Evans and Lily Kennedy earn spots on the America East All-Academic team, marking the seventh-straight season the Retrievers have had a selection to the All-Academic team and the first time since 2014 that UMBC has had multiple players selected.


During the 2019 season, the Retrievers returned to the America East tournament and saw a quad of seniors earn America East honors as Brittany Levine earned First Team accolades - the first Retriever since 2017, while Catherine Sims and Carly Tolino picked up Second Team honors. Lauren McDonald became the first player in women’s lacrosse history and the 11th in America East to be named to the All-Academic Team three years in a row; McDonald, along with classmate Jenna Baverman were selected to the IWLCA Honor Roll. Slade also used her coaching abilities in the IWLCA North-South All-Star Game, where she coached Levine and Sims.


In 2018, the Retrievers posted an 11-6 record, marking the first time they had double-digit victories in back-to-back seasons since the 2010-11 seasons. Three of Slade's Retrievers earned America East honors as senior Carolyn Jamison, and juniors Lauren McDonald and Sara Moeller were named to the All-Conference Second Team. Jamison added to her accolades as she was named to the IWLCA All-Region Second Team and participated in the organization's North-South All-Star Game.


In 2017, Slade’s Retrievers made a third-straight appearance in the America East tournament, the first time since the 2010-12 season. The team also shattered the records for most goals in a season (248), most assists (129), and most points (378). UMBC had five players - Sam Nolan, Carolyn Jamison, Kayla Renehan, Lauren McDonald, and Sara Moeller - named to the America East All-Conference Team. Nolan also became the program’s assist leader with 73, while Moeller and McDonald each set the single-season marks in assists (35) and goals (62), respectively.


In 2016, Slade and the Retrievers made a back-to-back appearance in the America East Championship and saw junior Sam Nolan and sophomore Carolyn Jamison named to the America East All-Conference Team. In 2015, she guided the Retrievers back to the America East Championships for the first time since 2012 and the seventh time since joining the league. UMBC had five players finish with 20-or-more goals, while two added double-digit assists. Senior Abby Wilson earned America East All-Conference Second Team honors after leading the team in goals and points. Freshman Tianna Wallpher earned a spot on the league’s All-Rookie Team, while classmate Caitlin Miller matched the program’s single-season draw control record.


In her first season at the helm of the Retrievers, Slade and Giro guided the Retrievers to their best start through nine games since 1986 by posting a 7-2 mark, however, UMBC battled a tough schedule, taking on four nationally-ranked opponents, to finish the season with an 8-8 record and narrowly missing out on the America East Tournament. Slade had a pair of her midfielders earn America East postseason honors, with junior Kristen Bilney being named to the All-Conference First Team and sophomore Alyssa Semones being named to the Second Team.


Slade spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the Retrievers, prior to being named co-head coach. In her first campaign on the staff, UMBC posted its best season since 2002, with an 11-7 overall mark and its first-ever trip to the America East title game. In 2011, the Retrievers replicated their success, posting an 11-7 overall mark and knocking off defending champion Boston University in the semifinals, before falling to Albany in the championship game.


Slade, who won the prestigious Tewaaraton Trophy and led the University of Virginia to a national championship in 2004, joined the UMBC women’s lacrosse staff in August 2009. She was inducted into the 2020 class of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame after an illustrious career with the Cavaliers where she was a four-time All-American at Virginia, where she set school records for career goals (258) and points (373) and ranks second in career assists (115). Her goals and points totals are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the NCAA Division I record books, and she set an NCAA record by scoring a goal in 66 straight games.


Slade became the first Cavalier to win the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation’s best player in 2004 when she led the NCAA in scoring with 90 goals – also a school record – and 121 points, and those totals still rank in the top 10 in Division I history.


The native of Garden City, N.Y., received a number of accolades while at Virginia, including 2002 ACC Rookie of the Year, 2002 Inside Lacrosse National Rookie of the Year, 2004 ACC Player of the Year, 2004 IWLCA Player of the Year, 2004 and 2005 Inside Lacrosse and womenslacrosse.com Offensive Player of the Year and the 2004 Honda Award.


Slade is also a three-time All-ACC selection and earned spots on the 2004 ACC All-Tournament Team and the 2004 and 2005 NCAA All-Tournament Teams, as well as the NCAA’s 25th Anniversary Team in 2006. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English in 2005 and spent the 2007 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Virginia, helping to guide her alma mater to the NCAA title game, where the Cavaliers fell to Northwestern, 15-13. She was a part of the U.S. National Team from 2002-09 and was a member of the 2005 World Cup training team.


Slade is currently the assistant coach of the Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL)'s Baltimore Brave. In her first season with the Brave, Slade helped lead the team to a 4-0 record and a trip to the inaugural WPLL playoffs. In 2019, Slade helped coach the Brave to a WPLL championship.


She currently resides in Towson with her husband, Jermaine, and their three children, daughter Addison, and sons Merritt and Maverick.

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Morgan Stephens

Morgan Stephens joined the UMBC women’s lacrosse coaching staff as an assistant in July of 2015.


During her tenure with the Retrievers, Stephens has helped coach UMBC to three America East tournament appearances and has seen ten America East All-Conference selections and two All-Academic Team honorees, including Lauren McDonald who became the first UMBC women’s lacrosse player to earn the honor three years in a row.


Stephens was a four-year letterwinner and defender with the University of Virginia women’s lacrosse team and has been a member of the U.S. Women’s National Lacrosse Team since 2014. During her tenure with the Cavaliers, Stephens accumulated 49 goals, 20 assists, 114 draw controls, 102 ground balls and 63 caused turnovers. The two-time IWLCA Second Team All-American was named to the coveted Tewaaraton Watch List twice during her career. She graduated with a degree in sociology in May of 2015.


Prior to her time at Virginia, the Olney, Md., native was a team captain and All-American on the Our Lady of Good Counsel High School women’s lacrosse team. Stephens earned a pair of Washington Catholic Athletic Conference First Team distinctions.


Stephens gained her first coaching experience as an assistant for the Rebels Lacrosse Team in 2012 and furthered her tutelage experience at various lacrosse camps, including those held at Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, Maryland, Graves Mountain Lacrosse, X10 Lacrosse and Triple Threat. Prior to joining the Retrievers’ staff, she was serving as the head coach of the Cavalier Lacrosse Club, where she worked to mentor high school girls on the transition from being a high school student-athlete to a college student-athlete.

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Sierra Cockerille

UMBC head women's lacrosse coach Amy Slade announced the addition of Sierra Cockerille to the Retrievers' assistant coaching staff in June of 2013.


Cockerille recently capped off a decorated career at Syracuse University, where she helped lead the Orange to an appearance in the 2023 Final Four. The Baltimore native finished with 76 career goals and 53 assists while playing in 73 games. The midfielder was named to the All-American squad, earned All-Region Team accolades, and garnered Second Team All-ACC honors in 2023. In addition, she competed in the National Championship game in 2021 and earned All-Region and Second Team All-ACC honors that season.


"We are so excited to welcome Sierra," Slade said. "She has played at the highest level and has been coached by some of the best in the game. She will bring a wealth of knowledge to our team and help us continue to elevate our student-athletes to perform at the highest level on and off the field. Sierra is very hard working and driven, and we feel confident that she will fit into our coaching style and help us grow as a coaching staff."


Cockerille received her bachelor's degree from the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics in 2022, where she majored in Human Development and Family Science. She also gained a certificate of advanced study (CAS) in Intercollegiate Athletic Advising and Support this past May.


No stranger to Baltimore, Cockerille played at Roland Park Country School from 2014-through 2018 and was the team captain as a senior. She scored 50 goals and distributed 60 assists for the Reds in her final season.


Cockerille is a member of the Haudenosaunee Women's National Team, where she competed in the first ever Sixes Lacrosse game in 2021. She was named the Most Valuable Player of the Sixes Tournament in 2021.


Cockerille has experience as a coach for Monster Lacrosse, TLC Lacrosse, GoalieSmith, and YWCA/Girls Inc. She also served as a manager at Gait Lacrosse Incorporation, managing sales of equipment and tournaments.

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Ryan Moran

Only three men have coached UMBC men's lacrosse since the program joined the USILA in 1970-71.


Dick Watts led UMBC from 1971-1993 and won an NCAA Division II national title in 1980. Don Zimmerman coached the Retrievers from 1994 through 2016, a run which included six NCAA Division I Championship berths (1998-99, 2006-09) and one quarterfinal appearance in 2007.


And, in 2019, in his third season at the helm, Ryan Moran piloted UMBC to its first America East title in a decade and its first NCAA Tournament victory (a 14-8 decision at Marist) since 2007.


It was not an easy task. The Retrievers started the season at 1-6 overall and 0-2 in America East Conference play. Moran's team won four consecutive elimination games, all on the road, to advance to the NCAA Quartefinals at top-ranked Penn State.


"I am really proud of our guys' resiliency all season," said Moran, after UMBC's 14-13 victory over Vermont in the America East Championship game. "What you saw on the field today was just not an isolated incident… I was extremely happy to see them rewarded on the biggest stage."


A year after an injury-riddled offense produced a school-record low 6.85 goals per game, Moran and his staff directed the unit to a 74 percent improvement as the 2019 Retrievers scored 11.8 goals per outing. Ryan Frawley became the first Retriever attackman to earn America East First Team honors since 2014, linemate Trevor Patschorke earned the league's Tournament MVP award and crease attackman Brett McIntyre finished eighth in the nation in shooting percentage.


At 4-1, the 2020 UMBC Retrievers produced their best five-game record since 2002 before the campaign was canceled.


The 2021 Retrievers won games early with strong defense until the offense gelled and led the squad to three straight victories to close the season. The team captured the program's first America East regular season title since 2009 and earned Coach Moran the 2021 America East Conference Coach of the Year honor.


In 2022, UMBC defeated a pair of ranked opponents (Drexel, Utah) and won four of its final five games to take on Vermont for the America East title.


Moran was named head men’s lacrosse coach at UMBC in June of 2016. The Retriever mentor just completed his second season as assistant coach at Loyola of Maryland, where he helped guide the Greyhounds to the 2016 national semifinals. The Long Island, N.Y. native spent the previous six seasons on the staff at the University of Maryland. Moran joined the Maryland staff in September 2008 as an assistant coach, before being promoted to the position of associate head coach during his final two years in College Park.


His work with the Greyhounds’ offense in 2016 culminated with Loyola’s second trip to NCAA Championship Weekend in the last five seasons. At Maryland, Moran's offensive units averaged 10.92 goals per game over his six seasons while playing some of the toughest schedules in collegiate lacrosse. He also coached the Terrapins' faceoff unit that ranked in the nation's top seven for three of his years, including 2014 when Maryland won 64.6 percent of restarts, the third-best mark in Division I.


He helped Maryland reach the NCAA Championships in each of his six seasons in College Park, including three trips to Championship Weekend (2011, 2012 and 2013), the first two culminating in Championship Game bids. The Terrapins won 70 percent of their games while Moran was an assistant coach, going 70-30 from 2009-2014. During his six years, he coached seven Maryland players that earned a combined 15 USILA All-America honors.


Prior to joining the coaching staff in College Park, Moran was an assistant coach at the U.S. Naval Academy for current U.S. Men's Lacrosse National Team Coach Richie Meade from 2006-2008. He helped the Midshipmen to three NCAA Tournament appearances and two Patriot League titles (2006 and 2007).


He started his coaching career at the Naval Academy Prep School in 2005, leading NAPS to a 10-1 record that featured wins over the U.S. Military Academy's junior varsity team and the USMAPS squad.


Moran achieved his first victory as a head coach on February 25, 2017, when UMBC routed Marist, 15-4. The Retrievers won four of five home games in his 6-8 initial season and advanced to the America East Tournament for the first time in three seasons. The 2018 season (5-8) was highlighted by an improbable 11-7 victory over No. 1-ranked UAlbany, igniting a 3-0 start to the month of April. But a 9-6 loss in the finale at Vermont kept UMBC out of the playoffs in Moran's second campaign.


Moran comes from a lineage of top lacrosse coaches, as his father, Jack has been the coach at Long Island power Chaminade High School for more than 30 years, winning his 500th career game in May 2014. Ryan's great uncle, the late Richie Moran, is a U.S. Lacrosse National Hall of Fame member and led Cornell University to three national titles.


As a collegiate player at Maryland, the Retriever mentor was a standout on the Terrapins' midfield units. In two seasons, 2002 and 2003, as an offensive middie, Moran scored a combined 39 goals and added 11 assists for the Dave Cottle-coached teams.


Moran was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection and member of the ACC All-Tournament Team as a senior in 2003, helping the Terrapins to a 12-4 record and appearance in the national semifinals. He finished the season with 24 goals, second-most on the team, and 31 points, tied for third on the squad, earning USILA All-America Third Team honors.


He was a third-round pick, 18th overall, of the Baltimore Bayhawks in the 2003 Major League Lacrosse College Draft. Moran played in eight games as a rookie and was traded to the Philadelphia Barrage at the end of the 2003 season. He then helped the Barrage win the 2004 MLL Championship before being traded to the Long Island Lizards for the 2005 campaign, in which he scored 10 goals and added six assists.


As a high school player, Moran was an All-American lacrosse player for Chaminade, and he also was an all-league defensive back for the Flyers' as a junior and senior.


Moran and his wife, Danielle, a two-time All-American herself at the University of Notre Dame, have three daughters, Madelynn, Kelly and Lucia.

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