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University of Rochester Athletics
 Goergen Athletic Ctr, Library Rd, Box 270296 Rochester, NY 14627
Division 3 New York Northeast
Private Large Competitive team
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Carly Ritchlin

Carly Ritchlin brings with her a wealth of collegiate coaching experience and success to the University of Rochester lacrosse program. She completed her third season with the Yellowjackets in 2024.


In 2024, the Yellowjackets went 9-9 (5-5 LL) and make the Liberty League Tournament for the first time since 2017. UR also defeated its first nationally-ranked foe in 15th-ranked St. John Fisher since 2003, and saw a pair of Yellowjackets in Second-Team All-Liberty League honors. As a team, Rochester also set new single-season records for points, goals and assists, while Grace Crochiere set a new single-season and program record for draw controls, and also broke the program record for caused turnovers.


During 2023, Rochester finished above .500 for the first full season since 2017, ending with a 9-8 record. The Yellowjackets set a program-record with 25 goals in a win over SUNY Morrisville on April 12 and finished the season with four All-Liberty League performers and one All-Region honoree.


Ritchlin has amassed over 200 career victories over her 22-year coaching career, with 18 being at nearby SUNY Geneseo. She ranks among the top-20 active coaches in Division III in career wins. Her career record following the 2024 season is 227-116, for a winning percentage of .662.


While at Geneseo, Ritchlin led the Knights to the NCAA Division III Tournament twice in 2013 and 2014, earning the schools first ever NCAA appearances. In addition, she guided Geneseo to the SUNYAC Championship game six times and was named the SUNYAC Coach of the Year twice, in 2013 and 2018.


After joining the Geneseo coaching staff in 2004, Ritchlin immediately helped the Knights reach the SUNYAC final and advance to the ECAC Tournament. The following season, Geneseo again reached the SUNYAC title game and were ECAC Tournament champions.


She led the Knights to ten or more wins 13 times, including a program-record 17 wins in 2014.


Individuals under Ritchlin also have succeeded in a multitude of ways. Five were IWLCA All-Americans, 27 were selected as All-Region and 91 were members of the All-SUNYAC squad.


Additionally, she coached 24 players who earned IWLCA Academic Honor Roll distinction and saw her team earn the IWLCA Academic Honor Squad award eight times, including the last seven years in a row.


Prior to joining Geneseo, Ritchlin was head coach at RIT for one season in 2003, leading the Tigers to five wins while having three players garner All-Empire 8 status.


A 2019 US Lacrosse Rochester Regional Hall of Fame inductee, Ritchlin has served on both the NCAA Regional Selection Committee and the IWLCA All-American Selection Committee.


Ritchlin attended SUNY Cortland where she was a four-year letter winner in lacrosse for the Red Dragons. She was team captain as a senior and helped Cortland earn three SUNYAC titles and three appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament.


She amassed 118 total points, including 52 goals and 66 assists during her career. At the time of her graduation, Ritchlin held the Cortland single-season assist record with 33 in the 2001 season. She also sits sixth in program history with 212 career ground balls.


The two-time All-SUNYAC performer graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2002 with a bachelors degree in Physical Education.

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Lucy Haggerty

Lucy Haggerty joins the University of Rochester lacrosse coaching staff in a full-time capacity in the summer of 2024 after serving in a volunteer capacity with the Yellowjackets during the spring 2024 season.


A 2023 graduate of the University, Haggerty was a four-year starter with the Yellowjacket lacrosse team, serving as team captain as a senior in 2023.


Haggerty ranks second in Rochester lacrosse history with 72 assists over 42 career games played (42 starts), also adding 38 goals to her stat line for 110 career points. The Victor, NY native also secured 70 career draw controls and notched five game-winning goals during her time with UR.


She also was heavily decorated during her time at Rochester for an outstanding academic career. Haggerty graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology in 2023. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Chi Honors Societies and was named a University of Rochester Provost Circle Scholar.


Additionally, Haggerty was a College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-American in 2023, received three Liberty League All-Academic awards and was voted as the Terrence L. Gurnett Female Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in the spring of her senior season.


Since graduation, Haggerty has worked at the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital as an Ambulatory Technician and spent the early part of 2024 shadowing Dr. Raymond Kenney in the operating room and clinic at the UR Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center.

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