The mission of Endicott College is to instill in students an understanding of and an appreciation for professional and liberal studies. Deeply woven within this philosophy is the concept of applied learning, which has been the hallmark of Endicott. Linking classroom and off-campus work experience through required internships remains the most distinguishing feature of the College.

Endicott has a vision for the total development of the individual within a community that fosters an appreciation of diversity, international awareness, community service, and moral and ethical values. Endicott is an innovative and vibrant, student-centered institution that supports undergraduate and graduate students in their pursuit of knowledge.

Common threads run through the fabric of the Endicott experience: increased self-confidence, stronger professional skills and technological competencies, and perhaps the most valued of all, lives open to change.

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U.S. News and World Report ranks Endicott among “The top tier of Best Regional Universities (North).”

• The Endicott undergraduate population is 2,299 (59% female, 41% male).

• The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 15/1 with an average class size of 17.6 students.

• Undergraduate Endicott students have 28 bachelors degree programs to choose from with eight master and doctoral programs for post-graduates.

• Undergraduate students can select from a variety of majors from the School of Arts of Science, Business, Communication, Education, Hospitality Management, Nursing, Sport Science and Fitness Studies, and Visual and Performing Arts.

• Endicott’s retention rate for first-time, full-time, first-to-second year undergraduates is 88%.

• Seventy-seven percent of graduates are employed full-time, and 16% of graduates further their education. Forty percent of full-semester interns received job offers from their internship sites.

• Endicott’s Beverly campus is only 25 miles from Boston with easy access to public transit into the city.

Deciding to continue athletics at a Division III college was the ideal choice for me. It has allowed me to play two sports, women’s lacrosse and cross country, I am passionate about with a high level of intensity and competition. Being a student-athlete at Endicott College has been a privilege that I am very thankful for. I have grown as an individual and as a teammate, learning the importance of time management, dedication, persistence, and teamwork. Being in the class-room and on the field at Endicott has prepared me for the future. – Holly Davis

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Playing for Endicott at the Division III level has given me a competi-tive athletic experience while still being able to receive a quality education. I had been a student-athlete all through high school but coming into Endicott freshman year as a nursing major I was nervous that I would be too overwhelmed. The amount of support that I have received from my professors, coaches, and the athletic department are what have made my past three years as a student athlete beyond successful in every way. I couldn’t be happier that I chose Endicott because along with achieving all of my academic goals thus far, I have been able to create some of the best memories I will have from my four years at Endicott on the field with my team. – Callie Murphy

There were a lot of factors in my college decision but in the end they all added up to Endicott. I had the opportunity to see a lot of different institutions as my three older brothers went through their decisions. My brothers played Division I lacrosse at Notre Dame, West Point, and Bryant University; all of these schools taught me things that I wanted and didn’t want in the institution that I chose. Following them through their lacrosse careers, and hearing about my parents’ experiences playing at the Division III level, I knew I wanted Division III because it gave me the opportunity to participate in other activities around campus and possibly study abroad which my brothers didn’t have the chance to do. When I visited Endicott I knew it was the place for me, I loved the campus, the people I met, the lacrosse team, and most im-portantly the variety of programs they offered for their students. I have been happy with my decision since the day I moved on to campus, and I look forward to everything I will experience in my next three years here. – Isabelle Sipperly

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60 conference titles, 50 NCAA appearances, two NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, 54 ECAC appearances, seven ECAC Championships

28 Athletic All-Americans, 62 Players of the Year, 33 Rookies of the Year, 27 Coaches of the Year

36 Endicott Athletics Hall of Fame members (dating back to 1994)

Overall department win percentage of .592 (3390-2330-59); Conference-only win percentage of .721 (1810-695-23)

Four Academic All-Americans and several Academic

All-Region honorees13 Conference

Senior Scholar-Athletes of

the Year

Numerous Academic All-Conference players

and several team academic awards

Endicott Academic Varsity Club

recognized 48 sophomore and above student-

athletes this year with GPAs of 3.50

or higher

Department-wide GPA mirrors or exceeds

general Endicott student population

Consistency has been the hallmark of Endicott’s women’s la-crosse program in their recent history, as the Gulls are coming off of their seventh consecutive Commonwealth Coast Confer-ence (CCC) championship and NCAA tournament appearance.

For the 2013 team, however, it’s about taking the next step and elevating themselves to one of the elite teams in the country. The Gulls are coming off a 12-6 season with a perfect 7-0 record in the conference, but their campaign ended in a familiar fashion – with the Gulls still looking for their first vic-tory on the national stage.

However, this year’s squad is an experienced and deep roster, which includes six seniors returning to the Gulls, all of them starters and important leaders spread throughout all three positions on the field.

“The senior class is the backbone of the team,” says Head Coach Meghan Fitzgerald. “They may not get all of the recog-nition, but they are the hardest workers.”

It starts with attack, which means Holly Davis and Kelly Tierney. Davis, who scored 52 goals last season and was the team-leader with 84 draw controls, is a two-time All-CCC and All-IWLCA Pilgrim Region selection, while Tierney, who had 42 goals and 24 assists, was named to the CCC Second Team last year and was second on the Gulls in points.

“Holly’s a phenomenal player who’s really hard to defend and

Kelly is really consistent, strong and has the ability to sees things on the field that others don’t,” says Fitzgerald.

Senior Caitlin Pratt, who scored 9 goals in 12 games a season ago and can read situations very well on the field will be added to the fold as another offensive threat.

On the defensive side of the ball, captain Stacia Geno will anchor the back-line, though this year she also may step up in the attack a little more, as she is gaining confidence, versatil-ity, and flexibility in the midfield. Geno is coming off a year in which she earned her first All-CCC team award, an Honorable Mention selection.

Joining Geno will be Lauren Todd, a two-time All-CCC Honorable Mention player, who led the team with 20 caused turnovers a year ago, while grabbing 35 ground balls and also scoring 21 goals, and Gabrielle Boyle, who is one of the leaders of a new defensive system because of her conditioning and intelligence on the field.

Moving down to the junior class, Endicott also has strong players in both attack and defense, the latter of which will feature Kelsey Barnes, the team’s top low-defender who shuts down the top players from each opponent. Barnes caused 15 turnovers and pounced on 23 ground balls a year ago, starting all 18 games for the Gulls and earning her second All-CCC team and first First Team honor.

Her classmates, Callie Murphy and Rachel Campos will take bigger roles this year, after breakout seasons a year ago for the pair. Murphy was a consistent attacking threat, with 38 goals and 21 assists for the Gulls, earning her All-CCC Honorable Mention, while Campos is a great defender and draw-taker and gets to loose balls as she proved with 71 draw controls and a team-high 51 ground balls.

Junior goalkeeper Rachel Socolow will be the Gull’s starting net-minder when the season opens up. Though she was not a starter last season, Socolow appeared in five games for the Gulls and is ready to step up and thrive in game settings. Socolow’s strengths are her activeness and confidence, and she has the ability to come out of the crease and make strong clears.

Adding to the experience will be a solid foundation of freshman and sophomores, particularly on the defensive end. Freshmen Melissa Bulman, Elizabeth Reda and Katie Clements are really solid defenders who have great experience from high school and club teams.

First year Isabelle Sipperly will see a lot of time on the at-tacking side.

A strong set of returning sophomores includes Taylor Rog-erson, a hard worker in the midfield and Siri Mason, who got great experience last year to draw on as they find their roles increased in this year’s squad. Katie Tierney played at Division

II Southern New Hampshire for a season and now will join her sister in the Gull’s at-tacking ranks. Kirsten Thor is a strong high attacker who will hopefully get more game experience this year to get comfortable and confident.

Coach Fitzgerald expects the Gulls to be targeted every time they take the field because of their history of success, particularly in the conference. “We’re in a tougher position than most teams in our conference because we can’t necessarily pick out one game on our schedule as a big game. Everyone wants to beat us and we can’t afford to have an off day.”

The Gulls will continue their trend of playing one of the most difficult schedules in the country, which this year includes a trip to New York to play RIT and Nazareth, and back to back road games against Bowdoin and Colby, the latter of which ended the Gull’s season last year in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Endicott will also travel to Tufts and Babson, wrapped around a conference schedule that includes Roger Williams, Gordon and Western New England, the only CCC team to beat Endicott since 2007.

Endicott opens their schedule on March 6th with a road game at Wellesley and then returns home for their home opener on March 9th against Southern Maine. They travel to New York and then to their back-to-back NESCAC opponents before their CCC title-defense begins on March 23rd at Gordon.

2012 results

GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd TotalEnDIcOTT 127 128 255OPPOnEnTS 92 95 187

2011 statistics

## name GP Goals Assists Points Shots FPG GB Dc T/O cT16 Morgan DeShaw 18 58 28 86 110 20 9 8 38 318 Kelly Tierney 18 42 24 66 90 13 18 4 38 68 Holly Davis 17 52 10 62 112 7 24 84 19 53 Callie Murphy 18 38 21 59 61 4 22 5 20 15

12 Lauren Todd 18 21 8 29 36 2 35 16 24 2021 Rachel Campos 18 11 14 25 20 4 51 71 12 174 Michelle Loizzo 18 17 6 23 47 6 32 20 25 119 Caitlin Pratt 12 9 1 10 27 0 5 1 8 2

14 Siri Mason 15 3 4 7 6 0 8 4 9 35 Caroline Wall 15 2 1 3 9 0 8 1 6 1

11 Kirsten Thor 6 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 013 Taylor Rogerson 5 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 210 Kendra Hickman 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 5 127 Leah Neff 18 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 10 324 Rachel Socolow 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 023 Gabrielle Boyle 18 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 8 622 Deven Tentindo 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 520 Jill Deering 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 017 Kelsey Drought 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 09 Courtney Jennings 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07 Samantha Silverman 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 06 Stacia Geno 18 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 6 152 Kelsey Barnes 18 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 6 15

Total............... 18 255 119 374 535 56 329 229 244 130Opponents........... 18 187 52 239 462 37 282 240 269 110

## name GP GS Minutes GA GAAvg Saves Pct W L Faced24 Rachel Socolow 5 0 82:43 13 9.43 13 0.500 0 0 4127 Leah Neff 18 18 997:17 174 10.47 150 0.463 12 6 393

Total............... 18 18 1080:00 187 10.39 163 0.466 12 6 434

Opponents........... 18 18 1080:00 255 14.37 168 0.397 6 12 493

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd TotalEnDIcOTT 82 81 163OPPOnEnTS 67 86 153

cLEARSEnDIcOTT 199-238 .836OPPOnEnTS 177-244 .725

2013 statistics

Date Opponent Location Result

2012: 12-6 (7-0 ccc)MARcH

7 Wellesley Wellesley, Mass. W, 16-611 vs Geneseo Orlando, Fla. L, 7-1213 vs Springfield Clermont, Fla. W, 12-617 at Salve Regina* Middletown, R.I. W, 15-620 at #20 Bates Lewiston, Maine L, 6-1424 at Southern Maine Gorham, Maine W, 19-528 at Curry* Milton, Mass. W, 21-1131 Gordon* Wenham, Mass. W, 13-10

APRIL4 #12 Tufts Beverly, Mass. L, 7-147 Western New England* Beverly, Mass. W, 21-6

10 #10 Bowdoin Beverly, Mass L, 12-1814 at Roger Williams* Bristol, R.I. W, 18-817 Univ. of New England* Beverly, Mass. W, 15-419 Babson Beverly, Mass. L, 14-1521 at Nichols* Dudley, Mass. W, 18-7

MAYCCC Tournament

2 Roger Williams - Semifinals Beverly, Mass. W, 16-105 Gordon - Championship Beverly, Mass. W, 20-14

NCAA DIII Tournament9 at #8 Colby - First Round Waterville, Maine L, 5-21

* indicates conference game

2012 awards

# Full name class Yr. Ht. Hometown / High School2 Kelsey Barnes Defense Jr. 5-2 Mendham, N.J. / West Morris Mendham3 Callie Murphy Midfield Jr. 5-6 Woburn, Mass. / Woburn4 Brenna Shannon Defense Fr. 5-4 Stratham, N.H. / Exeter5 Elizabeth Reda Defense Fr. 5-7 Wilton, Conn. / Wilton6 Stacia Geno Defense Sr. 5-8 White River Junction, Vt. / Hartford8 Holly Davis Midfield Sr. 5-7 Guilford, Conn. / Guilford9 Courtney Jennings Attack Jr. 5-4 Hope Valley, R.I. / The Prout School10 Melissa Bulman Defense Fr. 5-4 Farmington, N.Y. / Victor Central11 Kirsten Thor Attack So. 5-6 Longmeadow, Mass. / Longmeadow12 Lauren Todd Midfield Sr. 5-6 Newfields, N.H. / Exeter13 Taylor Rogerson Midfield So. 5-4 Washington Depot, Conn. / The Gunnery14 Siri Mason Midfield So. 5-9 Williamstown, Mass. / Mount Greylock Regional High School15 Isabelle Sipperly Attack/Midfield Fr. 5-8 Greenwich, N.Y. / Greenwich Central School16 Katie Clements Defense Fr. 5-9 Reading, Mass. / Reading17 Kelsey Drought Defense So. 5-6 North Kingstown, R.I. / North Kingstown High School18 Kelly Tierney Attack Sr. 5-6 South Hadley, Mass. / South Hadley19 Caitlin Pratt Attack Sr. 5-6 Bow, N.H. / Bow20 Jill Deering Defense So. 5-7 Scarborough, Maine / Scarborough High School21 Rachel Campos Midfield Jr. 5-7 Shrewsbury, Mass. / Shrewsbury22 Katie Tierney Attack So. 5-2 South Hadley, Mass. / South Hadley23 Gabrielle Boyle Midfield Sr. 5-6 Hingham, Mass. / Notre Dame Academy24 Rachel Socolow Goalkeeper Jr. 5-3 Westford, Mass. / Westford Academy

2013 roster

AcADEMIc AWARDSMORGAn DESHAW ‘12 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, CCC Academic All-Conference, Endicott Academic Varsity Club

HOLLY DAVIS IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, CCC Academic All-Conference, Endicott Acadeic Varsity Club

RAcHEL SOcOLOW CCC Academic All-Conference

kELLY TIERnEY Endicott Academic Varsity Club

ATHLETIc AWARDSMORGAn DESHAW ‘12 IWLCA First Team All-Pilgrim Region, ECAC DIII New England Second Team, CCC Offensive Player of the Year

and First Team All-CCC, IWLCA North-South Senior All-Star, Two-Time CCC Offensive Player of the Week

LEAH nEFF ‘12 ECAC DIII New England Second Team, CCC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-CCC, IWLCA North-South All-Star, Two-Time CCC Defensive Player of the Week

HOLLY DAVIS IWLCA Second Team All-Pilgrim Region, All-CCC First Team, CCC Offensive Player of the Week

kELSEY BARnES All-CCC First Team

kELLY TIERnEY All-CCC Second Team

MIcHELLE LOIzO ‘12 All-CCC Second Team

cALLIE MuRPHY All-CCC Honorable Mention, CCC Defensive Player of the Week

LAuREn TODD All-CCC Honorable Mention

STAcIA GEnO All-CCC Honorable Mention

MEGHAn FITzGERALD CCC Coach of the Year

2013 Endicott Women’s Lacrosse coaching StaffHead coach: Meghan Fitzgerald, Hobart ‘04 (5th Year)Assistant coach: Morgan DeShaw, Endicott ‘12 (1st year) captain: Stacia Geno ‘13Athletic Trainer: Ashley Harris

Meghan Fitzgerald

Meghan Fitzgerald believes that by putting in hard work and focusing on the little things, her team will have consistency and

success, and so far, this theory has held true, as the Gulls have won four consecutive Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) champion-ships under her tutelage.

Fitzgerald played college lacrosse at William Smith and then spent four years as an assistant coach at Stonehill College, where the team won a national championship in 2005.

Now she is entering her fifth season at the helm of the Gulls pro-gram, where she continues the same technique she brought with her to Beverly: take one thing at a time.

“If we put in the hard work, we’re going to get that return,” says Fitzgerald. “We have to take it one day at a time, one practice, one drill and one game. We set goals at the start of the season and then set smaller goals to accomplish day-to-day. After the goals are set we try not to look ahead, knowing if we accomplish the smaller goals the big picture will take care of itself.

Fitzgerald especially focuses on footwork, stick work and condi-tioning with her team, believing that those three things allow for versatility at all ends of the field. The team’s attack sets are based off of motion, so that no one player stays in one position and her teams are hard to defend because of their strong foundation and their versatility among players.

“It’s my job as a coach to teach players where I need them to go and what I need them to do,” says Fitzgerald. “Every player has an important role and I don’t think we can be successful unless everyone is performing at the highest ability in their specific role.”

Fitzgerald believes that her relationship with her players has evolved to a teacher and mentor. She makes sure that her players see her as a real person, and that she helps them to be successful in their lives after lacrosse and Endicott.

She encourages her players to have lots of experiences while college students, such as studying abroad, and while she expects lacrosse to be a priority, she doesn’t want to prevent her players from having well-rounded college careers.

Academics are number one priority for Fitzgerald-coached teams, a reason why she enjoys Division III, where you can play high level lacrosse and have a great academic experience. If players have a class conflicting with practice, they are expected to attend class first, and come out to practices as soon as possible. Her focus on academics as a priority and her open communication with players are strong reasons why Fitzgerald’s teams are always strong in the classroom.

It also comes down to recruiting, where Fitzgerald focuses on finding people that are willing to put in the effort, even if they are not superstars. By finding people who are hard workers and smart, both on and off the field, Fitzgerald’s teams have been able to thrive.

Team unity is an important concept in Fitzgerald’s system and she trusts her upperclassmen to help the younger players engage in the team and the lacrosse family. Fitzgerald pairs her team up every year in a Big Gull, Little Gull program, where every player has a partner that they can check in with on game day and during the week, do drills together and keep an eye out for.

“Each season is very different from the previous, but my standards for the players and program remain the same,” says Fitzgerald. “I think the consistent message that the players receive allows them to thrive individually and col-lectively. The 2013 season has already proved to be different than the previous and I’m excited to see where we go.”

LOCATION ........................................................ Beverly, Massachusetts

FOUNDED ....................................................................................... 1939

ENROLLMENT .............................................................................. 2,355

NICkNAME ...................................................................................... Gulls

COLORS.......................................................................... Blue and Green

HOME FIELD .............................................................. Endicott Stadium

AFFILIATIONS ................................................ NCAA Division III, ECAC

CONFERENCE .............................................................. Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC)

PRESIDENT ...........................................................Dr. Richard E. Wylie

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ................................................Brian Wylie

HEAD COACH ......................................Meghan Fitzgerald (fifth year)

ASSISTANT COACH.............................................Morgan DeShaw ‘12

OVERALL COACHING RECORD .................................................57-23 (.712 winning percentage)

COACHING RECORD AT ENDICOTT ..................57-23 (37-1 CCC) (.712 winning percentage)

2012 RECORD .............................................................12-6 (7-0 CCC)

ALL-TIME PROGRAM RECORD ............................. 162-118 (92-46) (.579 winning percentage, 17 Total Seasons)

WOMEN’S LACROSSE PHONE ................................. 978-232-2007

EMAIL ...............................................................mfitzger@endicott.edu

quick facts

MARCH6 at Wellesley Wellesley, Mass. 4:00 PM9 Southern Maine Beverly, Mass. 1:00 PM13 Bates Beverly, Mass. 4:30 PM15 at Nazareth# Rochester, N.Y. 6:00 PM 17 at Rochester Inst.# Rochester, N.Y 3:00 PM19 at Bowdoin Brunswick, Maine 4:00 PM20 at Colby Waterville, Maine 4:30 PM23 at Gordon* Wenham, Mass. 1:00 PM27 Curry* Beverly, Mass. 4:00 PM28 at Tufts Medford, Mass. 4:30 PMAPRIL 2 at Wentworth* Boston, Mass. 4:00 PM6 Salve Regina* Beverly, Mass. 12:00 PM12 Roger Williams* Beverly, Mass. 4:00 PM16 at Univ. of New England* Biddeford, Maine 4:00 PM20 Nichols* Beverly, Mass. 12:00 PM21 at Babson Babson Park, Mass. 1:00 PM24 at Western New England* Springfield, Mass. 4:00 PM27 CCC Quarterfinals TBA TBA

MAY1 CCC Semifinals TBA TBA4 CCC Championship TBA TBA11-12 ECAC DIII New England Tournament TBA TBA8-19 NCAA DIII Tournament TBA TBA

*indicates Commonwealth Coast Conference game # indicates Flower City Cup Tournament

2013 schedule

Head Coach at: Endicott (2009-present)

Four Conference Titles

Four NCAA Tournament App

Two-time CCC Coach of the Year

Assistant Coach at:

Stonehill (2005-08)

2005 NCAA DII Champions

Played at: William Smith (2001-04)

2003 NCAA Tournament Semifinalist

NCAA Tournament Qualifiers 2003-05

ENDICOTT WOMEN’S LACROSSE IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THECOMMONWEALTH COAST CONFERENCE:

Endicott College • Curry College Eastern Nazarene Collegee • Gordon College Nichols College • Roger Williams University Salve Regina University • University of New England Wentworth Institute • Western New England

376halestreet,beverly,massachusetts01915•978-232-2312Endicott College is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer and is committed to the principles of equal employment and complies with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations advancing equal employment. The College’s objective is to employ individuals qualified and/or trainable for open positions by virtue of job-related education, training, experience, and qualifications without regard to sex, race, religion, color, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin or citizenship, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.

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