Courtesy of Loyola Maryland Athletics Communications

Northborough, MA – The Loyola University Maryland women's lacrosse coaching staff was named the 2023 IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year, following the season in which the Greyhounds won 19 games and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals.
 
Head Coach Jen Adams, assistants Dana Dobbie, Caroline Hager and Livy Rosenzweig and Director of Operations Alyssa Russell will be honored at the IWLCA Convention this November in Tampa, Florida.
 
"We are extremely humbled, honored and grateful to be recognized by the IWLCA for this award," Adams said. "We have so much respect for our coaching peers, administration, support staff and players who pushed us and enabled us to put together such a successful season both on and off the field. To quote (Hall of Fame Loyola Head Coach) Diane Geppi-Aikens, we truly are 'lucky every day.'"
 
The IWLCA Coaching Staffs of the Year are newly awarded in 2023, replacing the previous individual Coaches of the Year.
 
Adams, who previously was a three-time IWLCA Coach of the Year, recently completed her 15^th season as the head coach at Loyola where she has led the Greyhounds to nine conference championships, 11 NCAA Tournament bids and five quarterfinal appearances.
 
Dobbie has been a member of the Loyola coaching staff the entire time Adams has been at Loyola, while Hager finished her 12^th season on the staff. The 2023 campaign was Russell's second as director of operations and Rosenzweig's first as volunteer assistant coach.
 
The 2023 season saw the Greyhounds reach their second-straight NCAA Quarterfinals after hosting the first and second round of the NCAA tournament for the second-straight year.
 
The Greyhounds had four players earn a spot on the IWLCA All-American teams: Jillian Wilson, Katie Detwiler, Georgia Latch, and Lauren Spence. Wilson also was named as the IWLCA Midfielder of the Year, the first player to win an IWLCA Positional Player of the Year honor.

During the 2023 season, Adams became the program's all-time winningest coach, surpassing the 197 wins by Geppi-Aikens amassed during her career. Adams also became the first Loyola women's lacrosse coach to win 200 or more games and has a 209-74 all-time record.
 
Over the last two seasons, the coaching staff's teams have put together the most wins in a two-year span in school history (39). The Greyhounds' 20 wins in 2022 set a school record, and the 2023 team finished with 19 victories.
 
The Greyhounds have been standouts in the classroom, as well, with seven of her players being named Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year in the nine years the award has been given since Loyola joined the conference.
 
In the years since Adams has been at Loyola, Loyola has a 209-74 overall record, a 102-12 record in conference play, nine conference championships and five-straight NCAA Tournament