COLLEGE PARK, Md. – After leading the Maryland women's lacrosse team to its second straight NCAA Championship, head coach Cathy Reese was named IWLCA National Coach of the Year Monday.
Reese, who also earned national coach of the year honors in 2010 and 2014, led the Terrapins to a 21-1 overall record. Maryland posted a 5-0 conference record in the inaugural season of Big Ten lacrosse and also took home the regular season conference championship.
Under Reese's direction, Maryland recorded 15 wins over Inside Lacrosse top-20 teams and outscored opponents 310-160. Five Terps were named IWLCA All-Americans, and Taylor Cummings and Megan Douty repeated as the IWLCA National Midfielder and Defender of the Year, respectively. Cummings also earned her second straight Tewaaraton Award and Honda Award.
Reese has played a role in 10 of the Terps' 13 national championships, including four as a player, three as an assistant coach and three as a head coach. She was also named the IWLCA South Regional Coach of the Year.
2015 IWLCA National Coaches of the Year
Division I
Cathy Reese, University of Maryland
Division II
Kristen Selvage, Lock Haven University
Division III
Kelly Lickert-Orr, SUNY Cortland
2014 IWLCA Regional Coaches of the Year
Division I
Mid-Atlantic Region: Jen Adams, Loyola University of Maryland
Northeast Region: Gary Gait, Syracuse University
South Region: Cathy Reese, University of Maryland
West/Midwest Region: Missy Doherty, Pennsylvania State University
Division II
North Region: Alicia Groveston, Grand Valley State University
South Region: Kristen Selvage, Lock Haven University
Division III
Berkshire Region: Missy Foote, Middlebury College
Boardwalk Region: Sharon Pfluger, The College of New Jersey
Chesapeake Region: Jim Nestor, Salisbury University
Empire Region: Kelly Lickert-Orr, SUNY Cortland
Great Lakes Region: Emily Fisher, University of Mount Union
Metro Region: Carol Cantele, Gettysburg College
Pilgrim Region: Liz Grote, Bowdoin College
West Region: Michele Dombrowski, University of the South, Sewanee
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