Army Black Knights women's lacrosse

Army Black Knights women's lacrosse
Founded2016
UniversityUnited States Military Academy
Head coachMichelle Tumolo (since 2021 season)
StadiumMichie Stadium (capacity: 38,000)
LocationWest Point, NY
ConferencePatriot League
NicknameBlack Knights
ColorsBlack, gold, and gray[1]
     
NCAA Tournament appearances
2023
Conference regular season championships
North Division: 2021

The Army Black Knights women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing the United States Military Academy as part of the Patriot League. They play their home games at Michie Stadium in West Point.

A women's lacrosse game between Army and Navy at Michie Stadium in 2023

Head coach

The Black Knights were led by coach Kristen Skiera, who was named the team's inaugural head coach prior to the 2016 season. Prior to assuming the duties of Army's NCAA Division I program, Skiera was the coach of Army's club team for its final year.

Michelle Tumolo was named head coach in June 2021.[2] Prior to becoming the head coach at Army, Tumolo spent three seasons as the head coach at Wagner Seahawks.

Individual career records

Reference:[3]

Record Amount Player Years
Goals 131 Jackie Brattan 2018–21
Assists 86 Kathleen Sullivan 2020–23
Points 181 Kathleen Sullivan 2020-23
Ground balls 99 Samantha Stewart 2017–20
Draw controls 223 Samantha Stewart 2017–20
Caused turnovers 63 Lauren Bradenburg 2018–21
Saves 390 Maddie Burns 2017–20
Save %* .526 Brooke Allen 2019–22
GAA** 10.7 Maddie Burns 2017–20

*Minimum 20 saves
**Minimum 500 minutes

Individual single-season records

Record Amount Player Year
Goals 63 Jackie Brattan 2019
Assists 44 Kathleen Sullivan 2023
Points 95 Allison Reilly 2024
Ground balls 43 Kayla Rowley

Brigid Duffy

2016

2024

Draw controls 114 Julia Franzoni 2023
Caused turnovers 28 Brigid Duffy 2024
Saves 141 Lacey Bartholomay 2022
Save %* .506 Maddie Burns 2020
GAA** 10.65 Maddie Burns 2018

*Minimum 20 saves
**Minimum 250 minutes

Individual game records

Record Amount Player Date
Goals 9 Allison Reilly 4/22/23
Assists 7 Kathleen Sullivan 3/18/23
Points 10 Kathleen Sullivan 3/18/23
Ground balls 7 (3) Maddie Burns (1), Maddie Burns (2), Samantha Stewart 3/8/17, 4/19/17, 2/15/20
Draw controls 14 Julia Franzoni 2/11/23
Caused turnovers 6 Malina Hatton 3/9/22
Saves 19 Lacey Bartholomay 2/16/23
Goals Allowed* 4 (2) Maddie Burns (1), Maddie Burns (2) 2/11/17, 2/13/20

*Minimum 30 minutes played & 10 shots faced

Team Captains

Reference:[4]

Year Captains
2016 Erin Jollota, Shelby Lindsay, Leah Wasserman
2017 Erin Jollota, Shelby Lindsay, Amy Johnston, Kiersten Spencer
2018 Amy Johnston, Kiersten Spencer
2019 Maddie Burns, Nia Crump, Rilee Scott
2020 Samantha Stewart, Taylor Korpela, Maddie Burns, Rilee Scot
2021 Megan Raftery, Jackie Brattan, Hannah Slomkowski
2022 Brooke Allen, Ceara Sweeney, Sidney Weigand
2023 Evelyn Pickett, Jolie Riedell, Kathleen Sullivan, Sidney Weigand
2024 Lacey Bartholomay, Madeline Lenkart, Sofia Micklovic

Seasons

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
NCAA Division I (Patriot League) (2016–present)
2016 Kristen Skiera 5-12 0-9 10th
2017 Kristen Skiera 5-12 1-8 T-9th
2018 Kristen Skiera 10-7 4-5 T-6th
2019 Kristen Skiera 14-5 6-3 T-3rd
2020 Kristen Skiera 7-0 0-0 T-1st
2021 Kristen Skiera 5-4 5-2 1st (North)
2022 Michelle Tumolo 12-6 7-1 T-2nd
2023 Michelle Tumolo 15-4 8-1 2nd NCAA First Round
Total: 64-46 (.532)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ Army Brand Guidelines (PDF). April 13, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Michelle Tumolo Named Head Coach at Army", USA Lacrosse Magazine, June 28, 2021. Accessed September 5, 2021. "Michelle Tumolo is leaving Wagner to become the head coach at Army, the service academy officially announced Monday."
  3. ^ "2021 Women's Lacrosse Record Book" (PDF). Army Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "2021 Women's Lacrosse Record Book" (PDF). Army Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2020.