Army Black Knights women's lacrosse

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Army Black Knights women's lacrosse
Army West Point logo.svg
Founded2016
University United States Military Academy
Head coach Michelle Tumolo (since 2021 season)
Stadium Michie Stadium (capacity: 38,000)
Location West Point, NY
Conference Patriot League
Nickname Black Knights
ColorsBlack, gold, and gray [1]
     
NCAA Tournament appearances
2023, 2025
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.

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A women's lacrosse game between Army and Navy at Michie Stadium in 2023 Army vs. Navy women's lacrosse (52838749332).jpg
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]

RecordAmountPlayerYears
Goals131Jackie Brattan2018–21
Assists86Kathleen Sullivan2020–23
Points181Kathleen Sullivan2020-23
Ground balls99Samantha Stewart2017–20
Draw controls223Samantha Stewart2017–20
Caused turnovers63Lauren Bradenburg2018–21
Saves390Maddie Burns2017–20
Save %*.526Brooke Allen2019–22
GAA**10.7Maddie Burns2017–20

*Minimum 20 saves
**Minimum 500 minutes

Individual single-season records

RecordAmountPlayerYear
Goals63Jackie Brattan2019
Assists44Kathleen Sullivan2023
Points95Allison Reilly2024
Ground balls43Kayla Rowley

Brigid Duffy

2016

2024

Draw controls114Julia Franzoni2023
Caused turnovers28Brigid Duffy2024
Saves141Lacey Bartholomay2022
Save %*.506Maddie Burns2020
GAA**10.65Maddie Burns2018

*Minimum 20 saves
**Minimum 250 minutes

Individual game records

RecordAmountPlayerDate
Goals9Allison Reilly4/22/23
Assists7Kathleen Sullivan3/18/23
Points10Kathleen Sullivan3/18/23
Ground balls7 (3)Maddie Burns (1), Maddie Burns (2), Samantha Stewart3/8/17, 4/19/17, 2/15/20
Draw controls14Julia Franzoni2/11/23
Caused turnovers6Malina Hatton3/9/22
Saves19Lacey Bartholomay2/16/23
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]

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

Seasons

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
NCAA Division I (Patriot League)(2016–present)
2016Kristen Skiera 5-120-910th
2017Kristen Skiera 5-121-8T-9th
2018Kristen Skiera 10-74-5T-6th
2019Kristen Skiera 14-56-3T-3rd
2020Kristen Skiera 7-00-0T-1st
2021Kristen Skiera 5-45-21st (North)
2022Michelle Tumolo 12-67-1T-2nd
2023Michelle Tumolo 15-48-12ndNCAA First Round
2024Michelle Tumolo 9-87-23rd
Total:82-58 (.586)

      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.