Women's Lacrosse
Inside Women's Lacrosse
Carissa Medeiros
Women's Lacrosse Coach
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Carissa Medeiros, who has won Division II national championships as both a player and assistant coach, enters her fourth season at the helm of the Bentley University women’s lacrosse program in 2011. Medeiros has guided Bentley to the Northeast-10 Conference playoffs in each of her first three seasons.
Last season, Medeiros directed the Falcons to fourth place in the competive NE-10 for the second straight season. Bentley finished the 2010 campaign with an overall record of 11-7, its first out-right winning season since 2007. They have been ranked 16th in the final laxpower.com rankings the last two years.
In her first year, Medeiros led Bentley to a fifth place tie in the NE-10 with a 6-4 record and a berth in the NE-10 quarterfinals. The Falcons finished the season 7-10 overall, but suffered three one goal defeats.
Medeiros, 29, spent three years as an assistant coach at Stonehill from 2004-06. She helped her alma mater win the NCAA Division II national championship in 2005 and three straight NE-10 championships.
“My first reaction upon meeting Carissa was that I’ve never been so impressed with a person and the recommendations that followed her justify that,” athletics director Bob DeFelice said upon her hiring. “We’re thrilled to be able to get someone with her background and ability to lead our women’s lacrosse program.”
In her playing days, Medeiros was an All-America goalkeeper at Stonehill. As a senior in 2003, she led Stonehill to its first national championship and was named MVP of the NE-10 Tournament along the way. She was also named Goalie of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association after posting the second best goals against average in Division II at 6.17 and the seventh best save percentage at .573. As a junior, she was named the ECAC Division II Goalie of the Year.
Medeiros is also Stonehill’s all-time leader in saves with 479 and is second all-time in wins with 42.
Medeiros graduated cum laude from Stonehill in 2003, where she majored in psychology with a minor concentration in criminal justice. She went on to earn a Masters degree in general psychology from Boston University in 2005. In addition to her coaching duties, she also performs brain imaging research at McLean Hospital in Belmont and teaches at Endicott College.
A native of New Bedford, Medeiros currently resides in Quincy.
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The Medeiros Record | |||||||
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All Games |
Northeast-10 Games | ||||||
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Year |
W |
L |
PCT |
W |
L |
PCT |
Finish |
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2008 |
7 |
10 |
.412 |
6 |
4 |
.600 |
t-5th |
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2009 |
9 |
9 |
.500 |
7 |
3 |
.700 |
t-4th |
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2010 |
11 |
7 |
.611 |
8 |
3 |
.727 |
4th |
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Totals |
27 |
26 |
.510 |
21 |
10 |
.677 |
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Alyssa Ritchie
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Serving as a volunteer assistant coach this season is Alyssa Ritchie, a 2009 graduate of Bentley University
Ritchie finished her career last season as the most decorated player in program history. She holds all three of Bentley’s major career offensive records with 198 goals, 128 assists and 326 points. She also owns the single-season records for goals (66 in 2009), assists (47 in 2007) and points (93 in 2009), in addition to the second and third highest single-season scoring totals (92 points in 2007; 76 points in 2008).
“Her unique sense of attack and transition movement will be an asset to our coaching staff and provide us with a more well-rounded assessment of the team," said Medeiros.
Ritchie was named the first All-American in program history as a sophomore. Her other accolades include the Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year award as a senior, an IWLCA North All-Region first team selection as a sophomore and four first team All-Conference selections.
