![]() Women's Lacrosse Coach
John McCloskey returns for his fourth season with the Centenary College women’s lacrosse program. The Lady Cyclones have improved in each of McCloskey's three seasons, as the team was 6-8 in 2007, 7-7 in 2008 and 7-5 last year. Last season two Cyclones took home All-Conference honors, as Michelle Garone was named to the First Team and Kiti Ovaskainen earned an Honorable Mention. In 2008, Centenary earned its first-ever berth to the conference tournament, falling to the College of Notre Dame in the opening round, 12-11. Ovaskainen was the nation’s leader in groundballs in 2008. McCloskey amassed a career record at Lehigh of 136-122. After leaving the Division I level, he took over the Emmaus High School boy's program in 2006 and led the team to a perfect 8-0 record and the Lehigh Valley Conference Championship. He was named the Penn-Valley League Coach of the Year that same season. McCloskey was an All-American in 1979, earned two all-league citations and ranks No. 4 all-time at UD in scoring with 87 goals and 117 assists. In 2008, McCloskey was named to Delaware’s 60th Anniversary All-Time Men’s Lacrosse Team. At Dundalk (Baltimore, Md.) High School, he received All-American Attack honors, along with being a First Team All-Baltimore Metro player in both soccer and lacrosse. He was a member of the soccer state championship team and county championship lacrosse team his senior season.
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