Navy Midshipmen women's lacrosse

The Navy Midshipmen women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing the United States Naval Academy as part of the Patriot League. They play their home games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

Navy Midshipmen women's lacrosse
Founded	2008
University	United States Naval Academy
Head coach	Cindy Timchal (since 2008 season)
Stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (capacity: 34000)
Location	Annapolis, Maryland
Conference	Patriot League
Nickname	Midshipmen
Colors	Navy blue and gold^[1]
NCAA Tournament Final Fours
2017
NCAA Tournament appearances
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
Conference regular season championships
2010, 2012, 2013

Head coach

The Midshipmen are led by hall of fame coach Cindy Timchal, who was named the team's inaugural head coach on August 5, 2006, and has guided the team since its 2008 inception. Timchal is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women's lacrosse history, earning her 500th win on March 31, 2018.^[2]

A 1976 graduate of West Chester University, Timchal began coaching as an assistant lacrosse and field hockey coach at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. Her first Division I head coach gig was at Northwestern University in 1982. She led the Wildcats to 5 NCAA Tournaments in nine seasons. In 1991 Timchal moved to the University of Maryland, where she transformed a school with one national title in its first eight seasons into a national juggernaut. In 16 seasons, Timchal won eight national titles, reached eleven title games, and made the NCAA Tournament every year.

Timchal's Midshipmen made an immediate impact. After coaching the club team to an 18–5 record in 2007, Navy made the jump to Division I the next year and has won at least 13 games in each of its first ten seasons. Navy broke through in 2010, capturing the Patriot League title for its first NCAA Tournament appearance. They beat Sacred Heart in the play-in game before falling to North Carolina in the first round to finish the year 17–4 with a #19 national ranking. This began a stretch of four straight conference titles and NCAA appearances. The Midshipmen won play-in games three years in a row from 2010 to 2012 and added a first-round victory over Monmouth in 2013. For those four years, Navy's dominance in the Patriot League was hardly contested—they went 21–3 in league play with three regular season titles and four tournament titles.

However, Loyola joined the league in 2014, led by its own all-star coach, Jen Adams. Adams was Timchal's star player at Maryland from 1998 to 2001, as they had captured four straight national titles together and Adams still holds many Maryland scoring records. Loyola instantly dominated the league, winning three straight conference and tournament titles, preventing the Midshipmen from qualifying again from 2014 to 2016. Loyola completed its fourth straight unbeaten Patriot League regular season in 2017, and faced Navy in the tournament final. The Midshipmen stunned the Greyhounds 15–5, ending Loyola's 41-game unbeaten streak against PL teams. This win kicked off a Cinderella run for the Midshipmen, who defeated three teams in the NCAA tournament--#7 Penn, Massachusetts, and #2 North Carolina—before falling 16–14 to fellow underdog Boston College in the national semifinals. Navy's run marked the first time a women's service academy team had made a Division I national semifinal, and the Midshipmen ended the year 18–5, ranked #4 in the final Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and #6 in the IWLCA Coaches Poll.^[3]

Individual career records

Reference:^[4]

Record	Amount	Player	Years
Goals	217	Loren Generi	2012–15
Assists	167	Jasmine DePompeo	2010–13
Points	336	Jasmine DePompeo	2010–13
Ground balls	153	Kierstin King	2009–12
Draw controls	493	Loren Generi	2012–15
Caused turnovers	84	Caitlin Mandrin Hill	2008–11
Saves	375	Elaina Ponchione	2009–12
Save %	.453	Elaina Ponchione	2009–12
GAA	6.87	Annie Foky	2012–15

Individual single-season records

Record	Amount	Player	Year
Goals	77	Erin Rawlick	2010
Assists	71	Jasmine DePompeo	2013
Points	127	Jasmine DePompeo	2013
Ground balls	55	Caitlin Mandrin Hill	2008
Draw controls	153	Lauren Generi	2015
Caused turnovers	38	Blake Smith	2017
Saves	144	Elaina Ponchione	2009
Save %	.484	Michelle Verbeeck	2012
GAA	4.97	Annie Foky	2014

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NCAA Division I (Patriot League) (2008–present)
2008	Cindy Timchal	13–4	4–2	T-3rd
2009		13–5	4–2	T-2nd
2010		17–4	5–1	T-1st	NCAA First Round
2011		15–6	4–2	3rd	NCAA First Round
2012		18–3	6–0	1st	NCAA First Round
2013		19–2	6–0	1st	NCAA First Round
2014		14–3	6–2	2nd
2015		15–5	6–2	3rd
2016		13–6	7–2	2nd
2017		18–5	8–1	2nd	NCAA Semifinal
Total:		155–43 (.783)
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

Postseason Results

The Midshipmen have appeared in 7 NCAA tournaments. Their postseason record, not including play-in games, is 7–7.^[5]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Score
2010	–	Play-in First Round	Sacred Heart #3 North Carolina	W, 12–2 L, 5–18
2011	–	Play-in First Round	Quinnipiac #1 Maryland	W, 20–5 L, 6–19
2012	–	Play-in First Round	Oregon #5 North Carolina	W, 10–9 (ot) L, 7–14
2013	#8	First Round Second Round	Monmouth Duke	W, 12–6 L, 5–10
2017	–	First Round Second Round Quarterfinal Semifinal	#7 Penn Massachusetts #2 North Carolina Boston College	W, 11–10 W, 23–11 W, 16–14 L, 15–16
2018	–	First Round Second Round Quarterfinal	Johns Hopkins #8 Loyola #1 Maryland	W, 16–9 W, 19–15 L, 15–17
2019	--	First Round Second Round	High Point #6 Virginia	W, 16–5 L, 12–15

References

1. "Navy Academy Athletics Logos / Style Sheet". December 21, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
2. "Timchal Earns 500th Career Win as Navy Routs Holy Cross". Navy Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
3. "Cindy Timchal". Navy Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
4. "2018 Women's Lacrosse Media Guide" (PDF). Navy Sports. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
5. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 1, 2018.