Laura Moan, who coached women's lacrosse at SUNY Oneonta, was
named the head coach of Susquehanna University's women's lacrosse
team in November 2008.
"Coach Moan is a terrific addition to our staff," says
Susquehanna's Director of Athletics Pam Samuelson. "I am confident
that the quality of her experience, especially her expertise in the
area of training goalkeepers, will move our lacrosse program to a
higher level in the near future.
"In addition, she has demonstrated her commitment to the
development of the individual student-athlete off-the-field through
her past involvement in the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program and as
a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee adviser. She has truly proven
to be committed to the Division III philosophy."
Moan was the head women's lacrosse coach and a physical education
instructor at Division III Oneonta from 2001 to 2007. Before her
time at Oneonta, she served as the head women's lacrosse coach at
Division III Marymount University from 1999 to 2001, and at DIII
St. Mary's College of Maryland, where she head coached the women's
lacrosse and field hockey teams from 1997 to 1999.
Moan was also the head coach of the Selinsgrove, Pa., girls'
lacrosse club team in 2008.
She has been a member of numerous national committees, including
the NCAA women's lacrosse championships and NCAA regional advisory
committees. She chaired the championships committee from 2003 to
2005, and she is still an NCAA championships site
representative.
Moan served in various roles within the Intercollegiate Women's
Lacrosse Coaches Association from 1997 to 2007, sitting on
committees to select all-star game players and all-region and
All-America honorees. Moan was a US Lacrosse grant committee member
from 2006 to 2007, a State University of New York Athletic
Conference sport committee chairperson from 2005 to 2006 and a
Capital Athletic Conference sport committee chairperson from 1997
to 2001.
She has compiled a 97-80 career record in 11 years of coaching
women's college lacrosse, including three straight double-digit-win
seasons from 2002 to 2004 at Oneonta. The Red Dragons were 11-4 in
2003, with the 11 wins being the highest single-season total in
program history. Her 2004 team qualified for Eastern College
Athletic Conference postseason play.
Moan coached Marymount to seven wins in 2000, which was more wins
than the team's previous three seasons combined. Her 1998 and 1999
St. Mary's teams posted a combined 28-7 record and made two trips
to the NCAA championships. The 1998 team was ranked as high as No.
9 in Division III, while the 1999 Seahawks got as high as No. 5.
Moan was the CAC and an IWLCA regional Coach of the Year for both
of those seasons and coached the 1998 and 1999 CAC Rookies and
Players of the Year.
She played lacrosse for four years as the starting goalkeeper for
Division I Boston College. She graduated from Boston College in
1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education and
earned a Master of Education degree in athletic administration and
leadership from Goucher College in 2000.
Laura Patton joined the Crusaders as an assistant coach for the
2009 season.
Patton played lacrosse for four years at Division III Ursinus
College, serving as captain in 2008. She was also a student-worker
in Ursinus' sports information department.
In the winter of 2008, Patton was part of the Eleanor Frost Snell
Symposium at Dickinson College, where she and other Centennial
Conference athletes and coaches discussed the future of Division
III women's athletics and participated in activities to develop
coaching and leadership skills.
Patton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from
Ursinus in May 2008. She was a dean's list student and earned the
Ursinus College Achievement Award.





