Carissa Medeiros, a 2003 graduate of Stonehill College, developed into one of the top goalkeepers in NCAA Division II history, helping the women’s lacrosse program to its first National Championship as a student-athlete and then helping guide it to a second as an assistant coach, on her way to a long coaching career.
Medeiros, the 2003 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II Goalkeeper of the Year and first team All-American, was a three-time All-NE10 selection over her career. She helped the program to the NCAA Tournament three-straight years, finishing as national runners-up as a junior prior to the 2013 season in which Stonehill finished 17-2 overall on its way to the national title.
The New Bedford, Massachusetts native, was a member of three NE10 Championship squads, still ranking second in program history with 448 career saves, while her .587 career save percentage also ranks second all-time. Her 6.37 career goals against average still stands as fourth-best in NCAA Division II history. Medeiros posted a 5.70 GAA as a junior, setting a program record at the time, which still ranks third in program history, while her 156 saves in 2001 is the fifth-highest single-season total at Stonehill.
Medeiros, currently an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at SUNY-Cortland, got her coaching career started here at Stonehill as an assistant for Stonehill Athletic Hall of Famer Michael Daly for three seasons, including the program’s second National Championship season in 2005. She then took over as head coach of the women’s lacrosse program at Bentley for six seasons before being hired to startup the NCAA Division I program at the UMass Lowell in 2015.
Carissa Medeiros, a 2003 graduate of Stonehill College, developed into one of the top goalkeepers in NCAA Division II history, helping the women’s lacrosse program to its first National Championship as a student-athlete and then helping guide it to a second as an assistant coach, on her way to a long coaching career.