Eastern Field Hockey Camp at Millersville University

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT MILLERSVILLE
Three-time PSAC Coach of the Year and two-time Division II Coach of the Year Shelly Behrens has built the Millersville field hockey program into a contender at both the PSAC and national level. The winningest coach in Millersville history, Behrens guided the team to the first NCAA Division II Championship in Millersville women's sports history in 2014. Her Marauders have appeared in six PSAC Championship games, winning the 2013 and 2016 titles, and have reached the NCAA Tournament five times.

The 2012, 2013 and 2014 PSAC Coach of the Year, 2012 Synapse Sports Division II Coach of the Year, and 2014 NFHCA Division II Coach of the Year, Behrens has developed 76 All-PSAC selections, including a Millersville record nine in 2015. She has also coached four PSAC Freshman of the Year winners. Her five first team selections in 2013 and 2021 were the most in the PSAC and the most in school history. Her 2013 and 2014 clubs set school records for wins in back-to-back seasons (19 and 20). The 2013 PSAC Championship was the first by the program since 1986 and the NCAA Division II Tournament appearance was the first ever. She owns half of Millersville's PSAC Championships, and the seven consecutive seasons with at least 13 wins from 2013-2021 is the best stretch in program history.

Player highlights include three consecutive Synapse Sports Defensive Players of the Year in Taylor Parker, Lauren Sotzin and Rachel Dickinson. Dickinson also became the first Marauder ever to be a three-time All-America First Team selection. Dickinson was the recipient of the NFHCA Division II Player of the Year Award and the field hockey nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. In 2019, Erica Tarsi joined Dickinson as the second three-time All-America First Team honoree. Aliza Mizak completed her career in 2018 as the only four-time All-American in program history. In 2021, Meredith Fagan joined Mizak and Dickinson as the only three four-time All-PSAC selections in Millersville history.

Before Behrens' arrival, the program had been without an All-American for 10 years. Behrens has developed 38 in the last 10 seasons and has placed 12 freshmen on the Synapse Sports Division II All-Rookie Squad.

Known for her defensive coaching, Millersville led the nation in shutouts and goals against average in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The 2015 club set a program record for goals against average and put together a record run of nine consecutive shutouts. Under her direction, Samantha Rumler set a career record for goals against average.

Prior to arriving on the national stage, Behrens' 2012 team broke into the PSAC Tournament for the first time in 19 years. Behrens took the team to the PSAC Championship game for the first time in 23 years. Behrens became the first Millersville coach to win conference coach of the year honors.

Behrens' players also excel in the classroom. The 2014 club was awarded with the NCAA Team GPA Award at the NCAA Division II Festival, and Margaret Thorwart was Millersville's first winner of the Elite 89 Award. Behrens has seen more than 40 players named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad, and Sarah Dickinson was named the Capital One Academic All-District twice. In 2012, Maria Thompson achieved the honor of PSAC Champion Scholar. Behrens’ Marauders posted a team GPA of 3.41 during the 2009 season for a first-place ranking among all NCAA Division II field hockey teams and the Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA DII National Academic Team Award.The team has earned a national academic award each season since her arrival in 2008.

BEFORE MILLERSVILLE
The Elizabethtown native and Lower Dauphin graduate came to Millersville following a successful one-year stint at Oneonta State where she quickly transformed the program with a 10-9 overall record and a second-place finish in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC). She established herself as a winning head coach at the game’s top level by building Virginia Commonwealth into a competitive program. She amassed 33 victories in five seasons and led the team to back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2003 and 2004. The 2003 season marked the first time the Rams reached double-digit wins in a season in over a decade. The squad also recorded six straight wins, which was the longest streak since the 1992 season. The following season, the Rams went 10-9, which was the first winning season for VCU since 1992. Behrens was selected as the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2003 and the program also produced the first of two-straight conference rookie of the year award-winners.

Prior to taking over at Virginia Commonwealth, Behrens spent four years (1997-2001) as the head coach at Richmond. Behrens led the Spiders to their first-ever victory in the CAA Tournament during her first season and twice led the team to the semifinals.

Behrens was also a Division I assistant for eight years, coaching in the NCAA Tournament three times. Her collegiate coaching career began at Penn State in 1989 as an assistant. She helped the Nittany Lions to an 18-3-1 record and an NCAA berth. The following year, Penn State compiled a 21-4 overall mark and advanced to the NCAA Semifinals.

Following her time at Penn State, Behrens moved to James Madison for a two-year stint before becoming an assistant at Northeastern where she was part of the 1994 Huskies’ squad that finished 16-5-1 and captured the America East Championship.

Behrens has also been heavily involved in USA Field Hockey at both the national and developmental levels. She served as the goalkeeping coach on the U.S. team that won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games and the national squad that competed in the 2000 Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Milton Keynes, England. She has worked with the U-21, U-18 and U-16 teams as well.

Behrens received a bachelor’s of science degree in education from Old Dominion in 1988. She was a standout player, serving as the starting goalkeeper for the Monarchs for four-straight seasons and received first team All-South Region honors during her junior and senior seasons. She was a member of four teams that reached the NCAA Tournament. The 1984 team won the national championship and the 1985 team finished as the national runner-up. Behrens also competed on the United States’ U-21 Junior National Team.

• 2nd in wins in program history with 47
• NFHCA All-America Second Team 2021
• Synapse Sports All-America First Team 2021
• All-PSAC East First Team 2021
• 2X PSAC Defensive Athlete of the Week
• NFHCA Defensive Player of the Week

Becky Elliott was named the head coach of the Lancaster Bible Field Hockey program in March of 2018. She will lead the program for the 2018 season and beyond, as the Chargers welcomed field hockey back into the mix of varsity sports after dropping it after the 1985 season.

Elliott, most recently an assistant coach at Lebanon Valley College from 2008 through the 2016 season, also coaches for the Alley Cats Club Field Hockey team in Palmyra, Pa. Elliott was a standout back for Lebanon Valley from 1994 to 1997, and helped the Dutchmen to three NCAA National Tournament berths, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Division III Final Four in 1996 and 1997. For her efforts during the 1997 tournament, Elliott was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.

As the leader of the LBC program, Elliott has a 4-17 record in conference play (NEAC/CSAC/United East) and the Chargers have collected 18 All-Conference selections. Coach Elliott also has one conference award as she was named CSAC Coach of the Year in 2019.

Anna Rogers was officially named Lock Haven’s new head field hockey coach on August 9, 2023.

- The 2023 season by the numbers:
Rogers earned her first head coaching victory in her very first game at the helm of the Bald Eagles, as Lock Haven downed Queens, 7-0, in front of the home crowd of Charlotte E. Smith Field on August 27, 2023.

The Bald Eagles finished the season with a 5-12 overall record and a 2-5 mark in the Atlantic 10 (A10).

Freshman defender Elien Bos was named to the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie Field Hockey Team.

Following the season, eight student-athletes were named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad.

Under the leadership of Rogers, the Lock Haven field hockey program earned the Community Leadership Award at the 2024 Talons.

2016-2023
Prior to her appointment as head coach ahead of the 2023 season, Rogers served as the Division I program’s assistant coach since 2016 and has helped guide the Bald Eagles to a number of successes over the last seven seasons.

Rogers becomes just the fourth head coach since the founding of the Lock Haven field hockey program in 1945 and replaces Pat Rudy, who announced her retirement after 27 seasons as the head coach at The Haven.

As assistant coach, Rogers has helped lead the Bald Eagles to three Atlantic-10 Conference (A-10) tournament appearances in the last four seasons.

Over the last seven seasons, Lock Haven has recorded four 10-or-more win seasons.

Last fall, Lock Haven enjoyed a sensational 2022 season. The Bald Eagles went a perfect 9-0 at home, marking the program’s first undefeated run at home since 2003. The 12 (12-7) wins in 2022 were the most in a single season since 2015.

Following the 2022 season, Jazmin Palma was named an All-American and she was joined on the All-Region team by Martina Spangenberg. The Bald Eagles racked up five All-Conferences honors in 2022, which runs Lock Haven All-Conference award total to over 30 since 2016.

Rogers was officially hired at Lock Haven as the assistant coach in July 2016. At the time, the former Division I player brought with her nearly 15 years of playing and coaching experience.

Prior to her time at Lock Haven, Rogers spent five seasons coaching the University of California, Santa Barbara club team. Santa Barbara competed regionally in the Western Collegiate Field Hockey Conference. Prior to her time at UCSB, Rogers was the head coach at Division III Elmira for four seasons.

Rogers graduated from Old Dominion University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education. She went on to earn a Master of Science in General Education in 2011 while at Elmira. She also holds a minor from ODU in sports management and certifications in driver’s education and coaching

While at Old Dominion, Rogers was a part of five NCAA Tournament appearances and played on two conference championship winning teams. In 2002 and 2005, Rogers helped lead ODU to the Final Four. She was also a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Academic Award winner.

As of August 2019, Rogers holds a number of professional certifications including USFHA (United States Field Hockey Association) Level I and Level II coaching certifications and a certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) as a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) and a Fitness Nutrition Specialization (FNS).

Chris Comiskey joined the Millersville University field hockey program as an assistant coach prior to the 2019 season. Comiskey is co-owner and director or Electric Surge FHC. Electric Surge FHC has over 300 club members ranging from ages 5-19 years old. During the six years of his direction, Surge has had two U17 players named USA field hockey players, 49 Division I athletes, 35 Division II athletes, and 18 Division III athletes. In 2019, Maxfieldhockey.com ranked U19 Electric Surge FHC no. 17 in the nation and fifth in the state of Pennsylvania for top field hockey clubs. In 2019 Comiskey helped coach the USA National Men’s Indoor and Junior Men’s Indoor teams.

Comiskey started his coaching career in 2012, coaching Wyoming Area Junior High to an 18-2 record, and the WVC East Junior High title. He was then promoted to the varsity head coach of the Wyoming Area School District. He led the program to its best record in school history his second year at 13-2, one year after leading first winning season ever by the Warriors. During his two-year tenure with Wyoming Area, he coached six all-state performers including two first team selections and four Division I commits. In 2015, Comiskey was named District 2 Coach of the Year.

Comiskey was the U14 travel coach for Kapow Field Hockey Club, leading his Disney team to a second-place finish in the Mickey flight. Comiskey served as USA U16 futures coach for Region 5 from 2013-2017.

Among the most prolific offensive players in Millersville history, Erica Metz '20 has returned to her alma mater as the field hockey program's assistant coach.

From 2016-19, Metz scored 40 goals and 101 points, ranking third all-time in both categories. She is one of only two Marauders to score double-digit goals in three seasons. Metz was selected All-PSAC East First Team three times and is one of only two players in program history named All-America First Team three times.

Metz started her coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Millersville, and then served as an assistant at Manheim Central High School. She has coached youth players for Viper Sports. Most recently, Metz was hired as the assistant coach for a brand new Penn State Harrisburg program.

Metz graduated from Millersville with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

A veteran of 80 international appearances, West has been a part of the U.S. National Team since 2016. She made her debut in 2017 and has competed with the Stars and Stripes in New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Japan, and Chile. West was part of the U.S. squad that finished fourth at the International Festival of Hockey in 2017 and participated in the Four Nations Ibaraki International Tournament a year later. She won a gold medal at the 2017 World League Semifinals in Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as bronze at the 2017 Pan American Cup in Lancaster, Pa.

West was a standout at James Madison University, where she earned Second Team All-America honors and was named the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year as a senior in 2015. She earned a spot on the All-Region First Team as well that season after a previous pair of Second Team honors. West also earned three CAA All-Conference selections and was also tabbed for the CAA All-Championship Team on three occasions.

One of the most prolific scorers in the Dukes' program history, West's 130 career points rank her third all-time, while her 56 goals are the fourth-most all-time at JMU.