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Kayte Biordi, who was named the Pace University head field hockey coach in February of 2016, is currently heading into her eighth season at the helm of the Setters in 2024. She has put together a superb record of 88-50 (.637 win percentage) during her time in Pleasantville.

After Pace's historic 2018 campaign, which featured a berth in the NCAA Division II Final Four, Coach Biordi led one of the youngest teams in the country to a record of 6-12 in 2019. Following the loss of 12 seniors, Pace's starting lineup featured seven underclassmen and no seniors.

Biordi was selected as the Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 after leading the Setters to an 18-3 record that featured a regular-season NE10 Championship (13-0). Pace would later advance to the team’s first NCAA Tournament in November as the No. 3 seed, collecting their first-ever postseason win over Saint Anselm in the first round.

Under Biordi’s leadership, the Setters remained ranked in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Poll for 10 straight weeks and placed six players on NE10 All-Conference Teams. Three players—Paige Predmore, Halley Rose, and Jane Kasparian—were later named NFHCA All-Americans. Freshman goalkeeper Grace Henderson was anointed the NE10 Rookie of the Year after finishing the regular season atop the nation in wins and goals-against average. In December, Biordi and her assistants were named the NFHCA’s East Region Coaching Staff of the Year.

In 2017, Biordi was named the Synapse Sports National Field Hockey Coach of the Year after leading the Setters to a program-record 15 wins and the team’s first-ever Northeast-10 Championship Tournament berth. Coach Biordi’s team was ranked in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll for eight consecutive weeks in 2017, climbing as high as No. 6. Senior goalkeeper Lesly Sanchez Alvarez was named the NE10 Goalkeeper of the Year after ranking second in the nation in save percentage and goals-against average. Sanchez Alvarez and her senior defensive partner Margaret Maclean were both named to the NE10 All-Conference First Team, selected to the NFHCA Division II Senior Game, and appointed Synapse Sports Second Team All-Americans and NFHCA Division II Second Team All-Americans. Junior Paige Predmore was selected to the NE10 All-Conference Second Team, while freshman Lisette de Bruin was named to the conference All-Rookie Team.

In just the program's second varsity season in 2016, Biordi guided the Setters to a three-win improvement with a record of 9-9. In addition, Kinsley's squad jumped three slots in the NE-10 standings, nabbing conference wins over Southern New Hampshire, Merrimack, Franklin Pierce, St. Michael's, and Southern Connecticut State, sophomore Halley Rose (second team) and freshman Louisa Wegener (All-Rookie) were each selected to the 2016 Northeast-10 All-Conference Team.

Biordi came to Pace from Mercy College, where she served as head coach of the field hockey team, as well as the Assistant Athletic Director of Operations.

Biordi coached the Mavericks since their inception as a varsity program in 2010, helping the team build from the ground up. She led the team to marked improvement from 2010 to 2015. The Pace University field hockey team will benefit from Biordi's experience as the team heads into its second season as an intercollegiate athletic program.

Biordi's field hockey teams have also been impressive off the field. In 2012, the Mercy field hockey team earned the NCAA Division II First Place National Academic Team Award, and the team took fifth place in 2014. Her team also received the NCAA East Coast Conference Community Service Award in 2012.

Biordi has served on the NCAA Division II Field Hockey National and Regional Committees. She was the head coach of the National Field Hockey Futures Program's Hudson Valley Region team from 2011-14 and has run Connecticut Revolution Field Hockey Summer/Winter Clinics since 2012. Biordi has received Level II + III Coaching Certification from the USA Field Hockey Coaches Association.

Biordi was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director of Operations in August of 2015. Her responsibilities included game day administration and operations, directing game contracts and coordinating schedules, acting as the athletic department liaison to admissions, and multiple other duties. She also helped write and present the Mercy College Athletic Department Five-Year Strategic Plan.

Biordi's field hockey roots come from the Hudson Valley. She led Putnam Valley High School to the New York State Championship as a senior in 2005, capping her career as a four-time All-League selection, Section I Honorable Mention and the Section I Sportsmanship Award recipient. She was also a standout on the soccer field for Putnam Valley and went on to play with the women's soccer program at Adelphi University, where she graduated in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.

Margaret Maclean was named the second head coach in the history of the New Haven Field Hockey Program in April 2023, making the venture to West Haven with head coaching experience, leading the program at Allegheny College (DIII) for the last two seasons.

In her first season with the Chargers, she led New Haven to a 5-13 overall record, including a 5-8 mark in Northeast-10 Conference play. Among the highlights were three players earning spots on All-Conference teams including returning seniors Kat Trammel and Kelli Jacobson on the Third Team. In addition, freshman Femke Boers earned a spot on the All-Rookie team, marking the third straight season a Chargers has been recognized among the top first-year players.

Maclean was elevated as the full-time head coach of the Gators in October 2021 after previously serving as the Interim head coach since July of 2021. She originally joined the staff at Allegheny in July of 2018 as an assistant to her collegiate head coach, Valerie Lohr, who was credited with launching the program, which began varsity competition in 2019.

In her two seasons leading the Gators, Maclean's teams improved their record by five-plus victories per season as she closed out her stint with a 21-15 overall record, including 13-6 mark in 2022, the second most wins among all teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference while finishing with a 4-4 mark in league games. The 13 wins for the Gators was 11 more than the season prior to her taking over, while she led Allegheny to its first ever postseason appearance following the 2022 campaign.

An additional first for the Gators and Maclean following the 2022 season included her and her assistant, Leah Romanowski, being named the NCAC Coaching Staff of the Year, one of two major conference awards following the season. Goalkeeper Hallie Reiger earned Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the First Team All-Conference, one of four players to earn All-Conference accolades.

Overall, eight Gators under Maclean's tutelage earned NCAC All-Conference honors, including the programs first ever major award when Bella Cowen was named the league's Newcomer of the Year after helping Alleghany to an 8-9 record, improving the win total by six games from the season prior. Overall, Cowen was one of four Gators honored by the NCAC following Maclean's first season leading the program, while she was also recognized with All-Region honors.

During her four total years at Allegheny, the Gators had 10 players earn NCAC All-Conference honors and over 20 student-athletes recognized on the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Academic Squad, plus two teams being recognized with NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Awards.

Maclean became involved in coaching prior to her collegiate playing career, as she has coached the Howard Stampede Field Hockey Club in suburban Baltimore beginning in 2013. During the 2018 spring season, she received her first taste in college coaching while serving as an intern on the Pace field hockey staff, her alma mater, assisting with a number of administrative and on-field duties, while also becoming acclimated to the coaching end of the recruitment process.

A defender, Maclean was named All-America in 2017 after leading a Setters defensive unit that led NCAA Division II in goals against average (0.88). As a senior, Maclean served as team captain and led her squad in both minutes played and defensive saves (8) as she led Pace to a 15-4 record in just the third season in program history. Throughout her collegiate career she was twice named a Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Week and went on to earn a spot in the 2017 NCAA Division II Senior All-Star Game.

She began her career at Millersville University, playing seven games for the 2014 squad that won the NCAA Division II National Championship. After transferring to Pace to start the 2015 season, the first in Setter history, she went on to score a double-overtime game-winning goal against No. 5 LIU Post, the reigning national runner-up.

In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Maclean also earned a number of academic accolades throughout her career, as she was twice named to the NE10's Commissioner's Honor Roll (2016, 2017), as well as earning selections to the ECAC Academic Honor Roll in 2017, and the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll in 2016.

A native of Ellicott City, Md., Maclean is a 2018 graduate of Pace with a degree in communications and minor in sports marketing.