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Denise Roessler completed her 13th year as head coach of the Saint Joseph's women's lacrosse team in 2011 and is the longest tenured coach in the program's history. Roessler's position at SJU was upgraded to full-time status in 2006 and within three years of that move, she guided the Hawks to the 2009 Atlantic 10 Championship game. It marked Saint Joseph's second Atlantic 10 Tournament appearance, with the first one coming under Roessler in 2001. Her career record is 71-128, with 36 victories recorded since the 2006 season. In 2009 Roessler led the Hawks to the school's most successful season with a program-best 5-2 Atlantic 10 record, to tie for second place, while posting an overall record of 10-8. The Hawks fell just short of the A-10 title, as they were edged by Massachusetts, 15-14, in the championship game. For her efforts that season, Roessler was named the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year. Having guided Saint Joseph's into Atlantic 10 Conference play beginning in 1999, Roessler has seen her student-athletes earn Atlantic 10 All-Conference honors 22 times and Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team recognition on 23 occasions. A 1995 graduate of Old Dominion, where she earned a bachelor's of science degree in sports medicine, Roessler began her career as the head women's lacrosse coach at La Salle University in the Explorers' inaugural season of varsity competition in 1998. Roessler came to SJU in the fall of 1998 and spent spent three years as an assistant field hockey coach at Saint Joseph's in addition to her head coaching duties with the Hawks' lacrosse program. Before joining the college coaching ranks, Roessler served as the head junior varsity and assistant varsity field hockey coach at Bishop Eustace Prep. In 1995, she led Eustace to an undefeated 10-0-2 record. In the spring of 1996, she joined the staff at her alma mater, Camden Catholic ('91), as a volunteer assistant lacrosse coach. At Old Dominion, Roessler played women's lacrosse under Sue Stahl, who also served as the United States National Team head women's lacrosse coach from 1989-2005. A native of Mt. Laurel, N.J., Roessler was a First Team All-Conference and All-Parochial selection in lacrosse as a senior at Camden Catholic. Roessler, who resides in Marlton, N.J., is a member of the selection committee for the United States team that will compete in the World Cup in the summer of 2013. |
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