Chatham University Men's Lacrosse

Morgan Comport enters her fourth season as Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach in the 2025-26 academic year, coming off a 2025 season in which she was selected as the PAC Coach of the Year after leading the Cougars to the PAC title game for the first time in school history. In three seasons under Comport, the Cougars have reached new heights and broken numerous team records. In all three seasons, the Cougars played host in the PAC Quarterfinals and have reached the PAC semifinals in the past two seasons. Chatham set new team single-season records in both 2023 and 2024 for goals, assists, points, draw controls, caused turnovers and wins. Additionally, the Cougars secured the first shutout in Comport’s tenure as head coach in 2024. The Cougars received five All-PAC selections (3 first team, 1 second team, 1 honorable mention) in 2023 and four All-PAC selections (1 first team, 2 second team, 1 honorable mention) in 2024. In 2025, Chatham once again had five players receive All-PAC selections (1 first team, 4 second team), including the PAC Newcomer of the Year in Tessa Hueber. Under Comport, midfielder Sam Beall-Dennell became the Cougars' career leader in goals, points, ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers. Beall-Dennell was a recipient of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship in 2024, and was named PAC Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2025. 5 Cougars were Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Honor Roll members in the Spring of 2025, while 14 players were named to the PAC Academic Honor Roll and the team accumulated a a 3.5 GPA collectively. Comport joined Chatham after a three-year Assistant Coaching position at Division II Seton Hill University, where she split her time with both the Women’s Lacrosse and Field Hockey teams. In this role, she was responsible for developing practice plans and game strategies, film and statistical analytics, monitoring player academics, and all aspects of recruiting.   Under Comport’s guidance, she helped the Griffins to two straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West championship titles (2021, 2022), leading to two NCAA tournament berths following a run in 2019. These performances led nearly twenty All-American, All-Region, and All-Conference selections for her players. Academically, several student-athletes earned All-Academic Team designations thanks to her mentorship.   Comport’s coaching experience spans beyond Seton Hill. Beginning in 2020, she was named Head Coach of the Mountain State Lacrosse Team out of West Virginia. While recruiting and preparing her players for competition in premier tournaments, Comport saw to their athletic development both individually and as a team. On top of success on the field, she helped prepare her players for the recruiting process as they began their college search process as prospective student-athletes.   In her own career at Seton Hill, Comport was an all-around standout. As a three-year team captain, Comport compiled 243 career points on attack, earning herself East Coast Conference Attacker from 2010 to 2012. Her performance caught the attention of the All-American Lax Magazine, which landed her on their Second Team in 2012. In her senior season, Comport was named a North-South All-Star, capping off a successful athletic career.   Comport graduated from Seton Hill in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and minors in Sociology and Biology, having earned All-Academic Team status. Just three years later, she would graduate from Seton Hill yet again, this time with a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Comport currently resides with her husband, Brad, daughter Emerson and son Luke. The Comport File Year Record PAC Record Winning % 2022-23 10-5 6-3 .677 2023-24 10-8 6-3 .556 2024-25 11-7 7-2 .611 Total 31-20 19-8 .608

Chatham University and Vice President of Athletics and Recreation Leonard Trevino announced the hiring of new Head Men's Lacrosse Coach, Joe Conner. "I'm excited to announce that Joe Conner has accepted our offer to be the next head coach for our men's lacrosse program," Trivino remarked. "I believe that Coach Conner brings a wealth of experience and energy that will continue to move our program forward." Conner joins the Cougars after being the head women's lacrosse at Saint Vincent College for the 2025 season and an associate coach on the men's team in 2024.  "I am truly honored to be named the next Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at Chatham University," Conner said. "I would like to thank Leonard Trevino, the entire athletic department administration, and the greater community here at Chatham University for this incredible opportunity. I am looking forward to bringing my knowledge and experience to add value to the Men's Lacrosse program here at Chatham, and I am grateful for the foundation that has been laid by all members of the program." I am very confident that we have all the resources and support needed to continue building the program for excellence both on and off the field. My family and I are very excited about this next chapter in our lives, and we cannot wait to get started! Go Cougars!" Before his time at Saint Vincent, Conner was an associate coach at Dartmouth College where he helped the Big Green increase their win total each season, outside of the 2020 shortened season.  Before Dartmouth, Conner was an assistant coach at Bucknell University where he helped the Bison win their first ever conference title and were ranked as high as #6 nationally. During his playing career, Conner played for three seasons at Binghamton before transferring and playing one season at Mount Saint Mary's, where he started his coaching career after graduation.

Coach Sivley enters his fourth season as an Assistant Coach with the Cougars and 1st as the Defensive Coordinator. Over the past three years he has worked closely with the teams Defense and Man Down Units.  While at Chatham, he has helped coach 13 All-PAC performers, two being 2nd Team All-PAC Defenseman, two HM All-PAC LSMs, two HM All-PAC Defenseman & one HM All-PAC Defensive Midfielder. Before coaching at Chatham, Sivley was a four year member of the Chatham Lacrosse program. He was part of the first ever recruiting class and had an excellent career running Long-Stick Midfield. He captained the team during his Senior year, helping lead them to a 2nd place finish in PAC play during the 2021 season & hosting the programs first home playoff game.  During his playing career he played in 45 games, racked up 24 caused turnovers, which is 10th in program history.  At Chatham, Coach Sivley achieve a Bachelors and Masters degree in Interior Architecture. Coach Sivley also works with the local Pittsburgh Lacrosse scene. The Butler, PA native coaches for True Pittsburgh Lacrosse. He has worked with the youth, middle school and high school programs for True Pittsburgh. Sivley currently resides in Pittsburgh. He works for the city of Pittsburgh as a Project Manager.  

[email protected] Associate Professor of Marketing Hometown : Annandale, VA Joined Chatham : 2006 Academic Areas of Interest Sustainability Strategy, Sustainable Behavior Change, Employee Engagement Personal Areas of Interest Book Club, Running, Travel Biography Dr. DeLong joined the faculty of the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship at Chatham University in 2006. She teaches a variety of marketing courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to Chatham, Dr. DeLong was a Clinical Professor of Marketing in the A.B Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Prior ot Tulane, Dr. DeLong worked as a marketing research and business analytics professional in a number of organizations including Entergy Corporation (electric and gas utility), Bozell Worldwide (advertising and public relations agency), and Goodman Consulting (custom research and business consulting services). Dr. DeLong is an active member of the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Marketing Association, as well as the faculty advisor of Chatham's Marketing Club. Dr. DeLong's primary research interest is corporate social responsibility, specifically sustainable business practices and green marketing and branding strategy. Secondary interests include global aspects of information literacy pedagogy.

[email protected] Program Director of Athletic Training and Exercise Science Hometown : Pittsburgh EDUCATION BS, Athletic Training, Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, PA), 2002 MEd, Education (Post-Secondary Education), Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD), 2004 Ph.D., Athletic Training, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (Provo, UT), 2016 PUBLICATIONS Fulton, J.L, Petros, P.D., Carrillo, A.C., Edsall, J.R., Ryan, E.J., Ryan, E.J. Impact of genetic variability on physiological responses to caffeine in humans: a systematic review. Nutrients 201, 10, 1373. Journal Type: Peer Reviewed Kicklighter T, Edsall J, Martin M. Effect of moisture-wicking garments on temperature regulation during exercise. IJATT. 2011; 16 (6): 9-13. Journal Type: Peer Reviewed CERTIFICATIONS National Athletic Trainers Association; Board Certified Athletic Trainer Pennsylvania; Board Licensed Athletic Trainer National Strength and Conditioning Association; Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist American Red Cross; Certified Instructor; First Aid, Adult/Infant/Child CPR, AED, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers Functional Movement; Certified; Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Y-Balance Test USA Rugby; Certified; Level 300 Coach, Level 100 Referee, Assistant Referee CrossFit Level I Trainer PRESENTATIONS Edsall, J. "Movement screening tools and practical interventions for time pressed professionals.". Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers Society Annual Meeting (Erie, PA), June 2017