College of the Holy Cross Women's Field Hockey

Jackson is in her second season as the head coach of the field hockey program in 2016-2017. Jackson, who is the fifth head coach in program history, comes to Holy Cross from Limestone College where she served as the head coach since 2008.                LINDSAY JACKSON'S COLLEGIATE HEAD COACHING RECORD               

Maddy Carpenter is in her seventh season with the Crusaders, and second as associate head coach in 2024-2025. She joined Holy Cross following three seasons as an assistant at Dartmouth, where she focused on the team’s defense and goalkeeping. She has also served as a Level II Coach in the USA Futures program since 2015, where she served as a head coach and an assistant for different regions in that time. As a student-athlete, Carpenter was a four-year starter in goal at Northwestern, where she served as a team captain and earned First Team All-Big Ten honors. As a senior in 2014 she backstopped the Wildcats to their first Big Ten Championship in program history with a win over No. 2 Maryland, clinching the team’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1994. She was named the Big Ten Tournament MVP. In addition to her playing career at Northwestern, Carpenter also competed internationally with Team USA at the U17, U19 and U21 levels. Carpenter graduated from Northwestern in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. She was a three-time All-Academic Big Ten selection, and was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor her senior year.