Drexel University Men's Lacrosse

Voelker became just the sixth head coach in Drexel lacrosse history when he was hired in the fall of 2009 and has taken the program to new heights. He is entering his eighth season and has compiled a 63-45 record at the school. During his time at Drexel, the Dragons have won 10 or more games three times, advanced to the CAA Championships six times, and went to two CAA championship games. In 2014, the Dragons won their first CAA title, advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history and came within one game of playing on Memorial Day Weekend. The 2014 season will go down as one of the best in school history. Voelkers team rattled off six straight wins to end the regular season and finished with the second-seed in the CAA Tournament. Drexel defeated Towson in overtime in the semifinals and advanced to the title game at Hofstra. In that game, Cole Shafers goal in the third overtime gave the Dragons their first-ever CAA championship and first bid to the NCAA Tournament. Voelkers squad faced Penn at Franklin Field in the first round of the tournament and defeated the Quakers, 16-11. With the win, Drexel advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals, where it fell to second-ranked Denver, snapping its nine-game winning streak. The Dragons finished the year with a 13-5 record, tying the school mark for wins in one season. Drexel put five players on the All-CAA First Team, including Player of the Year Ben McIntosh. Four Dragons were named All-Americans, the most the program has had in one year since 1961. McIntosh was a Third Team selection, while Ryan Belka, Nick Saputo and Nick Trizano were Honorable Mention All-Americans. In 2013, Voelkers squad finished the year with an 11-5 record, the most wins for a Drexel team since the 2008 team won 13 games. The Dragons posted a one-goal win against nationally-ranked Albany and a triple-overtime victory against No. 7 Hofstra. Drexel closed the year by winning seven of its final eight games, but saw its season end in the CAA semifinals. The Dragons were one of the top offensive teams in the nation in 2013. Drexel was seventh in the country in scoring (12.13) and fifth in the nation in man-up offense at better than 45 percent. Robert Church and Ben McIntosh became the fifth and sixth Drexel All-American recipients since he took over the program just four years ago.     Drexel was 8-8 in 2012 playing the ninth toughest schedule in the country. The Dragons picked up two victories against nationally-ranked teams, including a 13-11 win against No. 14 Penn State in the CAA semifinals. Earlier in the season, the Dragons defeated No. 19 Hofstra at Vidas Field. Voelker became the first coach in the history of Drexel lacrosse to defeat Hofstra, Towson and Delaware in the same season. The Dragons lost by one goal on five occasions, including narrow misses against defending national-champion Virginia (9-8) and Notre Dame (6-5), who advanced to the NCAA semifinals. Three of Voelkers players were named First Team All-CAA. In addition, Dana Wilber was named the CAAs Defensive Player of Year and a Third Team All-America, while Belka was named the CAA Rookie of the Year.  The Dragons finished 2011 with an 8-6 overall record. Three of those losses came to teams ranked in the top 10 and the three other losses were by a combined four goals. Scott Perri was named the CAA Player of the Year and earned All-American status. Teammate Mark Manos became the first back-to-back All-American selection at Drexel since 1961. In his first season at the school, Voelker led the Dragons to a 10-5 overall record. In 2010, the Dragons defeated a school-record four top 10 ranked teams and knocked off No. 3 Notre Dame in overtime, 7-6. Despite wins over the Fighting Irish, UMass, Lafayette and Hofstra, the Dragons were one of the last teams left out of the NCAAs 16-team field in 2010. Manos had a stellar year in the cage, earning both the CAAs Defensive Player of the Year and a Third Team All-American selection. Voelker served as the head coach at the University of Pennsylvania for the previous seven seasons before crossing Chestnut Street to take the Drexel position. At Penn, he helped return the Quakers to national prominence. He coached the Quakers to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances during his tenure at the school. In 2004, Voelker guided Penn back to the Tournament after a 15-year absence from the postseason. The Quakers had the eighth-toughest schedule in the country. They were 7-6 overall and 3-3 in the Ivy League, despite playing five teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation. The schedule led to a No. 10 Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) in the country, and the Quakers were rewarded with an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was the first NCAA appearance for a Penn mens lacrosse team since the 1989 season. Penns season came to an end with a loss Navy, who went on to play in the NCAA title game. Following the season, two Penn players were named Honorable Mention All-Americans and five earned All-Ivy honors. The Quakers put two players on the All-Ivy First Team for the first time since 1989. Two years later, Voelker had Penn back in the national spotlight. The Quakers recorded their best season since 1988, compiling a 10-4 overall record and a 4-2 mark in Ivy-League play. The four wins were the most Ivy victories for the school in 17 years. The Quakers were ranked as high as No. 7 nationally during the regular season, and at the end of the year they received an at-large bid into the NCAA Championship for the second time in three years. Penn fell to defending national champion Johns Hopkins in the first round of the tournament. Four Quakers were named to the All-Ivy team and both D.J. Andrzejewski and Andy Blechman were named Honorable Mention All-Americans. Voelker took over as Penns 24th mens lacrosse coach prior to the 2003 season. He led the Quakers to a .500 or better record in three straight seasons in Ivy play (2004-2006), the first time since 1989 at Penn. During those six years the Ivy League, a perennial power conference in mens lacrosse, placed 14 teams in the NCAA Tournament. Before Voelkers arrival in University City, the Quakers had just four .500 seasons in the previous 14 years. Before his arrival at Penn, Voelker was the head coach and assistant general manager for the Baltimore Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse. He coached the 2001 National Division championship team and was selected to coach in the MLLs Inaugural All-Star Game. Before taking over with the Bayhawks, he served for four seasons as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays earned four NCAA berths, including two NCAA Final Fours (1999 and 2000) and an NCAA quarterfinal appearance during his time at Hopkins. He had 21 of his players named All-Americans, including seven first team selections. Voelker took his first assistant coaching position under Bill Tierney at Princeton University. The Tigers won the national championship in his only year at the school, when he served as the teams defensive coordinator. His defense produced both the NCAAs William C. Schmeisser Award winner, for the top defenseman in the nation (David Morrow), and the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Award winner, for the countrys top goaltender (Scott Bacigalupo). Voelker, who graduated with a degree in sociology in 1991, was a defenseman and a three-time All-American for the Blue Jays as an undergraduate. He earned First Team All-America honors as a senior, when he served as a captain, and was the recipient of the Sidney C. Erlanger Trophy as the most outstanding senior and the 1941 Team Shaffer Award as the Blue Jays most outstanding defensive player, an award he won twice. Voelker was a Third Team All-American selection as both a sophomore and a junior. During his sophomore season, the Blue Jays advanced to the 1989 NCAA championship game. Voelker, a Baltimore native, was part of four NCAA tournament teams as a player and eight more as a coach. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in October of 2015. Voelker played for the United States World Team in both 1994 and 1998. Both teams won the tournament. In 1998, he was named to the All-Tournament Team and was selected as the Top Defensive Player of the games. Voelker played for three championship teams, and was captain of the 1998 team, during his seven seasons as a member of the Philadelphia Wings. He also won a title while playing with the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. Voelker is a native of Baltimore, Md., and attended The Gilman School. He resides in Ardmore, Pa. with his wife, Laura, and their two children, Jack and Brendan.

Collins33 Chris Collins was named to Head Coach Brian Voelkers staff during the summer of 2009. Collins serves as the teams defensive coordinator and goalie coach. He is also responsible for scouting and recruiting among his other duties. Since his arrival at Drexel, Collins has worked with and developed Drexels goalkeepers. Mark Manos was an All-American under Collins watch. He has aided in the development of Will Gabrielsen, who won a pair of games in the 2014 CAA Tournament, including the championship game, and stymied Penn in Drexels NCAA Tournament win. Collins was an assistant coach at Delaware from 2006-2009. He was the teams goalie coach and the offensive assistant during that stretch. In 2007, he was part of the Delaware staff that led the Blue Hens to the Colonial Athletic Association championship and advanced to the NCAA Semifinals for the first time in school history. He has also been a speaker at the IMLCA convention on his goaltending philosophy. In August of 2015, Collins was one of just 23 players selected to play for the U.S. Men's Indoor National Team in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Indoor Championship. Team USA won a bronze medal at the 2015 championships played in Syracuse, N.Y. Collins has played professionally for 10 seasons since graduating from Delaware. He played five season with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse and spent the 2010 MLL season with the Chicago Machine and 2011 with the Boston Cannons. He currently plays for the New England Black Wolves in the  National Lacrosse League. Collins has also played for the New York Titans and the Philadelphia Wings. He was also a member of the U.S. Indoor Developmental Team. Collins graduated in 2005 with a degree in physical education after a standout career in Newark. He has named an Honorable Mention All-America as a senior, when he led the Blue Hens to an 11-6 record, the CAA regular-season championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. A three-year starter and captain, Collins was twice named to the All-CAA Second Team. He set school records for single-season (7.56) and career goals against average (8.64) and is fourth all time at Delaware with 554 saves. Collins, who was the team's Most Valuable Player in 2005, appeared in the USILA North-South Senior All-Star game after his senior season. Collins was named to the All-CAA 25th Anniversary team and was named Delaware's 60th anniversary team.  

Boyle joined the men's lacrosse staff in the summer of 2014. A former standout player at Johns Hopkins, Boyle came to Drexel after serving as an assistant at Brown for the previous three seasons. Boyle serves as the team's offensive coordinator. The Derry, New Hampshire native was the offensive coordinator at Brown where he assisted with the development of the Bears' attackmen and midfielders while at Brown. Prior to his arrival at Brown, Boyle was the offensive coordinator at St. Paul's School for Boys in Baltimore.   Boyle graduated from Johns Hopkins in 2010 with a degree in political science. He was a member of the 2007 NCAA Championship team and was awarded the Bob Scott Award given to the school's top freshman. A three-time All-American, Boyle led the team in scoring as a senior with 32 goals, 23 assists and 55 points. The team's Outstanding Attackman Award winner in 2009 and 2010, Boyle finished his career with 95 goals, 69 assists and 164 points. He was selected 12th overall in the 2010 Major League Lacrosse Draft by the Boston Cannons and played in the league until 2015.