Gettysburg College Women's Field Hockey

Jordan  Head Field Hockey Coach/Associate Women's Lacrosse Coach Barb Jordan enters her 15th season as head field hockey coach and associate womens lacrosse coach at Gettysburg College in 2016-17. Jordan is the programs all-time leader in wins with a career record of 143-110 (.565 winning percentage). One of just four field hockey coaches at Gettysburg to reach 100 career wins, Jordan has guided the Bullets to a berth in the Centennial Conference playoffs nine times and an ECAC Division III championship in 2005. Gettysburg has won at least 10 games in nine of the past 13 seasons, including tying a program record with 17 victories in 2005.   The Bullets have also been ranked among the top-20 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III national poll in seven of the last 11 seasons. In 2009, the team posted a record of 14-5, marking the second-most victories under Jordans tutelage. Gettysburg was ranked as high as 13th in the national poll that season and reached the semifinals of the CC Tournament. As an assistant with the Gettysburg womens lacrosse team, Jordan has played in integral role in one of the top programs in the nation. In 2011, the team claimed its first national title when it won the NCAA Division III championship. Over the last 14 years with Jordan on staff, Gettysburg is 251-44, has claimed eight conference championships, and has reached the NCAA Tournament every year. The Bullet lacrosse team has made five appearances in the national semifinals, including a runner-up finish in 2006. In 2011, Jordan was named NCAA Division III Assistant Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Womens Lacrosse Association (IWLCA). A 1986 graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in recreation and parks, Jordan came to Gettysburg after compiling a 47-40 record in six years as head coach of the Bucknell University womens lacrosse team, including a 13-3 mark in 1997. Her 47 victories are the most by a Bucknell womens lacrosse coach. In addition, she spent five seasons as an assistant coach with the Bucknell field hockey program, helping guide that squad to a program-record 14 victories in 1999.  Before arriving in Lewisburg, Jordan spent one year as an assistant womens lacrosse coach at Division I Vanderbilt University and six years as a physical education teacher and varsity girls lacrosse coach at the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., serving as the chair of the physical education department from 1993-95. At Penn State, Jordan was a three-time women's lacrosse All-American, as well as a three-time team most valuable player and team captain in 1985. She also earned varsity letters on the Nittany Lions' field hockey team in 1981 and 1982. She was a member of the United States women's lacrosse team from 1982-89 and was a starter on the 1986 U.S. World Cup that captured a silver medal. She also served as captain of the U.S. under-23 team that toured England, Scotland and Wales in 1987. She won the Beth Allen Award in 1992, presented annually by the United States Women's Lacrosse Association to a lacrosse player at the national tournament who exhibits highly developed skills, discipline, and a sense of sportsmanship and spirit for the game. In November 2004, Jordan was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.  

Mowery, a former field hockey standout at Messiah College, enters her sixth season as an assistant coach with the field hockey program at Gettysburg College in 2016   In five seasons with the field hockey program, Mowery has helped the team post a record of 41-41. In 2012, the field hockey team finished 12-5 and earned a spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs. During her tenure, she has coached eleven all-conference selections and four all-region selections. In 2014, Mowery coached both of her sisters on the field hockey team, Lexie '15 and Haley '18.   Mowery also spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the softball program from 2012-15. She served as interim head coach in the spring of 2013, steering the squad to a 17-21 mark. In 2015, the softball team won 30 games, set 13 team records, and finished runner-up in the Centennial Conference. In her four seasons on the softball staff, Gettysburg posted a record of 88-68.  As a four-year starting goalkeeper at Messiah, Mowery helped guide the Falcons to an outstanding four-year run from 2006-09. The team advanced to the NCAA Division III Final Four in three of her four years and as a senior in 2009, she helped Messiah to a 22-1 record and a berth in the national championship game. Mowery was a three-time All-American, a four-time all-region selection, and a three-time All-Commonwealth Conference honoree. After graduation, Mowery served as an assistant coach at Messiah in 2010, working with the goalkeepers and helping the Falcons to a second-straight appearance in the national championship game. Mowery also competed in softball for one season at Messiah, but was forced to stop playing due to a severe head injury. However, she stayed involved in the sport by serving as an assistant coach at Camp Hill H.S. in 2008-09. A Dillsburg native and a graduate of nearby Northern York H.S., Mowery graduated from Messiah in 2010 with a degree in health and exercise science.