Hamilton College Women's Lacrosse

Kloidt is in her 14th year as the head womens lacrosse coach at Hamilton College. Kloidt guided the Continentals to the regional semifinals (third round) of the 2015 NCAA Division III Championship after they won in double overtime at defending national champion Salisbury University in the second round. The Hamilton women were ranked 12th in the final Top 20 coaches poll and finished the season with a record of 12-6. The Continentals landed in fourth place in the NESCAC standings with a 7-3 mark and hosted a conference championship quarterfinal. Kloidt coached an All-American, four all-region honorees and a NESCAC all-conference team selection in 2015. Kloidt, who is 165-65 (.717 win percentage) at Hamilton, guided the program to its first NCAA title in 2008. She posted her 100th career head coaching victory against Middlebury College in a 2008 NCAA quarterfinal at home. That squad went on to set a program record with 21 wins and finished with a record of 21-1 en route to the national title. Kloidt's women played in the championship game in 2010 and advanced to the national semifinals in 2009. Kloidt has led the Continentals to the postseason 12 times in 13 seasons, including six trips to the NCAA playoffs. Hamilton has appeared in the NESCAC championship three times in four years under Kloidt and advanced to the semifinals in 2012 and 2013. She has coached 13 athletes to a total of 18 All-America honors and five players have made the NESCAC all-conference team in four years. Kloidt mentored three Liberty League Players of the Year from 2006 to 2008. In 2011 Hamilton had the league's offensive and defensive player of the year and rookie of the year. Kloidt was voted the Division III Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) after leading Hamilton to the national title in 2008. She earned New York Region Coach of the Year honors in 2007 and 2009. Kloidt and her assistants were voted the Liberty League's Coaching Staff of the Year four times. Her program excels academically as well. Nine players made the 2015 NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team and the team has been recognized as an IWLCA Academic Honor Squad each of the past two years. Kloidt led the women to Liberty League regular season titles in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011, and five consecutive league championship crowns from 2007 to 2011. Her teams won 49 of their last 50 games against league opponents.  In 2010 Hamilton won its first 21 games and was ranked No. 1 for much of the season. The Continentals advanced to the NCAA championship game for the second time in program history but lost by a goal. Hamilton went 18-2 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA championship in 2011. The Continentals posted an overall record of 16-3 in 2007 and 2009. Hamilton advanced to the NCAA semifinals in 2009 and made it to the quarterfinals in 2007. Kloidt spent four years as Le Moyne College's head coach before she arrived at Hamilton. Kloidt built women's lacrosse into one of Le Moyne's best athletic programs. The team enjoyed its finest season in 2002 when they won the program's first-ever conference title and earned their first NCAA championship berth. Kloidt was named the conference's coach of the year as a result of that season's success. She began her coaching career as an assistant on the Amherst College lacrosse and soccer staffs. In 2009 Kloidt served as an assistant coach for Canada's Senior Team that won a bronze medal at the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic. She was added to the staff by the Canadian Lacrosse Association and the Canadian Women's National Team program in Ottawa. Kloidt was a four-year varsity letter winner in lacrosse at Penn State University and received all-region honors in 1994. She graduated with a degree in exercise and sport science and went on to earn her master's in exercise and sport studies from Smith College.