Mercyhurst University Women's Field Hockey

Seidenstricker enters her second season as a member of the Mercyhurst field hockey coaching staff in 2016 after a career at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. From 2010-2013, the Shippensburg field hockey team amassed a 75-10 record, three NCAA Division II semifinal appearances, two championship game appearances, and won the 2013 National Championship. Seidenstricker was one of nine seniors on the 2013 championship team.  The Hanover, Pennsylvania, native finished her career with 38 game appearances and four National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II National Academic Squad recognitions. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.8 GPA in Business Administration. During her junior and senior seasons at Shippensburg, Seidenstricker served as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference representative to the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Seidenstricker comes to Mercyhurst from the NCAA where she completed an NCAA postgraduate internship with the governance department. She spent the 2014-15 year working with Division II, Division III, and the National Letter of Intent (NLI). Her primary duties included supporting numerous NCAA membership committees, assisting with NLI inquiries and correspondence, and planning and executing Division II National Championships. In addition to her coaching duties at Mercyhurst, Seidenstricker will be working on her Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Sports Leadership.

Gaudette. Entering her 14th year at the helm, Gaudette has led the Lakers to 101 wins and has seen her players earn numerous honors both on the field and in the classroom. In 2015, Mercyhurst won eight contests, posting a 6-5 home record at Tullio Field. The Lakers finished 4-6 in the PSAC. Junior midfielder Emily Burns represented the Lakers on the All-PSAC second-team. As a sophmore midfielder, Burns, along with senior forward Blair Pembleton, and junior defender Andrea Goldblach, were selected as ECAC Division II Field Hockey All-Stars in 2014. In 2013, Mercyhurst had its strongest year since 2009. It won nine games-the most by a Laker team in four years. The Lakers also scored 46 goals, the most in a single season since the 2002 campaign. They had another strong season at Tullio Field, going 6-4 at home. Meghan Smith and Andrea Goldbach were both named All-PSAC Second Team and Blair Pembleton was chosen All-PSAC Third Team. Smith concluded a stellar career, starting every game in her four years at Mercyhurst. She was selected to the NFHCA North/South Senior All-Star Game following the season. In 2012, the Lakers won six contests, including a 5-3 mark at Tullio Field. Goalkeeper Jess Wess set a school record with 24 saves in a game at Bloomsburg. Off the field, 12 Lakers were named to the 2012 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division II National Academic Squad. Meghan Smith was one of 29 student-athletes in the nation to earn 2012 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division II Scholar of Distinction honors. The 2011 team won two more games than the 2010 edition, but it made bigger strides in less obvious areas. The Lakers were in nearly every contest last season, playing 11 one-goal matches and heading to overtime in seven games. With freshmen as three of its top five point scorers, Hurst should be ready to make a bigger leap in 2012.  Seniors Rachel Sluberski and Serena Slattery wrapped up their careers in 2011. Sluberski scored three goals and assisted on three others while playing standout defense for the Lakers. She was a Second Team Longstreth/NFHCA All-American. She was an all-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West First Team selection. Sluberski started all 74 games in her career and goes down as one of the top defenders in program history. The Elma, New York, native was a finalist for the 2012 Mercyhurst Senior Student-Athlete of the Year Award. Slattery, another standout defender, scored three goals and added two assists in 2011. She was named Second Team Longstreth/NFHCA All-American, along with All-PSAC West First Team after each of her last two seasons and was a second team pick in 2009. Eleven players were chosen PSAC Scholar Athletes. Gaudette coached Hurst to a 4-15-1 mark in 2010 as the team faced several national powers, including NCAA runner-up Shippensburg. In 2009, Gaudette and the Lakers posted their second straight winning season with a 10-8 record and made the playoffs for the first time in program history, finishing second in the PSAC Western Division to earn a berth into the PSAC Field Hockey Championship Tournament. Despite falling to eventual national champion Bloomsburg in the first round, the Lakers accomplished several feats during another milestone season. On defense, Mercyhurst posted six shutouts to surpass the 2005 squad for third most shutouts in program history, and held opponents to three goals or less in 14 of its 18 games played. Offensively, the team averaged 2.33 goals per game and scored 42 goals on the season, marking the most goals scored by a Laker squad since the 2005 campaign. Emily Warren led the attack, shattering school records for most points and goals in a career with her 12-goal, 28-point performance. Following the season, two Lakers Warren and Courtney Loper earned All-PSAC Western Division First Team honors before being named All-Americans along with Kristen Fogle. During her tenure, Gaudettes teams have averaged nearly eight wins a season while her players have been honored 13 times as All-Americans, four times as all-rookie selections and five times as all-conference performers. In addition, more than a dozen players have been selected as players of the week. Her teams have also excelled academically by earning the NFHCA Academic Team Award three times. Prior to becoming just the second head coach in the history of the field hockey program, Gaudette spent several years as a teacher and coach at Susquehanna Township, a small high school near her hometown of Harrisburg, Pa. Along with her mentioned roles, Gaudette went above and beyond at Susquehanna by creating several new programs for the school, including two out-of-season field hockey programs and a summer play-day camp. She also ran a winter and spring instructional program for elementary-aged players from the area as well as a Future Stars program. Outside of her time at Susquehanna, Gaudette involved herself in several local field hockey programs. She served as the president of the Mid-Penn Coaches Association and head coach / site director for the Harrisburg and Hershey USFHA Futures program. Before returning to central Pennsylvania, Gaudette found her roots in coaching as an assistant at her alma mater, the University of New Hampshire. Under the direction of head coach Robin Balducci, Gaudette worked closely with the defense and goalkeepers while also assisting in recruiting, fundraising, and player development. Her work at UNH wasnt just isolated to the Wildcats field hockey program, either. She also helped out as the Northeast Region Head Goalkeeper coach for the USFHA Futures program, as well as a field player coach at the New Hampshire Futures site. For Gaudette, athletics has played a major role in her family. She was the first of five children to pursue sports at the collegiate level. Her three sisters, Tricia, Michelle and Nicole, undoubtedly followed in her footsteps. Tricia, the second-oldest in the family, went on to play field hockey at Duke University, where she was named a third-team All-American and guided the Blue Devils to a mark of 47-23-3 during her career. Michelle, the middle child, pursued a hockey career at Iowa, helping the Hawkeyes to the Division I National Championship, while Nicole, the youngest of the four Gaudette sisters, started in 90 games at James Madison University and was named a first-team all-conference selection. Bill, the youngest of the five, chose a different path, as he played soccer at St. Johns University before going on to play for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer (MLS). He currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. During her playing days at UNH she was a four-year starter for the Wildcats.  At one point, she was also the teams leading scorer, having scored six goals on penalty strokes. Simultaneously, she was a member of the US National Team Squad. She began playing at A Camp her junior year in high school and participated in two Olympic Festivals. She continued to play in the National Program until 1992. Gaudette, a 1991 graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a degree in political science, currently resides in Erie, Pa. Gaudette's Record at Mercyhurst