University of Mount Olive Women's Lacrosse

Kelam was named as the first-ever head coach of the University of Mount Olive women's lacrosse program when the sport was added in December 2011. In just the third year of the program, Kelam guided Mount Olive to a 13-3 record, a national top 10 ranking, and the 2015 Conference Carolinas Women's Lacrosse Championship. The Trojans posted a 7-6 double-overtime victory at top-seeded and nationally 10th-ranked Limestone. Mount Olive was ranked No. 9 in the year-end Nike/LaxMagazine Division II Women's Lacrosse Top 20. The Trojans have consistently ranked among the nation's team and individual statistics leaders each year. In 2015, Mount Olive compiled the third best scoring defense and the 12th best scoring offense in the nation, scoring an average of 14.44 goals per game while allowing only 5.44 goals per contest. Under Kelam, the Trojan women's lacrosse program has produced a winning record in each of its first three years. Mount Olive has a three-year record of 36-17 for a .679 winning percentage. In Kelam's first year, Mount Olive posted a 9-8 record in 2013, the best record in the nation that year among NCAA Division II first-year women's lacrosse programs and the seventh best in NCAA II history for a first-year women's lacrosse program since the sport became an NCAA championship sport in 2001. Kelam came to Mount Olive from Tennessee Wesleyan College, where he spent the previous two years as head womens lacrosse coach. Kelam took over a program that had gone winless the year before his arrival and led the team to a National Womens Lacrosse League (NWLL) championship in his second year. Tennessee Wesleyan posted an 11-5 overall record and a 5-0 conference mark in 2011 after a 5-9 record the previous year. Kelam also has international experience, having served as an assistant coach with the Denmark National Lacrosse Team. Kelam was a member of Denmarks coaching staff during the 2010 FIL World Lacrosse Championship in Manchester, England. Kelam earned his B.S. in sports management from Lindenwood University (Mo.) and his MBA from Missouri Baptist University, where he served as a graduate assistant coach for the mens lacrosse team. Year-By-Year Record Updated June 28, 2015

Katherine Stachowski joins Mount Olive as the newly hired women’s lacrosse head coach. Stachowski enters her first head coaching role after previously serving as an assistant at Limestone University for four years and as a graduate assistant at North Central College for two years prior. At Limestone University, Stachowski served as the defensive coordinator for the Saints. During her tenure, Stachowski coached Limestone teams that captured two South Atlantic Conference Championships, produced numerous defensive All-SAC selections, multiple Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-Region honorees, several United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-American selections, and made two NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2025, Limestone finished 15-6 overall and 9-2 in conference play to place second in the SAC standings. Six Limestone student-athletes earned SAC postseason honors, with two each named to the First Team, Second Team, and Third Team All-SAC. Limestone upset No. 1 seed Wingate, 16-7, in the SAC Championship title game, clinching the program’s first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Saints secured a 14-7 win over Wingate in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament before falling 17-11 to top-seeded West Chester in the Atlantic Region semifinals. The 2025 team finished fourth in the nation in scoring defense (7.86 goals allowed per game) and sixth in scoring margin (7.19), while ranking eighth in the Atlantic Region. Stachowski was a two-time captain at Transylvania University, where she started 61 games over four years, totaling 85 ground balls, 45 caused turnovers, and 13 draw controls. She also served as a two-time captain with the Pioneers, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) President for two years, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference SAAC President (2017–18), and as an intern with the Transylvania Athletics Department.