Regis University Women's Lacrosse

Kellner begins her 11th season as Regis University head women's lacrosse head coach in 2016-17. Kellner, the 2014 RMAC Coach of the Year, produced yet another impressive season for the Ranger lacrosse program. The 2015 squad went 12-5 overall and 5-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Regis finished second in the conference and was consistently ranked in the IWLCA national polls throughout the entire season ending at No. 18 with a high at No. 13. RU defeated nationally ranked Pfeiffer 15-13 on the road. Kellner saw eight student-athletes named to an All-RMAC Team with Emily Behr being recognized as the RMAC Offensive Player of the Year. Seven Rangers were selected to All-RMAC Academic Teams, with four reaching First Team status, and Emily Elkins nabbing the RMAC Academic Player of the Year. The Rangers completed the 2014 season with the programs most successful season to date. Finishing the season at 14-3, the Rangers  only three losses came to Division I or ranked opponents. The team achieved its first ever national poll rankings, ending the season at #15. The Rangers led the nation in caused turnovers per game, the third year in a row the team has led a statistical category. They also provided the nations 4 th  best goals against average on defense. Academically, the team was again awarded an IWLCA Honor Squad Award, and the IWLCA Division II Scholar-Athlete of the Year was a Ranger. The Rangers completed the 2013 season with their second straight runner-up WILA finish and had the second most wins in school history. The Rangers had one of the best offenses in the country and led the NCAA Division II in draw controls for the season year in a row. Kellner guided RU to an 8-2 WILA record in 2013. Following a record breaking season in 2011, she guided the Rangers in 2012 to a 9-8 record including a season finale win over #2 ranked Rollins College. The Rangers finished as runner-up in the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (WILA) in 2012 while defeating two ranked teams, the first in school history. In 2011, the Rangers took the inaugural WILA championship with a perfect 6-0 record. The Rangers lost just two games during the spring of 2011, one to a Top 10 team, while racking up 12 wins, which was at the time the most in school history. In 2009, Kellner led the Rangers to a 6-6 record which was the most wins by any Ranger women's lacrosse team since its inception in 2000. It also marked the first time a Rangers team had a non-losing record. In ten seasons, Kellner has more wins than any previous coach in program history. She is 59-48 (.551 winning percentage) overall and this all while playing one of the toughest schedules of any Division II team. Her teams ended their first year of RMAC play with a 4-1 (.800) record; the Rangers ended with a 20-4 (.833) mark in three seasons in the WILA.   Kellner brings a wealth of playing and coaching experience to the Ranger lacrosse program. Since 2002, Averson has worked with numerous lacrosse programs in the east coast area. She most recently coached at Fayetteville-Manlius where she served as an assistant coach from 2004-06. In all three seasons her team made it to the New York State High School Championship game, winning the title in two of the three seasons.   She also boasts similar success as a collegiate athlete. Averson was a four-year letterwinner at Cornell University (N.Y.). In 2003, as a senior, she was named Cornell University Female Athlete of the Year as well as being selected to the All-America first team. During her playing career at Cornell she twice guided her team to the NCAA Division I championship, including a Final Four appearance in 2002 when her team went 17-2. Kellner was selected to the Cornell Hall of Fame in her first year eligible, 2013.    Kellner is a 2003 graduate of Cornell with a bachelor degree in development sociology. Formerly Sarah Averson, she lives with her husband and two children in Littleton.