Saint Vincent College Men's Lacrosse

Makayla Kintner joined the Saint Vincent College coaching staff in August 2024 after a highly decorated five-year playing career at Seton Hill University.  A defender, Kintner was a four-time IWLCA All-America selection, four-time All-Atlantic Region honoree, four-time first team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) selection and two-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Defensive Player of the Year. In 2024, she also became the first women’s lacrosse player in Seton Hill program history to be named Academic All-America by the College Sports Communicators.   Kintner started all 80 games over her career with the Griffins and totaled 164 ground balls, 137 caused turnovers, and 269 draw controls, while scoring four goals with two assists. Seton Hill posted a combined 58-22 overall record and 44-3 PSAC mark over Kintner’s career, reaching the NCAA Division II National Tournament in each of the past four years. The Griffins twice went undefeated in PSAC regular season play, turning in a 12-0 mark in 2023 and a 10-0 conference record in 2021.   A native of Vestal, New York, Kintner graduated from Seton Hill with honors with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2023, before earning an MBA in leadership and management from her alma mater in 2024.  

A 2011 Saint Vincent College graduate, Zach Wilfong was named the Bearcats’ head men’s lacrosse coach in April 2020. The first five years under Wilfong have been the Bearcats’ most successful in team history, as he has guided the team to a 53-25 overall record, and 28-8 mark in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play, with two trips to the PAC championship game and have advanced to the PAC Semifinals in each of those five seasons as well.   During his inaugural 2021 season on the sidelines at his alma mater, Wilfong led Saint Vincent to a 9-3 record. Offensively, the team’s 13.9 goals and 47.3 shots per game ranked in the top three of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference while the SVC defense surrendered an average of just 7.8 goals per game and boasted the PAC’s top penalty-killing percentage at .830. Nine Bearcats earned All-PAC accolades, highlighted by a trio of first-team selections in midfielders Caleb Hawkins and Zack Novelli and defenseman Brody McMahon.   In 2022, Wilfong led the Bearcats to a 13-2 record and a berth in the PAC Championship game. The 13 victories marked the second most in a season in program history. Wilfong guided nine Bearcats to All-PAC honors, including four First Team selections in Jordan Billet, McMahon, Noah Sperling and Hawkins, while senior defenseman Ethan Cavin became the first player in program history to be named Scholar All-America by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.  The Bearcats outscored their opponents a combined 129-51, and finished the season as the NCAA Division III leader in team defense, surrendering an average of just 6.47 goals per game.   In 2023, he led the Bearcats to a 15-3 overall record with a 6-1 record in the PAC, earning a berth in the PAC Championship for the second season in a row. Wilfong guided nine Bearcats to All-PAC accolades for the second straight year as well, including the PAC Defensive Player of the Year, McMahon. Saint Vincent once again finished the season with one of the top defenses in the entire country, with McMahon becoming the first player in program history to earn USILA All-America honors. The 2024 Bearcats won eight of their final 10 games of the regular season, including six wins in eight conference games, to again qualify for the PAC Championship Tournament, where they were downed in a back-and-forth battle in the semifinals. The Bearcats earned a team-record 10 All-PAC selections. Two players ended their stellar career by scoring more than 200 points, as Billet graduated as the third all-time leading scorer with 238 points and Hawkins, who was named Preseason All-America by Inside Lacrosse, graduated fifth on the all-time scoring list with 208 points. Additionally, Hawkins, Ben Wohlin and R.J. Kenna were named Scholar All-Americans by the USILA, and Kenna was named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators.    In 2025, Wilfong guided the Bearcats to nine more victories, including six in PAC play. He led the Bearcats to the number three seed in the PAC Tournament, where they fell to Chatham in a tight 10-7 game in the PAC Semifinals. Wilfong guided 10 Bearcats to earn All-Conference honors over the course of the season.   Prior to joining the SVC coaching staff, Wilfong served as head coach at La Roche University during the 2020 season. His influence was quickly felt, as the Redhawks went 2-2 in a 2020 season that was abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It marked the best four-game start to the season for the Redhawks since 2013, while the two wins were already the most in a single season by a La Roche team since 2016.   Prior to his time at La Roche, Wilfong served as head coach of the men’s lacrosse club team at the University of Pittsburgh for the 2019 season. Six of his players earned All-Continental Lacrosse Conference (CLC) honors, while he led the team to the quarterfinals of the CLC playoffs.   For the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Wilfong served as offensive coordinator at NCAA Division II power Seton Hill University. In 2017, he helped lead the Griffins to a 12-6 record and their first-ever Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) championship. A season later, the Griffins repeated as GMAC champs and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament for the first time in team history. Seton Hill finished the season with a 17-2 overall record, with Wilfong presiding over an offense that averaged 16.4 points per game to rank first in NCAA Division II.   In 2016, Wilfong was an assistant coach at Ohio Northern University, helping the Polar Bears to an 8-7 overall record in their first season of competition. He began his coaching career with a three-year stint as assistant coach at Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School.   Wilfong remains one of the most decorated players in the history of men’s lacrosse at Saint Vincent College. As a senior in 2011, he became just the second player in team history to eclipse 200 career points and still ranks fifth all-time with 201. His 81 career assists rank fourth in team history and his 120 career goals are good for seventh. A three-year team captain for the Bearcats, Wilfong was the first player from Saint Vincent College ever selected to compete in the prestigious United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III North-South All-Star Game in 2011.   A native of Columbus, Ohio, he graduated from Saint Vincent in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Carly (Duffy), a 2012 SVC student-athlete graduate, reside in Pittsburgh’s North Hills and are the proud parents of daughters Emma and Olivia.   COACH WILFONG - YEAR-BY-YEAR OVERALL CONFERENCE YEAR W L W L 2020 (at LaRoche) 2 2 0 0 2021 9 3 4 2 2022 13 2 6 1 2023 15 3 6 1 2024 8 9 6 2 2025 9 8 6 2 TOTAL 56 27 28 8    

Sam Stevenson joined the Saint Vincent men's lacrosse coaching staff in August 2024.  Stevenson comes to Saint Vincent after spending two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, North Central College, in Naperville, Illinois. Stevenson primarily worked with the Cardinals’ defense, while he also oversaw the program’s recruiting operations and worked side-by-side with head coach Jay Farrell in all day-to-day aspects of the program, including developing travel plans, coordinating travel and ordering equipment. Over Stevenson’s two years on the North Central coaching staff, the Cardinals went a combined 21-10 and qualified for the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) playoffs each year.   Along with his collegiate coaching experience at North Central, Stevenson has also coached club lacrosse, with Team One Lacrosse in Naperville, Illinois, and Yeti Lacrosse in West Dundee, Illinois.   As a student-athlete, Stevenson was a close defenseman, long-stick midfielder and short-stick defensive midfielder at North Central. He twice earned academic all-conference honors and helped the Cardinals to their first CCIW championship in 2022 and a trip to the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse National Championship Tournament.    A native of Lisle, Illinois, Stevenson graduated from North Central with honors with a bachelor’s degree in journalism/media communication, before earning a Master of Fine Arts in professional and creative writing.  

Coach Mangini is the elder statesman on the Bearcat coaching staff, as he has served as an assistant since 1995. He began his playing career at Bethany College, and continued with the Pittsburgh Lacrosse Club. Before coming to Saint Vincent, he spent three years as a head coach at Fox Chapel High School, where he led his team to a divisional championship as well as a second place finish.Coach Mangini, a resident of Crabtree, PA, works for AGSM, a private equity firm that specializes in disruptive technologies.

Tulk completed his 15th season as the head coach of the Saint Vincent men's lacrosse program in 2016. Tulk is in his second stint coaching the team, having returned to the Bearcat sidelines for the 2012 season after two years in semi-retirement.  His first run started when he was named the team's head coach prior to the 2000 season.  In total, he has patrolled the sidelines for 15 seasons, posting a record of 105-101. His 2005 team was the most successful in team history, recording an 11-1 record, which set a single-season school record for wins.  A native of Montreal, Coach Tulk is a 1970 graduate of Sir George Williams University.  He is a former Canadian pro box player, and spent six years coaching Mount Lebanon High School, before taking over as head coach at Franklin Regional.  His Franklin teams earned three league championships in the late 1990s before he joined the Saint Vincent program.