Stevens Institute of Technology Women's Basketball

Megan Haughey was hired as the head coach of the Stevens women’s basketball program in 2012-13.  Entering the 2025-26 season, Haughey holds a 212-115 overall record and is the winningest coach in program history. Additionally, Haughey serves as the Deputy Director of Athletics and Senior Women's Administrator (SWA) for the entirety of the Stevens athletics department. The SWA is the highest ranking female in each NCAA athletic department, excluding the athletic director. The designation is intended to enhance representation of female experience and perspective at the institutional, conference and national levels and support women's interests. Her daily responsibilities can include any department tasks and must include senior management team responsibilities. In 2020-21, Haughey received the NADIIIAA Emerging Athletic Administrator Award, given to a rising professional in the with seven or fewer years of cumulative experience as a titled athletics administrator at the Division III level. Under Haughey’s direction, the Ducks have won the Empire 8 Conference regular season and tournament titles twice Additionally, Haughey has taken Stevens to five NCAA Tournaments, including 2024-25 when they claimed the MAC Freedom for the first time as the No. 3 seed. 2024-25: First Round 2022-23: First Round 2017-18: First Round 2015-16: Round of 16  2014-15: First Round  2024-25: Leyla Castro - Second Team D3hoops.com All-Region 2024-25: Leyla Castro - Second Team All-Metro Basketball Writers Association (MBWA)  2024-25: Lucy Alberici - Honorable Mention All-Metro Basketball Writers Association (MBWA)  2022-23: Jess Broad – First Team All-Metro Basketball Writers Association (MBWA)  2022-23: Jess Broad – D3Hoops.com First Team All-Region 2021-22: Jess Broad – Second Team All-Metro Basketball Writers Association (MBWA)  2019-20: Jess Broad – Third Team All-Metro Basketball Writers Association (MBWA)  2017-18: Megan Brown – First Team All-MBWA 2017-18: Megan Brown – D3Hoops.com First Team All-Region  2016-17: Kaitlyn Astel – D3Hoops.com All-American  2016-17: Kaitlyn Astel – First Team All-ECAC Metro Region  2016-17: Kaitlyn Astel – First Team All-MBWA  2015-16: MBWA Coach of the Year  2015-16: D3Hoops.com Upstate Region Coach of the Year  2015-16: Kaitlyn Astel – First Team All-ECAC Upstate Region  2015-16: Kaitlyn Astel – MBWA DIII Player of the Year  2014-15: Kaitlyn Astel – First Team All-MBWA  2024-25: MAC Freedom Tournament Champions 2022-23: Coach of the Year 2022-23: Jess Broad – Player of the Year 2022-23: Leyla Castro – Rookie of the Year 2019-20: Allie Moss – Co-Defensive Player of the Year 2018-19: Jess Broad – Rookie of the Year  2017-18: Megan Brown – Co-Player of the Year  2017-18: Christina Li – Rookie of the Year  2017-18: Tournament Champions  2016-17: Megan Brown – Defensive Player of the Year  2016-17: Kaitlyn Astel – Offensive Player of the Year  2016-17: Regular Season Champions  2016-17: Coach of the Year  2015-16: Kaitlyn Astel – Player of the Year  2015-16: Regular Season and Tournament Champions  2015-16: Coach of the Year  2014-15: Kaitlyn Astel – Player of the Year  2013-14: Erica Guketlov – Rookie of the Year  2021-22: WBCA Academic Top-25 Program 2020-21: WBCA Academic Top-25 Program, No. 2 GPA in all of DIII 2019-20: WBCA Academic Top-25 Program* 2016-17: Kaitlyn Astel – CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District  100 percent graduation rate among four-year players in her tenure at Stevens  Coached over 30 student athletes on the Stevens Presidents List * - First time in program history Won MAC Freedom Championship in 2024-25 as the No. 3, outlasting No. 2 Arcadia and No. 4 DeSales Notched 200th career win in MAC Freedom victory over Lebanon Valley on January 8, 2025 Earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament during the 2022-23 season Earned the NADIIIAA Emerging Athletic Administrator Award in 2020-21 Led the Ducks to a pair of Empire 8 tournament titles as well as two regular season championships  Broke the program record for wins in a career with a 64-62 victory over Sage on Feb. 23, 2018 Coached Stevens to their first-ever NCAA Tournament Round of 16 berth in 2015-16  Took the Ducks to the NCAA Tournament in three of four seasons from 2014-2018  Finished the 2015-16 season with a total of 23 wins, one shy of the program record  Took Stevens to the Empire 8 Tournament Championship game in four of her seven seasons as head coach  Compiled an 82-26 record in conference play heading into the 2019-20 season  Graduated in 2004 with a degree in History  Made 35 starts in two seasons for the Leopards  Averaged over 19 minutes per game in her career  Became the youngest head coach in the state of New Jersey at the age of 21  Took over a winless Phillipsburg High School program and in 2005, rebuilt the program to have the most wins in over a decade  Assistant coach at DeSales University from 2009-12  Received her master's degree in Social Work from Rutgers University in 2009  Was also an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers  Inducted into the North Hunterdon High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011 

Sarah Olivero enters her second season as an Assistant Coach for the women's basketball program in 2025-26.

Megan Petuskey is in her sixth season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Stevens women's basketball program after a successful four-year playing career with the Ducks. Petuskey has helped Stevens reach the Empire 8 Tournament in each her first three seasons on Castle Point, including the 2017-18 season in which the Ducks advanced to the NCAA Tournament after winning the Empire 8 Tournament title. Currently, Petuskey is a Senior Associate Digital Client Partner for Pfizer. In her playing career with Stevens, Petuskey played in 86 career contests over four years under current head coach Megan Haughey. She was a senior of the 2015-16 team that won the Empire 8 Regular Season and Tournament titles and went to the NCAA Round of 16. Stevens produced a 77-37 overall record in her four years with the program. Additionally, Petuskey was named the Stevens' Sportswoman of the Year in 2014-15. Petuskey achieved her bachelor of science degree in business and technology with concentrations on biotechnology and finance from Stevens in May of 2016. She is currently working toward her MBA from Stevens as well, with a projected degree date of 2022.

Samantha Lapszynski joined the women's basketball coach staff as an assistant coach in August of 2019 after completing a stint as a graduate assistant on the staff of FDU-Florham. Lapszynski brings Division I and international playing experience with her to Castle Point. As an undergraduate at Niagara University, Lapszynski averaged just under 12 points per game in her senior season to collect Second Team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference honors. All totaled, she finished with 488 career point across 97 career games on Monteagle Ridge. A two-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection, Lapszynski still ranks among the program's all-time leaders with 74 career blocks and her 266 rebounds during the 2015-16 season ranks third in program history.  After graduating summa cum laude from Niagara in 2016 with a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood and Childhood Education, Lapszynski played professionally in Europe for three years, spending two years in Poland and one in Germany. She earned her master's of arts degree from FDU-Florham's Peter Sammartino School of Education in May 2021.