SUNY - Maritime Women's Lacrosse

2023 Skyline Coach of the Year Kerri Handras was hired as Maritime’s head women’s lacrosse coach on Feb. 22, 2021.  The winningest coach in program history, she has taken the Privateers to the Skyline Conference Tournament each season, and she was honored as the Skyline Coach of the Year in 2023 after leading Maritime to its first-ever Skyline Championship Game appearance. The Privateers went 5-1 in the abbreviated 2021 season, Handras’ first at the helm.  Maritime then started the 2022 campaign on a program-record 10-game winning streak en route to a 12-3 finish, setting a single-season school mark for victories.  In 2023, the Privateers earned a share of the Skyline regular season title for the first time and were the No. 1 seed in the Skyline Tournament.  Maritime fell in the championship game to finish the year 13-4, once again breaking the single-season program record for wins. Handras came to Maritime after three seasons at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT).  She led the Bears to a 42-14 overall record during that time, including a 20-4 mark in conference play.  In its first-ever season of competition in 2017, NYIT reached the NCAA Tournament.  The Bears went 7-1 in East Coast Conference (ECC) play in 2019, which was good for a share of the regular season conference title. Prior to NYIT, Handras spent nine years as the head coach at Dowling College.  She posted a 115-39 overall record at Dowling, including a 17-4 mark in 2016, when the Golden Lions recorded their first-ever NCAA Tournament win.  Handras led Dowling to its first-ever ECC championship and NCAA Tournament berth in 2011.  The Golden Lions repeated as ECC champions in 2012 and won the conference title again in 2014. While at Dowling, she mentored eight IWLCA All-Americans, 23 IWLCA All-Region players, seven ECC Players of the Year and 59 All-ECC selections.  Handras was also the Golden Lions’ women’s soccer coach for 11 seasons, guiding the team to back-to-back ECC championships in 2011 and 2012. In addition to serving as the Privateers’ head women’s lacrosse coach, Handras is the Athletic Department’s Senior Woman Administrator.  In that role, she represents Maritime at various conference and NCAA meetings and events throughout the year.  Handras is the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) moderator, as well.   Year Overall Conference Postseason 2021 5-1 5-1   2022 12-3 5-2 Skyline Conference Tournament 2023  13-4 7-1 Skyline Conference Tournament Career 30-8  17-4

Ott helped the Privateers to wins over Maine Maritime and Mass. Maritime en route to the first-ever Maritime Cup in mid-March. Later in the season she oversaw the team pick up its third consecutive "Sound Shootouf" victory over the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Following the season, Maritime had two Skyline All-Conference selections, the second time in as many seasons. In her first season with the Privateers, Ott was instrumental in helping the team to a program record five victories during the 2014 season. She also helped with the development of the players including Maritime's first female to win an individual conference award as freshman Jane Quinn was named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year following the conclusion of the season. Ott comes to Maritime after a successful playing career at Division II Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. She was a four-year starter at the midfield position for the Mavericks, while also playing as a member of Mercys field hockey program. In her four years playing lacrosse, she started 39 of 41 games and tallied 18 goals and 2 assists. Ott also recorded a program-best 70 draw controls in her career. With Mercy, she also had four years of experience running clinics for local female athletes. In the summer months, she assisted with Copiagues summer league on Long Island and volunteered as a coach for Team91. A native of Copiague, N.Y., Ott attended Copiague High School where she was also a four-year starter as a midfielder. She was named Suffolk County All-Division in 2009 and earned multiple team awards. Ott also lettered in soccer and field hockey at Copiague High School.