Quinnipiac University Women's Lacrosse

Jordan Christopher enters her third season leading the Bobcats in 2025-26, and her tenth season in total with the Bobcats. The 2024 campaign was one of the most successful in recent memory, as the Bobcats clinched a spot in the MAAC postseason and upset Sacred Heart before bowing out in the second round of the tournament. The Quinnipiac offense was full-on from the start of the season, recording its most goals (239) since 2011, most points (342) since 2011, most assists (103) since 2013 and most draw controls (219) since 2011. 10 wins on the campaign were also tied for the most since the 2011 campaign. The team also shined on the defensive end, causing 180 turnovers which was the second-most since the 2007 campaign. Under Christopher's guidance, six Bobcats were selected to All-Conference honors, with first-year netminder Shannon Alden leading the way to both Goaltender and Rookie of the Year honors, while also earning spots on the All-MAAC First Team and All-MAAC Rookie Team. Emma Miller-Ayala and Anna Givens joined Alden on the All-Rookie Team, while EllaGrace Delmond, Abby Wise and Caelan O'Connor all earned spots on the All-MAAC Second Team. Most recently, she helped guide the Bobcats to a successful spring 2023 campaign. QU finished with a winning record (10-8 overall), going 5-3 in MAAC play to earn a spot in the league’s postseason tournament. QU won three of their final five regular season games, then defeated No. 5 Canisius in Hamden to advance to the MAAC Semifinals

Devin Markle, Psy.D., M.Ed joined the Quinnipiac Athletic department in the fall of 2021 as the Clinical Sports Psychology Coach. She is responsible for all of the athletic programs and works to create individual, team and coaches workshops related to sports psychology. Markle comes to Quinnipiac with over seven years of experience with working with all athletes, ranging from professional to youth. She most recently was a psychological assistant for the Fulton Psychological Group where she specialized in working with 4 to 18 year olds, counseling for mental health concerns as well as performance psychology. In 2018, she started her own private practice which specialized in helping athletes and business people to reach their highest level of performance. From August 2015 to 2018, Markle served as the Co-Director of Mindset Development at the Mamba Sports Academy. She was responsible for training athletes of all ages and levels and implementing mental skills training with individuals. In addition, she helped design the NBA and NFL Pre-Draft Training Program while working with the Mamba Sports Academy. Markle earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and English at the University of Vermont in 2010. She then went on to earn her Master's in Education in Counseling and Sport Psychology from Boston University in 2013. By 2020, Markle had also earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University.

The former Gardner-Webb and Wingate student-athlete spent the last season as a member of the Wofford coaching staff, focusing primarily on the defensive end where the Terrier program set numerous school stat records. "I'm incredibly excited for the opportunity to join the Quinnipiac women's lacrosse family and be part of such a strong program," Briggs said. "I'm very grateful to head coach Jordan Christopher for this opportunity, and I look forward to working alongside the coaching staff and with these talented student-athletes as we chase a MAAC championship. Go Bobcats!" During her first season with the Terriers in 2025, the team won a school-record nine games and competed in the Big South Tournament. Wofford set new school records in points (351), goals (243), and assists (108), along with ground balls (382) and caused turnovers (205). Four Terriers received Big South postseason honors. In her four seasons at Gardner-Webb, Briggs played in 50 career games with 37 starts on defense. During her senior season in 2023, she started all 17 games and had 41 ground balls and a school-record 35 caused turnovers to earn first-team All-Big South honors. In 2022 as a junior, she started 18 of 19 games played and had 18 ground balls and 20 caused turnovers. She played the 2024 season at Wingate as a graduate student, seeing action in ten games with five starts. The team was 13-5 overall and 9-1 in the SAC with an appearance in the conference tournament championship game.

The Henrietta, N.Y., native and Niagara graduate enters her second season as an assistant coach in the 2025-26 season, looking to build on a successful 2025 campaign. Under Crane's guidance, the Bobcats had their most successful offensive seasons in 15 seasons, posting the most goals (239) and points (342) since the 2011 campaign and the most assists since the 2013 season. Quinnipiac tied its most wins since 2011 and earned a berth in the MAAC postseason while also totaling six all-conference selections, highlighted by Shannon Alden earning MAAC Rookie and MAAC Goalie of the Year honors. Crane came to Hamden with MAAC experience already, spending five seasons as a Purple Eagle at Niagara and graduates as one of the best midfielders in the program's history. The two-time MAAC Midfielder of the Year and All-Tournament Team selection finished third all-time in the program's history with 171 goals, third in draw controls with 175, fourth in caused turnovers with 69 and fourth in points with 201. Making 70 appearances across four seasons, her career culminated with Niagara's first-ever conference title as they knocked off Fairfield 11-10 in the MAAC final in May 2024.