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coach christyyarnell
Coach
Yarnell brings a wealth of experience to the team that continues
to help the club program move forward and improve.
As
a coach, she is a former Assistant with the perennially ranked
University of Notre Dame varsity program. Christy was part
of some of Notre Dame's best lacrosse teams including a squad
that earned Notre Dame's first ever NCAA tournament bid.
Her
playing days were not only outstanding, they were record-setting.
As a lacrosse goalie for the University of Richmond, she ranks
26th all-time among NCAA Career Saves leaders with 252 saves.
At Richmond, she graduated as the school's all-time leader
in career saves and saves percentage, and as the season record-holder
in saves and saves percentage. A four year starter, her four
seasons of play rank 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th on the season saves
list. Twice she was 2nd Team All-Conference for the Spiders,
members of
the
Colonial
Athletic Association. A captain of the lacrosse team her senior
year, she was also the captain of the field hockey team for
which she was also a four year starter. In 1996 she not only
earned one of her two 2nd Team All-CAA honors in lacrosse,
but was also 2nd Team All-CAA in field hockey.
Not
only was she an outstanding keeper for Richmond, but in 1995
she played on the Under-19 U.S. Lacrosse team that was runner-up
in the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Association's
(IFWLA) World Cup.
Christy
is still at Notre Dame, working in Academic Services for Student
Athletes as a Senior Counselor. |
