Chestnut Hill College Athletics

Under the direction of 2011 Hall of Famer, Janice Kuklick (coach/administrator), the College's women's lacrosse program won 14 Philadelphia Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (PAIAW) Championships in a 20-year span ( '79, '80, '84-'93, '95, and '99). Existing in the years prior to the establishment of Title IX, the PAIAW Championship teams regularly competed against local collegiate programs, including league members from Academy New Church, Beaver College (Arcadia University), Cedar Crest College, Eastern University, Gwynedd-Mercy College (University), Montgomery County Community College, and the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (Jefferson University) among others, as well as, featured several noteworthy athletes like Michelle Deitrich ('90-'93, 2x captain), Pam Lorenson ('87-'90, 2x captain), Jodie King ('93, captain), and Class of 2012, Chestnut Hill College Athletics Hall of Famer, Joanne Sauer ('79-'80).

When women's lacrosse was added to the Chestnut Hill College varsity athletics roster in 1961 many first-time players were attracted to the team. In the early years, the fast-paced play demanded much of the inaugural recruits. It was not until 1977 that the program began to produce well-conditioned athletes and more competitive teams. Eventually, under the direction of Head Coach Janice (Rensimer) Kuklick, the programs proved to be one of the College's most successful athletic programs. In the years that followed their PAIAW dominance, the Chestnut Hill College women's lacrosse program became a member of the Atlantic Women Colleges Conference (AWCC) and produced future Chestnut Hill College Athletics Hall of Famers; Megan McHugh '03 (HOF Class of 2014) and Katie Donovan '09 (HOF Class of 2014), who respectively won NCAA scoring titles in 2002 and 2003, and 2009.