Coaching Staff
There will be 2 coaches per Jackals team for the 2010 season. Go Jackals!
Jenna Ries
Founder of Champions of Tomorrow and Champions Field House. Currently the Athletic Director & Head Varsity Lacrosse coach at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Bethesda, MD. Ries is the first person to be named to the Washington Post All-Met team as both a player and a coach. Former Varsity Field Hockey and Lacrosse coach at Quince Orchard High School, Ries lead her teams to 12 division titles, seven Regional Championships and two state titles. She was named All-Met Coach of the Year in 2001 and was an All-County Coach’s Selection for the 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2006 seasons. In 2009 she coached the U16 Jackals Field Hockey team to their first appearance in the D pool at the National Indoor Tournament, finishing in fourth place and earning a national ranking. Played Field Hockey for the University of Maryland.
Corey Samperton - 2012 Stars
Previously coached for the Middle School Stars Club in Alexandria VA. Coached at BCC High School in the spring of 2009 and now coaches at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Bethesda Md. In 2009, Corey coached the 2012 Stars team and will continue with the team and the club in 2010. Played for the University of Notre Dame Lacrosse 2002-2004. Played attack for the Irish and started as a Freshman. Four-year letter-winner in field hockey and lacrosse at Georgetown Visitation High School (three years) and lacrosse powerhouse St. Stephen's & St. Agnes High School (senior year). Selected first team all-met in field hockey (2001) and all-Conference four times in field hockey throughout high school. Helped St. Stephen's and St. Agnes to undefeated season and conference championship in field hockey & lacrosse. Selected all-City and all-State in field hockey and lacrosse as a senior. Two-time U.S. Lacrosse Association high school All-American (2001, 2002). Winner of the "Saint Award" in both field hockey and lacrosse her senior year. Played for team mid-atlantic/south 1 all 4 years in high school and won 3 national tournament trophies.
Allison Solomon - 2012 Stripes
Allison coached the 2013 team in the fall of 2009. Current Jackals Field Hockey coach. Allison attended Franklin & Marshall College from 2005-2009. She played midfield and low defense for the Diplomats lacrosse team. Played all four seasons (2006-2009), including participation in four NCAA tournaments and four Division III Centennial Conference Championships. The Dips won two NCAA Division III National Championship Titles (2007 and 2009), and were a NCAA 1st Runner Up (2008). Won three consecutive Division III Centennial Conference Championships (2007, 2008 & 2009). Allison played three years of varsity lacrosse and field hockey at The Academy of the Holy Cross. In 2004, Holy Cross won the first WCAC Championship in field hockey, under Coach Julie Nelson Delinsky. Allison captained both teams as a senior. All-Gazette First Team in lacrosse as a senior; Honorable Mention as a junior. All-WCAC in each of her final two years, awarded Team MVP and All-Gazette Honorable Mention in field hockey as a junior and senior. She was the Coaches Award recipient. All-WCAC as a junior and senior. Allison is excited to continue working with girls during the Winter and into the 2010 season!
Katie Laschinger - 2013
§ Assistant Athletic Director and Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach at Madeira School in McLean, VA since Fall 2009
§ Assistant Varsity Lacrosse Coach at Notre Dame Preparatory School in 2008 and 2009 seasons where the team reached the IAAM finals and at the end of the season was ranked #4 in the country
§ Earned an athletic scholarship for lacrosse to Duke University and earned starting position
§ Elected captain for Duke for the 2004-2005 season
§ 2005 Duke’s Women’s Lacrosse team was ACC Regular Season Champions, ACC Tournament Champions, and National Semifinalists
Erin Laschinger -2013
Assistant Coach: Jackals 2013
UVA Class of 2013
Midfield
High School: Notre Dame Prep 2009 Baltimore MD
Plays Midfield at UVA
High School
• Three-time All-American (‘07, ‘08,’09)
• Baltimore/Washington Tewaarton Team (‘09)
• Baltimore County Player of the Year (‘09)
• UnderArmour All-American South Team (‘09)
• First-team All-Metro (‘08, ‘09)
• Member of US Mid-Atlantic Championship Team (‘07, ‘08)
• All-Baltimore Coun)ty first team (‘07, ‘08, ‘09)
• Towson Times Girl’s Lacrosse Player of the Year (’08)
Brett Ponchione - 2014
For over a decade Brett has coached youth sports in Montgomery County, including basketball, softball and lacrosse. For the past 8 years he has coached lacrosse at various levels with BAA Lacrosse, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School and the Jackals Lacrosse Club. From teaching fundamentals to developing elite talent to assisting in the college recruiting process, his passion for the game, and enthusiasm to teach can be felt by all his players. Brett is NYSCA and NHSCA certified.
Jim Cahill - 2015/2016
Coach Cahill joined the jackals coaching staff in the fall of 2009. The 2011 team had their most successful fall season under the direction of Coach Cahill, finishing in second place at this years New World Lacrosse tournament. Prior to his coming to the Jackals Staff, Cahill coached Parkville Girls Lacrosse Teams for 7 years. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University where he played and started on the nationally ranked team for 4 years, 2 of which included NCAA championship games for the Blue Jays. Coach Cahill also went on the play for the Maryland Men’s Club Lacrosse team for 2 seasons.
Kelley Brady - Goalie Coach All Ages
Kelley is a member of Fairfield University Class of 2012. As a freshman she appeared in 10 games. That season Fairfield (17-2) was ranked #20, won the 2009 MAAC Championship, and make its first appearance in the 2009 NCAA playoffs against the University of Pennsylvania ranked #2. As a sophomore at Fairfield (13-5) recovering from knee surgery, she appeared in 6 games, played 91 minutes, made 17 saves, allowed 15 goals, and had a 53.1% save rate. Kelley is a collegiate Academic All-American (2010). While attending the Academy of the Holy Cross from 2005-2008, she appeared in 53 games, made 318 saves, allowed 236 goals, had a 57.4% save rate, and was named an Academic All-American (2008). From 2005-07, Kelley played for the M&D Lax Club on the 2008 Red Team. She attended "Between the Pipes" Lacrosse Goalie specialty camps, clinics, and individual goalie coaching (2005-2008). In 2007, she led the Academy of the Holy Cross in the goal to an 18-2 record and to the WCAC Championship game. In 2007, Kelley was named All-Gazette Goalie and a 2007 All-Examiner Lacrosse Star of the Week. Kelley started playing lacrosse for St. Peter's lacrosse in Olney at age 9. She started playing goalie in 2002 and won two Maryland Youth Lacrosse Association (MYLA) league championships as a goalie in 2002 & 2004. In 2003, she was selected as MYLA All-Star Goalie
Caitlin Sims
Caitlin Sims has coached elementary school, middle school, and high school lacrosse clinics. She graduated from The Academy of the Holy Cross in 2005. While at AHC, she played Lacrosse under Coach Lynne Rutland (Maryland Women's Lacrosse 82') and was a defensive starter her senior year. Caitlin played Basketball all four years at Holy Cross under Coach Warren Crutchfield and Coach Keith Brown who is now the Assistant Women's Basketball coach at Georgetown University. She went on to study Athletic Training and later Health Assessment and Promotion at James Madison University and graduated with a Health Science degree in May 2009. She played intramural basketball and lacrosse at JMU for four years and was also the manager for the JMU Women's Basketball Program for two years. Caitlin is also a certified Personal Trainer through the accredited American College of Sports Medicine.
Melissa Hardison
Currently the head JV coach at the Academy of the Holy Cross for both Field Hockey and Lacrosse, Melissa joins the Jackals lacrosse staff with the 2011 team. Coach Hardison is head coach for the U19 Jackals field hockey club and saw great success while coaching 2 years at BCC High School. Hardison is the former head JV lacrosse coach for the Lady Barons and in 2009 her team went undefeated. Played for American University and Quince Orchard High School.