2024 Rocky River Girls Lacrosse Preview

St. Joseph Academy And Girls Basketball Coach Karen Swanson-Haan Part Ways

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This Rocky River Lacrosse preview was given to us and written by assistant coach David St.Pierre

Head Coach:
Colleen Hile

Last year:
16-4 overall
13-3 regular season
Lost to Bay Village in the Regional Final 10-9 in OT

Graduated Anika Mocho the Region 5 Defensive Player of the Year.
Graduated Olivia Konopka, a 3-year starter at Attack and Rocky River’s all-time leader in assists.

Key Returning Starters / 2023 Post-season Awards (alphabetical):
(C) Kaitlyn Byrne (Sr – A) – 1st Team All Ohio / 1st Team Region 5 (R5) / 2x R5 Attack Player of the
Year.

Reagan Connelly (Sr – M) – HM R5
(C) Grace DeWitt (Jr – M) – 2nd Team All Ohio, 1st Team R5

Mia Hildebrand (Sr – D)

Acadia Hover (Sr – G)

Elle Mocho (So – A)

Mackensie Russell (Sr – M) – 2023 Academic All-American, 2nd Team R5

Newcomers:
Addie Russell (So – Defense)
Kylie Spies (So – Defense)
Addie Tisler (So – Attack)

2024 Outlook:

We return 9 starters including our Goalie along with 79% of our point total from a year ago (225
of 280 goals and 89 of 119 assists).

Our expectations are high after losing a heartbreaker to an extremely talented Bay Village Team
in the Regional Final last year.

Our goal is to get back to the Regional Final and give ourselves a chance to advance to the State
Final Four for the 3rd time in the last 4 years.

We have a lot of veteran leadership. 7 of those returning starters are seniors and Daisy
Thompson and Mackenzie Russell played in the 2021 State Championship Game as Freshmen.

College Commits:
Alexis Tisler – University of Alabama in Huntsville
Daisy Thompson – John Carroll University
Grace DeWitt – St. Leo University
Mackenzie Russell (Soccer) – University of Dayton