The Navy Midshipmen women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing the United States Naval Academy as part of the Patriot League. They play their home games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The Midshipmen are led by head coach Cindy Timchal.
Head coach
The Midshipmen are currently led by hall of fame coach Cindy Timchal, who was named the team's inaugural head coach on August 5, 2006, and has guided the team since its 2008 inception. Timchal is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women's lacrosse history, earning her 600th win on March 10, 2026.
A 1976 graduate of West Chester University, Timchal began coaching as an assistant lacrosse and field hockey coach at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. Her first Division I head coach gig was at Northwestern University in 1982. She led the Wildcats to 5 NCAA Tournaments in nine seasons. In 1991 Timchal moved to the University of Maryland, where she transformed a school with one national title in its first eight seasons into a national juggernaut. In 16 seasons, Timchal won eight national titles, reached eleven title games, and made the NCAA Tournament every year.
History Navy began competition in NCAA Division I women's lacrosse for the 2008 season. The program has been led since its founding by head coach Cindy Timchal.
Timchal's Midshipmen made an immediate impact. After coaching the club team to an 18–5 record in 2007, Navy made the jump to Division I the next year in 2008 and has won at least 13 games in each of its first ten seasons. Navy broke through in 2010, capturing the Patriot League title for its first NCAA Tournament appearance. They beat Sacred Heart in the play-in game before falling to North Carolina in the first round to finish the year 17–4 with a #19 national ranking. This began a stretch of four straight conference titles and NCAA appearances.
The Midshipmen won play-in games three years in a row from 2010 to 2012 and added a first-round victory over Monmouth in 2013. For those four years, Navy's dominance in the Patriot League was hardly contested—they went 21–3 in league play with three regular season titles and four tournament titles.
However, Loyola joined the league in 2014, led by its own all-star coach, Jen Adams. Adams was Timchal's star player at Maryland from 1998 to 2001, as they had captured four straight national titles together and Adams still holds many Maryland scoring records. Loyola instantly dominated the league, winning three straight conference and tournament titles, preventing the Midshipmen from qualifying again from 2014 to 2016. Loyola completed its fourth straight unbeaten Patriot League regular season in 2017, and faced Navy in the tournament final. The Midshipmen stunned the Greyhounds 15–5, ending Loyola's 41-game unbeaten streak against PL teams. This win kicked off a Cinderella run for the Midshipmen, who defeated three teams in the NCAA tournament--#7 Penn, Massachusetts, and #2 North Carolina—before falling 16–14 to fellow underdog Boston College in the national semifinals (Final 4) in 2017. Navy's run marked the first time a women's service academy team had made a Division I national semifinal, and the Midshipmen ended the year 18–5, ranked #4 in the final Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and #6 in the IWLCA Coaches Poll.
In 2018, Navy appeared in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals, losing to #2 Maryland 17-15.
In 2025, the Midshipmen made their 8th NCAA tournament appearance after winning the Patriot League championship 14-13 over Loyola in overtime. Navy lost in the NCAA tournament first round 11-8 to Clemson.
In 2026, Navy appeared in its 9th NCAA tournament after winning the Patriot League title over #13 Army 17-11. In the NCAA tournament, they defeated UMass 17-16 in the first round and #9 Syracuse 11-10 (OT) in the second round to advance to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals. This marked their third Elite 8 appearance and first since 2018.
Individual career records
Reference: RecordAmountPlayerYears Goals 224 Jenna Collins 2015–18 Assists 177 Kelly Larkin 2017–20 Points 376 Kelly Larkin 2017–20 Ground balls 181 Marie Valenti 2016–19 Draw controls 504 Alyssa Daley 2022–25 Caused turnovers 114 Marie Valenti 2016–19 Saves 428 Ingrid Boyum 2015–18 Save % .470 Jo Torres 2021–22 GAA 6.87 Annie Foky 2012–15
Individual single-season records
RecordAmountPlayerYear Goals 84 Alyssa Chung 2026 Assists 71 Jasmine DePompeo 2013 Points 127 Jasmine DePompeo 2013 Ground balls 55 Caitlin Mandrin Hill 2008 Draw controls 236 Alyssa Daley 2025 Caused turnovers 38 Blake Smith 2017 Saves 155 (2) Jo TorresIngrid Boyum 20222018 Save % .484 Michelle Verbeeck 2012 GAA 4.97 Annie Foky 2014
Seasons
Postseason Results
The Midshipmen have appeared in 9 NCAA tournaments. Year SeedRoundOpponentScore 2010 – Play-inFirst Round Sacred Heart#3 North Carolina W, 12–2L, 5–18 2011 – Play-inFirst Round Quinnipiac#1 Maryland W, 20–5L, 6–19 2012 – Play-inFirst Round Oregon#5 North Carolina W, 10–9 (ot)L, 7–14 2013 #8 First RoundSecond Round MonmouthDuke W, 12–6L, 5–10 2017 – First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalSemifinal #7 PennMassachusetts#2 North CarolinaBoston College W, 11–10W, 23–11W, 16–14L, 15–16 2018 – First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinal Johns Hopkins#8 Loyola#1 Maryland W, 16–9W, 19–15L, 15–17 2019 -- First RoundSecond Round High Point#6 Virginia W, 16–5L, 12–15 2025 -- First Round Clemson L, 8-11 2026 #6 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals UMass Syracuse#3 Maryland W, 17-16W, 11-10L, 10-14
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