In 2018, the experienced Commodore backline finished fifth in Division I with 23.59 ground balls per game and 12th nationally with 11.0 caused turnovers per game. Senior defender Margaret Fee was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team as a leader of the defensive unit that featured three seniors in Fee, Frankie Angeleri and Mary Claire Dachille.

In 2017, the Commodore defense stood tall after the implementation of the 90-second shot clock. The Dores allowed less than 10 goals five times last season and were 5-0 in those games. Against Butler, the Commodores allowed only four goals, the fewest since Feb. 7, 2015 against Kennesaw State.

On Sept. 2, 2015, head coach Cathy Swezey promoted Hewitt to associate head coach after one year as the Commodores’ defensive coordinator.

Hewitt was hired in June 2014 due to her vast experience as a head coach, assistant coach and an All-American midfielder.

Hewitt spent the past five years as a head coach at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., where she built the Dolphins into a Division II national power. In her five years at the helm, Le Moyne compiled an astonishing record of 71-19 (.789) with a 43-5 (.896) mark in the Northeast-10 Conference.

She guided the Dolphins to two Final Fours, three NCAA Tournaments, two NE-10 regular season championships and conference tournament titles. During a three-year stretch, from 2011-13, the Dolphins were 50-8, winning at least 16 games every year and not losing more than three games in a season. In 2011, the New York native, led Le Moyne to a school-record 18 wins and their first of two Final Four trips.

A college coach for less than a decade, Hewitt has built a reputation for forging success at programs in transitional phases.

In 2005, a year after she ended her heralded playing career at North Carolina, she ventured out to the University of Oregon. In Eugene, she helped the Ducks launch their lacrosse program. She spent three years at Oregon, holding the title of defensive coordinator in addition to helping recruit the program’s first recruiting classes.