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Kelsea Donnelly

 
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Villanova University head women’s lacrosse coach Jill Batcheller announced the hiring of Kelsea Donnelly as assistant coach on August 20.

Donnelly joins the Wildcat coaching staff after previously serving as assistant coach under Batcheller for the last six years, at Drexel University and Bryant University. While at Drexel, she worked directly with the team’s starting goalie Zoe Bennett, who earned CAA Goalie of the Year and IWCLA DI All-Region First Team selection in 2021. In her two years at Bryant, she oversaw a group that posted back-to-back seasons allowing less than 10 goals per game.

During her collegiate career at Towson Donnelly was the starting goalkeeper from 2013-2015 and was twice named to the All-CAA First Team. In her three seasons as starting goalkeeper, she tallied 56 games and averaged a .470 save percentage and a goals against average of 8.8.

She also currently plays for the Baltimore Brave of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League.

Donnelly earned her Master’s degree in Sports Administration from Liberty University in 2019 and Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Towson in 2015.