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Leslie DeLano

 
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LeslieDeLano became the head womens lacrosse coach in 2003.

Leslie DeLano became the head women’s lacrosse coach in 2003 and has since become the winningest coach in school history while taking the Engineers to levels not previously reached. Her teams have three of the top four single season win totals and three league championships.

DeLano, who set the program's standard for coaching wins in 2012, has an overall record of 121-105 (.535) and has coached 42 All-League honorees and 61 conference All-Academic student-athletes.

Consistently playing one of the most difficult schedules in the Northeast, Rensselaer has won 19 games, including 11 in Liberty League competition, in the past three seasons. The Engineers have had eight student-athletes garner post-season league accolades in that span while capturing IWLCA All-Academic team honors each year.

From 2011 to 2014, DeLano's teams reached double digit victories each season and won three Liberty League Championships. She guided the 2011 squad to a 10-5 record, including 6-2 in conference play, with a second straight appearance in the league tournament semifinals. Senior attack Stephanie Caouette was the catalyst as she became the program's all-time leader in several statistical categories, including goals (114), assists (56) and points (170).

The 2012 campaign was also record-setting as the Engineers set a new standard for wins in a season, going 16-2 overall with a school-record 8-1 in the Liberty League. They won the Liberty League regular season title and defeated perennial power William Smith College - DeLano's alma mater - for the championship and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The invitation to the national tournament was the second in program history.

That season's individual accolades included goalie Allie Arnal earning Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year and DeLano being named the Coach of the Year.

RPI not only matched its 16 wins the following season (16-4) and won the Liberty League regular season (8-1) and tournament titles, but it advanced the farthest in school history in the NCAA Tournament. The Engineers, once again backstopped by the Defensive Player of the Year in Arnal, won its first two games, including a home contest, before dropping an Elite 8 match-up at Middlebury College, 10-8.