Klaes-Bawcombe has amassed a career 201-110 record, including a 151-75 mark in Harrisonburg.

The 2018 JMU lacrosse season was one for the record books, as she guided the Dukes to the first national championship in program history with a school- and CAA-record 22-1 overall record.

The Dukes won their second straight conference championship and earned the No. 3 overall seed for the NCAA Championship – a program best. After notching wins at home against Virginia and sixth-seeded Florida, JMU upended second-seeded North Carolina before holding off fourth-seeded Boston College 16-15 to win the national title.

Following JMU's title win, Klaes-Bawcombe was named the IWLCA Division I National Coach of the Year and ILWomen Division I Coach of the Year for the first time in her career. She additionally garnered IWLCA South Region Coach of the Year laurels.

After the regular season, in which the Dukes won the CAA outright for the second straight year, she was named CAA Coach of the Year for the third straight season, as the Dukes held a 16-1 record – the most wins in any JMU regular season.

She coached four players to All-America status, including Tewaaraton Award finalist Kristen Gaudian, who was an IL Media First Team All-America after being voted CAA Player of the Year. Tewaaraton nominee Haley Warden was a Second Team All-American and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Elena Romesburg earned Third Team All-America honors and Rebecca Tooker was an Honorable Mention selection.

JMU finished 2018 setting program records in scoring (362), assists (156), points (518), free-position goals (73) and draw controls (330). The Dukes set a team record with four 40-goal scorers in the same season – Kristen Gaudian (80), Elena Romesburg (66), Hanna Haven (47) and Haley Warden (46).

In 2017, Klaes-Bawcombe became the program's all-time leader in wins, surpassing JMU Hall of Famer Dee McDonough with her 119th win at JMU on Feb. 25, 2017 in a 15-4 victory against High Point.

During her career, she has led JMU to five CAA championships and her teams have played in eight of the past nine CAA championship games.

The Dukes won the tournament title in 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2018 while dropping two of the four losses by a single goal, which included an overtime loss to top-seeded Towson in 2014.