TicketsUniversity of Cincinnati head lacrosse coach Gina Thomas welcomed home former Bearcat standout Haley Hardy as an assistant coach in Summer 2021.
Hardy served the previous seven years as the head coach at Radford, where she started the program from scratch. All in all, she coached 14 Big South All-Conference selections as well as six All-Academic honorees, including the 2020 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and 2021 Freshman of the Year, both the program's firsts. The Highlanders had 11 student-athletes recognized by the IWLCA and earned team honors from 2016-19.
The 2021 presented challenges early on, but the Highlanders ended the year winning six of their last nine games and were runners-up in the Big South Conference Tournament. Radford finished the regular season standings in third place – the highest of Hardy's tenure – and went to earn the program's first win in postseason play with a 15-14 victory over No. 2 Campbell. It was the program's first win over Campbell.
In just their second season of competition, the Highlanders had five more wins than in their inaugural year. Radford had two signature victories in year two beginning with its first conference win over Gardner-Webb. The Highlanders also picked up an 18-6 win over Presbyterian on April 15, 2017. It was the program’s first road win and first conference road win.
The two conference wins led the Highlanders to a spot in the 2017 Big South Lacrosse Tournament. It was the programs first spot in any postseason tournament and first appearance in the quarterfinals.
The year of firsts continued for Hardy and company as she had three players land postseason Big South honors. Emma Rogers was named First Team All-Conference and Callie Bonnel and Lindsey Carroll were named Second Team All-Conference.
Hardy came to Radford from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., where she was the only coach the Pioneers had in two seasons of competition. In those two seasons against more established programs, Marvine led the Pioneers to a 12-13 overall record, including a 7-7 mark in 2014.
As a Big East Conference All-Academic student-athlete at the University of Cincinnati, Hardy was a four-year member of the first Bearcat lacrosse team, where she was a standout goalkeeper and team captain. She earned a degree in sports management from Cincinnati in 2011.
A native of Alpharetta, Ga., Marvine’s coaching experience also includes several elite camps, including the Nike Cup Syracuse Camp and high-profile on-campus camps at Notre Dame, Duke, and Georgia Tech. She also coached at the club level in the Cincinnati metropolitan area for Natilax helping grow the sport in middle and high schools.
Hardy served the previous seven years as the head coach at Radford, where she started the program from scratch. All in all, she coached 14 Big South All-Conference selections as well as six All-Academic honorees, including the 2020 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and 2021 Freshman of the Year, both the program's firsts. The Highlanders had 11 student-athletes recognized by the IWLCA and earned team honors from 2016-19.
The 2021 presented challenges early on, but the Highlanders ended the year winning six of their last nine games and were runners-up in the Big South Conference Tournament. Radford finished the regular season standings in third place – the highest of Hardy's tenure – and went to earn the program's first win in postseason play with a 15-14 victory over No. 2 Campbell. It was the program's first win over Campbell.
In just their second season of competition, the Highlanders had five more wins than in their inaugural year. Radford had two signature victories in year two beginning with its first conference win over Gardner-Webb. The Highlanders also picked up an 18-6 win over Presbyterian on April 15, 2017. It was the program’s first road win and first conference road win.
The two conference wins led the Highlanders to a spot in the 2017 Big South Lacrosse Tournament. It was the programs first spot in any postseason tournament and first appearance in the quarterfinals.
The year of firsts continued for Hardy and company as she had three players land postseason Big South honors. Emma Rogers was named First Team All-Conference and Callie Bonnel and Lindsey Carroll were named Second Team All-Conference.
Hardy came to Radford from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., where she was the only coach the Pioneers had in two seasons of competition. In those two seasons against more established programs, Marvine led the Pioneers to a 12-13 overall record, including a 7-7 mark in 2014.
As a Big East Conference All-Academic student-athlete at the University of Cincinnati, Hardy was a four-year member of the first Bearcat lacrosse team, where she was a standout goalkeeper and team captain. She earned a degree in sports management from Cincinnati in 2011.
A native of Alpharetta, Ga., Marvine’s coaching experience also includes several elite camps, including the Nike Cup Syracuse Camp and high-profile on-campus camps at Notre Dame, Duke, and Georgia Tech. She also coached at the club level in the Cincinnati metropolitan area for Natilax helping grow the sport in middle and high schools.