Contact Coach Stone:
- Email: fieldhockey@lafayette.edu
- Office: (610) 330-5479
Jennifer Stone enters her 13th season at the helm of the Maroon and White during the 2025-26 academic year. The 2004 College Hill graduate had previously spent six years as an assistant with the Leopards after finishing her playing career as one of the most successful players in program history.
Field hockey had a historic season in fall 2024, completing a 14-7 (5-1 PL) record. Stone led the program to a first-round Division I NCAA playoff berth after securing the Leopards’ first Patriot League Championship since 2012. For the title on Nov. 9, Lafayette defeated American, 2-1, in overtime thanks to efforts from the program’s first ever First Team All-American, Tournament MVP and Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, Lineke Spaans. The No. 21 Leopards chased down milestones such as Stone’s 100th career victory at the helm (5-0 against Boston U. on Oct. 25), a league-high six All-Patriot League honorees, four All-Mideast Region selections and nine players of the week. Academically, the team, which included two NFHCA Scholars of Distinction, two All-Academic Patriot League athletes and 13 National Academic squad members, posted a conference-high 24 players on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and was titled a National Academic Team by the NFHCA for its 3.53 grade-point average.Â
To kick off the 2023 slate, Lafayette earned two Preseason All-Patriot League selections in juniors India Ralph and Lineke Spaans. The program finished with a 12-7 overall record (5-1 PL), making its way to the conference tournament final. The No. 2 Leopards bested No. 3 Boston U., 3-2, in overtime before falling to top-seeded American, 1-0, on Nov. 4. In total, Lafayette collected a league-high four All-Region laurels and five All-Patriot League players, one All-American, seven NFHCA DI National Academic honors and two Academic All-Patriot League members.
In 2022, Lafayette faced a tough non-conference schedule with foes including  #20 Wake Forest, #7 Princeton and #5 Penn State as well as the Patriot League's #22 American. The Leopards finished at 7-11 overall with a 3-3 conference record; victories included a 3-2 overtime game at #7 Princeton, a 4-3 senior day versus the University of Richmond and a 2-0 win against the PLT's top-seeded Boston U. The squad was named a NFHCA Division I National Academic Team and had 14 NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad selections, with three four-year undergraduate honorees. Lafayette had three Patriot League players of the week in Simone Hefting (3), Raffi Fragomeni (2) and Josephine van Wijk (1). Hefting, Molly McAndrew and Lineke Spaans were tabbed to the 2022 Patriot League Preseason All-League Team, as well as the Patriot Leaue First Team (Hefting/Spaans) and Second Team (McAndrew). Hefting and Felicitas Hannes excelled on the field and in the classroom to earn a spot on the Academic All-Patriot League Team. Both Hefting and Spaans were NFHCA Division I Second Team All-Mideast Region selections. Additionally, Hefting was chosen as the 2022 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and a 2022 Victory Sports Tours/NFHCA Division I Senior Team member. Alex Darrah and Aimee Hoefnagel closed out the season accolades as the Leopards' 2022 NFHCA Division I Scholars of Distinction.
Returning to regularly scheduled play, Stone led the Leopards to an astonishing 14-6 overall (4-2 PL) record in 2021. Lafayette met top-seeded American in the Patriot League title game after a thrilling overtime victory over No. 3 Bucknell in the semifinal round. Stone coached the Offensive Player of the Year, Audrey Sawers (a 2021 NFHCA All-American), and Rookie of the Year, Lineke Spaans, as well as three All-League First Team, two All-League Second Team, three All-Mideast Region members and a myriad of PL Weekly Award winners.
The Leopards proved successful both in the classroom and on the field under Stone's supervision in 2021, with two Academic All-League team selections, 15 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll distinctions, 14 NFHCA DI National Academic Squad members, the DI National Academic Team Award and one NFHCA Scholar of Distinction, Alex Darrah.Â
In 2020, the Maroon and White fought through adversity in the COVID-19 pandemic with a shortened conference-only season taking place in the spring semester.
The Leopards fell to top-seeded American in the 2019 Patriot League championship title game. She was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year for the first time in her career, guiding the team to a 12-8 record with a 5-1 mark in conference play, while Lisa van der Geest finished off her career with a Defensive Player of the Year and Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year nod. Van der Geest also being named to the All-America Second Team, her second All-American honor, and the Leopards put four others on all-league teams.
Off the field, Stone’s team excelled, carrying a team GPA of 3.0 or higher for the 13th straight year. Fourteen Leopards were named to the National Academic Squad with higher than 3.3 GPA’s during the fall semester.
In 2018, Stone led the Leopards back to the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since 2015, carrying an 8-11 overall record and a 4-2 mark in Patriot League play. Lisa van der Geest earned her third straight All-Patriot League selection and Molly McAndrew was named the league’s Rookie of the Year. Additionally, van der Geest picked up a NFHCA Third-Team All-American honor, the first for the program since Amanda Magadan in 2016.
During the 2016 season, Stone led the Leopards to their first-ever program win over a top-10 ranked opponent after defeating No. 9 Boston U. in a thrilling shootout. She coached three All-League players that year, including Magadan, who was named to the U.S. National Team following her career under Stone's tutelage after garnering All-Region and All-American accolades.
During her seven seasons at the helm, the Maroon and White have made the Patriot League Tournament on four occasions. A force in the conference each and every year, Stone has coached a total of 26 All-Patriot League selections, averaging 3.7 per year.
In her six years as an assistant, Stone helped Lafayette to conference titles in both 2011 and 2012, moving the program to five Patriot League Tournament championships and 10 regular-season titles overall. The 2012 squad, ranked as high as No. 11 nationally, finished 17-3 overall and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
As a player, the Newtown, Pennsylvania native started every game of her career and is third in the Leopard record books in career points (135) and career goals (51), while sitting second in career assists (33). Stone was a team captain in her final season and still holds a spot in the top-10 in the Patriot League in career assists, finishing her tenure in third and currently in eighth all-time.
Stone graduated from Lafayette in 2004 with degrees in Economics & Business and Art. She was named to the STX/NFHCA Division I All-America Second Team and received the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year award following her senior campaign. She was also named to the NFHCA Mideast All-Region First Team and was chosen to play in the NFHCA Senior North/South All-Star Game. Stone was recognized by the Lehigh Valley Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, receiving its Field Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award in 2004.
Stone also played four years of varsity lacrosse during her time as a student-athlete where she was a team captain during her senior season, as well as earning All-America honors after being named to the Brine/IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Second Team in 2003. She was named the Mid-Atlantic Regional Player of the Year as well as the LVAIAW Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year.
Stone continued playing after graduation as a member of the USFHA High Performance teams. She attended the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy where she is a graduate of the Atlanta Class of 2008. Stone holds a Level III USFHA Coaching Accreditation after completing a Level 3 coaching course and is actively involved with USA High Performance coaching, most recently serving as the Assistant Coach of the USA U17 team from 2016-2018, as an Assistant Coach with the USA U21 team during their tour in Argentina in 2018.
Stone earned a Masters of Science degree in Sport & Recreation Management from Temple University in 2011.Â
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