HGR Girls Lacrosse Coaches

 Kristy Robertson – Girls Program Director

  • Assistant Coach at Endicott College September 2017- present.
  • Graduated from Haverhill High School in 2013 as a 4-year Varsity player
  • Leading goal scorer at Haverhill High School
  • Attended Southern New Hampshire for 1 year and then transferred to Umass Lowell for last 3 years of college
  • Served as a two-time captain- Division 1 lacrosse at Umass Lowell.
  • Graduated from Umass Lowell in 2017 with honors and a degree in Liberal Arts
  • 2 year – Student Advisory Committee (SAAC) Rep at Umass Lowell
  • Volunteer Assistant coach for Haverhill High School Varsity Lacrosse in 2014-2017.

Maggie Berger

  • Graduated from Lyme-Old-Lyme High School (CT) in 2017 as a 4-year Varsity player. All-state player in 2015 and 2017.
  • Nor’easter Club lacrosse player in Connecticut.
  • 7/8 Select Beverly Girls Youth Lacrosse Coach 2021-Present.
  • Attended Endicott College and studied Education.
  • Served as a Captain-Division 3 on the Endicott College Women’s lacrosse team.
  • Graduated from Endicott with honors in 2021 and a degree in Elementary Education.
  • Graduated from Endicott with honors in 2022 with a Masters degree in Special Education.

AbbyBerger

  • Graduated from Lyme-Old-Lyme High School (CT) in 2017 as a 4-year varsity player. All-state player in 2017
  • Nor’easter club lacrosse player out of CT.
  • 7/8 select Beverly Girls Youth Lacrosse Coach 2022-Present.
  • Attended Endicott College and studied Elementary and Special Education.
  • Graduated from Endicott with honors in 2021 and a degree in Elementary Education.
  • Graduated from Endicott with honors in 2022 with a Master’s degree in Special Education.

Ali Bergin

  • Graduated from Central Catholic High School in 2019 as a 3-year varsity starter and team captain
  • Played HGR for 3 years
  • Attended Roger Williams University for one year, then transferred to Emmanuel College for last 3 years of college
  • Served as two-time captain of Division-3 lacrosse team and 3-year starter
  • Graduated in 2023 from Emmanuel College with a degree in English
  • 3x GNAC Academic All-Conference Team
  • 2x College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
  • 2x GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team

Meredith Budds

  • Graduated from Haverhill High School in 2018 and was a 4-year varsity member
  • Played HGR for 3 years
  • Won Eagle Tribune 2018 Student Athlete of the Year
  • Graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2022 with a degree in English and classics
  • Played on the nationally ranked division II team at Saint Anselm’s

AllyDaCosta

  • Hometown: New Bedford, Massachusetts
  • Graduated from Merrimack College in North Andover, MA, while playing Women’s Lacrosse: 3 years at D2 level and 2 years at D1 level
  • Captain of the Women’s Lacrosse program senior and graduate seasons
  • All-time record holder with 145 assists and most points in a game with 12 points
  • Programs 4th record holder for points with 203
  • JV coach for North Andover High School girls lacrosse
  • Entering 3rd season coaching at HGR

Sydni Dery 

  • Hometown- Hampstead NH
  • Attended Southern New Hampshire University, majored in Business Administration with a concentration in Sport Management.
  • Scholarship to Southern New Hampshire University for lacrosse
  •  Three-year varsity lacrosse player at Pinkerton Academy in Derry NH. Lacrosse captain senior year and coaches award freshman and sophomore year.
  • Picked senior year for the Bryne Cup Twin All-Star Game
  • Assistant coach for Pinkerton Academy freshman lacrosse for two years, going on her third year of volunteer coaching Hampstead Youth Lacrosse.
  • Entering first season coaching with HGR

Elizabeth Driscoll 

  • USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention NCAA DII 2023
  • IWLCA First Team All-East 2023
  • NE10 Goalie of the Year 2023
  • NE10 First Team All-Conference 2023, NE10 3X Player of the Week 2023, NE10 3X Weekly Honor Roll 2023
  • NE10 #1 in Save Percentage, #5 in Save Percentage Nationally 2023
  • Incoming Junior at #15 Nationally Ranked Saint Anselm College
  • Hometown- Marblehead MA, MHS Lax Captain, First Team All NEC 2021

Caroline Galligan 

  • 4-year Varsity lacrosse player at Marshfield High School, graduating in 2017
  • 4-year Division 3 lacrosse player at WestConn, graduating in 2021
  • Served as a two-year captain, setting the record for free position goals scored in a career
  • Current coach for Andover Youth Lacrosse 7/8 girls
  • Coaching experience at all ages in Marshfield (MA), Brookfield (CT), and Scarsdale (NY)
  • Entering first season with HGR

Hannah Goodwin 

  • Assistant Coach at Bates College
  • Graduated from Roger Williams University in 2022, majoring in Marketing.
  • Team Captain for the 2021-2022 season
  • All CCC First Team Goalkeeper (2022), IWLCA DIII Defensive Player of the Week (2022)
  • Graduate of Haverhill High School – 2018
  • Entering second season coaching with HGR

Amber Kiricolles

  • 4-year varsity player at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School
  • Rising junior midfield/draw specialist on the Bentley Women’s Lacrosse Team (D2)
  • Current youth/high school USA lacrosse referee
  • Student Athletic Advisory Committee Representative
  • Pursuing a degree in Marketing with a minor in Sports Business Management

Kloe Martin

  • 4-year starter at Cushing Academy. Earned all NEPSAC senior year for lacrosse
  • Sophomore defender/ draw specialist at D2 Barton College in NC
  • Majoring in exercise science with a minor in honors research
  • Third team all-conference defender freshman year
  • Second team all-conference midfielder sophomore year
  • HGR Alum
  • Entering second season coaching with HGR

Rebecca Matheson

  • Graduated from Reading Memorial High School in 2012 as a 4-year Varsity lacrosse player – scored over 200 goals at Reading – also played volleyball & basketball at Reading
  • Named to the Reading Daily Times Chronicle All-Decade Team for Reading 2010-2020
  • Played Division II lacrosse at Stonehill College for 4 years – Captain Senior Year, scoring over 100 points – Graduated in 2016 with a degree in Psychology
  • Received Master’s Degree in School Counseling at Assumption University in 2018
  • Currently a Middle School Guidance Counselor in Gloucester
  • Coaches 8th grade Select in Reading, MA

Iti Singh

  • Rising senior on the women’s lacrosse team at Skidmore College
  • Liberty League All-Academic Team (2021 + 2022)
  • Graduated from Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, MA) in 2019
  • Played for HGR throughout middle school and high school
  • This summer, interning at Boston Children’s Hospital in administration and finance. In August, studying abroad at the London School of Economics.
  • Entering 2nd Summer Season coaching with HGR

Jessica Upton

  • Member of the Georgetown – Triton Youth Lacrosse Board of Directors after serving as Girls 1/2 & 7/8 head coach, 7/8 select (Fall 2023-present)
  • Coaching girls lacrosse at all levels for 15 years
  • Head varsity coach at Salem High school where she lead her team to the post season 6 years and won conference champions 2014-2017
  • Head varsity coach for GeorgetownMiddle/High school, leading her team to the post season 2022 and 2023.
  • Voted NEC Coach of the Year in 2014 and CAL Coach of the Year in 2023.

Katie Wagner

  • Played attack for 5 years at Endicott College  
  • Played in every game during her time at Endicott (72 games), started 56 games
  • CCC overall leader in assists her senior year 
  • Broke the Endicott record for most assists in one game her senior year 
  • Tied the Endicott record for most points in one game her senior year 
  • After earning both a bachelors of interior design and masters of interior architecture from Endicott, she now works for an architecture firm in Boston, Ma

Grace Weatherbee

  • Originally from Marblehead, MA
  • Graduated in 2019 from Essex Technical High School and was a 3-year varsity starter there.
  • Currently finishing a 5th year and plans to graduate with a degree in History and a minor in Political Science
  • A 4-year defensive starter at Fitchburg State University, Voted captain in her senior year and received coaches awards junior and senior year
  • Named MASCAC All-Conference Second Team in junior and senior seasons
  • Holds Top-5 caused turnover records for all career and single season at FSU
  • Played for HGR
  • Entering 1st year coaching with HGR