- Career record: 225-135; .625
- All-time leader in wins at Scranton (225)
- NCAA Sweet 16 (2021)
- 2019 & 2022 Landmark Conference Coach of the Year
- Landmark Conference Champions (2019, 2021)
- NCAA Tournament First Round (2019)
- Advanced to 13Â Landmark Conference tournaments and two Freedom Conference tournaments
- Appeared in seven conference championship games
- Won 10 or more games in 15Â of the 19Â seasons she has been at the helm of the program
- Led Scranton to 13Â winning seasons
- Drew University Athletics Hall of Fame (2019)
- Head Coach, The University of Scranton (2005-Present)
- Softball Head Coach, The University of Scranton (2007-2011); Career Record: 79-82 (three Landmark Conference playoff appearances)
- B.A., Behavioral Science and Art, Drew University (2005)
- M.S., School Counseling, The University of Scranton (2009)
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Colleen Moyer's 20-year tenure as Royals' head field hockey coach has been highlighted by 15Â seasons of 10 or more victories, two Landmark Conference Championships (2019 & 2021) and an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 2021. Moyer, who is 225-135Â in her career at the helm of the Royals, is the winningest coach in program history after surpassing the previous mark of 153 held by Beth Howlett during a 3-0 win over Wilkes on Sept. 25, 2019. She also notched her 200th career victory with a 2-0 win at Misericordia on Oct. 3, 2023.Â
Scranton posted an 18-4 overall record and went 7-2 in Landmark Conference play in 2024, advancing to the Landmark Conference Title Game for the second straight year after a 5-0 win over Drew in the quarterfinals and a 4-0 victory against Catholic in the semifinals. Graduate Student forward Katie Redding finished a historic career where she became the first three-time All-American in program history, became the first player in Conference history to win a third consecutive Landmark Offensive Player of the Year award and set a new program record for career goals (70).
In 2023, Scranton posted a 16-4 record and advanced to the Landmark Conference Championship game after a 5-0 victory over Wilkes in the quarterfinals and a 1-0 win over Catholic in the semifinals. Senior forward Katie Redding put together another impressive season as she became the first two-time NFHCA All-American in program history and broke the program's all-time records in assists (24) and points (132).Â
Moyer earned Landmark Coach of the Year honors in 2022 after leading the Royals to an 11-5 mark and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. Redding became the third player in program history to earn NFHCA All-American honors and also became the fourth Royal in five seasons to nab Landmark Offensive Player of the Year accolades.Â
In 2021, the Royals put together a historic season with a single-season program record 18 victories, a second consecutive Landmark Conference Championship and the program's first ever NCAA Tournament win with a 3-2 overtime victory over Ursinus to advance to the Sweet 16. Under Moyer's tutelage, senior Allie Benadon became the second player in program history to earn NFHCA All-American honors, while a program-best four players earned NFHCA All-Region honors and eight garnered All-Landmark Conference accolades including both the Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the conference.Â
Moyer and the Royals enjoyed a historic 2019 campaign as they captured the program's first-ever Landmark Conference title with a 4-1 win over Susquehanna in the conference championship game after a 3-0 shutout of Elizabethtown in the semifinals. Scranton went 13-8 overall and posted a 6-1 mark in Landmark Conference play to earn the top seed in the Landmark Conference tournament before falling to MIT by a score of 3-0 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Moyer earned Landmark Coach of the Year honors and five players earned All-Landmark honors including three first-team members. 
During the 2018 season, Moyer guided the Royals to a 13-6 overall record and a 4-3 mark in Landmark Conference play. Entering the postseason at the #4 seed, Scranton traveled to Washington, D.C. for the semifinals where they upset top-seeded Catholic, 1-0, to advance to the Landmark Conference championship game for just the second time in program history.Â
Following a 5-12 campaign in 2016, Moyer led Scranton to an outstanding season in 2017 as the Royals posted a 15-3 overall record while going 6-1 in Landmark Conference play to claim the #2 seed in the postseason tournament. Despite dropping a heartbreaking overtime decision in the Landmark Conference semifinals, the Royals posted their third-most victories in a season during the fall.
In 2015, the Royals advanced to the Landmark Conference Tournament for the fifth straight season, as Scranton won 13 games for the second straight year after finishing with a 13-5 overall mark. Scranton also went 4-3 in the Landmark Conference, as Moyer guided Jessica Pankey to Landmark Defensive Player of the Year honors. During the 2014 campaign, Moyer reached a personal milestone on October 11, 2014, when the Royals defeated Landmark Conference rival Goucher College, 2-1, in Towson, Maryland. It was her 100th career win. Scranton finished the season with a 13-6 overall record and a 4-3 mark in Landmark Conference play.
In 2013, Moyer led Scranton to its fourth Landmark Conference tournament berth and a 14-6 overall record. Only this time, the Royals advanced to the championship game of the Landmark tournament for the first time in school history before dropping a 2-0 decision to Catholic University in Washington, DC. The campaign featured winning streaks of eight and four games, and the 14 victories were the most for the program since 1998.
In 2012, the Royals went 11-7, including a 2-1 loss in overtime to Drew University in the semifinals of the Landmark tournament. The previous year, Scranton dropped another heart-breaking 2-1 decision in overtime against Drew in the semifinals, but the Royals did, however, finish with 12 victories.
Scranton first qualified for the Landmark tournament in 2008, losing a nail-biting 1-0 decision to top-seeded Catholic University. Moyer also led the Royals to back-to-back winning seasons and tournament berths in Scranton's previous affiliation with the Freedom Conference of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation in 2005 and 2006.
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A native of nearby Shavertown, Pennsylvania, Moyer, known then as Colleen Mahon, was a four-year letter-winner in field hockey for Drew University from 2001-2004. She served as team captain her senior year as the Rangers posted a 14-8 overall record, won the Freedom Conference championship, and advanced to the NCAA tournament. She was also a three-time first-team all-conference selection.
In Drew’s 3-2 overtime victory against Scranton in the Freedom Conference championship game, Moyer set up the game-winning goal with an assist at the 76:07 mark as the Rangers won their seventh conference title in school history.
In addition to being named Freedom Conference tri-player of the year, she was named all-regional and all-American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA). She was also a two-time member of the NHFCA Academic Squad, three-time member of the Middle Atlantic Conference Academic Honor Roll, as well as being named the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year and Drew University Alumni Association Female Athlete of the Year for 2005. She was also named the Freedom Conference Rookie of the Year in 2001.
Moyer, who also lettered in softball for Drew for three seasons and earned all-regional honors for her play during the 2003 season, was named to the Drew Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
On May 29, 2010, Colleen married Stephen Moyer, a classmate of hers at Lake Lehman High School. The couple has three children: a son, Samuel, and two daughters, Maia and Isla.
National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-American Selections (2)
Allie Benadon (2nd team, 2021)
Katie Redding (3rd team, 2022, 2023, & 2024)
National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-Region Selections (14)
Bridget Abraldes (2nd team, 2023 & 2024)
Allie Benadon (1st team, 2021; 2nd team, 2019)
Meredith Campbell (1st team, 2017)
Jenna Cyr (2nd team, 2017)
Alyssa Fania (1st team, 2014)
Lauren Franco (2nd team, 2022, 2023Â & 2024)
Megan Gallagher (2nd team, 2018)
Gretchen Kempf (2nd team, 2011; 2nd team, 2012)
Clare Maguire (1st team, 2021)
Gracie McClatchy (1st team, 2018, 2nd team, 2019)
Ashley Moore (2nd team, 2021)
Jessica Pankey (2nd team, 2014, 1st team, 2015)
Katie Redding (1st team, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)
Kristin Thomas (2nd team, 2005)
Freedom Conference Player of the Year (1)
Kristin Thomas (2005, Tri-Player of the Year)
Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Year (4)
Allie Benadon (2021)
Alyssa Fania (2014)
Gretchen Kempf (2011)
Katie Redding (2022, 2023 & 2024)
Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year (1)
Jessica Pankey (2015)
Landmark Conference Player of the Year (3)
Meredith Campbell (2017)
Gretchen Kempf (2012)
Gracie McClatchy (2018)
Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year Selections (3)
Jenna Cyr (2017)
Laura Megargel (2010)
Katie Redding (2021)
All-Freedom Conference Selections (8)
Jennifer Bostwick (1st team, 2005)
Jillian Chrest (2nd team, 2006)
Jenna Gordish (2nd team, 2005; 1st team, 2006)
Karolyn Holody (2nd team, 2006)
Kristy McNevin (1st team, 2006)
Rochelle Paquette (2nd team, 2005)
Diana Rocklein (1st team, 2006)
Kristin Thomas (1st team, 2005)
All-Landmark Conference Selections (40)
Bridget Abraldes (2nd team, 2021 & 2022; 1st team, 2023 & 2024)
Allie Benadon (1st team, 2019 & 2021; 2nd team, 2018)
Bridget Brady (2nd team, 2013)
Meredith Campbell (1st team, 2016, 2017)
Michele Campo (2nd team, 2007)
Elle Collins (2nd team, 2021, 2022 & 2024; 1st team, 2023)
Jenna Cyr (1st team, 2017; 2nd team, 2018)
Shaelin de Wit (2nd team, 2021)
Reagan Dolan (1st team, 2022 & 2024; 2nd team, 2023)
Alyssa Fania (2nd team, 2011; 2nd team, 2012; 2nd team, 2013; 1st team, 2014)
Lauren Franco (2nd team, 2021; 1st team, 2022, 2023 & 2024)
Megan Gallagher (2nd team, 2017; 1st team, 2018)
Karolyn Holody (2nd team, 2007)
Jessica Kaplowitz (1st team, 2017; 2nd team, 2016)
Kathleen Keale (2nd team, 2013)
Gretchen Kempf (2nd team, 2009; 1st team, 2011; 1st team, 2012)
Katie King (1st team, 2011)
Michelle Lennon (2nd team, 2011; 2nd team, 2014)
Clare Maguire (1st team, 2021 & 2022)
Alexandria Marandino (2nd team, 2011)
Hailey Marini (1st team, 2017)
Claire McAllister (2nd team, 2019)
Gracie McClatchy (1st team, 2018; 1st team, 2019)
Beth McLaughlin (2nd team, 2007; 2nd team, 2008; 2nd team, 2009; 2nd team, 2010)
Laura Megargel (2nd team, 2010; 2nd team, 2011)
Ashley Moore (1st team, 2021)
Christina Motz (2nd team, 2017; 1st team, 2018; 1st team, 2019)
Cassie Mullen (2nd team, 2013)
Julie Ozycz (2nd team, 2008)
Jessica Pankey (1st team, 2012; 1st team, 2013; 1st team, 2014. 1st team, 2015)
Corinne O'Kane (2nd team, 2012)
Krista Osborne (1st team, 2014, 2nd team, 2015)
Katie Redding (1st team, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024)
Diana Rocklein (2nd team, 2007; 2nd team, 2008)
Amelia Sharp (2nd team, 2019)
Annie Shaw (2nd team, 2024)
Kaitlyn Tirney (2nd team, 2008)
Elizabeth Tolley (2nd team, 2017, 2018)
Gianna Travia (1st team, 2023)
Elizabeth Yorey (2nd team, 2015, 2016)
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Name |
Year(s) |
Season(s) |
Record |
Pct. |
Donna (Leonard) Zimmerman |
1975-1977 |
3 |
7-14-2 |
.348 |
Shelley Agnew |
1978-1979 |
2 |
11-10-6 |
.519 |
Beth Howlett |
1980-1990; 1994-1997 |
15 |
153-108-13 |
.582 |
Dot Schmidt |
1991 |
1 |
12-6 |
.667 |
Robyn Jones |
1992-1993 |
2 |
18-13-4 |
.571 |
Brenda Brewer |
1998-2003 |
6 |
56-56 |
.500 |
Sara Fuller |
2004 |
1 |
10-9 |
.526 |
Colleen (Mahon) Moyer |
2005-Present |
20 |
225-135 |
.625 |
Totals |
1975-Present |
50 |
492-352-25 |
.580 |