Keene State women's lacrosse coach Katie Arsenault begins her third season at the helm for the Owls and returns all 12 starters from last season's ECAC Championship squad. KSC, who finished 2010 with a program record 14 wins (5-1 LEC), earned the Little East Conference regular season crown for the first time in school history.

Arsenault welcomes back eight seniors, including Lauren Sawyer and Jamie Albert. Sawyer and Albert combined for 172 points on 86 goals and 86 assists. Sawyer, a third team All-ECAC selection, finished the regular season with 23 goals, a school record 60 assists, and 83 points.  She broke her own mark with nine assists in a game against Colby-Sawyer and added to her record for assists (154) in a career. Her 60 assists tied her for the top spot in Division III while her 3.3 assists per game average was third-best in the country.

Arsenault couldn't have asked for a better first season as head coach of the Keene State women's lacrosse team in 2009. In addition to claiming its first-ever Little East crown and NCAA berth, the Owls established program records for consecutive wins (eight) and LEC victories in a season (five), while also setting enough school marks to fill the nets at Owl Athletic Complex.  

Arsenault, a native of Wayland, Mass., brought a strong playing and coaching background to her position.  Prior to joining the KSC program, she spent two seasons as an assistant at her alma mater, Colby-Sawyer College.  Arsenault was a three-time All-Conference defender for the Chargers.  Arsenault also played four varsity seasons at Wayland (Mass.) High School where she was selected as a conference All-Star and defensive MVP as a senior.

Setting about the task of putting her stamp on the program, Arsenault looks to build on the past two season's success and establish the Owls as perennial contenders for the conference championship.

Meghan Ledoux joins the Owls coaching staff as a Student Assistant under head coach Katie Arsenault for her first season in 2011. Ledoux, who was also a four-year member of the field hockey team, will be primarily working with KSC's goaltending crew.

Before Keene State, she was a three-sport athlete at Bonny Eagle (Me.) High and a first-team All-Academic selection. Ledoux led her field hockey team to a State Championship in 2006.

Meghan is a health science major who was named to the LEC All-Academic team in 2010 and plans to graduate in May.