A stellar lacrosse player during her career at The Haven, the 2026 season will mark Caprio's ninth season back at Lock Haven as an assistant coach with the Lock Haven lacrosse team.
-The 2025 season by the numbers:
Building off momentum from a bounce-back season in 2024, Reese and the Bald Eagles soared to the PSAC Championship Tournament for the second consecutive year.
The Bald Eagles soared to a 9-7 overall record with a 6-4 mark in the PSAC West, earning the third seed in the conference tournament.
The Haven reached the PSAC Championship quarterfinal for the second straight season, before bowing out of the tournament at the hands of No. 16 Seton Hill.
Following the season, record-setting goalkeeper Gretchen King won the Bald Eagles second straight PSAC Freshman of the Year, after Makayla Kelly brought home the honor in 2024.
King was also named to the All-PSAC First Team as the top goalkeeper in the Western Division.
Attacker Gabby Gunnip, midfielders Nadia Baskot and Kaitlyn Collins and defender Mackenna Brown were named to the All-PSAC West Second Team. The Bald Eagles' four Second Team All-Conference selections were the most in the PSAC West.
Nadia Baskot, Gabrielle Gunnip, Kaitlyn Collins and Emma Williams were named to the 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team.
Baskot, Gunnip, Sam Hauck, Peyton Masters, Sarah Osmun and Ally Weaver were also honored by the IWLCA as members of the 2025 Academic Honor Roll.
-The 2024 season by the numbers:
The 2024 season for the Lock Haven lacrosse was one to remember, as The Haven finished with a 14-4 record after reaching the PSAC Tournament for the first time since 2018. The Haven secured its first 14-win season since 2016, while reaching as high as No. 15 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine National Pool, while also earning a top-six ranking in the Atlantic Region.
Lock Haven racked up six wins in front of the home crowd, but it is their 8-2 road mark that led the charge.
The Bald Eagles, who sat atop the Western Division standings at multiple points throughout the year, earned a 11-10 victory over No. 23 Seton Hill on the road.
Following the season,
Makayla Kelly was named PSAC Western Division Freshman of the Year and four Lock Haven lacrosse student-athletes were named to the All-PSAC West team.
Attacker
Gabby Gunnip, midfielder
Josey Shaffer and defender
Mackenna Brown were named to the All-PSAC West First Team, while midfielder
Nadia Baskot was tabbed Second Team.
- The 2023 season by the numbers:
In 2023, Lock Haven finished fifth in the PSAC West with a 6-11 overall record and 4-8 mark in conference play. The Bald Eagles earned a victory over national-ranked Mercyhurst, after downing the No. 22 Lakers at home.
Following the season, Josey Shaffer was named a Second Team All-PSAC West midfielder, while Brianna Cook was selected to play in the 2023 IWLCA Senior All-Star Game.
Academically, the Bald Eagles were named a 2023 IWLCA National Academic Honors Squad, while nine student-athletes earned individual honors. Lancrosse also landed four athletes on the Academic All-District Team.
- The 2022 season by the numbers:
A trio of Bald Eagles was named to the All-PSAC West First-Team in 2022 as Girardi,
Caitlin Morrow, and
Krysta Reading were all honored by the conference after stellar seasons.
Girardi went on to be named the IWLCA All-Atlantic Region First Team goalkeeper, and at the 2022 Talon Awards, the stadnout goalie was named the Charlotte Smith Award, given to a female senior student-athlete whose career demonstrated all-around excellence and represented the best of what we hope LHU student-athletes to be.
The Bald Eagles finished out the season with a win over Edinboro to cap an 8-8 overall record in a season that featured a three and four game winning streak.
Academically, the Bald Eagles soared in the classroom as LHU brought home the IWLCA 2021-22 Academic Honor Squad and sent ten individuals to the academic honor roll. Another 16 Bald Eagles also earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete distinction as Reese continues a line of success at The Haven.
In 2020, the Bald Eagles were off to a sterling start in conference play as they knocked off Gannon 13-9 and found themselves undefeated in conference competition. The Bald Eagles were tabbed fifth in the 2020 PSAC West pre-season poll.
Under Caprio’s guidance, Star senior Braxtin Reddinger found herself named PSAC West Athlete of the Week (March 9) after exploding against Millersville and Shippensburg for 12 points and 14 goals. Additionally, the team awarded junior Lauren Girardi with Team MVP as she led the PSAC with 63 saves and a PSAC second-best .573 save-percentage at the time of the season’s suspension.
The team ended the 2020 season 3-2.
A look back at the 2019 season - - click here
In 2019, under Caprio’s guidance, standout Braxtin Reddinger was named to the All-Region team after both her and Kate Hooper earned All-Conference honors. Goalkeeper Lauren Girardi set the all-time Lock Haven record for saves in a single season with 209. The previous mark was 193 set by Kira Nuttall in 2008. Girardi's record-breaking season in goal was second in the conference at 209 saves, and she currently ranks ninth all-time in LHU history with 253 in her career entering 2020.
For the Lock Haven University lacrosse team, the 2019 season was a special one as it marked the 50th anniversary of the first season of LHU lacrosse back in 1969. It also marked the 40th anniversary of the program's only national championship. The team won the 1979 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national lacrosse championship. Caprio played a key role in celebrating the success, rich history and tradition of LHU lacrosse in 2019.
A more in-depth look:
On August 17, 2017, Lindsay (Walbrandt) Caprio, a 2015 Lock Haven University graduate and former Bald Eagle standout-player was named the LHU lacrosse team's new assistant coach.
In 2018, Caprio and the Haven went 13-6 (8-4, PSAC) record before bowing out in the PSAC semifinals.
The 2018 season was Caprio's first year as the assistant coach of the Bald Eagles and saw the senior trio of Alex O'Herrick, Katie Costanza and Hailey Kilian all earned All-Region honors from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).
Caprio spent the 2017 season serving Lock Haven as a volunteer assistant coach.
She spent the 2016 season at Souderton Area High School, serving as the head varsity coach, where she led the team to an overall nine-win season. Souderton finished the 2016 season at 7-3 in Suburban One National League action and Caprio led five players to All-League accolades.
After leading the Bald Eagles on the field as a player for four seasons, Caprio spent the 2015 season as a student-assistant coach. In 2015, LHU went 20-1 overall, 12-0 in PSAC action and finished as national runners-up.
During her four-year playing career at Lock Haven from, 2011-2014, Caprio was a four-year starter. She led the Bald Eagles to a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tournament titles and a spot in the 2014 NCAA Division II national championship game. Caprio was a two-year team captain and after her senior season in 2014, she was named a First-Team All-Conference selection and an All-American. She was also an Academic All-American and was named to LHU's Academic Honor Roll every semester of her collegiate career.
*Updated May 22, 2024
