MEET THE COACHES

Head COACH | SAMANTHA BROXTERMAN

Samantha (Ziegler) Broxterman was named the fourth head coach in DeSales University women’s lacrosse history in June, 2023.

Broxterman has an extensive background in coaching prior to her arrival at DeSales that includes seven years at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. as the head girls lacrosse coach where her teams advanced to the ISL A Championship three times in four seasons and won the 2018 ISL A regular season championship as she finished with a 51-35 record in the four years the team had a season around the pandemic.

She also spent five years as the head girls lacrosse coach at Hutchison School in Memphis, TN boasting an 85-7 career record that included an 80-game winning streak from 2011-15. Hutchison was ranked as high as #18 Nationally and won five Tennessee State Championships. Broxterman was named the Best of Preps Coach of the Year three times while at Hutchison and mentored 10 US Lacrosse All-Americans and 25 Academic All-Americans in her time there.

In addition, Broxterman spent one year as a graduate assistant coach at East Stroudsburg in 2009-10 and was an assistant coach at Lafayette College from 2007-09.  She also coached club for Stars Lacrosse and No Excuse Girls and has represented Team DC at the Under Armour All America Underclass Tournament and Team Tennessee at the US Lacrosse National School Girls Tournament.

She graduated from Lafayette College in 2006 where she was a four-year starter with the Leopards, serving as team captain in 2006 and was a four-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member.  Broxterman earned her Bachelor of Science in psychology at Lafayette and later earned a Master of Science in Sport Management at East Stroudsburg in 2010.

Broxterman originally hails from Harleysville, PA where she graduated from Souderton HS in 2006. She played field hockey and lacrosse at Souderton winning multiple Suburban One League titles and a District Championship.

Broxterman was married to husband, Andrew, in 2020 and they have one son, Sean.

GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH | SYDNEY PLUNKETT

Plunkett joined the women's lacrosse coaching staff in the summer of 2022.  She graduated Cum Laude from Albright College in the spring of 2022 with a bachelor's degree in child and family studies.

While at Albright, Plunkett was a four-year starting defender accumulating 87 ground balls and causing 50 turnovers in her career.  She was named Honorable-Mention All-MAC Commonwealth as a junior.

She will be pursuing her Masters of Education in Early Childhood Education while at DeSales.