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Rachel Palumbo

Palumbo was named the head field hockey coach at Catholic University on March 26, 2020.

Palumbo came to Catholic after two seasons as an assistant coach at Middlebury where she won back-to-back national championships in 2018 and 2019. Under Katharine DeLorenzo, she helped guide the Panthers to a school record 21 wins each year and a 42-2 overall record, including a mark of 18-2 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Middlebury was also recognized as the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Coaching Staff of the Year twice and won two NESCAC championships.

Palumbo, who received her USA Field Hockey Level II Accrediitation in Spring 2019, served as the recruiting coordinator for the Panthers who had six All-America, eight all-region and eight All-NESCAC selections the last two seasons. Middlebury also boasted the 2019 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, Katie George, who led the team with 13 goals and 29 points this season.

In November 2018, Palumbo joined DeLorenzo on a community service trip to Jharkhand, India where she participated in a week-long field hockey residential program for young women ages 14-17 known as the East India Field Hockey Project.

Palumbo spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Salisbury under Dawn Chamberlin. The Sea Gulls posted a record of 30-7 during her two seasons, advancing to the national semifinals of the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship and winning a Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) in 2016. The team also finished the 2016 season ranked at No. 2 in the NFHCA Coaches Poll.

As a player, Palumbo appeared in 68 games and made 47 starts as a defensive midfielder at Division I James Madison. She scored two game-winning, overtime goals for the Dukes who made three Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Field Hockey Championship appearances, advancing to the finals in 2014.

Palumbo began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Perkiomen Valley High School in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. While there, she served as the head coach for the USA Field Hockey Futures Program Site 5Y and as a coach for X-Calibur Elite Indoor Field Hockey Club. While at Salisbury, she coached for the Shore Byrds Field Hockey Club.

Palumbo received her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science with a minor in coaching education from James Madison in 2015 before earning a master’s in postsecondary education from Salisbury in May 2018.

Off the field, Palumbo is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) who completed internships at both Salisbury and James Madison.

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In the fall of 1998, I was a graduate student at George Mason University and happened to meet a guy who told me that he and some friends were putting together a club hockey team. Having grown up playing hockey in Canada, I jumped at his invitation to join them.

I grew up in North Bay, Ontario, where hockey was everything. When I was 15, my dad decided to take a job in Montgomery, Alabama. There was no ice hockey at that time in Alabama. The college I attended as an undergraduate, Auburn University, also lacked opportunities to play hockey. So my chance meeting with Scott Treiber, who was forming a hockey team with a few undergraduate friends, a few weeks after I started classes in the economics graduate program at Mason turned out to be an opportunity to make my dream of playing college hockey come true.

I can still vividly remember my excitement that first night skate at Fairfax Ice Arena. The smell of an ice arena always gets my blood flowing, but this was more: Fifteen or so young men in hockey equipment ready to go their hardest in drills to find their place on a real college hockey team.

Donny Wilkins, a former NCAA Division III hockey player who was enrolled at Mason, ran the first practice. Unlike the rest of us in full equipment, Donny was dressed only in sweatpants and a Mason hoodie.

Going through the drills, I remember being humbled by the likes of brothers Bruce and Eric Baltas and Donny, who had unbelievable speed and quickness.

Making things even better, we had an ace in the hole: A fellow Canadian by the name of Ted Lancaster from St. Catherine’s, Ontario, played goalie. We even got matching uniforms with the letters, “GMU,” for practices and home and away games. What more could we want?

The first season, 1988-98, was hard because we were not yet officially accepted into the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). We played as many exhibition games we could. With Donny Wilkins getting ready to graduate, we looked to Dave Ross as our leader.

Dave arranged for the inaugural George Mason Hockey Club team to play in the ACHA, beginning in 1989-90 season. That fall had us all scrambling to make sure we had the proper apparel for our uniforms as required by the ACHA. It was, as I remember, a little tough: Hockey equipment was considerably more expensive in the late ‘80s than it is today.

Our single green and yellow jerseys we used the year before were not going to fly anymore. We needed home and away jerseys and matching socks, helmets and pants. The team decided we would wear black pants and white helmets. Even though we received funds for our club from the school, we still had to pay team dues to cover our costs.

We found a new home that year, Mount Vernon Recreation Center in Alexandria, VA. Wednesday morning practices were special as we took the ice right before the Washington Capitals. It was great talking after practice to Scott Stevens, Dale Hunter and others. They treated us just like fellow hockey players.

Road games were too much fun, going to places like Daniel Boone Village in North Carolina. There is nothing like a hockey team to give you a great group of friends. Hockey players don’t need fraternities. I also got a kick out of showing my fellow grad students my action picture captured in the school newspaper, The Broadside.

With Minnesotans like Steve Hanson and Jack Fyock, along with Pete Iacconie, the Baltas brothers and Canadian Ted Lancaster in net, we actually won quite a few games.

After that inaugural season, I left Mason to get a job in the real world and returned to watch a few home games that next season. I saw the speedster Todd Martin wearing my number seven and former NHL player, Brian “Buggsy” Watson, behind the bench.

Now, 30 years later, I get to see my own boys come to Mason for a year of graduate school and play on the now very successful hockey club. This season, with my son Alex as an assistant coach and my son Nick playing defense, marks 30 years since the inaugural season that I witnessed and have the fondest memories. It’s a club that provides a really great environment for young student athletes. Everyone who has ever been involved with this organization should be very proud of how far it has come and how far it will go.

By Peter Grose, founding member

Towson University Athletics Baseball History vs George Mason University

Baseball History > George Mason University

Baseball History vs George Mason University from Apr 30, 2004 - Mar 28, 2021

Last Matchup

Mar. 28,2021

vs.

Score By Inning
Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	F
towson university towson	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
george mason mason	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	5

Longest Win Streak

5 Games

5/1/2011 – 4/12/2013

Longest Losing Streak

5 Games

3/24/2006 – 4/28/2007

First Matchup

W 4-3

4/30/2004

Last 10 Matchups

5-5

4/4/2017-3/28/2021

History from Apr 30, 2004 - Mar 28, 2021
Date	Season	Location	Score
March 28, 2021 3/28/2021	2021	Home TOWSON, MD.	W 6 - 5
March 27, 2021 3/27/2021	2021	Away FAIRFAX, VA.	W 5 - 1
March 27, 2021 3/27/2021	2021	Away FAIRFAX, VA.	L 9 - 10
March 26, 2021 3/26/2021	2021	Home TOWSON, MD.	W 3 - 2
April 10, 2019 4/10/2019	2019	Home Towson, Md. – Schuerholz Park	W 8 - 3
March 27, 2019 3/27/2019	2019	Away Fairfax, Va.	L 2 - 6
May 2, 2018 5/2/2018	2018	Home Towson, Md.	L 9 - 16
March 7, 2018 3/7/2018	2018	Away Fairfax, Va.	L 7 - 14
May 2, 2017 5/2/2017	2017	Home Towson, Maryland	L 6 - 10
April 4, 2017 4/4/2017	2017	Away Fairfax, Virginia	W 14 - 2
May 17, 2016 5/17/2016	2016	Home Schuerholz Park	L 10 - 11
April 6, 2016 4/6/2016	2016	Away Fairfax, Virginia	L 3 - 10
April 15, 2015 4/15/2015	2015	Away Fairfax, Va.	W 12 - 4
April 8, 2015 4/8/2015	2015	Home Schuerholz Park	T 13 - 13
April 22, 2014 4/22/2014	2014	Home John B. Schuerholz Park	W 13 - 9
April 14, 2013 4/14/2013	2013	Away Fairfax, Va.	W 8 - 0
April 13, 2013 4/13/2013	2013	Away Fairfax, Va.	L 2 - 4
April 12, 2013 4/12/2013	2013	Away Fairfax, Va.	W 10 - 6
March 18, 2012 3/18/2012	2012	Home Schuerholz Park	W 8 - 4
March 17, 2012 3/17/2012	2012	Home Schuerholz Park	W 11 - 3
March 16, 2012 3/16/2012	2012	Home Schuerholz Park	W 6 - 1
May 1, 2011 5/1/2011	2011	Away Fairfax, Va.	W 12 - 5
April 30, 2011 4/30/2011	2011	Away Fairfax, Va.	L 9 - 10
April 29, 2011 4/29/2011	2011	Away Fairfax, Va.	W 12 - 4
May 23, 2010 5/23/2010	2010	Home Schuerholz Park	L 9 - 17
May 22, 2010 5/22/2010	2010	Home Schuerholz Park	W 19 - 9
May 21, 2010 5/21/2010	2010	Home Schuerholz Park	W 9 - 4
April 12, 2009 4/12/2009	2009	Away Fairfax, Va.	W 9 - 4
April 11, 2009 4/11/2009	2009	Away Fairfax, Va.	L 6 - 9
April 10, 2009 4/10/2009	2009	Away Fairfax, Va.	L 0 - 12
April 29, 2007 4/29/2007	2007	Home Home	W 7 - 6
April 28, 2007 4/28/2007	2007	Home Home	L 8 - 11
April 27, 2007 4/27/2007	2007	Home Home	L 10 - 11
March 26, 2006 3/26/2006	2006	Away Away	L 6 - 7
March 25, 2006 3/25/2006	2006	Away Away	L 6 - 11
March 24, 2006 3/24/2006	2006	Away Away	L 2 - 6
May 1, 2005 5/1/2005	2005	Away Away	W 6 - 1
May 1, 2005 5/1/2005	2005	Away Away	L 4 - 5
April 30, 2005 4/30/2005	2005	Away Away	T Postponed - Postponed
April 29, 2005 4/29/2005	2005	Away Away	W 6 - 4
May 2, 2004 5/2/2004	2004	Home Home	L 11 - 13
May 1, 2004 5/1/2004	2004	Home Home	L 1 - 15
April 30, 2004 4/30/2004	2004	Home Home	W 4 - 3

Longwood University Athletics Women’s Basketball History vs George Mason University

Women’s Basketball History > George Mason University