Head Coach - Emily Dewdney
Email - emily.dewdney@colby-sawyer.edu
Phone - (603) 526-3489
Emily Dewdney enters her fifth season at Colby-Sawyer College as the head coach of the women's lacrosse program and is the fourteenth coach in program history.
In 2024, the women's lacrosse program had a record year ending the season with a program-record 13 win season. Colby-Sawyer ended the year 13-5 overall and a GNAC record of 8-3. Under Dewdney the Chargers won their first ever GNAC playoff game defeating the University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) in the GNAC Quarterfinals before falling in the GNAC Semifinals to Emmanuel. At the end of the year a program-best 10 members made the GNAC All-Conference team while Dewdney also helped get the first IWLCA All-Region team selection in program history.
Colby-Sawyer finished 2023 with a record of 10-8 with a 8-5 GNAC record. The Chargers fell in the GNAC Quarterfinals to Emmanuel. Under Dewdney the Chargers had seven GNAC All-Conference members including the GNAC Midfielder of the Year.
Prior to her first full-time head coaching gig with the women's lacrosse team in 2020, Dewdney spent 2018 at the helm after Emily Rinde-Thorsen went on a one-year sabbatical. Dewdney led the Chargers to a 10-6 overall record and a 5-2 mark in the conference to earn the NAC Tournament's second seed in 2018. The Chargers appeared in the conference championship for just the third time in program history. Dewdney was named NAC Coach of the Year after guiding the team to a very successful 2018 campaign. She coached the NAC Player of the Year (Nicole Lavigne), the NAC Rookie of the Year (Briana Couture) and the NAC Defensive Player of the Year (Kailyn Lapham).
Dewdney also served as an assistant coach for eight years with the program.
Dewdney is a 2010 graduate of Allegheny College with a Bachelor's in Women's Studies, Dewdney played four years for the women's lacrosse team, which was regionally ranked. She earned NCAC First-Team accolades as one of the league's top defenders.
Dewdney, who is a certified personal trainer, lives in Sunapee with her husband Tyler and two australian shepherds Dempsey and Fisher. The New London, N.H. native is also a graduate of nearby Kimball Union Academy.
Career Record
| Year |
Overall Record |
Conference Record |
Result |
| 2018 |
10-6 |
5-2 (NAC) |
NAC Runner-Up |
| 2020 |
2-2 * |
0-1 (GNAC) |
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| 2021 |
1-3 * |
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| 2022 |
11-6 |
8-5 (GNAC) |
GNAC Quarterfinals |
| 2023 |
10-8 |
8-5 (GNAC) |
GNAC Quarterfinals |
| 2024 |
13-5 |
8-3 (GNAC) |
GNAC Semifinals |
| Total |
47-30 |
24-14 (GNAC)
5-2 (NAC) |
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| * 2020 & 2021 season canceled after 4 games due to COVID-19 |
Assistant Coach - Courtney Lampert '18
Courtney Lampert enters her fourth season with the women's lacrosse program at Colby-Sawyer in 2023. Lampert is a 2018 graduate of Colby-Sawyer College majoring in nursing.
Courtney was a four-year member of the women's lacrosse team and was one of the program's top defenders in history. In her career Courtney started 53 games, securing 59 ground balls and causing 31 turnovers. Lampert helped the Chargers make the NAC Championship for the first time in 2016 as well as making another appearance in 2018. Lampert was a two-time NAC All-Conference selection making the second team in 2017, before making the first team in 2018.
Upon graduating from Colby Sawyer in 2018, Courtney jumped right into coaching lacrosse in the upper valley for the Lebanon youth programs. Lampert also continues to coach at MACH 1 Lacrosse
Lampert currently resides in Sunapee, where she currently works as a registered nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock.
