Carolyn Cahill - Field Hockey Coach - Boston College Athletics

Carolyn Cahill

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Assistant Coach/Goalkeepers

Carolyn Cahill is in her 14th season as an assistant coach on the Boston College staff. She arrived at The Heights with former head coach Ainslee Lamb ahead of the 2005 season and has been a fixture on the sidelines since.

One of the most respective goalkeeping experts in the country, Cahill focuses on coaching the Eagles' goalkeeping corps. She also runs the Goalkeeping Academy at Boston College, which takes place in June. On game days, Cahill also manages substitutions on the sidelines.

In her career, four of the starting goalies Cahill has coached have earned All-America accolades. At BC, Eagles goalkeepers have earned two All-America honors, seven NFHCA All-Northeast Region nods, four All-ACC accolades and an All-ACC Tournament honor.

As she neared a decade at BC, Cahill tackled a new challenge in 2012 as she prepared a freshman goalkeeper for Atlantic Coast Conference play. The experienced coach trained Leah Settipane to face nine nationally-ranked opponents. The newcomer recorded a league-high 87 saves, 4.58 saves per game and was second with four shutouts. Her .702 save percentage was third among conference goalie.

In 2013, Settipane recorded an ACC-best 6.50 saves per game and was second with 130 total saves. She also tied for second in the conference with four shutouts and ranked second with a .774 save percentage.

Settipane continued her stellar play in 2014, finishing with an ACC-best 5.85 saves per game and 117 total saves, earning Second Team All-ACC Honors and Second Team All-Northeast Region accolades.

In 2015, Settipane closed out her career in the same fashion, leading the ACC with 6.14 saves per game and 135 total saves while ranking second in the conference with a .763 save percentage and third in the conference with four shutouts.

Under Cahill’s tutelage, Settipane finished her career as the winningest goalkeeper in Boston College history with 48 wins. She also ranks third all-time in the BC record books in career saves (469) and shutouts (15.1) while ranking sixth in goals against average (1.88) and ninth in save percentage (.750).

Most recently, Audra Hampsch stepped in after Settipane’s graduation and earned both All-ACC honors, as well as NFHCA All-Northeast Region accolades in 2016. Hampsch led the ACC in saves per game (5.40) and saves (108).

In 2011, Cahill tutored senior Nicole Barry, who started all 19 games for the Eagles and logged a career-high 1241:20 minutes in goal. She made 75 saves during the season, including a career-high nine against Dartmouth on Oct. 23, to total a .664 save percentage and a 2.03 goals-against average (GAA).

Under Cahill's guidance, Kristine Stigas took over as BC's starting goalie in 2009. She finished the season with a 2.35 GAA and registered two shutouts. Stigas earned NFHCA Second-Team All-Region honors. In 2010, Stigas allowed just 27 goals in 19 games, good for a 1.44 GAA. She added another five shutouts to her career statistics to move into fourth place in the school's all-time record book.

Before Stigas, Cahill coached Julia Berkowitz, an All-American in 2007 and three-time NFHCA All-Region honoree. She finished her career with a 1.78 GAA, fifth-best in BC history, and nine career shutouts, also good for fifth on BC's all-time list. In 2006, her six shutouts tied for fourth on the program's single-season record list.

In the summer of 2010, Cahill served as the goalie coach for the Junior New England High Performance Team that competed at the Field Hockey National Championships in Virginia Beach, Va.

Before Boston College, Cahill served as the head field hockey coach at Merrimack College from 2002 to 2004, where she doubled her wins over a two-year period. An active member of the NFHCA, she was also a member of the Division II All-America selection committee. Prior to her post at Merrimack, she served as an assistant to Lamb at Yale, from 2000-02. While with the Bulldogs, Cahill oversaw starting goalie Krissy Nesburg, an All-American who received First-Team All-Ivy League honors for two consecutive seasons and ranks fourth on Yale's career GAA list (1.49).

Cahill was a four-year starter at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. She finished her career with a 0.85 GAA, 47 shutouts and an overall 69-19 career record, ranking fourth all-time in Bentley history. She was named Bentley's 2000 Female Athlete of the Year and the 1999 Northeast-10 Goalie of the Year. While with the Falcons, she won four Northeast-10 Conference championships and played in the 1999 NCAA Championship game. She was a three-time Division II All-American and still holds the school record for career shutouts and shutouts in a season (14).

Cahill graduated from Bentley in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in management. She is currently a real estate agent in her hometown of Milton, Mass.