Jordan Page, who helped Shippensburg to three NCAA Division II National Championships in five seasons, joined the Yale field hockey staff as an assistant coach in July of 2022. She was the second hire for Melissa Gonzalez, Yale’s Caroline Ruth Thompson ’02 Head Coach of Field Hockey.
In 2022 Page helped the Bulldogs to nine wins, including wins in three of their final four games -- a span in which they allowed a total of four goals. The Bulldogs had three All-Ivy League honorees, one NFHCA all-region selection and one All-ECAC selection. They also excelled in the classroom, with 16 earning NFHCA National Academic Squad recognition and two being named NFHCA Scholars of Distinction. Yale earned the NFHCA's National Academic Team award.
Page spent the previous five seasons as an assistant at Shippensburg, where she was part of a staff that earned the NFHCA Division II National Coaching Staff of the Year Award in 2017, 2018 and 2021 after guiding the Raiders to NCAA Division II National Championships.
At Shippensburg, Page focused primarily on defense. This past season the Raiders went 20-0 with 12 shutouts, including one in the national championship game vs. West Chester. Shippensburg led NCAA Division II in goals against average (0.60) and was seventh in save percentage (.810). Individually, goalie Lindsay Tripodo was second nationally in goals against average (0.61) and sixth in save percentage (.807).Â
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In SU’s eight NCAA Tournament victories during Page’s tenure, the Raiders allowed only five goals overall. They held their opponents to eight or fewer shots in seven of those eight games. Â
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Page joined the Raiders in 2017 after serving as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Syracuse. Prior to coaching at Syracuse, she was the head coach at Hempfield High School for the 2016-17 season.Â
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Page has long been involved with USA Field Hockey. She went to the Junior World Cup in South Africa as the video analyst with the U21 team and recently was in Ireland with the U21 team as the manager/coach in the Uniphar 5-Nations Tournament, where the U.S. finished third. She also has assisted with management of the National Futures Championship and the RIO Sendoff Series in addition to having a role with the Coach Education department. She worked as an assistant coach with the USA Futures Program from 2013 to 2015 and the JNC U19 Camp in 2015. As a player, she was named to the U17 and U21 National Teams.
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Page also has extensive coaching experience at the club level. She has served as a head coach of X-Calibur Club and as an assistant at the National Hockey Festival.
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Page was a two-time second team NFHCA All-Region defender at Syracuse, where she totaled 22 goals and 38 assists (fourth on the school’s career assists list). She was a second team All-Big East Conference honoree as a sophomore and a two-time All-Tournament Team selection (Big East in 2012, ACC in 2013). As a senior captain in 2014, she helped lead Syracuse to its first NCAA Championship game appearance. She graduated in 2015 with a degree in health and physical education.
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Page spent 2015-16 in Ireland earning a master’s degree in sports management at Ulster University Jordanstown while also playing at the club level with the Ulster Elks.
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A native of Denver, Pa., Page was a first team All-American at Cocalico High School.