Danielle Schwan-Tetreault will be entering her fourth season as head coach for the 2027 season and 10th season with the program.
Coach Schwan-Tetreault was named the program's eighth head coach on August 17, 2023.
“We are pleased to promote Danielle as our new women’s lacrosse head coach,” said Siena University Vice President and Director of Athletics John D’Argenio. “Danielle has been an integral part of our success over these past six years and we’re looking forward to reaching new heights under her leadership. During her tenure at Siena, she progressed through the coaching ranks from part time assistant, to full time assistant to associate head coach. She has been instrumental in the team's development and the recruitment of outstanding student athletes.”
Coach Schwan-Tetreault led the Saints to the MAAC Championship Game in her third full season as head coach, highlighted by a program-best 5-0 start and a six-game winning streak toward the tail end of the season that extended through the MAAC Postseason rounds. Siena defeated No. 4 Mount St. Mary's (MD) in Emmitsburg, MD 9-8 in a MAAC Quarterfinal on April 26, 2026 and then defeated No. 2 Niagara 18-8 at top-seed Fairfield on May 1, 2026. Siena reached its fifth MAAC Championship Game in program history and fourth time with coach Schwan-Tetreault on the coaching sideline. The team also became the lowest seeded team (No. 5) to reach a MAAC title game in conference history.
Consistent success has been a hallmark. This year extended the program's streak of reaching at least the MAAC Semifinals for a seventh consecutive season. Of note, the Saints also ranked eighth in NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse in scoring defense (7.89 goals-against average) and 29th in ground balls per game (16.84).
Schwan-Tetreault hit the ground running in her first season at the helm of the Saints by raising the bar for several new benchmarks. Siena Women's Lacrosse set a program record for the most wins in a single season (13) while she also became the first head coach in program's history to defeat an IWLCA Top-25 opponent (then #18 Army West Point on Feb. 17). A program-record eight players earned All-MAAC honors including three First Team All-MAAC selections in attack Grace Dobrzynski, graduate student Jenna Colabufo and senior Taryn Asselin; one Second Team All-MAAC selection in senior Laura Bonomo and four All-Rookie selections in Elizabeth Wamp, Olivia Nicholson, Cassidy Bonura and Kylie Kuhn. The team also established a program record for the largest margin of victory, beating Rider 22-4 on March 23, 2024 for an 18-goal differential. Standing out in the classroom, Siena Women's Lacrosse had 17 student-athletes achieve at least a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 scale to earn MAAC All-Academic Team honors.
In year two, Schwan-Tetreault guided the Saints to a seven-game winning streak that ran the month of April 2025 including a MAAC Second Round victory over No. 7 seed Quinnipiac 15-9 at Hickey Field on April 27, 2025.
Individually, Dobrzynski set the program records for the most assists in a single season with 59 as well as the career assists mark. For several weeks late into the season, she led all Division I women's lacrosse players in assists and also surpassed the conference record for most assists in a single season. Dobrzynski was additionally named back-to-back winner of the Siena Athletics Female Student Athlete of the Year as well as the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Grand Collegiate winner and a nominee for the Allstate NACDA Good Work Team by the team selection committee. Asselin broke two records including the program's single-season draw controls record (finished with 120) as well as the most draw controls in a single game (15 v.s Rider on March 23).
In her nine seasons coaching Siena Women's Lacrosse, the Saints have held an overall record of 87-63 (.580) with a 46-22 (.676) record in conference play.
From 2018-2023, Schwan-Tetreault served on staff for the duration of former coach Abigail Rehfuss' tenure.
Schwan-Tetreault spent her first five years on staff as assistant coach before being
promoted to Associate Head Coach on August 11, 2022. A local product, Schwan-Tetreault graduated from nearby Guilderland High School in 2009 before starring on the field at Harvard University.
Schwan-Tetreault - alongside Rehfuss - thrice guided the Saints to the MAAC Championship game (2019, 2021, 2023), producing 27 All-MAAC selections. She has helped produce two MAAC Players of the Year in Sammy Horton (Goalkeeper, 2018) and Nicole McNeely (Offensive, 2022) as well as the 2023 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year Mary Soures and the 2018 MAAC Rookie of the Year Kerry Gerety.
"I am extremely grateful and excited to be appointed as the head women's lacrosse coach for Siena. I want to thank John D'Argenio and the Siena administration for this opportunity. I also want to thank Abby for her passion and dedication to this program and for allowing me to grow beside her for the past six years. The Siena lacrosse program is incredibly special to me and I cannot wait to lead the Saints toward a MAAC Championship. Go Saints!"
Academically, the program tied a single-season high for the 2023 season with 20 student-athletes on the MAAC All-Academic Team and five student-athletes on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, which recognized Hannah Field, Grace Dobrzynski, Jenna Colabufo, Jordan Bentley, and Kelly Logue. Additionally, Laura Bonomo was named an Arthur Ashe Junior Sports Scholar. As a whole, the team achieved a spring cumulative GPA of 3.65.
In 2022, Siena played host to the MAAC Championships for the first time in program history as they held a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship for the first time in 17 years.
In 2021, she would help lift the Saints to an 11-3 record, putting up the highest single-season win percentage in program history (.786) while also setting a program-record with eight straight victories through the MAAC Semifinals. Despite the 2020 season being unexpectedly shortened, Schwan-Tetreault helped the Saints finish the year ranked second in the nation in fewest turnovers per-game and the MAAC leaders in clearing percentage.
One of the most standout notes of her Siena career so far, Schwan-Tetreault helped bring the Saints from a one-win MAAC team in 2018 to a new program record 12 wins in 2019 and a win away from the program's first MAAC Championship. Under her guidance, the Green and Gold had seven selected to All-MAAC teams, which is the program's second highest total in the team's 23 year history. Also under her watch, Kerry Gerety and McNeely would each break the single-season scoring record en route to the program's second appearance in the MAAC Championship game and first since 2005.
Prior to entering the collegiate coaching field, Schwan-Tetreault played lacrosse at Harvard from 2009-2013, earning Preseason All-American accolades prior to her final two campaigns. A star midfielder, she was recognized as a two-time Ivy League Second Team selection, Ivy League Honorable Mention selection in 2013 and an All-Region First Team member in 2011. Schwan-Tetreault ranks ninth all-time in Crimson program history with 114 goals in her career and ranks 11th with 139 career points.
Tetreault is no stranger to Capital Region lacrosse, having served as the Head Coach for the Albany Elite Lacrosse Organization in Albany, New York. She also previously coached for the New York University Club Lacrosse team and the Brooklyn Lacrosse Organization. Currently, she also assists as an assistant coach of Rehfuss' lacrosse club team, 518 eXcelerate.
A standout at GHS, Schwan-Tetreault lettered all four years in soccer and lacrosse. She earned U.S Lacrosse All-American honors as a senior and honorable mention as a junior. Schwan-Tetreault was a two-time first-team Suburban Council All-Star along as well as
Times Union and
Troy Record All-Star. Schwan-Tetreault earned U.S Lacrosse Academic All-American status twice at Guilderland. She was the State Tournament Brine Choice Award winner. Schwan-Tetreault was named both the
Times Union and
Troy Record Offensive Player of the Year in 2009, also earning a spot on the New York State Tournament All-Tournament Team.
Schwan-Tetreault earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology in 2013 with a minor in global health and healthy policy.
She resides in Latham with her husband Ian and their son Theo and dog Koda.
Year-by-Year With Coach Schwan-Tetreault
| YEAR |
OVERALL |
PCT |
MAAC |
PCT |
CONF FINISH |
HIGHLIGHTS |
| 2024 |
13-6 |
.684 |
7-2 |
.778 |
3rd |
Set program record for the most wins in a single season (13); became the first head coach in program's history to defeat an IWLCA Top-25 opponent (then #18 Army West Point on Feb. 17); team hosted a MAAC playoff game for the fifth time in program's history and defeated #6 Canisius 9-6 in MAAC Opening Round game; program-record eight players earned All-MAAC honors including three First Team All-MAAC selections; one Second Team All-MAAC selection and four All-Rookie selections; 17 All-MAAC Academic selections |
| 2025 |
9-9 |
.500 |
6-2 |
.750 |
3rd |
Defeated No. 7 Quinnipiac 15-9 in a MAAC Second Round game; two players made All-MAAC team and 17 student athletes were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team |
| 2026 |
12-7 |
.632 |
5-3 |
.625 |
5th |
Became the lowest-seeded team to reach the MAAC Championship Game (No. 5); reached at least the MAAC Semifinals for a seventh consecutive season; Defeated No. 4 Mount St. Mary's (Md.) 9-8 in a MAAC Quarterfinal and defeated No. 2 Niagara 18-8 in a MAAC Semifinal; Four were named to All-MAAC Teams including major award winner McAllister Salter (MAAC Goalkeeper of the Year); 16 All-MAAC Academic selections |
| TOTALS |
34-22 |
.607 |
18-7 |
.720 |
