Liz Martin, a former standout at Temple who coached during the 2005 season at Marist College, was named an assistant coach for the University of Delaware women’s lacrosse program prior to the 2006 season. She was promoted to a full-time position as Delaware's top assistant coach on Aug. 21, 2006 and begins her fifth season with the Blue Hens in 2010.
The former Liz Frengs, Martin was married in October, 2006 to Ed Martin.
In her four seasons as Ciarrocca's top assistant, Martin has led the Blue Hens to a combined record of 37-31. The Blue Hens have ranked among the Colonial Athletic Association's top programs over the last three seasons, posting consecutive 11-6 records in 2007 and 2008 and a 10-7 record in 2009. Delaware advanced to the league semifinals in 2007 and 2008 and to the finals in 2009. The Hens lost to James Madison 15-13 in the 2007 semifinals and fell to host William & Mary 15-14 in the 2008 semifinals. They reached the finals in 2009 with an 8-6 win in the semifinals over Old Dominion, but fell to Towson 8-7 in the finals. The Hens have earned votes and spent time in the Top 20 in both the IWLCA and Nike/Inside Lacrosse polls during Martin's tenure.
Martin helped the Blue Hens turn around a 5-12 mark in 2006 to an 11-6 record and a trip to the CAA semifinals in 2007. The Hens were ranked in the IWLCA Top 20 poll for three consecutive weeks and completed a perfect 9-0 record at home. Delaware fell to James Madison in the CAA semifinals.
After serving as a student assistant coach at Temple under Ciarrocca in 2004, Martin worked as an assistant under head coach Noelle Cebron at NCAA Division I Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. in 2005. The team went 5-10 overall and lost to Manhattan 11-10 in double overtime in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference semifinals. Frengs and Cebron were former teammates at Temple.
A native of Collingswood, N.J. (Collingswood HS), Martin was a standout midfielder at Temple in 2000-04 under Ciarrocca, helping the Owls win three straight Atlantic 10 Conference titles as a player and also leading the team to another league title during her stint as a student assistant. The team moved on to compete at the NCAA Tournament each of those league championship seasons.
As a player, she earned first team All-Atlantic 10 honors as a sophomore in 2001 and as a junior in 2002 and was a regional All-American her sophomore season. She earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team all three seasons that she played in it and was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player in both 2001 and 2002.
She played in 61 career games with 60 starts and recorded 83 goals and 32 assists while adding 141 groundballs and 67 draw controls. She led her teams to a four-year mark of 47-26 under Ciarrocca.
After scoring 13 goals and seven assists as a freshman in 2000, she added 26 goals and six assists as a sophomore in 2001 and a career-high 32 goals and 16 assists to go with 50 groundballs and 31 draw controls as a junior in 2002. She played in just seven games as a senior in 2003 before suffering a career-ending knee injury.
Assistant Coach Liz Martin