Biography:
Coach Kienzle will be entering her ninth year as Varsity head coach and is an 8th grade Social Studies teacher at the district's middle school. Throughout the last eight seasons, the Slaters have appeared in two Colonial League championships, five Colonial League semifinal games, and have made District XI playoffs seven times - in 2012 the Slaters made it to district semifinals and the last year four years played in the District XI 2A championship game. In 2019, the Slaters defeated the 20-0 Southern Lehigh Spartans to repeat as District XI 2A Champions. In 2018, the Slaters won the Colonial League Championship, the District XI 2A Championship (first time in school history), appeared in the PIAA state playoffs for the first time and won in the first round defeating Manheim Central 2-1. The Slaters also broke the school record for wins in 2018 with 21 victories. They completed their historic season in the state quarterfinals with a final record of 21-2-1. Coach Kienzle previously spent three years at the Middle School level as an assistant (2 years) and head coach (1 year) along with coaching for two seasons as a varsity assistant under former head coach Carol Alfred. As Varsity head coach, Coach Kienzle has an overall record of 122 wins, 47 losses, and one tie.
Biography:
Coach Giovannini is entering her ninth season with the high school field hockey program and she is a teacher in the autistic support room through the IU at Stroudsburg. Coach Giovannini has posted a winning season in each of her six seasons leading the JV team. She spent one year as a varsity assistant helping lead the Slaters to the Colonial League championship game and a 19-5 record.
Biography:
Coach Barrett is entering her seventh season as the Varsity and JV assistant coach. She is also the guidance counselor at Five Points Elementary School. In 2019, the Slaters repeated the season as District Champions defeating 20-0 Southern Lehigh. In 2018, the Slaters won the Colonial League Championship, the District XI 2A Championship (first time in school history), appeared in the PIAA state playoffs for the first time and won in the first round defeating Manheim Central 2-1. The Slaters also broke the school record for wins in 2018 with 21 victories. They completed their historic season in the state quarterfinals with a final record of 21-2-1. Coach Barrett formally led the middle school program for two years as head coach and was an assistant at the high school level for two years under former head coach, Carol Alfred.
Abigail Bakke.
Volunteer Coach
Biography:
Coach Bakke was a standout player for the Slaters from 2008-2011. She was a four year letter Varsity letter winner at Bangor, a team captain, and an integral part of the 2010 championship team. Coach Bakke went on to continue her career at the collegiate level playing for Lehigh University, but unfortunately had a career ending back injury during her freshman year.