Helena Iaquinta
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- Title:
- Head Women's Lacrosse Coach
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- Phone:
- (617) 989-4265
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- Email:
- iaquintah@wit.edu
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- Year:
- First Season
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- Previous College:
- The College of Wooster '06
Helena Iaquinta was named the head coach of the
Wentworth Institute of Technology women’s lacrosse team in
May of 2012 and will be charged with leading the Leopards into
their first year of varsity play in 2013.
Iaquinta joined the Leopard staff as an assistant coach during the
fall of 2011 and served as the co-head coach in the spring of 2012
when Wentworth completed its second season as an intercollegiate
club program.
A former standout at the College of Wooster, Iaquinta played in 68
games for the Fighting Scots, scoring 117 goals and assisting on 26
others for 143 career points. During her junior season she recorded
38 points (32 goals and six assists), which was good enough to earn
Honorable Mention All-North Coast Athletic Honors. She closed out
her career in style by being named both the 2006 NCAC Offensive
Player of the Year (and a First Team All-NCAC selection) and an
Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Region
selection after scoring 44 goals and adding 13 assists for 57
points. In her four seasons at Wooster the Fighting Scots posted a
46-14 record, which included a pair of NCAC Tournament
Championships and a pair of NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse
Tournament berths. In her sophomore season the team set the program
record for wins in a season with 13, finishing 13-4. She presently
ranks 14th on the program's all-time goals scored list and her 44
goals during her senior campaign are the 12th most in a single
season for the Fighting Scots.
Upon graduating in 2006 with her Bachelor's degree in history,
Iaquinta remained at Wooster as an assistant coach for two seasons
where she helped the team to a 12-5 record and both an NCAC title
and an NCAA berth in 2007, followed by a 10-6 mark in 2008 where
the Fighting Scots were defeated by Ohio Wesleyan, 14-13, in triple
overtime in the NCAC championship game. Iaquinta went on to receive
her Master's degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green
in 2010.
Iaquinta was a three-sport (field hockey, indoor track, girls'
lacrosse) athlete at Nashua High School. In addition to being named
a captain of the girls lacrosse team her senior year, she also was
named all-state elite and earned All-Academic honors from US
Lacrosse in 2002.