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Kelly Amonte Hiller, Kate Livesay, Pat McCabe and Cathy Reese are US Lacrosse Magazine’s finalists for Best Women's Lacrosse Coach of 2019.

Head over to Twitter to cast your vote and look for results in our annual Best of Lacrosse (#BestOfLax) edition coming out in December.

More information on each finalist appears below.

Kelly Amonte Hiller​
Northwestern/USA U19

Kelly Amonte Hiller had a year to remember in 2019. Her Northwestern team captured the Big Ten championship and then made it to the NCAA semifinal weekend for the first time since 2014. She followed that up by bringing back the U19 world title to the U.S. after leading Team USA to a dominating run through the World Lacrosse Women’s U19 World Championship in Canada.

Kate Livesay​
Middlebury

Kate Livesay brought home her second NCAA Division III championship as head coach at her alma mater. After losing its season opener in overtime, Middlebury ripped off 22 consecutive wins to bring home the school’s seventh NCAA title overall and tie the school record for wins in a season. It was the third NCAA championship for Livesay, who also won titles in 2012 at Trinity and 2016 at Middlebury.

Pat McCabe
Adelphi

Pat McCabe led Adelphi to its third NCAA Division II championship in his first five years as head coach for the Panthers. After getting stunned by Merrimack in the quarterfinal round of its conference tournament, Adelphi regrouped and won four straight NCAA tournament games, including an 11-5 win over West Chester in the championship game.

Cathy Reese
Maryland

Cathy Reese led her alma mater to its 15th overall NCAA championship and fifth since she became head coach in 2007. The Terps went 22-1 with the only blemish coming against Northwestern in the Big Ten championship game. Maryland avenged that loss in the NCAA semifinals and then beat Boston College, 12-10, in the championship game. She was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame earlier this month.