Chris Mason
Head Lacrosse Coach/Asst. Coach of Field Hockey

Women's Lacrosse:  28 years at Williams: 266-130 (.672)
Mason coached the Ephs in 1981, 1985-2000, 2002-

34 All-Americans

One National Offensive Player of the Year

One National Defensive Player of the Year

1996 National IWLCA Coach of the Year

Northeast Region IWLCA Coach of the Year: 1993 and 1996

NESCAC Coach of the Year: 2000

NESCAC Champions:  2010

Little Three Titles: 14
1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 & 2010

NCAA Tournaments:  1998, 1999 & 2000, 2003, 2009, 2010

At Boston University: 9-14-4

Overall: 275-144-4 (.655)

Chris Mason came to Williams in 1980 after guiding the Boston University field hockey and lacrosse teams from club sports to Varsity status.

Two of Mason's Eph lacrosse teams have recorded undefeated seasons – 1990 (13-0) and 1996 (15-0).  Four times in the 1990s (1990, 1993, 1996 & 1999) Mason directed the Ephs to the ECAC New England title.
 
Her 1998 and 2000 Eph teams finished second in the NCAA Tournament.

After taking a sabbatical during the 2000-01 academic year, Mason decided to give up her head coaching duties in field hockey to concentrate on lacrosse, but she remains an assistant in field hockey.

In 1983 and 1984 Mason was on leave from the Eph field hockey team competing for the U.S. Olympic field hockey team and she also missed the 1982-85 lacrosse seasons.

Mason graduated from Penn State in 1978 with a bachelor's of science in physical education and in 1986 she received a Master's in education from Boston University. From 1977-1984 she was a member of the U.S. Field Hockey Team and she was named to the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympic teams.  

The 1984 U. S. Olympic field hockey team won a bronze medal in Los Angeles.  In 1989 Mason was inducted into the U.S. Field Hockey Hall of Fame.

Her undefeated 1996 Williams lacrosse team was inducted into the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame in 2003.

FIELD HOCKEY:

19 years at Williams:  202-63-14 (.749)
Mason coached the Ephs in 1980-82, 1984-1999

All-Americans: 14

Little Three Champions:  14
1981, 1985, 1986, tied 1987, 1988, 1989,
tied 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, tied 1997, 1998 & 1999

NCAA Tournaments: 1994, 1995, 1996 & 1997

1990 & 1991 ECAC New England Champions

1988 NIAC Champions

1995 Northeast Coach of the Year

At Boston University:  4-6-1

Overall:  206-69-15 (.736)

Alix Rorke '93 enters her seventh year as an assistant under Chris Mason and having served as the Ephs' interim head coach in 2001, while Mason was on sabbatical.

Rorke was a four-year letterman in both field hockey and lacrosse for the Ephs. She earned All-america honors in field hockey and was invited ot the U.S. Olympic "A" Development Camp.

Rorke returned to her alma mater after coaching at Denison University in Ohio where she served as the head coach of field hockey and lacrosse. In lacrosse Rorke led Denison to two NCAA Tournament appearances and compiled a record of 39-23.

In her one year as the Ephs' head coach Rorke posted a 13-3 record and guided the Ephs to the ECAC-New England Championship.