TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team has announced that Rebecca Lane as its assistant coach on Tuesday.

Lane is the third addition to Kristen Carr's coaching staff, joining Kelyn Freedman and Shelby Harrison.
  
"I am excited to welcome Rebecca Lane to the Tiger family," said Carr. "Rebecca has had an outstanding career as a student athlete at St. Joseph's University and a member of the Australian National World Cup Team. She is a fierce competitor with an incredible mind for the game and will lead our offensive unit. We are honored to have Rebecca on our team!"

Lane joins Towson after one season at William & Mary as an assistant coach. She helped guide the Tribe to one of its best finishes in the last decade with the program's best record and the most Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) wins since 2011. She started her coaching career as a student assistant coach at her alma mater, Saint Joseph's.

"I am truly honored to have the opportunity to join this incredible coaching staff and to be part of the growth and potential this program has to offer. From all angles this program is equipped with an abundance of resources and support, and it is exciting to see how this translates first-hand to the progress of our talented student-athletes. Led by head coach Kristen Carr, this program is being challenged in new ways and reinvigorated with a new passion to be the best we can be and achieve the highest success in our sport. I am excited to learn and grow as part of this group, as well as bring a new perspective to the Towson Tigers women's lacrosse team," said Lane.

Lane, a native of Melbourne, Australia, has played for the Senior Australian National Team. She was the co-captain on the bronze medal winning team at the 2022 World Games and helped the Aussies finish fourth in the 2022 World Lacrosse Championships. Lane was previously played for the U19 Australian Women's Lacrosse Team in 2011 and 2015. On the 2015, she was named co-captain and selected to the All-World Team while earning multiple game MVP honors.

As a player at Saint Joseph's, Lane was a two-time Atlantic 10 selection, including first team honors at attack in 2018. She finished as the program's all-time leader in assists with 84 and holds three of the top ten highest assist seasons. Lane totaled the second most points in program history (209) and the fifth most goals (125). She was named to the 2018 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team and earned the Atlantic Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient.