Field Hockey | 10/28/2014 4:27:00 PM

Montclair, NJ – Montclair State head field hockey coach Beth Gottung reached a milestone on Tuesday as the all-time winningest coach in program history collected her 200th career victory in 13th-ranked MSU's 5-0  victory at Ramapo.

Gottung became the ninth head coach in Montclair State athletic history to reach the 200-win mark for a career. She joins the exclusive club at MSU that features current coaches Rick Giancola (football), Anita Kubicka (softball) and Brian McLaughlin (swimming and diving); former baseball coaches Norm Schoenig and Bill Dioguardi; softball coach Wilma "Willie" Rucker; wrestling coach Steve Strellner and basketball coaches Ollie Gelston and Ted Fiore.

Now in her 13th season, Gottung has fashioned a career record of 200-61 that includes two New Jersey Athletic Conference championships as well as all five program appearances by the Red Hawks in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship. In addition, Gottung's teams have made five trips to the ECAC Division III Mid-Atlantic Field Hockey Championship taking home the title three times (2006, 2007, 2009).

Named the 16th head coach in program history in 2002, Gottung has had 40 players named to the All-Conference Team and had seen 28 of her players named All-Region while coaching 11 of the 12 All-Americans in MSU history including First Team selections Megan Ulicny (2003), Megan Bosland (2012) and STEPHANIE LEWIS (2013). In addition, MSU has sent 13 players to the NFHCA Division III Senior All-Star Game.

Two years ago, Gottung led Montclair State to one of the best seasons not only in program history, but in its athletic history. The Red Hawks became the first female team to play for the national championship as MSU advanced to the title game of NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship in Geneva, NY. Finishing the year as the national runner-up, Montclair went 22-2 which included a 20-game winning streak, the fourth-longest in athletic history. For two months MSU was unbeatable sweeping its way through its NJAC schedule that featured a 5-1 victory at previously unbeaten, third-ranked and defending national champion The College of New Jersey, 5-1 in Ewing that snapped the Lions' 24-game winning streak. One month later the Red Hawks claimed their first conference championship beating Rowan 3-0 in the title contest to earn its second straight NCAA Tournament berth.

Montclair defeated Christopher Newport and Rochester in the NCAA Regional at Salisbury University to earn its ticket to the Final Four at William Smith College. The Red Hawks blanked Mary Washington 4-0 in the national semifinal before falling to Tufts in the championship game. The loss however could not diminish a season that saw MSU reset its single-season mark for wins while finishing No. 2 in the final NFHCA rankings.

In 2013, Gottung added to her already impressive resume leading MSU to its second straight 20-win campaign while reaching the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season. The Red Hawks went 21-2 and captured their second NJAC title in as many years edging The College of New Jersey 1-0 in the championship contest. MSU spent the entire season in the NFHCA Division III Top 20 Poll and was ranked No. 1 for several weeks including the final poll heading into the NCAA Tournament. Returning to the NCAA Tournament, Montclair State advanced to the "Elite 8" falling one step shy of a return trip to the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship. Gottung was chosen as the NFHCA South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for the second time in as many years.

Gottung came to Montclair State from Trinity College in Connecticut where she served as an assistant coach for both the field hockey and women's lacrosse teams.

Gottung graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history from American International College in Springfield, MA in 2000. She earned her master's degree in American Studies from Trinity in July 2002.

At AIC, Gottung was a four-year letterwinner and a three-year captain in field hockey, and a three-year letterwinner and one-year captain in lacrosse. She earned Northeast-10 All-Conference honors in field hockey in 1999, and was selected as an Academic All-American following the 1997 and 1999 field hockey seasons and the 1999 lacrosse campaign.

Gottung was awarded an ECAC Merit Medal in 2000 and earned awards at American International for excellence in civics, history and education as an undergraduate.

Gottung also spent three seasons as head coach of the MSU women's lacrosse team. She compiled a 29-16 mark, taking the Red Hawks to the postseason for the first time in 2004.