Girls Lacrosse Camp
Build your confidence on the field.
Want to improve your shooting? Learn how to win the draw? Try out for your school’s lacrosse team or a club team next year?
Mercersburg Academy Girls’ Lacrosse Camp welcomes players of all abilities for a comprehensive skill-building experience that will leave players feeling confident and prepared to compete at the next level. The camp focuses on skill development and improvement, from fundamental stickwork to advanced attacking and defending methods.
Girls will have plenty of opportunities to play full-field games but will also build their abilities in small-game situations. Skills choice sessions allow campers to choose which skills they’d like to spend time working on, while coaches assist and help develop proper technique. Additional activities and free time on the Mercersburg Academy campus provide girls with opportunities to relax.
Meet the Director
Kristin Ahlgren came to Mercersburg in 2017 as a member of the English faculty. Kristin is head coach of Mercersburg’s girls’ varsity lacrosse and field hockey teams, and is also a head coach for Renegades Lacrosse Club. She previously taught and worked in the library at Gilman School in Baltimore, where she also served as a head coach for the Diamonds Lacrosse Club. Kristin has taught and worked at St. David’s Day School in Baltimore and at Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City (where she was also the head field hockey coach).
Coach Ahlgren’s coaching experience includes stints as head field hockey and women’s lacrosse coach at University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe, MI; as head junior varsity field hockey and assistant JV lacrosse coach at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore; and as an assistant field hockey and women’s lacrosse coach at Oberlin College in Ohio. Kristin graduated from Gettysburg College, where she played varsity field hockey and lacrosse; she lives in Mercersburg with her four children, including Jill ’19, Jake ’21, and Bridget ’22.
Program Overview
The foundation of Mercersburg lacrosse is the development of both the physical and mental game of each athlete, focusing on building athleticism, stickwork, competitive composure, and winning attitudes.
The daily camp schedule will include skill work, small-sided games, full-field games, film review, and a fun variety of evening events. Campers will have opportunities to choose a specific skills station each day, and they will work directly with a college player who will lead their team in the evening scrimmages. Mercersburg Girls’ Lacrosse Camp focuses on improvement in both individual skill and team play. We love playing lacrosse and coaching, so our goal is to pass that love of the game on to our campers! All levels are welcome.
Our Facilities
The lacrosse camp spends much of its time at Regents’ Field, a synthetic-turf playing area completed in 2009 and used primarily by female sports teams at Mercersburg. The field measures 375 feet by 225 feet and features a SprintTurf surface and eight boxes for maximizing practice and workout opportunities.
A natural-grass field adjacent to Regents’ Field serves as a secondary training option for the camp, and program participants utilize the Hale Field House—equipped with a lacrosse wall—as well.
A Typical Day
8-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
9-11:30 a.m.
Field sessions (ball handling, passing, shooting techniques, etc.)
12-12:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Field sessions (small group activities, games, etc.)
4-5 p.m.
Swimming
5:30-6:15 p.m.
Dinner
6:30-9 p.m.
Evening activity (games, movie night)
9:15-10 p.m.
Dorm and lights out