Danielle Taylor Head Coach WLAX 2021

Danielle Taylor

  • Title
    Head Women's Lacrosse Coach
  • Alma Mater
    York (Pa.) '08
  • Email
    selingd@etown.edu
  • Office
    Thompson Gym 108I
  • Phone
    717-361-1981
  • Career Record
    50-90
  • Twitter
    BlueJaysWLAX
Danielle Seling enters her third season as head coach of the Elizabethtown College women's lacrosse program in 2016.

Seling's Blue Jays were much improved in 2015, winning five games and proving competitive in a number of contests. E-town opened the season with back-to-back wins over Hood and Rutgers-Camden and could have been right around .500 with a few breaks late in close games.

Addie Stang flourished under Seling, scoring a career-high 51 goals, 10th most in a season in Blue Jay history. Stang became Seling's first All-Landmark Conference First Team selection.

On the surface, E-town's 5-9 record doesn't tell the whole story of the giant steps the program took in 2015. Seling spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons on former coach Mike Faith's staff as an assistant coach when the Blue Jays were regularly one of the top 20 programs in NCAA Division III. Elizabethtown advanced to the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) championship game in 2009 and won its first conference title in 2010.

The situation was far different in 2014 when Seling returned to serve as interim head coach. She was tasked with rebuilding the roster and transitioning Elizabethtown into the Landmark Conference. Instead of coaching a group that won the 2013 Commonwealth Conference championship, Seling had to start from the bottom with no returning players and used a grass roots approach to aid in putting a team on the field.

The Blue Jays entered the season without a single game of collegiate playing experience, but managed to produce a pair of 20-goal scorers in Stang (25) and Dana Robidoux (21). Defender Krissy Pennell quickly transitioned from basketball to lacrosse and led Landmark with 33 caused turnovers en route to All-Landmark Second Team honors.

Persistence and dedication finally paid off for Seling's 2014 team on April 12, when they knocked off Merchant Marine, 12-8, for their first win of the season and first ever Landmark Conference victory.

On June 13, 2014, the College dropped Seling's interim tag, officially naming her the fifth head coach in program history. "Elizabethtown is an attractive college because of its unwavering standard of excellence academically and athletically," said Seling.

Seling got her coaching start at Elizabethtown as an assistant under Faith. The Blue Jays went 16-3 and reached their second Middle Atlantic Conference championship game during her first season on the sidelines. The team's .842 winning percentage was a high mark in its 14-year history.

In 2010, E-town won its first MAC Championship in dominating fashion, 11-4, over FDU-Florham on its home turf at Wolf Field. The Jays completed the regular season with an unblemished 12-0 record in league play. They went on to win their first NCAA Division III Tournament game, 13-12, over No. 14 Washington & Lee, before bowing out in the second round against 19th-ranked Mary Washington.

Elizabethtown amassed 32 wins (32-8) and were unbeaten in 23 league games during Seling's two seasons as an assistant.

Seling, a native of Whiteford, Md., was a three-year letterwinner at York (Pa.) College, where she played on the Spartans' inaugural team in 2006. After two seasons as Elizabethtown's assistant coach, she earned her first head coaching job at Susquehannock High School. Seling led the Warriors to District 3 Tournament appearances in back-to-back seasons. In 2013, Seling returned to her alma mater as an assistant to Jen Muston.

Seling also has club coaching experience with the Green Turtle Lacrosse Club (Bel Air, Md.). The club won the Turtlefest Tournament twice in addition to winning the American Showcase Tournament in 2010.

Seling resides in Shrewsbury with her husband Blake. The couple has two children, daughter Aubree and son Owen, with a third on the way in 2016.
 
DANIELLE SELING YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD
OverallConference
YearSchoolWinsLossesPct.WinsLossesPct.Postseason & Honors
2014Elizabethtown114.06715.167
2015Elizabethtown59.35715.167
Coaching Totals
2 SeasonsElizabethtown623.207210.167
2 Seasons623.207210.167


Updated on 1/13/16