Maite Sturm, a former All-American who spent the past two seasons on the coaching staff at Temple, joined the Cornell field hockey coaching staff in August 2026.
Sturm arrives at Cornell after two seasons on staff at Temple, helping guide the Owls to a 12-6 record and a berth in the Big East final in 2024 — the program's first appearance in the title game since 2015 — followed by a 12-6 campaign in 2025. During Sturm's tenure, Temple's offense ranked among the top units in the Big East both seasons. In 2025, the Owls ranked second in the conference in scoring (2.45), led by league co-Offensive Player of the Year Peyton Rieger, who posted the most points (27) by a Temple player since 2015, and conference Freshman of the Year Lucia Magro, who became the first Temple rookie to reach 20 points since 1987. Rieger and Magro both earned First Team All-Big East and Second Team NFHCA All-Region honors. Temple notched notable wins over Delaware, CAA champion Drexel, Atlantic 10 finalist Richmond and No. 14 Yale in 2025, with three of the Owls' four Big East losses decided by a single goal. In 2024, Temple led the conference with seven shutouts behind NFHCA All-American back and Defensive Player of the Year Alize Maes, who also paced the team's offense with 20 points.
Before joining Temple's staff, Sturm worked for Keystone Sports and Scholarbook, two college recruiting agencies. She was a decorated student-athlete at VCU, earning NFHCA second-team All-America honors as a senior, third-team All-America recognition as a fifth-year student, and was a four first-team All-Atlantic 10 selection. Sturm started all 82 games she appeared in during her Rams career, totaling 26 goals and 36 assists for 88 points, and helped VCU win its first conference championship and first NCAA Tournament appearance in the spring of 2021. She graduated from VCU that year with a degree in business.
A former professional player, Sturm competed as a defender and midfielder for HTC Uhlenhorst in Germany's 1. Bundesliga. This past spring, she led the U.S. Over-45 Women's Masters Team to a bronze medal at the 2026 WMH Indoor World Cup in Nottingham, England.
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