Honors & Accomplishments

• The Big Red has won one Ivy title, advanced to the NCAA second round and qualified for the Ivy Tournament three times in five full seasons on the sidelines.
• Has coached six All-Ivy League midfielders/attackers and a pair of All-Americans.
 

Coaching Experience

• Associate Head Coach, Cornell University (2022-present)
• Assistant Coach, Cornell University (2016-22)
• Assistant Coach, Pride Girls Lacrosse Club (2015) 
• Assistant Coach, PhantastixClub  (2013-15) 
 

Playing Experience

• University of North Carolina (2011-15)
          • Three-year captain
          • Second-team All-ACC in 2015
          • Part of one NCAA championship (2013), two national finalist (2013, 15) and three NCAA semifinalist squads (2011, 13,15)
          • Two-time winner of department’s Leader Distinction Award, the highest leadership award present to UNC student-athletes 
• Philadelphia Force, UWLL (2015)
 

Education

• B.S., Business Administration and Psychology, University of North Carolina (2015)
 

At Cornell

Margaret (Corzel) Stevens joined the Cornell women's lacrosse program as an assistant coach in August 2016. In six  seasons on the sidelines, she has been instrumental in the program’s success – an Ivy title, three league tournament bids and an appearance in the NCAA second round in 2017. She was elevated to Associate Head Coach in June 2022.

During her time on head coach Jenny Graap’s staff, the Big Red has had six attack/midfielders capture first-team All-Ivy honors, including 2022 Midfielder of the Year Genevieve DeWinter. The offense she regulates has surpassed double digit goals in 69 games, posting a 46-23 record in those games.
 

Prior to Cornell

Stevens joined the Big Red staff after spending 2015 working as a legal solutions provider at Transperfect Legal Solutions in Washington, D.C. and coaching the Pride Girls Lacrosse Club in MacLean, Va.
 
The Berwyn, Pa. native also spent time as a coach of the Phantastix, a club lacrosse program based in Philadelphia, from 2013-15. She was responsible for planning and organizing practices and creating recruiting opportunities for her players.
 

Playing Career

Stevens had a standout playing career at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, winning the 2013NCAA Division I National Championship, and spent the spring playing for the Philadelphia Force in the United Women’s Lacrosse League. Stevens appeared in all nine games during the inaugural season for the club and the league.
 
The defender was a three-year captain for the Tar Heels and played in 83 career games, racking up 117 ground balls and causing 61 turnovers. Stevens was named to the All-ACC second-team in 2015. She helped the UNC program reach three NCAA Tournament semifinals (2011, 2013, 2015) and two finals (2013, 2015). Stevens also shares the program record for games started in a season with 22.
 
She was named to the All-ACC Academic Team in 2014 and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll in 2011, 2012, and 2014. As a freshman, Stevens was selected by the UNC athletic department to participate in the Carolina Leadership Academy. She was a two-time winner of the Leader Distinction Award, which is the highest leadership award presented to student-athletes at UNC.
 

Personal

Stevens , at 2015 graduate, was a double major at UNC, earning bachelor degrees in business administration and psychology. She was married in the summer of 2022 to Jordan Stevens, the Associate Head Coach of the Big Red men's lacrosse team.

Updated June 2023