Todd Anckaitis, head coach of the Garnet since 2005, is the winningest coach in Swarthmore women's soccer history.  He has been working hard in his efforts to bring the women's soccer program the same level of national distinction as the college has attained for its academics.

In 2011, his team continued to its progress in reaching new milestones unseen in Swarthmore women’s soccer history with a sixth straight  winning season and 75 wins during that span.  The team's seven regular season conference wins in 2011 is tied for the most along with his 2006, 2007, and 2009 squads which concluded in another Centennial Conference tournament appearance.  Coach Anckaitis's team has reached the playoffs in five of his seven seasons at the college.  The only team that can claim to have maintained the same level of competitiveness over the last six years in the conference has been the Garnet's rival John's Hopkins.  The team also went on a scoring tear in 2011 breaking the record for the most goals in the regular season with 37 in which 13 different players put the ball into the back of the net.

In 2010 the team's accomplishments included the fifth consecutive winning season and sixth straight NSCAA Team Academic award.  It also included a first ever Centennial Conference Player of the Year recipient, ECAC South Region Player of the Year, NSCAA All Region First
Team, & Jewish Sports Review All-American awards.  Additionally, his players broke the school’s career points, goals, assists, & starts records that season.

In 2009, the program was nationally ranked for the entire length of the regular season and maintained its streak of being regionally ranked in the top 10 every week since 2006.  It reached its first 16 win season in program history.  They won their third straight ECAC Championship not conceding a goal in the tournament in the last three years.  Additionally they scored the most goals in school history.  The team led the conference in players being named to the all conference team (6) as well as home attendance (175+ average per game)

In 2008, the program won its second ECAC Southern Region Championship.  Finshing with only one conference loss for the first time in school history the Garnet only gave up three conference goals in the regular season and finished with 13 shutouts.  Swarthmore also became the first soccer program in Centennial Conference history to knock off the No. 1 team in the country with the 4-3 road upset of The College of New Jersey.  The 2008 list of awards included a Rhodes Scholar and an Academic All-American as well as more All-Region and All-Conference honors.

In 2007, the team finished the season at 14-2-3 and bringing home its first ever ECAC Southern Region Championship. Significant accolades included a top-25 national ranking for five weeks, a d3Kicks.com All-American, three NSCAA All-Region players, and five All-Conference player awards. The team set four Centennial Conference records and finished the season with the second lowest goals-against-average in the country.

In 2006, the team ended the season regionally ranked (No. 9) for the first time. At 15-5-1 they had the most improved record in the country for 2006. The year included a trip to the Conference Finals and a post-season ECAC tournament bid. The team broke numerous school records along the way and Garnet players held Centennial Conference leadership in 11 of 15 statistical categories.

Prior to Swarthmore, Anckaitis re-established the Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Ore.) women's soccer program, dormant since 1990. In its first varsity season, he led a youthful Pioneer squad to a No. 8 ranking in the West Region. The team completed the year tops in the Northwest Conference in six offensive categories and four defensive categories.

Prior to his tenure at Lewis and Clark, Anckaitis earned a master of science in exercise and sports studies at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. - a program aimed at developing coaches of women's collegiate sports. While in Northampton, Anckaitis served as an assistant coach at Amherst College, helping the Jeffs to a No. 2 national ranking and an appearance in the 2001 NCAA Division III National Championship match.

Over the course of Anckaitis' collegiate coaching career, his players have garnered eight national awards including one All-America, two Academic All-Americans, and the Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the 2001 NCAA Tournament. His players have also won twenty three regional awards and over 46 conference awards, including a conference player of the year.

Anckaitis's other coaching stops include Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.) and Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences (Santa Monica, Calif.). He has also worked with the Region I Olympic Development Staff at the Region I Camps in Kingston, R.I., in 2002 and 2003, and has also coached at the UPenn, Pepperdine, USC, and Lehigh soccer camps.

Anckaitis graduated from Lafayette College in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Anckaitis attended Lafayette on a four-year Army ROTC scholarship, going on to graduate from the Officer Basic Course at the United States Army Medical Center & School in San Antonio, Tex. eventually achieving the rank of First Lieutenant. He also spent time as an Assistant Vice President for Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City helping bring E-ZPass to New Jersey and Delaware. Later while coaching at Amherst, Anckaitis worked in the Residential Life Office, managing resident counselors responsible for aiding students in resolving conflicts, developing dorm activities, and undertaking community outreach projects.

Karli Schilling has been an assistant coach with the Swarthmore women's soccer program since 2006. Prior to coming to Swarthmore, Karli was involved with Pennsylvania Olympic Development Program (ODP) as both a head and assistant coach for the U-13 and U-14 age groups. She was an ODP coach from 2000-2007. Additionally, Karli has worked with many local youth clubs as a skills coach since 2004.

Karli grew up in Doylestown, Pa. and played her high school ball at Central Bucks West High School where she won four state championships, was named to all-america and all-state as a senior, and was selected as the team's most valuable player in 1995 and 1996. She is also currently the school's all-time leading scorer, holding the single-reason record for goals in a season. Karli was a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania ODP State Select Team from 1990-1996. She was also a member of Region I ODP team from 1994-1996. Karli went on to play in the Atlantic Coastal Conference for Wake Forest University where she was a three-year starter for the Demon Deacons. In 1996, she was third-team All-Region, helping Wake Forest make NCAA tournament appearances each of her four years.

Karli received a Bachelor's of Art degree in psychology from Wake Forest in 2000 and currently studies in the Clinical Counseling master's program at La Salle University and also works full-time for Magellan Health Services.

Lauren Siocchetti has been an assistant coach with the Swarthmore women's soccer program since 2008. She is currently working with the EPYSA Olympic Development Program.  Prior to joining the Garnet staff, she spent three years as an assistant coach at Centenary College in Hackettstown, N.J. where the coaching staff improved the team's record from 3-7, in 2005, to 14-6-2 in 2007, breaking the previous season high set in 2004 of 12-5-1. In her final year with the program, Centenary made trips to both the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference finals and the ECAC finals (both program firsts). She also spent one season at Widener University as an assistant before going to Centenary and she currently holds a USSF National Class C License.

Before she began a coaching career, Lauren was a four-year letter winner and a three-year starter at the University of Pittsburgh. While at Pitt, she served as team captain from 2001 to 2002, was the team's leading scorer in 2002 and received the Eyetooth Award for Most Valuable Player that same year.

Lauren grew up locally in Wallingford, Pa. where she attended and played for Strath Haven High School, winning a PIAA State Championship in her junior year. In her senior season, Lauren was named to the All-Delaware County and All-Central League first teams. She played club soccer for the five-time EPYSA State Cup Champion, the FC Delco Fear, who have been ranked as high as second in the nation. In 1998, the Fear was USYSA Region 1 Champions and earned a spot in the USYSA National Tournament.

In 2003, Lauren received her Bachelor of Science in psychology and economics from Pitt and is currently pursuing her Masters of Arts degree in counseling at Centenary. She currently resides in Philadelphia.

Lauren Walker - a standout goalkeeper for the Garnet from 2006-09 – has been an assistant coach for her alma mater since she graduated.  Lauren helps with all coaching duties but her primary responsibility is training Swarthmore’s stellar goalkeepers. She is currently working with the EPYSA Olympic Development Program as a goalkeepers coach.

As a goalkeeper, Walker was a central force in the turnaround of Swarthmore women's soccer during her tenure, leading the Garnet to consecutive ECAC Championships and the Centennial Conference playoffs three straight years.  In her junior season for the Garnet, Walker was named D3kicks.com All-American and was ranked 2nd in the country in save percentage (0.915) and goals against average (0.27).

Her six saves in a 4-3 win over No. 1-ranked College of New Jersey in September 2008 put Swarthmore on the national soccer map. Walker was named All-Region and received three All-Centennial selections in four years at Swarthmore, setting school records for shutouts (28) and goals-against average (0.70). The MVP. of the 2008 E.C.A.C. South Region Championship, Walker also holds Centennial Conference records for shutouts in a season (10) and lowest GAA in a season (0.27).

A native of Fallston, Md, Walker graduted from the College in 2009 with a degree in psychobiology. In 2009, Walker was picked up by AC Diablos of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL).