Varsity Girls Lacrosse

Head coach: Liz Shaeffer (second season)
Assistant coach: Molly Plasket

Season Records

Overall: 15-5. West Bay Athletic League: 11-1 WBAL round-robin & tournament champions

2018/2019 Season Schedule

Legend: Postponed Cancelled

Date	Opponent	Location	Dismissal	Departure	Start	Results
There are no games currently scheduled for this team.

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About the Team

A founding member of the Peninsula Athletic League and its most successful, Menlo continues to be a dominant force since it moved to the West Bay Athletic League in 2009. In 2017, Menlo captured the round-robin WBAL title and tournament championship. Girls’ lacrosse has won the league title eight of the past 10 seasons, making the finals every year. Menlo annually plays host to national and international powers, including teams from Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Virginia, and England. Menlo has offered the sport since 1998, when it became established as a competitive standard in NorCal.

About the Coach

Liz Shaeffer

In Shaeffer’s debut season, Menlo rolled to both league and tournament championships. Shaeffer, who played goalie, was a four-year varsity letter-winner and a starter on USC’s inaugural 2013 team. She lifted NCAA Div. I Trojans to a 20-1 record and the NCAA quarterfinals in 2016. She graduated cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in political science and sociology. Shaeffer was named Conference Defensive Player of the Week as a sophomore and USC student-athlete of the month. Since 2012, Shaeffer has coached competitive high school lacrosse teams through American River Lacrosse in El Dorado County and through the Tenacity Project, a national movement to promote girls’ lacrosse through clubs, camps, coaching development, and college counseling.

Since 2012, Shaeffer has coached competitive high school lacrosse teams through American River Lacrosse in El Dorado County and through the Tenacity Project, a national movement to promote girls’ lacrosse through clubs, camps, coaching development, and college counseling. She has served as a coach and mentor for players looking to play collegiate lacrosse and guided them through the recruiting process. At USC, she played under coaches who supported players both on and off the field and knows that is crucial to building unity and success within a program.

Meet Menlo

<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Adriana Diaz-Ross</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School Spanish</em></p><p> Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Adriana has lived all over the world, and she brings that experience into her Spanish classes.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/world-language.php">Upper School Spanish</a></li></ul><p><img width="600" height="934" alt="" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/600/height/934/4333_adriana_diaz-ross.rev.1413306146.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image4333 lw_align_left" data-max-w="1060" data-max-h="1650"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Playing Our Song</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>The joy of music.</strong> The Upper School Orchestra rehearsals are a lot of fun and the performances are beautiful.</p><ul><li><a href="/arts/orchestra.php">Upper School Orchestra</a></li></ul><p> </p><p><img width="611" height="507" alt="Menlo School Orchestra" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/611/height/507/11690_meet-orchestra.rev.1536769873.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image11690 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/611/height/507/11690_meet-orchestra.rev.1536769873.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/4/width/611/height/507/11690_meet-orchestra.rev.1536769873.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2048" data-max-h="1701"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">A Sea of Spirit</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Menlo students love to wear the blue and gold.</strong> The Sea of Gold club organizes fan buses to games—and performances—choreographs cheers, and makes sure everyone knows the words to our fight song, “Go, Go, Go Menlo!”</p><p><img width="611" height="459" alt="Menlo Sea of Gold" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/611/height/459/11865_sea-of-gold-2018_3.rev.1540216873.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image11865 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/611/height/459/11865_sea-of-gold-2018_3.rev.1540216873.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1817" data-max-h="1365"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Robotics Club</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>No one could’ve predicted what happened next.</strong> What started in the basement with a crate of tennis balls is now one of our centerpiece labs…<a href="/live/news/112-robotics">Read more</a>.</p><p><img width="511" height="724" alt="Robotics Club" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/511/height/724/78_cutoutrobotics.rev.1375306722.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image78 lw_align_none" data-max-w="511" data-max-h="724"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">A Supportive Community</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> At the center of Menlo’s mission is a deep commitment to the development and welfare of each student. Menlo’s school counselors are available to support students in a relaxed, confidential atmosphere. <a href="/experience/student-teacher-connection.php">Learn more.</a> </p><p><img width="1000" height="560" alt="Menlo School Counselors: Tracy Bianchi, Jake Fauver, and Katherine Peterson" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/1000/height/560/crop/1/src_region/0,25,2168,1240/11688_meet-student-support.rev.1536769746.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image11688 lw_align_left lw_column_width_full" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/1000/height/560/crop/1/src_region/0,25,2168,1240/11688_meet-student-support.rev.1536769746.jpg 2x" data-max-w="2168" data-max-h="2543"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Menlo Moustache</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Injecting a little fun into the day.</strong> In the Middle School, the facial hair came out when Student Council declared it to be Moustache Day.</p><p><img width="1000" height="662" alt="Moustache Day at the Middle School" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/1000/height/662/crop/1/src_region/46,230,1567,1237/1511_mustache_clipped_rev_2.rev.1381878101.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image1511 lw_align_left lw_column_width_full" data-max-w="1650" data-max-h="1237"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Making the Play</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Flag football.</strong> It’s a favorite Middle School sport to play–and watch. These guys work hard!</p><ul><li><a href="/athletics/about-menlo-athletics.php">Menlo Athletics</a></li></ul><p> </p><p><img width="1000" height="818" alt="Middle School flag football player" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/1000/height/818/crop/1/src_region/0,415,1800,1888/3633_ms_flag_football_1.rev.1441313308.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image3633 lw_align_left lw_column_width_full" data-max-w="1800" data-max-h="1888"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">King Christian</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Assistant Middle School Athletic Director</em></p><p> King Christian loves the game. And he also loves working with students off the field, helping them develop confidence and maturity.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/athletics.php">Middle School Athletics</a></li></ul><p><img width="1000" height="1274" alt="King Christian, Middle School Athletics" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/1000/height/1274/700_king_christian.rev.1375915714.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image700 lw_align_left lw_column_width_full" data-max-w="1295" data-max-h="1650"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Rolando Victoria</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School Spanish</em></p><p> You can often find Rolando on the Quad, working with students or composing a song on his guitar.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/world-language.php">Upper School World Language</a><img width="572" height="875" alt="Upper School Spanish teacher Rolando Victoria" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/572/height/875/818_rolando_victoria_cutout_2013.rev.1376001924.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image818 lw_align_left" data-max-w="1078" data-max-h="1650"/></li></ul></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Wacky Wednesday</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Let’s get wacky!</strong> During spirit week, students show their wacky sides with wild socks, tutus, boas, fun hats, and other accessories.</p><p><img width="611" height="678" alt="Students dress for Wacky Wednesday during Spirit Week." src="/live/image/gid/4/width/611/height/678/11723_meet-wacky-wednesday.rev.1536773363.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image11723 lw_align_left" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/4/width/611/height/678/11723_meet-wacky-wednesday.rev.1536773363.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1670" data-max-h="1853"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Mingjung Chen</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School Mandarin</em></p><p> Mingjung believes that language is an expression of culture. Watch her <a href="http://youtu.be/HFAeKlqeqXA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">talk about bilingualism and biculturalism</a>.</p><p> </p><p><img width="680" height="1171" alt="Mingun Chen, Upper School Mandarin" src="/live/image/gid/4/width/680/height/1171/crop/1/src_region/22,88,544,987/1561_mingjun_chen.rev.1382725736.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image1561 lw_align_left lw_column_width_full" data-max-w="680" data-max-h="1024"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Math Times Three</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><strong>Ready to calculate.</strong> Math teachers Richard Steinberg, Lauren Lax, and Rachel Chou love numbers, any kind of numbers, from algebra to statistics.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/mathematics.php">Upper School Math</a></li></ul><p><img width="1000" height="670" alt="Math teachers Richard Steinberg, Lauren Lax, and Rachel Chou." src="/live/image/gid/4/width/1000/height/670/crop/1/src_region/0,319,1650,1424/4332_richard_lauren_rachel.rev.1441318491.jpeg" class="lw_image lw_image4332 lw_align_left lw_column_width_full" data-max-w="1650" data-max-h="1424"/></p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_title">Ryan Dean</div><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Upper School History</em></p><p> A former aide to a U.S. Senator and a founder of an independent school for autistic youth, Ryan has a passion for American history and political philosophy.</p><ul><li><a href="/academics/history.php">Upper School History</a></li></ul><p> </p><p><img width="1000" height="1494" alt="Menlo History Teacher Ryan Dean. " src="/live/image/gid/4/width/1000/height/1494/642_ryan_dean.rev.1375716445.jpg" class="lw_image lw_image642 lw_align_left lw_column_width_full" data-max-w="1071" data-max-h="1600"/></p></div>