Andrea “Ang” McTaggart is heading into her fourth season with the Eagles after joining Teeters’ staff in fall of 2022. McTaggart came to AU from the University of Maryland, where she was both an undergraduate and graduate assistant with the women’s lacrosse team.
Primarily responsible for the team’s defense, the Eagles put up impressive numbers while protecting their goal under McTaggart’s leadership in 2025. AU finished second in the Patriot League in caused turnovers per game (9.06), the program’s highest average since the condensed 2020 season. The Eagles also caused 10 or more giveaways in six contests throughout the season, racking up a season-high 18 against George Mason in March.
McTaggart has also played a key role in the development of several standout defenders during her time at AU. Jenna Walls (’25) emerged as one of the team’s top performers after appearing in just four games as a freshman in 2022, going on to lead the Eagles in caused turnovers in both 2024 and 2025. Fellow Class of 2025 graduates Darby Sherrod and Juliet Kuenzler also flourished under McTaggart’s guidance, each posting career highs in ground balls and caused turnovers during their final season.
In her first two seasons with the Eagles, McTaggart helped guide the team to wins past UMBC, the program’s first win over the Retrievers in 20 years, and California. She helped mentor two Eagles, Jordan Mitchell and Hannah Spease, who were each named to the Second Team All-Patriot League in both 2023 and 2024, as well as Maddy Spratt who was named to the Academic All-Patriot League and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District teams in 2024 and defender Jenna Walls who earned Academic All-Patriot League honors in 2024.
In the summer of 2024, McTaggart was named an assistant coach for the Italian Women's Lacrosse U20 Team for the 2024 Women's U20 Championship, set for August 15-24 in Hong Kong, China. Italy finished second in Pool C with three points and was considered an impressive debutant in the event with an eighth-place finish.
While an undergraduate at Maryland, Ang played all four years ('16-20) as a defender for the Terrapins. With the Terps, she was a BIG Ten Regular Season Champion in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She was also a BIG Ten Tournament Champion in 2017 and 2018. McTaggart was part of the Terrapins teams that won the 2017 and 2019 NCAA Championship.
In academia, she was on the Dean's List all five years, 2016-2021, the All-BIG Ten Academic Honor Roll in 2018, 2019, and 2020, and the IWLCA Zag Sports Division I Academic Honor Roll in 2019 and 2020. She was also a BIG Ten Distinguished Scholar 2018, 2019, and 2020. Andrea received the ICA Academic Achievement Award from UMD Athletics and the Jean Hebeler Award for Special Education, College of Education from UMD in 2020. In 2021, as a graduate student, she was the recipient of the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives Academic Excellence Award.
As an undergraduate and graduate assistant, she worked as a defensive coach working with student athletes to develop and hone skills on the field and assisted coaches in selecting daily drills and collecting in-game stats. She also aided in creating an alumni database and network to make Maryland Women’s Lacrosse a better-connected network that would stimulate personal and professional growth within the community.
McTaggart also has coaching experience with the Nation United Women’s Lacrosse underclassman team, for which she was the co-head coach. The team focused on inclusion, empowerment, and opportunity within lacrosse. Since 2021, she has worked with the Italia Women’s Lacrosse National Development Team as an assistant coach for the u14 and u16 Italian-American lacrosse development teams and worked collectively with a staff to teach and evaluate player skills.
McTaggart is a native of Baltimore and received her Bachelor of Science in special education in 2021 and her Master of Education in special education in 2022.
Updated: August 20, 2025
