Vicki Sterner
Head Women's Soccer Coach
vsterner@ycp.edu
717-815-1517
Head Women's Soccer Coach
Vicki Sterner enters her 12th season as the head women’s
soccer coach with a core of returning veterans. She is the only
coach in the history of the program as she has posted a career mark
of 118-77-12, good for a winning percentage of 59.9%. Throw out the
record for the first two years of the program and that winning
percentage jumps to 65.7% (107-53-12). Sterner has posted
double-digit wins in each of the last nine seasons and earned her
100th victory with the 4-1 win over Goucher on October 11,
2005.
The twelfth year of the program should prove to be one of its
best as the Spartans bear the fruit of Sterner’s tireless
recruiting efforts. Sterner, the 2001 and 2003 Capital Athletic
Conference Coach-of-the-Year, returns all of her top 12 scorers
this year as the squad looks to capture its first CAC Championship
after advancing to the championship match in two of the last four
years. The Spartans were the top seed in last year's CAC tournament
but failed to advance to the championship match due to penalty
kicks in the semifinals.
Sterner is responsible for recruiting and coaching five
Capital Athletic Conference Rookies-of-the-Year and 21 players that
have gone on to earn 20 first-team and 17 second-team All-Capital
Athletic Conference accolades. Just graduated goalie Amanda Lomberg
became the first Spartan to earn All Mid-Atlantic region honors in
the fall of 2005 as the Spartan program continues to be recognized
for its outstanding and elevated level of play. In 2006, Lomberg
was joined by Emily Sullivan and Erin Kuhn on the All Mid-Atlantic
team while Sullivan and Kuhn each earned All-American
recognition.
Sterner has a solid track record and is well respected within
Central Pennsylvania soccer. She is the former head coach at Spring
Grove High School where the Rockets won two league titles, one in
1996 and one in 1997. She has also coached the Central Pennsylvania
Select Under 19 and Under 16 teams.
Justin Detig
Asst. Women's Soccer Coach
jdetig@ycp.edu
Justin Detig begins his third year as a member of Vicki
Sterner’s staff. He is responsible for handling the Spartan
goalkeepers in addition to day-to-day duties of the program.
Detig brings a wealth of experience to the Spartan program. He
was a four-year player for the Spartan men’s program from
1999-2003. Detig finished his career with 18 wins in 27 starts. He
owned a career goals against average of 1.09 and a save percentage
of .810. Detig posted 11 career shutouts in 2,375 minutes of work.
He is a vocal, defensive-minded coach that provides the goalkeepers
and field players with enthusiastic support from the
sidelines.
Al Chesnavage
Asst. Women's Soccer Coach
Al Chesnavage joins Vicki Sterner’s staff as a highly
respected coach in the Southern Pennsylvania region. Chesnavage is
familiar with the Spartan program as his daugher Maria is one of
the best players to ever don the green and white. He owns an
impressive playing resume as he attended and played at the
University of Baltimore, graduating with a bachelor’s degree
in English in 1979. He continued his playing career in the Maryland
Major Soccer League. He brings a wealth of coaching experience
highlighted by leading the Kennard-Dale Rams to a 2004 YAIAA County
Championship, the first time a Division II team won the title. The
Rams repeated their division championship in 2005 as they went
9-0-1 for the year. Chesnavage is currently the president of the
Barrens Travel Soccer Club where he also coaches. He has led his
various travel teams to six championships in different age
brackets. He is currently coaching a U-10 coed team and a U-14 boys
team in York.
