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Coach Michael Bolanz '00 returns for his eighth season as the Head Coach of the Saint Joseph's Women's Soccer program.

Saint Joseph's narrowly missed the conference playoffs for the first time in four years as a GNAC member in 2010. The Monks posted a 7-9-1 overall record and went 5-6-1 in GNAC matches.

In 2009, Bolanz led the Monks to a 12-6-2 record and a 9-1-2 mark in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play. As the GNAC regular season champions, the Royal Blue earned the #1 seed in the GNAC Tournament, but fell to eventual champion Simmons College, 1-0, in the semifinal round. The 2009 side saw five players earn All-Conference honors, including sophomore Shannon Fitzgerald (Amesbury, MA), who was named as the GNAC Defensive Player of the Year.

Coach Bolanz enjoyed a pair of personal achievements in the fall of 2008. With a 4-2 victory over Maine-Maritime on October 5th, he surpassed David Roussel as the winningest coach in SJC Women's Soccer history. Coach Bolanz completed his fifth year as the Lady Monks' leader with a 63-29-5 record and a program-best .685 winning percentage.

On November 8th, 2008, Bolanz was inducted into the Saint Joseph's College Athletics Hall of Fame. The first SJC Men's Soccer player to receive such an honor, Bolanz, in his four years playing goalkeeper for the Monks, was named to three All-Conference first teams, two All-Region and All-State Teams, and received an All-American nomination. He still holds the program record for career saves (592) and shutouts (13).

In 2008, the Women's Soccer team posted a 13-5-1 overall record and went 9-2-1 in GNAC play to earn the #2 seed for the conference tournament. The Lady Monks led the conference in goals per game (2.58) and ranked second in the GNAC in shutouts (10).

The 2007 season was one for the record books as the women broke the single season record for wins (16) winning percentage (88.9%), consecutive wins (11), goals scored (74), and assists (57). The women capped their first year in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference with a 12-1-2 league record to earn a #2 seed in the playoffs and also hosted an ECAC Division III New England Championship contest for the first time in program history.

In 2004, Coach Bolanz took over the head coaching position of the Saint Joseph's College women's soccer program, after having served as an assistant for a year under former head coach Todd Sniper. Bolanz led his team to an impressive 11-7-1 record and a New England Cup Championship. The team's turnaround was ranked among the top 20 for NCAA Division III teams. For his efforts, and in only his first year as a head coach, Bolanz was named the Association of Division III Independents Coach of the Year.

Coach Bolanz is a nationally-licensed soccer coach. In addition to coaching the Monks, Bolanz coaches a u-12 Odyssey Sport premier boys team in Portland, where he is also the Director of Coaching on the boys side for the club. In addition, Bolanz is the head coach of the 1990 Maine Girls' ODP team.

Jenelle moved from Katy, Texas to Maine in 2003. She played soccer at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, and graduated with a BA in Psychology with a minor in Exercise Science. Jenelle achieved a MS in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.

Jenelle has coached high school soccer for six years: two years in Louisiana and four years in Maine. Additionally, she has coached premier soccer in Maine for six years. Jenelle came to Odyssey in 2007 and has worked with girls teams from U11 to U18 and with Odyssey winter clinics.

Coach Harris is a Soccer Maine Olympic Development coach: assistant coach 1990 girls (2005-2006), 1992 girls (2007-present).

Jenelle lives in Portland with her husband, Josh Harris, and is employed by Jobs for Maine's Graduates (JMG) at Biddeford High School.

Harris is a native of Plymouth, Maine and played soccer at Nokomis High School where he graduated in 1997. He served in the Air Force for four years stationed at the Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana. Harris returned to Maine and is currently in the Air National Guard. He played soccer at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland and earned his AAS in Fire Science Technology.

Harris currently holds a USSF D License and a NSCAA Regional Goalkeeping License and has been coaching premier soccer in Maine since 2003, working with the Maine Terriers Soccer Club. He also coaches for Odyssey Sport 97 and works with boys teams from U12 to U16, youth clinics, and camps. Harris is a SoccerMaine Olympic Development coach, and has worked with 1992 and 1996 girls teams.

Josh lives in Portland with his wife, Jenelle Harris, and is employed by the city of Auburn as a Fire Fighter/EMT.