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Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH 441067223
Ohio Midwest
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Abby Richter

Abby Richter was named the sixth Head Coach in the history of the Spartans' women's soccer program in August 2022.


In her first season at the helm of the program, Richter led CWRU on one of the most successful seasons for a Spartan team in any sport, finishing as the national runner-up wiht a 20-1-1 overall record. The national second place finish matches the best finish by any Case Western Reserve team in school history and is the best finish in school history for any Spartan women's team. The team set a program record for wins in a season, set the program record for longest winning streak at 13, and finished 6-0-1 in University Athletic Association play, en route to winning the first conference championship in team history. Richter mentored two All-Americans, including First Team selection Camryn Hartman, five All-Region selections, three Academic All-Americans, including First Team selection Elizabeth White, and five All-UAA honorees, and five total OCSA All-Ohio honorees. Richter and her staff were named the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year and United Soccer Coaches Region VII Coaching Staff of the Year following the 2022 season.


Richter brings a wealth of experience to the Spartan program across a 20-year coaching career. Since 2008, she has served as an Assistant Coach at Kent State University. During her time with the Division I program, the Golden Flashes won the Mid-American Conference Tournament in 2016, won the MAC regular season championship in 2017, and were MAC East Champions three times (2011, 2016, 2017). Richter coached three NSCAA All-Americans, seven NSCAA Academic All-Americans, and two members of national teams while at Kent State.


While at Kent State, Richter mentored the Golden Flashes' goalkeepers and served as the team's defensive coordinator, with the squad posting a goals against average of less than 1.00 in five of six seasons from 2012-17. Her other responsibilities included coordinating team travel, serving as the recruiting coordinator, developing practice and game plans and scouting reports, and directing camps and clinics.


Prior to her time in Kent, Richter was an Assistant Coach at Ball State University from 2006-2008, claiming back-to-back regular season MAC Championships in 2006 and 2007 with the Cardinals. Before arriving in Muncie, Indiana, she coached on the University of Iowa staff from 2005-2006, serving as an assistant coach and goalkeeping coach.


Internationally, Richter has worked with Maccabi USA, serving as the head coach for the United States Women's Open National team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel in 2013 and 2015, and as an assistant coach for the team in 2005, 2007, and 2009. The team claimed gold medals three times, including the first by a men's or women's team from the United States in the open competition. In 2007 and 2015, the team competed at the Pan American Games, with Richter leading the squad to gold medals each time.


A 2001 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a bachelor's degree in broad field social science and history, Richter was a standout goalkeeper for the Pointers, setting a program record for most goalkeeper wins in a single season (20) and recording 945 consecutive scoreless minutes. During her senior season, she was named to the All-America First Team Central Region and took part in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Championship tournament. Richter was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2013.


Following graduation, she worked as an Assistant Coach at Division III Earlham College for two years before her first stint at Kent State as a graduate assistant and goalkeeping coach from 2003-2005. In 2003 and 2004, the Flashes won back-to-back regular season MAC Championships with Richter on staff. She received her master's degree in sports and recreational management from Kent State in 2005.


Richter has a NSCAA Advanced National License and a Goalkeeping Level One Diploma along with a USSF "D" License.


Richter and her husband Jeremy reside in Stow with their daughter, Grace.

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Carter Poe

Carter Poe was named the fifth Head Coach of the Case Western Reserve University men's soccer team in May of 2020 and will be entering his fourth year in charge of the program in 2023.


In his second full season at the helm of the program, Poe led the Spartans to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in program history, ending the season with a 10-3-4 record and 5-1-1 mark in University Athletic Association play, the best conference record in team history. The Spartans finished the season with a 0-0 double-overtime tie to Muhlenburg in the First Round of the tournament, falling in a penalty kick shootout. Poe mentored the fifth All-American in program history and the UAA Offensive Player of the Year (Matt Vatne), three All-UAA players, three All-Region selections, two CSC Academic All-Americans, and six total selections to the OCSA All-Ohio and Academic All-Ohio teams.


In 2021, Poe guided the Spartans to a 6-8-2 overall record as the team played eight teams during the season that went on to qualify for the Division III NCAA Championship Tournament. CWRU produced one CoSIDA Academic All-American, two All-UAA honorees as well as four total selections to the OCSA All-Ohio and Academic All-Ohio squads.


Poe came to the CWRU after an outstanding five-year stint as the Head Coach of the University of Mount Union. He took the program over in 2015 after two seasons as the team’s assistant, guiding the squad to a 46-32-12 record, good for a .578 winning percentage. Included in that mark is a 23-8-6 record over his final two seasons at the team’s helm. He led the team to the semifinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships in back-to-back seasons, while setting a school record for wins (13) and achieving the highest national ranking in program history (13th) in 2018. The team qualified for the OAC Championship Tournament three-straight years for the first time ever, and he led 19 players to All-OAC honors and five to All-Region selections during his time with the team.


A native of Chesterland, Ohio, Poe is a graduate of West Geauga High School where he was an all-state player, serving as a team captain for two years and was a four-year letter winner. He went on to a standout collegiate career at Duquesne University, and his 79 career games played for the Division I team are the most in the program’s history. He was a two-year team captain, and secured Atlantic-10 Academic All-Conference honors in both 2011 and 2012. Poe was also an NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Honorable Mention as a senior.


Following his collegiate career, Poe went on to play for AFC Cleveland of the National Premier Soccer League from 2012-13, securing team Most Valuable Player honors in 2013. He took over as the team’s head coach in 2015 and 2016, guiding the squad to the 2016 National Championship, while piloting a roster which included former CWRU All-Americans Chris Cvecko and Vinny Bell.


Poe graduated from Duquesne in 2013 with his undergraduate degree in Middle Level Education, and received his Masters in Educational Leadership from Mount Union in 2016. He has earned his United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma, Advanced National Diploma and National Diploma.

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