University of Delaware Field Hockey

Three-time Division II national championship winning head coach Tara Zollinger enters her first season as the head coach for Delaware field hockey after her ...

Ally Mooney enters her first season as an assistant coach with Delaware field hockey in 2025 after being hired in April of 2025. "I am thrilled to welcome Ally Mooney as our assistant field hockey coach at the University of Delaware,” Zollinger said. “Ally is a passionate coach, an inspiring competitor, and a true teacher of the game. Through her multi-championship winning student-athlete career and the variety in her coaching roles, she knows exactly what it takes to elevate a team environment to success and achievement. With her high energy, fast work rate, and unwavering commitment to creating an impactful student-athlete experience, Ally will undoubtedly play a key role in the future success of our program.” Mooney comes to Newark after spending the previous three seasons under Zollinger at DII Shippensburg, where she served as the program’s defensive coordinator. She led a unit that sat atop the nation in goals against average (0.80) and scoring margin (+2.71), while sitting third in shutouts per game (0.48). “I am thrilled and honored to join the University of Delaware as an assistant field hockey coach,” Mooney said. “It’s a privilege to be part of a program with a tradition of excellence and a bright future. I’m especially excited to continue working alongside Coach Zollinger as we build and foster a culture of hard work, resilience, and a championship mindset. I’m incredibly grateful to her for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to be part of this next cha

Dr. Andrew Reisman started as the Head Team Physician at the University of Delaware in August of 2006. In 2019, he was named Chief Medical Officer for Athletics to reflect the full nature of his duties within the Athletic Department. As a Student Health Physician, he serves as the Medical Director of Athletic Medicine where he oversees the daily functioning of the UD sports medicine clinic consistent with the NCAA Independent Care Model. He continues to be responsible for the medical care and treatment of all Blue Hens student-athletes, including traveling with the UD football team. In 2013, Dr Reisman founded the Colonial Athletic Association Sports Medicine committee and served as its chair through 2018. He also has served as a member of the NCAA Concussion Safety Protocol Committee since 2016. A native of Monsey, N.Y., Dr Reisman earned his degree in chemistry from Haverford College in 1988 and earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester in 1992. Reisman served an internship and residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. and at the University of Rochester. He then completed a sports medicine fellowship through the Christiana Care Health System. Reisman, who was named the Top Sports Medicine Physician in Delaware by Delaware Today magazine in 2003, worked six years as a physician at Casscells Orthopedics in Wilmington prior to joining the University of Delaware team.

Bridget Burger is in her fifth year at the University of Delaware as an athletics academic counselor in 2017-18. She is responsible for providing academic guidance, educational, developmental and career counseling and eligibility certification for student-athletes. A former standout college athlete at Alvernia (Pa.) University, Burger joined the University of Delaware staff as an intern with Student Services for Athletes in 2013-14 and was promoted to a full-time position the following year. A native of Lansdale, Pa., she is a 2010 magna cum laude graduate of Alvernia (Reading, Pa.) with a degree in sport management and went on to earn her master's degree in kinesiology and sports studies from East Tennessee State in 2013. While at Alvernia, Burger was a four-year letterwinner for the cross country team, earned all-conference honors in 2006, was a member of the conference all-academic team, and earned a sport on the All-Sportsmanship team. She earned Alvernia's Sportsmanship Award in 2008, was the first-ever recipient of the Alvernia Athletic Director's Award in 2010, and earned the Alvernia Senior Scholar Athlete Award in 2010. In addition to her athletic pursuits, she was a Business Honor Society and National Scholastic Honor Society student, served as a peer mentor, was a SAAC representative, and served as president of the Alvernia Intramural Athletic Board. Following graduation she worked for one year as an intern in the Athletic Director's Office at Villanova University

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