Tour Founder
1996 - 2021
Co-Director / Head Coach
2017 - Present
Assistant Coach
Marisa Cole (maiden name Baldwin) is an Annapolis native turned Kent Island resident who currently coaches for the Maryland United Club Lacrosse program. She also spent a decade coaching for and serving on the Board of the Kent Island Youth Lacrosse Program. As a child Marisa played youth lacrosse for the St. Mary's rec program under Crosse Over founder Steve Willett and his wife Heidi. She also played for Notre Dame Prep in Towson, MD for high school and The Johns Hopkins University in college. She is passionate about sharing her joy of the game of lacrosse with youth girls and developing players to take their game to the next level.
Many girls find a friend for life through the Crosse Over Program. This tour is the opportunity of a life time to form a strong bond with someone from a different part of the world through a shared love of lacrosse. Additionally, form strong connections with your teammates by experiencing new places and challenges with them.
Crosse Over will will help you step up your game and improve your skills. You will work with experienced coaches and get lots of individual instruction. Additionally, you will get the chance to practice and compete with some of the best players in Anne Arundel County and in England.
You will build leadership skills by learning public speaking, team work, confidence and independence. You will enhance your ability to communicate with coaches and collaborate with teammates on your own.
There's no better way to experience a new place than with people that call it their home. You will get a full cultural experience by staying with a family in England while on tour. You will get to experience many things and see many places you normally wouldn't as a tourist. No two players will have the same experience and that's what is truly amazing about our tour.
Traveling to a new place without family is a new experience for many girls on the Tour. But, this experience helps many girls to step out of their comfort zone and learn lots about themselves in the process. It helps them to gain a sense of independence and build special relationships with their teammates facing the same challenges. The team and coaches you travel with truly feel like a second family after touring because of the trust you build with them.
For the 24th consecutive year the Anne Arundel Crosse Over Tour sent a team of Anne Arundel County-based girls lacrosse players to England for a two-week tour of the country and a slate of lacrosse games.
Read MoreThe 2016 Crosse Over lacrosse game was held on Saturday afternoon at Northeast High School in Pasadena. The Anne Arundel County Bucs challenged the Metrogirls, from the United Kingdom.
Read MoreEDGEWATER, MD — Girls lacross players from Anne Arundel County had the opportunity to travel to England for a two-week tour of the country and to battle it out against overseas teams in the 24th annual Anne Arundel Cross Over Tour.
Read More"The British are coming! The British are coming!" Well, actually the small group of Britons in question arrived in Anne Arundel County from "across the pond" last week and instead of embarking with rifles and cannons, they were armed with lacrosse sticks.
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