Tracey Fuchs, the Wildcats field hockey coach, shares a floor with lacrosse coach Kelly Amonte Hiller. Fuchs had introduced Marshall to Hiller when she first arrived on campus five years ago.

The Wildcats had stumbled to a losing record for the first time in Tracey Fuchs’ tenure two seasons before (a 9-10 season in 2018, still the only time in Fuchs’ career her team has gone under ...