Lisa Sweeney takes head coaching job at Princeton

The Quakers are sending assistant coach Lisa Sweeney of the softball team to take a head coaching position at Princeton.

Sweeney spent one year coaching at her alma mater, Lehigh, before spending two seasons as an assistant and pitching coach at Penn. In her second season, she worked with unanimous All-Ivy selection and Rookie of the Year Alexis Borden, who helped to lead the Red and Blue to a record-breaking season.

The 2012 squad posted a 33-17 record (15-5 Ivy) and won the South Division for the first time since 2007. The Quakers scored 213 runs over 50 games, which was the highest rate among any team in the Ivy League. Penn also led the league in on-base percentage and finished second in batting average. Due in large part to Borden’s success, the Quakers also had the second-best team earned run average (2.28), second only to league winner Harvard (1.84).

In her college career, Sweeney was one of the most successful pitchers in Patriot League history. To date no one in league history has won (104), shut out (31), pitched in (141), started (112) or finished (91) more games than she has. Sweeney also holds the league record for strikeouts in a career with 928.