A former All-America selection during her undergraduate career with the Ravens, Sweeney returns to the crimson and grey to make her head coaching debut.

Though it will be her first opportunity as a head coach, Sweeney brings Division II coaching experience with her to the post, as she spent the previous two years as an assistant coach (bio) with Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn. Working with a team which only debuted in 2015, she helped lead the Railsplitters to a program-record 12 wins in 2019, as the squad went 12-6 to post the first above-.500 finish in program annals. The 2019 team also returned to the postseason for the second straight season and picked up its first ever South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Tournament victory by defeating Coker in the quarterfinals. The Railsplitters were picked to finish in the top half of the SAC again in 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic halted play throughout the country.

During her time in the Volunteer State, Sweeney had the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of the Lincoln Memorial program under head coach Caitlyn Corace, who is herself an alum of nearby Keene State. Sweeney’s primary responsibility was the team’s defense, and during Lincoln Memorial’s record-setting 2019 season, she led a defensive corps which finished second in the SAC in goals-against average and produced an All-SAC First Team defender in then-junior Zoe Zervos.

Sweeney is one of the more-decorated athletes (student-athlete bio) in the history of the program she is returning to the helm. As a junior in 2017, she finished eighth in the nation in goals per game (3.75) on the way to an All-America Third Team selection and an All-North Region Second Team nod from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association (IWLCA), as well as All-NE10 Second Team plaudits. In her senior season, she was an All-North Region Third Team selection and earned All-NE10 Third Team accolades after finishing 15th in the country in goals per game (4.00). She was also an NE10 All-Rookie Team selection as a freshman in 2015.

Sweeney finished her career second in program history in points (254), goals (194) and assists (60). In both goals and points, she trailed only Lauren Stille ’11, who was a 2017 inductee into the Franklin Pierce Athletics Hall of Fame. Sweeney’s 82 points (60-22-82) in her senior season of 2018 was the second-most points in a single season in program annals.