Finerghty first served as women's head lacrosse coach in the 1994 season, and has racked up 150 career victories in her tenure with the Brewers. She holds a 91-66 record over the past ten seasons, while coaching 37 All-Liberty League selections since 2005.

Finerghty’s squads have reached new heights in recent years, as the Brewers have qualified for the Liberty League playoffs in three consecutive seasons. Vassar tied its best-ever mark in the Liberty League regular season in 2015, finishing 6-3 in the conference for the third straight year. VC’s No. 3 seed in the postseason was the highest-ever for the program since joining the conference, while her Brewers handed RPI its first Liberty League loss since 2013 with a 11-8 overtime victory on April 3.

Finerghty has brought in some of the Liberty League’s most talented players in recent memory as Dara Davis (’15) was named the conference’s Co-Player of the Year in 2014. Jackie Palma (’15) also made history under Finerghty’s direction, becoming Vassar’s first-ever Defensive Player of the Year honoree in 2015. Vassar has also produced six IWLCA All-Empire Region selections since the 2009 season.

The Brewers have recorded double-digit wins in six seasons during Finerghty’s tenure. She was at the helm in 2005 and 2007 when the Brewers captured the Seven Sisters Championship and saw the team claim the ECAC Upstate Championship in 2007 as well.

Finerghty’s teams have also been among the nation’s elite in the classroom, as Vassar has produced 24 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll selections since 2011. The Brewers ranked in the top three in team GPA nationwide in four consecutive seasons from 2009-12, including two years as the nation’s leader in grade point average in 2009 and 2011.

Prior to her joining the Vassar staff, Finerghty served as the assistant lacrosse coach at William Smith College and helped the team to a 1988 appearance in the NCAA Division III finals. After a two-year stint as an assistant lacrosse coach at Bates in Maine, Finerghty was named head coach for SUNY Albany's newly created lacrosse team. The Greyhounds finished 14-8 in her two seasons there. Finerghty was also the head field hockey coach at Vassar from 1993-2001 and 2003-2008.