Meighan
Guiney
Meighan Guiney completed
her second season as head coach of the Franklin Pierce University field hockey
program in 2007. Guiney also serves as head coach of the Ravens
women's lacrosse team.
Despite a 1-18 record in her second season leading the Ravens, the team made strides in Guiney's plan to transform the program. Franklin Pierce lost 10 matches by one goal, including five games in overtime, and also had a pair of one-goal losses to nationally-ranked opponents. In all, seven of the team's 19 games in 2007 came against teams ranked in the top 10 in the country, proving that the Ravens could hold their own against some of the best teams in Division II. In her first season as head coach of the Franklin Pierce field hockey team, Guiney led the Ravens to a 6-12 overall record and a 6-10 conference mark. The six conference wins were the most for the program since the 2003 season. Before coming to Franklin Pierce, Guiney served multiple roles with both the Worcester State field hockey and lacrosse programs. She served as head coach of the Lancers field hockey program from 2001-05, posting a record of 56-43 (.566) in five seasons, leading the team to three ECAC Division III Tournament appearances (2001, 2002, 2004). Guiney was WSC’s assistant coach for two seasons prior to taking over as head coach.
Guiney was also named head coach of the women’s lacrosse program at
Worcester State in 2004 after two years as an assistant coach. She
led the Lancers to an 18-25 (.419) record in three seasons, capped by a 9-6 mark
in her last season of 2006 in which the team was runner-up in the New England
Women’s Lacrosse Association with a 5-1 record.
Guiney also gained experience as an assistant field hockey
coach for two seasons at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I.,
while completing her undergraduate degree at URI, as well as head
freshman girl’s basketball coach at Notre Dame Academy in Worcester.
Guiney has spent time instructing at several field hockey camps and
clinics, including Guiney’s Performance Field Hockey Camp in her
hometown of Rutland, Mass., which she created.
Guiney was a three-year letterwinner for the University of
Rhode Island field hockey team, earning URI’s Team Senior Award in
1995.
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