Adams Named New Coach at Pine Manor
from press release
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Erica Adams, a former
three-sport student-athlete at Nichols College, has been named head
women's lacrosse coach at Pine Manor College, its athletic
department announced Thursday.
"I'm extremely thankful and excited for this opportunity," said
Adams. "I'm ready to bring my passion and enthusiasm for the game
to the student-athletes and the athletic department at Pine
Manor."
Adams starred collegiately at Nichols College in Dudley, MA. During
her career at Nichols, she played a number of positions, including
goalkeeper. She currently holds the record for the most saves in a
season, with 200, set as a freshman, when she started all 14 games
for the Bison.
The following two years, Adams also played midfielder and defender.
As a sophomore, she saw action in 13 games, starting 11. Despite
playing 10 games in goal, she made good on her field opportunities,
tallying two goals and three points on three shots.
As a junior in 2007, she led Nichols to its first Commonwealth
Coast Conference Tournament appearance, starting 12 of 13 contests.
She finished among the Bison leaders in most offensive categories,
including goals, with eight, and points, with 10.
A three-sport student-athlete who also played soccer and ice hockey
at Nichols, a knee injury kept Adams out of action her senior
season.
A native of Braintree, Mass., she began her lacrosse career in high
school as a member of the inaugural girls' lacrosse team at
Braintree High School. A midfielder and defender, she was also part
of the school's first girls' ice hockey team.
Adams gained experience as a girls' lacrosse coach at Braintree for
the past two seasons. She is also an assistant ice hockey coach at
Westwood High School and a soccer coach at Bishop Feehan High
School in Attleboro, Mass.
She currently still plays competitive lacrosse and ice hockey in
women's club leagues.
Adams graduated from Nichols in May of 2008 with a bachelor's of
science in business administration with a concentration in criminal
justice. She currently resides in Attleboro.
