Meighan Guiney completed her second
season at the helm of the Franklin Pierce University women's
lacrosse team in 2008. Guiney also serves as the head coach of the
school's field hockey program.
Guiney led the Ravens to a 3-13 overall record and a 1-9 mark in
the very competitive Northeast-10 Conference in her second season
as head coach. The team made vast improvements, including
shattering the school record for goals in a season, thanks in large
part to Guiney's first full recruiting class, which accounted for
nearly 73 percent of the team's goals in 2008. Freshman Lauren
Stille led the conference in scoring during the regular season and
was the first Franklin Pierce women's lacrosse player to be named
NE-10 Freshman of the Year, while classmate Jordan Baillargeon
became only the second Raven to earn All-Conference honors with a
spot on the second team.
In her first season as head coach of the Ravens, Guiney guided the
team to a 2-15 record, including a 1-9 mark in the Northeast-10.
The two victories were the first for the program since the 2004
season.
Guiney came to Franklin Pierce after serving multiple roles with
both the women's lacrosse and field hockey programs at Worcester
State College. She was 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 final season of 2006 in
which the team was runner-up in the New England Women’s
Lacrosse Association with a 5-1 record.
She served as head coach of the Lancers field hockey program from
2001-05, posting a record of 56-43 (.566) in five seasons and
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 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 the University of Rhode
Island, and has also served 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. She graduated from the school with a Bachelor’s Degree
in Arts and Sciences (journalism major) in 1999.
| Overall | Conference | ||||
| Year | W | L | W | L | Highlights |
|
Worcester State College | |||||
| 2004 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | NEWLA Semifinalist |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | NEWLA Semifinalist |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | NEWLA Finalist ECAC Semifinalist |
| Worcester State (Three years) | 18 | 25 | 11 | 7 | .419 overall / .611 NEWLA |
|
Franklin Pierce | |||||
| 2007 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 9 | |
| Franklin Pierce (Two Years) | 5 | 28 | 2 | 18 | .151 overall / .100 NE-10 |
| Overall (5 years) | 23 | 53 | 14 | 25 | .303 overall / .359 conference |














