Head Coach Kara Reber
38-26 (.594) - 4 seasons
reber@lycoming.edu

Kara Reber will enter her fifth season as head coach of the women's lacrosse program in 2008. Reber is the fourth head coach in the program's 10-year history.

Reber led the Lady Warriors on a record-breaking campaign in 2006 that culminated in a spot in the Middle Atlantic Conference championship game, a pair of regional all-american awards, a conference rookie of the year honor, and her first MAC Coach of the Year accolade.

In 2007, she coached the Lady Warriors to another 14-4 record and a second straight MAC Playoff berth. Lycoming defeated two top-20 opponents on the season and, for several weeks, was nationally ranked by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association. After graduating only one senior in 2007, Lycoming is poised to continue its success with a run at the 2008 MAC Championship and the NCAA Playoffs.

Since 2004, Reber has drastically turned over the Lady Warrior roster so that the quality and depth of talent is by far the best it has been in program history. Although last season ended in a loss in the second round of the MAC Playoffs, the squad equaled its team record of 14 regular-season victories and set a new postseason scoring mark with 25 goals against Scranton in round one. Lycoming's dynamic offense has established itself as a dominant force in the MAC.

Reber came to Lycoming after coaching soccer, basketball, and lacrosse at Newark High School in New York. A 1999 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Reber played both soccer and ice hockey while earning a bachelor’s degree in sports management. She went on to attend the State University of New York at Brockport and earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in May of 2001.

“I was excited when Kara came to Lycoming, and now it's been justified,” said Director of Athletics Frank Girardi. “We were confident that she would inject new enthusiasm into one of our youngest athletic programs, and build a team that will be competitive at both the conference and national level.”