Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff
Change fills the air in the Northeast-10 Conference this off-season. If the pending addition of Adelphi to go with New Haven this past year wasn't enough, new coaches will be roaming the sidelines during women's basketball contests next winter.
Following an incredibly successful run at Franklin Pierce, head women's basketball coach Mark Swasey resigned last week to take over as the head coach of the women's program at California University of Pennsylvania. California-Pennsylvania lost to Franklin Pierce this past year in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
He replaces Heather Kearney, who left after one year to become an assistant at Appalachia State.
Franklin Pierce surpassed the program record for victories in each of the past two seasons, capturing two-straight NCAA Regional Championships and trips to the Division II Elite Eight. This past season the Ravens won a record 29 games en route to capturing the Northeast-10 Conference regular season and tournament titles for the first time. The Ravesn also made the program's first ever appearance in the Division II title game.
St. Anselm hired DeAnn Craft in May to replace Chris Leazier after the Hawks posted 10-44 record in the past two seasons (4-23 in 2008-09 and 6-21 in 2007-08).
Leazier resigned this March after just two seasons.
Craft, a graduate of the University of Central Florida, coached the University of Texas-Pan American the past six seasons. She leaves as the program's all-time wins leader.
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