Sarah Brant enters her seventh season as the head coach of Albright field hockey in 2018. She was named the head field hockey coach and director of athletic marketing at Albright in May 2012. Brant previously served as an assistant with the Lions for one season.
Brant continued her success in 2017 by leading the Lions to berths in the MAC Commonwealth and ECAC Tournaments with a 9-10 overall record and 4-3 record in conference play. She coached two players to earn All-MAC Commonwealth honors and goalkeeper Aileen Taylor tied the school record with six shutouts in a single season.
In 2016, the Lions finished the season with an 11-7 overall record and a berth in the ECAC Championships. Amanda Long twice tied the school record for goals in a game with four, and goalkeeper Aileen Taylor tied her own school record for victories in a season, finishing with 11.
The rebuilding process that Brant began in 2012 culminated in 2015 as Albright set school records for victories and advanced to the MAC Commonwealth Tournament for the first time in school history. The Lions finished the season with a 12-9 overall record and a 4-3 record in conference play, which earned Albright the fourth seed for the postseason tournament. The Lions had five players named to the all-conference team, including first-team selections Amanda Smith and Aileen Taylor, which marked the highest number of honorees in school history.
In 2014, the field hockey program posted a record of 2-18 overall in Brant's third season as the Lions head coach. Both of the victories came in Commonwealth Conference play as the Lions defeated Widener 2-0 and topped Hood 4-1. In the win over Hood, the team tallied the highest number of goals throughout the season. Additionally, the program had six field hockey players named to the NFHCA Academic Squad.
The Lions went 6-13 overall in 2013. The program had its first-ever NFHCA Senior Game participant in goalie Marguerite DeLucas and earned the NFHCA National Academic Award for having a team GPA over 3.0.
In her first season, Brant set a then program-record with 10 victories. The Lions ranked as the eighth-most improved team in the nation with a five-game turnaround.
Brant, who came to Albright after one year as an assistant at Frostburg State University, is responsible for all day-to-day operations of the field hockey program while also spearheading the athletic department's marketing strategies.
During her time at Frostburg State, Brant was responsible for the recruitment of potential players, as well as attending various coaching seminars and camps. She was also responsible for the implementation of practice and game-day strategies for the Bobcats.
As a student-athlete, Brant was a four-year member of the national powerhouse and 2006 NCAA Division III national championship field hockey program at Ursinus. Throughout her four seasons in Collegeville, Brant helped the Bears to a combined 77-13 record, four Centennial Conference titles, and four NCAA tournament appearances.
Brant was also a four-year member of the Ursinus women’s lacrosse program as well, and served as team captain in her senior year. In 2009, she was named a Centennial Conference Second Team All-Conference honoree, while in her sophomore season she earned all-conference honorable mention recognition.
Brant graduated from Ursinus in May of 2010 and earned her bachelor’s of arts degree in French and Exercise and Sports Science. She earned her master’s degree in Education at Albright in 2016.
| The Brant File |
| Year |
GP |
W |
L |
Pct. |
Notes |
| 2018 |
18 |
8 |
10 |
.444 |
|
| 2017 |
19 |
9 |
10 |
.474 |
MAC Commonwealth and ECAC Tournament |
| 2016 |
18 |
11 |
7 |
.611 |
ECAC Tournament |
| 2015 |
21 |
12 |
9 |
.571 |
MAC Commonwealth Tournament
School Record for Victories |
| 2014 |
20 |
2 |
18 |
.100 |
|
| 2013 |
19 |
6 |
13 |
.316 |
|
| 2012 |
18 |
10 |
8 |
.556 |
|
| Career |
133 |
58 |
75 |
.436 |
|
