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Perhaps the greatest pitcher in school history, Kristen Mahoney enters her third year as pitching coach at UMass Lowell following a career full of honors and team success.
A three-time Northeast-10 all-star and two-time NFCA Northeast Region standout, Mahoney helped lead UML to a four-year record of 117-80 which included trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and 2007.
Mahoney graduated in 2007 having set nine career records, including wins (70), strikeouts (598), shutouts (25), complete games (77) and innings pitched (673.0).
Mahoney enjoyed perhaps her best season in 2007, in which she went 19-10 with a school record 207 strikeouts and a 1.42 earned run average. Along the way, she was named the Most Valuable Player of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament, leading the River Hawks to their first-ever title.
At the NCAA Tournament, Mahoney helped the eighth-seeded River Hawks to wins over No. 1 Le Moyne (4-1) and No. 5 Georgian Court (3-0) before falling to host/No. 2 C.W. Post (2-0) and No. 3 Bryant (2-0).
Among NE-10 leaders, Mahoney was prominent in many categories, including strikeouts looking (first, 58), innings pitched (first), strikeouts (second), wins (second), ERA (third) and opposing batting average (third, .199).
Mahoney was also an excellent student as she graduated with a 3.522 cumulative average in psychology. She was a three-time NE-10 All-Academic standout and a member of the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic District 1 Softball Team.
Additionally, she was the a finalist for the 2007 Laurie Mann Award, presented to the UML student-athlete for excellence in athletics, academics, community service and leadership.
Mahoney earned her master's degree in education at UMass Lowell in December. She is an elementary school teacher in the Burlington school system.
Mahoney lives in Burlington, MA.
