Colgate University Women's Softball

Colgate Athletics named Marissa Lamison-Myers as the Raiders’ head softball coach in July 2017.   Lamison-Myers has continued to build a successful program both on and off the field. She has mentored four All-Patriot League First Team and 13 Second Team selections in addition to two Patriot League Rookies of the Year. Pairing with success on the field, Lamison-Myers has guided the development of 10 Academic All-Patriot League honorees, nine NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes, and several Academic Honor Roll members. Colgate has landed at least two Academic All-League picks four separate times during Lamison-Myers' tenure.  Offensively, Colgate under Lamison-Myers has ranked in the top four in the Patriot League in batting average five separate seasons, including two campaigns where the Raiders ranked third in batting average. Colgate has led the league in home runs three times, including 2025 when the Raiders bashed 37 long balls in 49 contests.  Colgate has advanced to the Patriot League tournament three times during Lamison-Myers' tenure, including the 2021 season when the Raiders secured their first postseason victory since 2015 with their 4-3 triumph over Army as the No. 3 seed behind a 16-15-1 overall record and 13-9-1 mark in conference play.    Colgate increased its win total in each of the first two seasons under Lamison-Myers and was on pace to continue that trend in 2020 before the season ended abruptly. Colgate jumped out to a 10-5 overall record, its best 15-game start since 2010, before finishing 12-8 overall. The 12 wins were the second most in the Patriot League at the end of the season.   The Raiders in 2020 led the league by a wide margin in home runs (19), with the next closest team at 10. Colgate also led the Patriot League in walks (65) and ranked second in the Patriot League in hits (133), triples (4), and runs scored (88) with a .245 team batting average. Defensively, the Raiders ranked second in the league in ERA (2.74), led by freshman Bailey Misken's 1.02 clip in 68.1 innings pitched.    Colgate in 2019 posted its most wins (25) since 2011, finishing 25-27 overall and 8-10 in league play to advance to the Patriot League tournament for the first time since 2015. The Raiders led the Patriot League in home runs (31) and ranked 32nd nationally in doubles per game (1.52).   In 2019, Lamison-Myers guided three All-League selections, highlighted by Meghan Romero’s First Team At-Large honor. Successful both on the field and in the classroom, Lamison-Myers mentored a pair of Academic All-League student-athletes in Virginia Irby and Jordan Miller, while the Raiders boasted a league-high 17 student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Program Growth in First Year at the Helm in 2018 The Raiders remained in contention for a Patriot League Tournament berth during the final regular-season series of the year during Lamison-Myers’ first season at the helm in 2018. She mentored a pair of All-Patriot League picks in Holly Geranen (first team) and Virginia Irby (second team), as well as two Academic All-League selections (Irby and Kyle Griswold). Under Lamison-Myers’ guidance, Geranen became the first Raider to earn All-ECAC accolades in 15 years.   Prior to Colgate  Lamison-Myers came to Colgate after a four-year stint at Bucknell as the top assistant to the 2015 Patriot League Coach of the Year. Prior to her time with the Bison, Lamison-Myers was a member of a national championship coaching staff at Tufts.   She helped coach the Bison to three Patriot League Tournament appearances, two second-place finishes and a fourth-place finish during her four years at Bucknell. The Bison finished 35-20 in 2015, marking the all-time winningest team in program history as head coach Bonnie Skrenta garnered Patriot League Coach of the Year honors.   Lamison-Myers worked with the Bison pitchers and catchers during her first two years in Lewisburg. She mentored Amanda Fazio, the program’s all-time leader in strikeouts and innings pitched. Over her past two seasons, Lamison-Myers transitioned into the third base coaching role, playing a crucial role in the Bison’s in-game strategies.   Prior to her time at Bucknell, Lamison-Myers was a two-year assistant at Tufts where she helped lead the Jumbos to the 2013 NCAA Division III National Championship. The squad won back-to-back NESCAC titles as well as regional championships. Tufts earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament during both of her years with the team, finishing fifth in 2012 before winning the national championship in 2013. Lamison-Myers was a member of the staff that was selected as the NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year in 2013 and Regional Coaching Staff of the Year in both 2012 and 2013.   In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Lamison-Myers holds high school and club experience. She was the assistant coach at Penn-Trafford High School in 2011 as well as the co-head coach of the Pittsburgh Predator travel team for 10 summers. Playing Career  Lamison-Myers was a four-year starting catcher at Clarion University. She ranks fourth all-time on the Clarion career walks list. A Harrison City, Pa. native, she graduated from Clarion with honors in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and concentrations in coaching and sports management. Lamison-Myers also completed several post-baccalaureate classes while at Tufts.    

Colgate Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Nicki W. Moore announced the selection of Edward Pretre as the new swimming and diving head coach in May 2019. Despite the abbreviated season, Pretre guided both programs to successful seasons in his second year at the helm. The women’s swimming & diving team was highlighted by six broken records, including three freshman records and three new pool records. After the Patriot League Championships were cancelled, Colgate had a strong showing at the Patriot League Challenge meet against Boston University and Holy Cross, as well as a good performance at the April Pools Invitational. On the men’s side, the Raiders had a stellar season with a sixth-place finish at the April Pools Invitational and a third-place showing at the Patriot League Challenge meet.   In his first season with Colgate, he helped lead both programs to successful seasons. The women’s swimming & diving team finished the 2019-20 season with a 3-5 record which was highlighted by wins against Niagra and Canisius. The Raiders had a strong finish to the season as Pretre picked up his first Patriot League win on the women’s side as Colgate defeated Lafayette. The Raiders placed seventh at the Patriot League Championships with a team score of 168 points. On the men’s side, the Raiders 2019-20 season was highlighted by a strong performance against Niagra and a 10th-place finish at the Patriot League Championships. Before Colgate  Pretre comes to the Raiders from Villanova, where he spent the last two seasons serving as an assistant coach on an award-winning Big East Conference staff. Villanova swept the league's Coach/Staff of the Year awards on both the men's and women's side in 2018, and the women's staff repeated the honor this season.   He coached two Big East Swimmers of the Year in Darby Goodwin and Kelly Montesi, as well as 12 individual conference champions, resulting in 10 school records. The men's team in 2018 had its highest finish (second) since 1993, while the women won their sixth consecutive Big East title.   Pretre considers himself a builder of programs, and he did just that as head coach of Division II Truman State in Missouri. In 2016, the Truman women won the 2016 Great Lakes Valley Conference championship by upsetting top-seeded and No. 2 nationally ranked Drury.   For that result and his season-long success, Pretre was named 2016 GLVC Women's Coach of the Year. The men's team also improved to a fourth-place conference result and posted a 20th-place finish nationally. Pretre's collegiate coaching career began at Princeton in 2005. He spent one season there as an assistant coach on the men's side before moving on to Rutgers as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on the women's staff. Among his successes at Rutgers was Shayna Longacre, who earned a spot on the 2007 U.S. National Team and represented this country in Japan.   Pretre continued his successful assistant coaching run at during two seasons at East Carolina. He not only coached numerous school record-holders but he also recruiting several student-athletes who went on to win conference titles after his departure in 2011 to Truman State.   The Westfield, New Jersey, native swam collegiately at West Virginia University, graduating with a degree in child development in 1997. Pretre went on to earn a master's in special education/teacher of handicapped at New Jersey City University in 2003. He was a special education teacher at the elementary and middle school level from 1998 to 2005, while also coaching on the YMCA level.   Pretre and his wife, Collette, are the parents of Brayden, Ella and Carter.

Coaching Experience Assistant Coach, Colgate, 2019-pr. Assistant Coach, East Carolina, 2015-17 Assistant Coach, Syracuse, 2013-15 Assistant Coach, Le Moyne, 2010-13 Playing Experience American Defenders, Independent-Pro (2009) Pittsfield Colonials, Independent-Pro (2010-11) Caimanes De Barranquilla, Independent-Pro (2011) Rockland Boulders, Independent-Pro (2012-14) Le Moyne College, 2006-09 Education B.S., Le Moyne (2009) At Colgate Head Coach Marissa Lamison-Myers announced the hiring of assistant coach Matt Nandin in August 2019. Nandin helped guide the Raiders back to the Patriot League tournament in 2021 behind 13 conference victories, their most since securing the regular season title with 16 in 2011. Once again working with the hitters, Colgate ranked atop the Patriot League in home runs for the third consecutive year with 26. Nandin and the staff saw Colgate’s batting average jump from .245 to .290 in 2021, which was good for third-best in the Patriot League. The Raiders also ranked No. 3 in the conference in hits (231), doubles (54), walks (69), and runs (134).   In his first season as an assistant coach, Nandin helped lead Colgate to its best 15-game start since 2010 with a 10-5 mark. The Raiders finished 12-8 and were on pace to eclipse the previous year's win total for the third consecutive year before the season was cut short. Colgate paced the Patriot League in home runs (19), with the next closest team at 10. The Raiders as a team also led the Patriot League in walks (65) and ranked second in the Patriot League in hits (133), triples (4), and runs scored (88) with a .245 team batting average.  Before Colgate Nandin came to Colgate after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina from 2015-2017. Prior to his experiences in Greenville, N.C., Nandin held the same post at Syracuse from 2013-2015.   Working primarily with the hitters at East Carolina, Nandin helped his team improve its win total by seven and saw increases in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, doubles, and home runs in his first season.   In 2017, Nandin helped recruit the No. 22 recruiting class in the country according to Flosoftball.com. That season, East Carolina set single-season school and AAC records for home runs, and ranked in the top 10 nationally in home runs per game. Prior to his work at East Carolina, Nandin spent two years at Syracuse as the hitting coach. During his time with Syracuse, Nandin played a crucial role in the offensive production of the Orange. In his first year with the squad, he helped increase the team's batting average by 64 points for a school-record .290 clip. Under his tutelage, the Orange set single-season records for team batting average, on-base percentage (.376) and slugging percentage (.487). The team's on-base and slugging percentage were ranked in the top four in the ACC. With Nandin mentoring hitters, Syracuse ranked 16th in the nation in home runs per game, 26th in doubles per game, and 31st in slugging percentage during the 2014 season. The Orange's homers per game and doubles per game marked program highs, while the team's 5.1 runs per game were also the second-best total in school history. Additionally, the team's runs per game increased by just over one per game from 2013, while Syracuse also saw its lowest strikeout total in five years. Prior to coaching softball Nandin spent the past three seasons as the Assistant Coach at his alma mater, Le Moyne. Although he assisted in all aspects of the baseball program, Nandin’s primary responsibility was working with infielders and hitters.    Upon graduating, Nandin signed a professional contract with the American Defenders of the Can-Am League. Following a brief stop in Colombia, where as an All-Star second baseman he helped lead Caimanes De Barranquilla to the Colombian Winter League Championship, Nandin returned to the United States as a member of the Pittsfield Colonials where he played for two seasons.   In his first season with the Colonials, Nandin was an All-Star at shortstop and led the league with 25 doubles, while ranking third in hits (118), fourth in batting average (.321) and fifth in stolen bases (25).  He split the 2012 season between the Rockland Boulders and the New Jersey Jackals before being re-acquired by the Boulders for 2013.   After winning the Can-Am League Championship in 2014, finishing in the top 10 in league batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, hit by pitch and leading all second basemen in fielding percentage (.988), Nandin decided to hang up the cleats after six years of playing in the pros.   A career batting average of .288 led Nandin to the Can-Am League record book where he finished sixth all-time in doubles and ninth in runs scored and hits.  

Coaching Experience Assistant Softball Coach, Colgate University, Sept. 2025 - pr. Volunteer Assistant Softball Coach, Syracuse University, 2024-2025 Assistant Baseball Coach, Le Moyne College, 2022-2024 Playing Experience Le Moyne, 2018-2022 Education B.S. in Finance, Le Moyne, 2021 M.A. in Administration, Le Moyne, 2022 Before Colgate Colgate University’s Head Softball Coach Marissa Lamison-Myers announced the addition of Mike Smith to her staff as an assistant coach in September 2025.  Smith, who played 133 career games for Le Moyne Baseball from 2018-2022, most recently served as an assistant coach for Syracuse softball. He helped lead Syracuse to a 27-22 record in 2025, the program’s second straight winning season, in addition to six ACC victories. While working with the Orange, Smith assisted with infielders, catchers, and hitters. Additionally, he set up software platforms to gather data, logged games in Synergy, and helped to create scouting reports. Prior to Syracuse, Smith served as an assistant baseball coach at his alma mater, Le Moyne, from 2022-24. He helped guide the Dolphins to back-to-back 20-win seasons, including 34 victories en route to the Division II East Regional in 2023. While a member of the coaching staff for three seasons, he was mainly responsible for the development of hitters using Blast Motion and Rapsodo.  Other responsibilities during his time as an assistant baseball coach at Le Moyne included the management of pitching data and the instruction of infield and outfield defense. He was also responsible for the capturing and editing of video that was used for player development. Smith has also gained experience working in the front office for the Syracuse Mets (2022-23), serving as a data and technology manager for Prep Baseball Report (2021), and holding the role of Director of Baseball Analytics for Power Arm Performance (2019-20). He has also served as a private hitting, fielding, and pitching instructor.  As a player at Le Moyne, Smith ended his career with a .311 batting average, 133 hits and 12 home runs. Smith mainly played in the outfield but also earned time at every infield spot over the course of his career. In 2022, Smith batted .340 with 10 homers, earning him All-Region and All-Conference honors.  Smith was named to the 2022 NE10 First Team, NCBWA East Region Second Team and ABCA/Rawlings East Region Second Team during his graduate campaign. He was also a member of the 2018 and 2022 Dolphin teams that participated in the NCAA tournament.  Smith graduated from Le Moyne in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and completed a Master of Arts in Administration in 2022. 

Colgate University Head Swimming & Diving Coach Ed Pretre named Kelsey Reagan as the program’s assistant coach in August 2024.  With nearly a decade of coaching experience at various levels, Reagan comes to Colgate after serving more than a year as the associate head coach at Youngstown State. During her time in Ohio, Reagan helped lead the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams to new heights – including the best finishes at the Horizon League Championships for both programs in 2022-23.  In 2022-23, the men’s and women’s teams delivered their best finish in program history at the Horizon League Championships with each team placing fourth in team standings. The men’s team recorded the most points in program history at the 2022-23 Horizon League Championships, and saw its first event winner a year earlier. The women’s team delivered five podium finishes, including two champions, and had its first woman since 2018 to finish runner-up at the conference championships. The success in 2022-23 led to Reagan’s promotion to associate head coach after spending two years as the program’s assistant swimming coach. Before her time at Youngstown State, Reagan served as the swim coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater (2020-21). She also had assistant coaching stops at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where she served as a graduate assistant, and Gwinnett Aquatics. Reagan was nominated for Emerging Coach of the Year in 2017. Her other coaching experiences include a three-year stint as an assistant swimming and diving coach at General McLane High School in Edinboro and a one-year position as assistant swim coach for the County YMCA Blue Dolphin Swim Team. Reagan graduated with a bachelor's in health and physical education from Edinboro in 2016. She obtained her master's in teacher leadership from Edinboro in 2020.

Coaching Experience Assistant Coach/Director of Operations, Colgate, 2024-pr. Playing Experience Colgate, 2020-24 Education B.A., Philosophy, Colgate (2023) M.A., Teaching and Elementary Education, Colgate (2024) At Colgate   Adrienne Nardone was named the Director of Softball Operations/Assistant Coach in June 2024.  Nardone most recently graduated from Colgate University in 2024 after a stellar five-year career for the Raiders. The three-time All-Patriot League Second Team selection hit a career .294 with 109 RBIs and 23 home runs, ranking fifth in the Raider record book for most home runs in a career. She is also one of only six players in program history to hit more than 100 RBIs. Nardone boasts two degrees from Colgate University, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Master of Arts in Teaching and Elementary Education.

Colgate Head Swimming and Diving Coach Ed Pretre has announced the appointment of Jessica Kugelman as the program’s new diving coach in August 2021.   Kugelman spent the last year-plus serving as the diving coach for High Dive Champions, one of the leading U.S. diving teams for developing talent. She worked with athletes between the ages of 5-18, working toward building meet lists for either high school or USA Diving. Prior to her development work with High Dive Champions, Kugelman served in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) athletic department from 2016-20. She also held diving coach positions at Future Stars (2019) and Norwood Swim Club (2015-18).   A four-year student-athlete at RPI, Kugelman garnered the Liberty League’s Diver of the Year honor in 2019-20. She won 15 times as a senior, including a first-place finish at the Liberty League Championships to take home medalist honors. During her time at RPI, Kugelman broke six out of the eight possible records for diving, including three pool records and three school records. She was a four-time regional qualifier and a one-time national qualifier.  Kugelman graduated from RPI in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in psychological science.