New York Institute of Technology Women's Softball

Christianson and his team posted a 15-23 overall record in 2014, with a 10-18 mark in conference play. With one less win in 2013, NYIT went 14-30 and had one lone player earn inclusion on the All-ECC Second team. Junior Monet Ormsby led the team in batting average (.310) and was second on the team in RBIs (26). Back-to-back injury plagued seasons fell upon NYIT; in 2012 the Bears more than doubled their 2011 wins total, posting a 12-33 overall record. The previous season NYIT went 5-35. In 2010, the Bears finished with their second consecutive 30-win season with a 33-23 record. Despite going 37-24-1 in 2009, the Bears just missed out on their second consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. Christianson also earned his 100th career coaching victory with a 9-4 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on April 14, 2009. In 2008, he led NYIT to one of the most successful seasons in the program's history, as the Bears finished with a 29-18 record, were ranked as high as fourth in the Northeast region, and received their first bid to the NCAA tournament. Their achievements over the past three seasons have been recognized with votes in the 2009 and 2010 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II national poll.  In 2009, Christianson led the Bears to a record 37 wins and the program's first appearance in the ECC tournament championship game. Brilynn Fields and Boystak earned their second round of All-Conference accolades and Nina Cesare and Ashley Gosk landed themselves on the second and third teams, respectively.   Finishing fourth in the conference in the second year under the direction of Christianson, NYIT posted a 29-18 overall record and were 11-9 in the ECC. At the conclusion of the season, three players earned All-ECC status, as Fields and Lia Lara were named to the second team and Lisa Boystak was included on the Third Team. In his first season at the helm of the program in 2007, Christianson inherited a team that was 13-22 the season before and orchestrated a 20-20 record, which included an appearance in the ECC tournament. Christianson came to NYIT from The Baseball Center New York City, where he served as head baseball and softball instructor. Prior to The Baseball Center, Christianson was associate director of athletics and head softball coach at Trinity University in Washington, D.C. In 2006, he was named Atlantic Womens Colleges Conference (AWCC) Softball Coach of the Year. In his two seasons at Trinity, Christianson coached four student-athletes to first team all-conference selections and four to second team all-conference selections, as well as one student-athlete to an all-conference honorable mention selection. In 2005, he guided one team member to AWCC Newcomer of the Year and Most Outstanding Player honors. Before coaching at Trinity, Christianson coached the nationally recognized softball program at Bishop Denis J. OConnell High School in Arlington, Va., where he served as head junior varsity coach of the undefeated Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship team. Previously, he coached at St. Agnes High School in St. Paul, Minn., where he led the softball team to consecutive Tri-Metro Conference championships in 2001 and 2002. Christianson resides in Mineola, N.Y., with son Gunnar and daughter Madeleine. In 1999, Christianson earned a B.S. in elementary education from St. Cloud State University. He has taught at several softball and baseball clinics focusing on hitting, pitching, catching, base running, and conditioning. Christianson is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and NFCA Division II Softball Head Coaches Committee.

Stein was also a part of NYIT inaugural women's tennis program in Fall 2010. She graduated in 2010 with a B.S. in education.