Stonehill College Women's Tennis

Lynne Smith was named head coach of the Stonehill women's tennis program in February, 2020. Smith leads Stonehill through its transition to NCAA Division I status as a member of the Northeast Conference after guiding the Skyhawks to a Northeast-10 Conference Championship appearance and NCAA Tournament bid in 2021. Smith comes to Stonehill after 16 years as a head coach in the region with Xaverian Brothers High School and Ursuline Academy. She is a United States Tennis Association (USTA) certified teaching professional, working with all ages and levels at the Brown Billone Tennis Club in Easton, having previously served in a similar role at Wimbledon 109 Tennis Club in Walpole. Smith joins Stonehill after two years as varsity tennis coach at Xaverian Brothers, where she also oversaw the junior varsity and developed the middle school programs to improve their matriculation to the high school program. Prior to Xaverian, she served 12 years as varsity tennis coach at Ursuline, compiling a record of 175-40 (.814), and earning a pair of Boston Globe Girls Tennis Coach of the Year honors. Smith guided Ursuline to a pair of Massachusetts South Sectional Championships in 2007 and 2014, falling in the State Semifinals in 2007. Ursuline posted a 20-3 record in 2013 and reached another South Sectional final. Smith also coached a varsity doubles team to the semifinals of the 2011 State Championship Individual Tournament. Smith, inducted into the Barnstable High School Hall of Fame, is a 1984 graduate of Boston College, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in political science. She was a member of the Eagles field hockey and womens ice hockey programs. Smith, whose daughter Avery is a member of the womens tennis team at Randolph Macon College in Virginia, resides in Walpole. She was a member of a USTA 4.0 womens tennis team that won the USTA National Championship in 2010 and has completed four marathons.