Anna Maria College

Anna Maria College Athletics
50 Sunset Lane Paxton, MA 01612

Division 3 Massachusetts Northeast

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Sarah Merrill

Merrill joined the AMCATS in January of the 2020-2021 season as the head women's lacrosse coach.

In 2022, senior Ashley Rufo became the school's third all-time leading scorer (76 goals) while setting program records for caused turnovers (86) and assists in a season (10). Cassandra Micklesavage was named to the GNAC Sportmanship Teams.

In 2021, Merrill's efforts saw Alice Yokabaskas and Nicole Maffei earn All-GNAC accolades, as the AMCATS reached the conference semifinals.

Merrill played all four years of high school in her hometown of Dover, NH, before attending New England College. She completed her bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a Minor in Wellness in 2013. While attending New England College, she was a four-year member and senior captain of the women’s lacrosse program. She scored 73 goals along with 11 assists for 84 points. Merrill earned a master's degree in Sports Management in 2019 from the University of Southern New Hampshire.

Merrill has a wealth of coaching experience, including serving as head women’s lacrosse coach at Thomas College in 2015. She led Thomas to a regular-season second-place finish with a 6-2 conference record and a trip to the conference championship game, finishing as the runner-up. In addition, she served as head coach of the women’s club lacrosse team at the University of New Hampshire in the fall of 2014. Merrill has been involved in club youth lacrosse since 2016. She served as girls director and coach for the Houlagan Lacrosse club in New Hampshire from 2016-17 and was a member of the coaching staff from 2016-18. She has been a member of the Seacoast United/ Houlagan Lacrosse club coaching staff for the past two years.

Merrill also has secondary responsibilities as a part of the field hockey team, primarily assisting with recruiting.

Most recently, Merill spent time working at Professional Physical Therapy in New Hampshire.