Tusculum University

Tusculum Athletic Department
60 Shiloh Road Greeneville, TN 37743

Division 2 Tennessee Southeast

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Jenna Agostino

Jenna Agostino begins her third season as head coach of the Tusculum women's lacrosse program in the spring of 2024.

The Centereach, New York native took over the reins of the TU program in January, 2022 after spending the previous two seasons on the coaching staff at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

The 2023 Pioneers improved three games from the 2022 season, including four conference victories for the first time since 2018. Tusculum's seven wins were its most since the 2017 season, and the Pioneers had two All-SAC players for the first time since 2019 in attacker Tia Daniel and midfielder Lucy Brewer.

Despite taking over a month before the start of the 2022 season, Agostino led the Pioneers to four wins in her debut campaign. The 2022 Pioneers led the SAC in shooting accuracy (82.4 percent) and reached double figures in scoring eight times.

The Tigers went 4-2 during her inaugural season before the year was cut short due to COVID. The 2021 campaign saw DePauw finish with a 6-4 overall mark including 4-1 in North Coast Athletic Conference divisional play with head coach Anne Moelk, who was named the NCAC Coach of the Year.

The 2021 DePauw club had four players garner All-NCAC honors including Grace Clark, who was tabbed to the IWCLA All-Great Lakes Region Team. The Tigers also has midfielder Emma Kennedy who was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America third team.

From 2019-2021, Agostino served as the head club coach for Indy United. She was also the head coach of the 91 Lacrosse Club Team (2012-2016) and the Express Club Team (2011-2012).

Agostino is the founder and owner of Empowered Lax LLC, which focused primarily on individual and small group development for all age groups.

She played collegiately at Stony Brook University from 2012-2015 where she helped Seawolves to three America East Conference championships and three trips to the NCAA Division I Tournament. She played in 53 career games on defense where she amassed 73 ground balls and caused 46 turnovers. During her career, the Seawolves posted an impressive 66-14 overall record including 21-2 in America East play.

In her 2012 rookie campaign, SBU posted a 14-5 record, a 12-win improvement from the season before. The Seawolves went 17-3 overall and went undefeated (6-0) in America East action to win the league crown and advanced to the NCAA second round. In 2014, Stony Brook boasted the nation's No. 1 defense while going 17-4 (4-1 AEC). During Agostino's senior season in 2015, the Seawolves logged an 18-2 overall mark and went undefeated again in league play (6-0) and advanced to the NCAA second round for a third straight season.

During her prep career at Centereach High School, she was a two-sport standout in lacrosse and basketball. She was and All-District, All-County and All-Tournament honoree in lacrosse while garnering All-Conference laurels on the basketball hardwood.

She graduated from Stony Brook in 2015 with her bachelor's degree while majoring in business management with a marketing focus.

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Zoe Pekins

Zoe Pekins joined Tusculum University as assistant women's lacrosse coach in the summer of 2023.

Pekins has been involved in women's lacrosse both as a player at the Division I level and as a coach at the club and high school levels. She most recently served as junior varsity head coach at Liberty High School in Sykesville, Maryland for the 2023 season.

Pekins, a native of Columbia, Maryland, was a four-year letterwinner and two-year starter at midfield for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County from 2017-20. Pekins scored 41 goals and had five assists for 46 points in 57 career games at UMBC, while adding 45 draw controls and 39 ground balls along with 29 caused turnovers. She was team captain for the Retrievers during the 2020 season.

While at UMBC, Pekins was an assistant coach for the 2023 HoCo girls lacrosse team. After graduating, Pekins began as head coach of the Maryland United Coast Selects 2024 team.

Pekins was involved in sports marketing and recreation during her time at UMBC, including taking pictures and video of sporting events and supervising a staff of 20 as a recreation manager.

Pekins graduated from UMBC with a bachelor of arts degree in media and communication studies, with a minor in social welfare.