Salisbury University

Lacey (Lister) Lord enters her fifth season as head coach of the Salisbury University softball team in 2025.

Honors/Accomplishments as head coach at Salisbury

• 2023 National Finalists
• Two NCAA College World Series Appearances (2022, '23)
• Four NCAA Tournament Appearances (2021-24)
• Two C2C Championships (2021, '23)
• 2023 NFCA Regional Coach of the Year
• Three C2C Coach of the Year awards (2021, '23, '24)
• Seven All-Americans
• Six C2C Players of the Year
• Lindsey Windsor - 2023 NFCA National Player of the Year
• Lindsey Windsor - 2023 Honda Division III Athlete of the Year finalist
• Abby Mace - Two-time NFCA National Player of the Year finalist (2021-22)
• Lindsey Windsor - 2022 NFCA National Player of the Year finalist
• Emily Stockman - 2024 NFCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Catcher)
• 20 All-Region selections
• 37 All-C2C selections

Notable Games as SU Head Coach

• May 8, 2021 - Salisbury erases a 6-2 deficit in the sixth inning to defeat CNU, 8-6, and win the inaugural C2C Championship.
• April 23, 2023 - Salisbury sweeps Marymount in a doubleheader for Coach Lord's 100th win as SU head coach.
• May 13, 2023 - Nicole Ortega and Savannah Sheats throw a combined one-hitter against CNU to clinch the programs second C2C Championship.
• June 4, 2023 - The Sea Gulls come back down four runs with two outs in the seventh inning to defeat Berry, 5-4, in eight innings to secure a spot in the NCAA Championship Series.
• April 13, 2024 - Abby Mace hits 53rd career home run vs. Ursinus to break SU career record.

Coaching Career Prior to Salisbury

Lord came home to SU after 12 seasons as the head softball coach at Washington College.  Lord turned a program around that had only four winning seasons and one Centennial Conference Tournament appearance in their previous 24 seasons to a perennial contender in the Centennial. A three-time Centennial Conference Coach of the Year, Lord made seven trips to the Centennial Tournament including a historic 2013 season for the Shorewomen.

The 2013 season brought the Shorewomen their first Centennial Conference Championship and their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament with a program-record of 27 wins. The 2013 team became the first Washington College women's team to win an NCAA Tournament game.

Playing Career

Lord was one of the most dominant pitchers in all of Division III softball during the four years she donned the maroon and gold. She was a four-time All-American, four-time All-Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) First Team selection, four CAC Championships, 2003 CAC Rookie of the Year and three-time CAC Player of the Year winning the award from 2004-06. She holds the SU all-time pitching wins and strikeout record with 105 wins and 1,096 strikeouts. When she ended her career in 2006, she finished third in Division III in career strikeouts and tied for fourth in career wins.

She began her coaching career as an assistant under Coach Knight in 2007 at the end of her playing career and spent two seasons on staff as the pitching coach, coordinating practices and recruiting.

In 2007, Lord became the fifth person in school history to have their jersey retired as her number 14 hangs in the hallway of Maggs Physical Activities Center. She was inducted into the SU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.

Coach Lord's Record at Salisbury

 Last updated: 5/31/24