Women’s Soccer Program Hires Betsy Warren as Full-Time Assistant

July 2 – (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – Carnegie Mellon University’s women’s soccer program under the direction of third year head coach Sue Willard announced the hiring of Betsy Warren as the full-time assistant coach for the upcoming 2007 season.  Warren will replace Tony Mohammed who took the head coaching position at Wellesley College.

Warren comes to Carnegie Mellon from Ashland University where she served as the women’s assistant coach for the past three seasons.  In 2004, Warren helped coach the Eagles to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.   Prior to her stint at Ashland, she served as an assistant coach at Bryn Mawr School for Girls and Dundalk Senior High School in Maryland as well as Pulaski County High School in Virginia.

She received here undergraduate degree in social science from Radford University in 2002 and her master’s degree in sports education from Ashland in 2006.  Warren was a three-year starter at Radford and a captain her senior season.  During her playing days, the Highlanders won the Big South Conference tournament and regular season titles, as well as earned a trip to the NCAA Division I tournament. 

The Tartans will open their 2007 campaign September 1, as they take part in the Johns Hopkins tournament.  They will play the host Blue Jays in their first game at 2:30 p.m. and Guilford (N.C.) at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 2.