Mathews comes to Loretto after spending three seasons as an assistant at Lehigh, elevating her status from volunteer assistant in 2014 to a graduate assistant in 2015 and 2016.
She worked primarily with the goalkeepers, helping the Mountain Hawks lower its goals against average in each of her three seasons. Behind the strong play of goalkeeper Julia Ward, Lehigh won six games in 2016, its most since 2011. The Mountain Hawks allowed just 46 goals on the season, its fewest since 2004. Ward posted three shutouts.
Mathews was a standout goalkeeper for Monmouth University from 2010-13, helping her team to three conference tournament finals appearances. A four-time all-academic team selection, she enjoyed a career game with 17 saves vs. No. 5 Syracuse in 2011 and posted a 1.69 goals against average for the season.
She was awarded Most Improved Player in 2011 and Unsung Hero in 2013, and was a nominee for the 2014 Bill Boylan Award, given to the athlete who demonstrates leadership, sportsmanship, scholarship, and athletic ability.
Mathews has served as a goalkeeper coach for U.S. Field Hockey, coaching a region 6 goalkeeper site for Futures. She is a level two head coach for Futures.
She received her B.A. in Psychology from Monmouth in 2014 and worked towards her Master's of Education in Counseling and Human Resources at Lehigh.
