Sam Struss returns to the Seton Hill coaching staff for her second season in 2018. Prior to joining the Seton Hill staff, Struss spent one season at Division I Gardner Webb as an assistant coach. Before coaching Struss had a spectacular career at Liberty.
Struss made the move to Gardner-Webb following a stellar playing career at Big South Conference foe Liberty, where she compiled 108 goals, 55 assists and 163 points in 73 games. Her best season came in 2015, when the 5-foot-2 attack accounted for 36 goals, 20 assists and 56 points while helping Liberty to a 9-11 overall record and a runner-up finish in the Big South Tournament.
A native of Evans City, Pennsylvania, Struss scored at least 12 goals in each of her four seasons at Liberty, netting a program-record 41 strikes in 2014 after posting 19 goals and 21 assists as a sophomore in 2013. Struss was named to the Big South All-Conference Second Team as a senior in 2015. The two-time Big South All-Academic honoree holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise Science from Liberty.
Struss has extensive coaching experience at the club as well, most recently serving as an assistant coach for Pittsburgh Premier Lacrosse Club, where she assisted with drills and helped to design and implement various offensive sets. She also spent three years as an assistant coach for Pittsburgh Select Lacrosse, designing and facilitating drills to advance each player’s knowledge and individual skills.
