Coach Salvia will be entering her third season as the BSC head softball coach after taking over the reigns of the program beginning in the fall of 2007.  Last season, Lori directed her team to a 28-11 record and a 10-2 mark in the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC).  The Bears captured the MASCAC tournament title for the seventh time in the nine-year history of the event, and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 20th time.  

A native and current resident of Milford, Massachusetts, Salvia played collegiately at Boston College.  As a starting pitcher at BC, she helped the Eagles capture three consecutive ECAC Division I Championships from 1988 to 1990.  During the 1989 season, Salvia posted a record of 14-5 with a 0.64 earned run average and 149 strikeouts in 89 innings of work.  That season she hurled her first career no-hitter and also added four one-hitters as she was selected to the ECAC Division I Northeast All-Star Team.  In 1990, Salvia went 10-9 with a 1.20 ERA as she tossed her second career no-hitter and also tallied three one-hitters.

At Franklin High School, where she coached from 2001 up through this past season, Salvia directed her teams to three Hockomock League titles and advanced to postseason play all seven years.  Three times her squad made it all the way to the state semifinals, and her 2007 team had the great honor of receiving the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Sportsmanship Award.  In 2006, she reached the 100-win milestone.

Salvia, who has 18 years of fastpitch softball coaching experience under her belt, was a pitching coach at Nichols College for three seasons from 2005 to 2007, and was the head coach of the Mass Wanderers Amateur Softball Association Junior Olympic Under-18 Team which won a berth to represent Massachusetts at Nationals in 2003 and again in 2004.  She is also currently the head coach of the Milford Hawks Special Olympic Team, a position she has held for the past four seasons.

Owner of the 3 D's Softball Academy which she started in 1990, Salvia is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and is a certified coach with the MIAA.

Salvia was inducted into the Milford High School Hall of Fame in 2003.  She was a three-sport athlete at Milford competing in field hockey, basketball and softball earning Milford Daily News and MetroWest Daily News All-Scholastic Team honors in all three.

Allie LeBlanc joins the BSC softball coaching staff after a stellar four-year career with the Bears.  LeBlanc is a 2009 graduate of Bridgewater State with Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology.

In 170 games over her four seasons as the Bears starting centerfielder, LeBlanc batted .390 with 12 home runs, 41 doubles, 109 runs scored and 125 RBI. She ranks third all-time at BSC in batting, at bats (502) and singles (142).  She also holds the school record for longest hitting streak as she fashioned together a 26-game streak during her sophomore season of 2007.

During her career, the Bridgewater State softball team posted a record of 102-69-1 including a 50-4 regular season mark versus MASCAC opponents.  The Bears won or shared four straight MASCAC regular season titles, captured the conference tournament championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament each of those three seasons.

LeBlanc was a three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-New England selection as well as a three-time ECAC New England All-Star.  She was also named to the All-MASCAC First Team in each of her final three seasons.

Coach LeBlanc presently resides in Bridgewater and is a Photo Lab Technician in Somerset.  She hopes to work as a counselor for troubled teens and plans on attending graduate school to attain a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology.

Lynn Pecci joined the BSC softball coaching staff prior to the 2009 season as she will be enterning her season season. A 2008 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, Pecci was a starting goalie for the URI Rams women's ice hockey team from 2003-2008. She helped the Rams to a third place finish in the ACHA Div. 1 National Championship Tournament during her senior year at URI. It was here at URI that Pecci majored in English and received her Bachelor's degree.

While at URI, Pecci participated in the school's summer hockey camp beginning in 2004 as well as coaching the JR. Rams Youth Hockey League until last year.  Pecci has coached campers at the Skyhawks Summer Sports Camps since 2007.

In high school, Pecci attended Franklin High and was a standout athlete as she competed year round. Pecci was a four-year varsity letterman in field hockey, ice hockey, and softball. There, she was coached by current BSC head coach Lori Salvia, former varsity softball coach at Franklin High.

She went on to coach, under Salvia, for Franklin High School's JV Softball team in 2003. Soon after, Pecci would assist Salvia in the Softball Special Olympics in the summer of 2005 and 2006.