Coach Salvia will be entering her second season as the BSC head softball coach after taking over the reigns of the program beginning in the fall of 2007.  In her first season at the helm, Lori directed her team to a 26-17 record and a perfect 14-0 mark in the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC).  The Bears captured the MASCAC tournament title for the sixth time in the eight year history of the event, and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 19th 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.