Now entering her 18th season in 2012, Quinnipiac field hockey coach Becca Main has built the Bobcats into an annual Northeast Conference power and a formidable regional opponent. Main's program continues to ascend to new heights. Eight seasons ago a new era of Quinnipiac field hockey began with the opening of the new Artificial Turf Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.

A four-time Coach of the Year and three-time Northeast Conference Coach of the Year, Main has also brought Quinnipiac to two NCAA tournament appearances (2001, 2003).

She also has established the program as one of the elite in the Northeast Conference. In 16 seasons in the league, Quinnipiac has registered a 78-35 (.682) mark against NEC opponents in regular-season play and has owned at least a share of seven conference titles.

During Main ’s tenure in Hamden, she has coached 68 All-Conference players, 14 Mideast Region All-Americans, three Northeast Conference Players of the Year, two NEC Goaltenders of the Year and one Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, as well as three NEC Tournament MVP’s and five NFHCA North-South Senior Game participants.

In 17 years, Main  has tallied a record of 136-169 winning her 100th game in 2006 versus St. Francis (PA). A highly respected member of the field hockey community, she is the current President of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association after four years as the First-Vice President of the NFHCA. Main is also the National Chair of the NFHCA All-American Committee and Hall of Fame Committees.

Last season, Main led a squad that featured the 2011 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year in Kimberly Cuniff, as well as three all-Northeast Conference selections in Cunniff, Kaitlyn Notarianni and Megan McCreedy. The Bobcats advanced to the Northeast Conference Tournament for the fourth straight season. 

In 2010, Main ’s Bobcats featured five all-Northeast Conference honorees, at Tina Watkins and Kim Cunniff earned first-team honors while Lauren Zimniski, Kaitlyn Notarianni and Katie Van Nostrand landed on the second team. In addition, Watkins was named to the Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team. 

In 2009 Jenna Grossman was named the Northeast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive season. Grossman headlined a list of four Bobcats to earn all Northeast Conference honors this year, including fellow First Team selection Megan McCreedy and Brandy Longacre. Senior Bonnie Shea was named to the All-NEC Second Team. 

In addition, Grossman and Longacre were named to the 2009 Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team. Off the field, the Bobcats featured 15 Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll selections and 13 NFHCA Academic squad honorees, while Quinnipiac was named an NFHCA Academic Team for the sixth straight year. 

In 2008 four players earned All-Northeast Conference Honors, headlined by NEC Goalkeeper of the Year honors for Jenna Grossman, the second of her career.  Lauren Hartnett, Megan Sciascia and Katie Van Nostrand were also honored by the NEC. Grossman also became the Bobcats’ 12th NFHCA Mideast All-region player. The team had 12 players earn NFHCA Academic squad honors while posting a 3.33 GPA to receive NFHCA National Academic Team honors.

In 2007 four players earned All-NEC awards (Megan Dahle,  Megan Sciascia, Megan McCreedy and Jenna Grossman) with also one also earning Regional All-American honors (Dahle). Quinnipiac also continued to excel in the classroom, as ten players earned NFHCA National Academic squad honors and the team earned NFHCA National Academic Team recognition for the fourth year in a row with an overall team G.P.A of 3.29.  In addition, senior Megan Dahle joined Lisa Scavotta as the team’s second NEC Scholar Athlete of the Year Award when she notched a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the fall of 2007.  

In 2006 the team also made the history books with the garnering of its first National All-American as goalkeeper Erin McKay earned NFHCA Third team National All-American status. In 2006, the Bobcats lost to the eventual NEC Champion in the semifinals of the NEC tournament where Quinnipiac had been in 8 of the last 9 conference championships.In 2004, Quinnipiac matched its single-season with 12 wins a year ago, closing with a 12-8 mark. For her efforts, she was recognized as the NEC Coach of the Year for the second straight season.

Quinnipiac reached the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons in 2003 by virtue of a 2-1 win over Rider in the NEC tournament finals. The Bobcats played one of the toughest schedules in the nation in 2003 and nearly upset ACC member Virginia on the road in early October. In all, six players earned All-NEC honors under Main ’s guidance, with two more taking Regional All-America honors.

The 2002 season produced another milestone for Main , who guided the Bobcats to a perfect 11-0 mark in NEC action. It was the first time in league history that a team closed the regular season undefeated. The Bobcats also reached the NEC championship game for the fourth straightseason in 2002, losing to conference rival Rider, 2-0.

The 2001 campaign was a magical one for Quinnipiac, as the Bobcats reached the NCAA Play-in game before falling to Cal-Berkeley. Quinnipiac closed the year with a 12-8 mark, setting a new benchmark for wins in a season.

In their inaugural Division I season in 1998, the Bobcats finished with a 9-9 record and a share of the Northeast Conference regular-season title (6-2, tied with Sacred Heart) in 1998. Main was awarded with NEC Coach of the Year honors.

In Quinnipiac’s final season in Division II (1997), Main  led her team to its second straight seven-win season and a berth in the Northeast-10 semifinals, while garnering the conference’s “Coach of the Year” award. In just its second year as a varsity sport in 1996, Main  guided Quinnipiac to seven wins and a third-place finish in the Northeast-10.

A 1994 graduate of Penn State, Main  was a four-year standout for the Lady Lions, earning Mideast Regional All-America status three times and leading the team to three Final Four appearances. The Big Ten Conference “Defensive Player of the Year” recipient in 1993, Main also earned NFHCA All-America honors in both her junior and senior campaigns. A standout student as well, she was a three-time Academic All-America selection as she earned a B.S. in health education and exercise science.

After graduation, Main  competed on the U.S. National Elite Team, traveling to San Diego, Holland, Argentina, and Ireland, where she was a reserve member of the squad that earned a bronze medal at the 1994 World Cup.

A member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and U.S. Field Hockey Association, Main  is active in the Futures Program and the High Performance Training Centers as a Coach for the New England Fury.

A native of Yardley, Pa., and Pennsbury High School - a three sport athlete (field hockey, Basketball, Track) at Pennsbury, Main  was inducted into the Pennsbury Athletic Hall of Fame in October of 2006.  Main  also served as the head coach of the women’s lacrosse program at Quinnipiac from 1996-2000 and in 2002.

Many of Quinnipiac’s Field Hockey players have gone on to coach throughout the Northeast region including Julie Ryan (Smith) a 2002 graduate of Quinnipiac. Ryan currently serves as Head Coach at Babson University in Massachusetts after completing coaching stints at Yale University, Springfield College and Boston College.  A 2005 graduate for the Bobcats, Jill DiSanti is currently serving as first Assistant at Monmouth University in New Jersey after a two year stint as an assistant with her alma mater.  Cheryl Torino Canada, a 2006 graduate from Quinnipiac spent a year at her high school, North Branford, Connecticut, and helped coach them to their first CIAC state title in 20 years. Torino Canada went on to coach at  the University of Rochester before returning to her alma mater where she is currently the Bobcats’ top assistant. Former All-NEC stant-out Jaime Cassesse has been on the Bobcats' staff for the last four seasons while last year's NEC Defensive Player of the Year and All-NEC student-athlete Kimberly Cunniff will join the Bobcats' coaching staff for the 2012 season. Kaitlin Notarianni will also join the coaching ranks as a member of the staff at William & Mary. 

Main resides in Southington with her two sons, Lucas and Zachary.