A native of Upper Darby, she was an outstanding athlete in field hockey, basketball, softball and lacrosse at Ursinus College and is a member of that school's Hall of Fame. She also was an outstanding field hockey and lacrosse player for the Philadelphia College Association teams and played for the United States national teams in field hockey (1964-67) and lacrosse (1956-67), competing in international matches in England, France, Germany as well as Jamaica. She coached basketball and lacrosse for 10 years at Ursinus before becoming an assistant coach at Temple University (1983-90). She was an innovator of zone defenses and helped Temple teams advance to the NCAA semi-finals seven times and the NCAA final four times, winning championships in 1984 and 1988. While serving as basketball coach at Haverford College, she coached the Philadelphia team to a pair of United States Women's Lacrosse Association championships. As coach of the United States Women's National Lacrosse Team, she has won four world championships. She was named Women's Lacrosse Coach of the Century and has been inducted into the United States, Virginia and Pennsylvania Lacrosse Halls of Fame.