Emily Pepe joined the Lions as the head coach of the women's lacrosse program ahead of the 2023 season. She enters her fourth season in 2026.
The Lions won the program's first-ever East Coast Conference Championship in 2025 after a season of resiliency. Beginning the season 1-8, Pepe's squad rallied together for seven-straight wins to end the regular season and won a share of the ECC's Regular Season Championship. The history-making run began with a 16-15 victory over Roberts Wesleyan in the ECC Semifinal, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Redhawks. Molloy would then top Mercy for the second time in 2025 to take home the ECC Championship and play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's history.
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Coaching Record (2023-Pres.)
30-22 (.577) |
Conference Tournament Appearances
3 |
All-Conference Selections
26 |
All-Region Selections (IWLCA)
4 |
In her first season, the women's lacrosse program made dramatic strides, putting up a 12-5 record that included a program-record 11-straight wins. The Lions took home the Attacker (Megan Rugolo) and Midfielder (Amanda Weber) of the Year and Pepe was awarded Coach of the Year.
In total, Pepe has guided the Lions to three-straight appearances in the East Coast Conference Championship and oversaw 20 All-Conference selections, including three major award winners.
Prior to Molloy, she spent two seasons at the helm of the women's lacrosse program at DeSales University, where she led the Bulldogs to MAC Freedom Conference Tournament appearances.
Pepe spent four seasons as an assistant coach at New York Tech, helping the Bears to a 45-16 record and a perennial contender in the East Coast Conference.
The East Quogue native was an inaugural member of the Jacksonville University women's lacrosse team before spending three seasons playing for Sacred Heart University. With the Pioneers, she recorded 88 assists, the second-highest in the program's history, as well as 77 goals for 165 points. Pepe was named All-Northeast Conference First Team in both 2011 and 2012 and is the program's single-game assists record. Upon graduate, she remained with the team as a graduate assistant coach.
| Year |
Overall
W-L |
Conference
W-L |
Postseason Finish |
| 2023 |
12-5 |
5-1 |
ECC Tournament |
| 2024 |
8-8 |
3-3 |
ECC Tournament |
| 2025 |
10-9 |
5-1 |
ECC Champions; NCAA First Round |
| Career |
30-22 |
13-5 |
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