KeriAnn Barlage finished her third season as an assistant coach with the women's lacrosse team in the spring of 2022. She initially joined the program in January 2020.
PC has improved its win total over the previous campaign in each of her first two seasons on the sidelines. In 2021, Abby Edmisten earned a selection to the All-Big South Conference Second Team, after netting 41 goals, the second-most in a single season in program history.
A 2015 graduate of Newberry College, Barlage came to PC after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at North Greenville, where she helped the team finish 7-3 in the Conference Carolinas in back-to-back seasons and twice reach the semifinals of the conference tournament. During her tenure, the Crusaders received a First Team All-Conference selection and five Second Team All-Conference awards.
Prior to her time at NGU, Barlage founded the varsity lacrosse program at Boiling Springs High School, where she guided the Bulldogs to a record of 4-9 in 2015 and 9-4 in 2016. She coached four All-Region selections during that time.
Originally from Baltimore, Md., Barlage began her collegiate career at CCBC Cantonsville, where she was a two-year starter and helped lead the Cardinals to the NJCAA Final Four in 2010 and 2011. She ranked in Maryland's JUCO Conference top-10 for goals (33) and points (44) her final season and was named to the 2011 NJCAA All-Region XX First Team, 2011 All-Maryland JUCO First Team and the NJCAA National Tournament All-Tournament Team.
Barlage transferred to Newberry where she continued her outstanding play as a two-year starter. After leading the South Atlantic Conference in caused turnovers and finishing in the top-10 for goals, assists, points and draw controls, she was named the SAC Player of the Year and earned a spot in the North-South All-Star Game. Barlage was also named Newberry's first "Women's Athlete of the Year" in 2014.
Barlage has an undergraduate degree in sport management and a minor in coaching from Newberry (2015) as well as a master's in college athletic administration from Coker (2016).
