There's a new head coach at the helm of SFU's softball program.
The Red Leafs have announced Stacy Fournier as the interim head coach after Tina Andreana resigned to take a position in the U.S.
Fournier has been with the program since 2020, working as the lead assistant coach. She is also the head coach of the Baseball BC 16U team.
"Our first priority is the student-athletes and their experience at Simon Fraser," SFU athletics and recreation senior director Theresa Hanson said in a news release.
"While making a coaching change in the middle of a season is not ideal, we are confident that promoting Stacy Fournier to interim head coach for the remainder of the season is in the best interest of the softball program at this time.
"We look forward to working with coach Fournier in her new role."
In a recent coaches poll, the SFU softball squad was predicted to finish seventh in its conference ahead of the upcoming 2023 campaign.
This is despite leading the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) last year in batting average (.320), slugging percentage (.462) and steals (57).
The Red Leafs missed the playoffs, however, following a 9-15 conference record and fifth-place finish in the seven-team standings.
That put SFU one spot shy of a ticket to the postseason and potentially beyond in NCAA Div. II play.
Overall, the red and white finished 2022 with a record of 18-22.
