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Published May 15, 2008 03:14 am - Sabrina Lane hardly had time to change caps in an off-season that was measured in hours. Lane joins pro ranks Conneaut native, St. Francis coach Sabrina Lane adds to her summer with Philadelphia Force post TOM HARRIS Star Beacon Sabrina Lane hardly had time to change caps in an off-season that was measured in hours.
For Lane, who is the head softball coach at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pa., the collegiate season ended Sunday, when the Red Flash dropped a 4-3, 10-inning heartbreaker to Robert Morris in the third round of the Northeast Conference Tournament. On Tuesday, the 1997 Conneaut graduate began her duties as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Force of National Pro Fastpitch. “I won’t be in Philadelphia for the morning practice,” Lane said Monday. “But I’ll be there for the afternoon practice.” The daunting schedule will be a fact of life for Lane throughout the summer. She is still the softball coach at St. Francis and will be making recruiting trips and taking care of other matters for the Red Flash during the professional season. She will have area starts Courtney Francis of Jefferson and Katie McMellen of Edgewood on her squad as incoming freshman next season. This is not an unusual situation in the NPF. Force head coach Jennifer Teague is an assistant at Eastern Michigan. “It’s going to be crazy, absolutely,” Lane said. “But it’s going to be a lot of fun, too, and a chance to work with some of the best softball players in the country.” Last summer, recruiting took Lane to California, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and a few other places, and she worked a camp in Tennessee. There is much to be done this summer, too. “I’m a little nervous about it, but I’m pretty good at time management. Most of the coaches in pro softball do this, and they’re all able to do it,” Lane said. Lane and Teague first met during Lane’s three-year tenure as head coach at Saginaw Valley State. “We talked about this a little while I was working in Michigan,” Lane said. “Then I saw she had a position open, and I emailed her. This is great opportunity.” Lane is anxious to get started in her new job, although she isn’t quite sure of the scope of her duties. “They already have a pitching coach, so I won’t being doing that,” she said. “I’ll probably be doing a lot of work with the fielders — the infielders and outfielders. I’ll do anything they have for me.” There will be no shortage of talent. The players Lane will be working with have proven themselves at every level. 
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