Alix Barrale ’93 begins her 10th season as the head coach of the Williams’ field hockey program after successfully leading the Ephs to the NCAAA Tournament in seven of nine seasons.

In that span, Williams has compiled a 112-47 mark (.704 winning percentage) and appeared in the championship game of the NESCAC six times, winning three NESCAC titles (2001, 2002, 2004).
 
Barrale’s Eph teams have a 16-6 (.727) record in NESCAC Tournament play and a 5-7 mark in the NCAA Tournament, advancing the Elite 8 round twice. Rorke was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2004 and the NFHCA New England Region’s Coach of the Year in 2002. In addition, the Ephs have won four Little 3 titles in that span and shared another.

Barrale has coached 17 All-Americans at Williams.

Prior to returning to Williams, Barrale served as the head field hockey coach and head women's lacrosse coach at Denison University. In her last two years Barrale guided Denison to a 30-10 mark with a record of 16-4 in her final season, (12-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference play). Barrale's Denison teams were 20-2 in NCAC play her final two years

Barrale played field hockey and lacrosse at Williams under her current assistant coach, Chris Mason. Barrale was the all-time leader in points for the Ephs at the time of her graduation, earned All-American honors and was invited to the U.S. Olympic "A" Training Camp.

Barrale also serves as the assistant coach to Mason in women’s lacrosse after serving as the interim head women’s lacrosse coach for one season (2000).

Chris Mason came to Williams in 1980 after guiding the Boston University field hockey and lacrosse teams from club sports to Varsity status.

After taking a sabbatical during the 2000-01 academic year, Mason decided to give up her head coaching duties in field hockey to concentrate on lacrosse, but she remains an assistant in field hockey.

In 1983 and 1984 Mason was on leave from the Eph field hockey team competing for the U.S. Olympic field hockey team and she also missed the 1982-85 lacrosse seasons.

Mason graduated from Penn State in 1978 with a bachelor's of science in physical education and in 1986 she received a Master's in education from Boston University. From 1977-1984 she was a member of the U.S. Field Hockey Team and she was named to the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympic teams. 

The 1984 U. S. Olympic field hockey team won a bronze medal in Los Angeles.  In 1989 Mason was inducted into the U.S. Field Hockey Hall of Fame.

Two of Mason's Eph lacrosse teams have recorded undefeated seasons – 1990 (13-0) and 1996 (15-0).  Four times in the 1990s (1990, 1993, 1996 & 1999) Mason directed the Ephs to the ECAC New England title.
 
Her 1998 and 2000 Eph teams finished second in the NCAA Tournament.

Her undefeated 1996 Williams lacrosse team was inducted into the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame in 2003.