Q&A with New Volunteer Assistant Coach Lindsay Montemarano
September 15, 2017 | Softball
Get to know one of the Big Ten’s top softball players over the past four years.
Lindsay Montemarano, Boston College's new volunteer assistant coach, is looking forward to working with the Eagles this year. She sat down with BCEagles.com to discuss her passion for softball and her excitement for the coming year.
Q: When did you start playing softball and what inspired you to start playing?
A: I started playing travel when I was nine years old. I fell in love with the game because it's an individual sport within a team sport. In softball, when you are up to bat, it's you against the pitcher, but you also have a team behind you and you're doing it for other people. Â I also remember when I was younger, watching Taryne Mowatt, a pitcher for Arizona in the women's College World Series and Kelley Montalvo, the third baseman from Alabama. The passion they had and their energy inspired me to pursue softball as well.
Q: What is one of your favorite softball memories?
A: I think that my favorite memory would have to be in super regionals my junior year. We were playing game two in a three game series and if we won, we would make it to the World Series. We went down in the bottom of the sixth inning, 4-1. I led off the inning with a pop up to the shortstop and she didn't have her sunglasses on so she dropped it. We went on to score four runs, so we took the lead, 5-4. We came all the way back and our coach was so proud of us. We came together as team and not one of us gave up, so that was definitely one of my all-time favorite softball memories.
Q: What are you most excited about coming to Boston College?
A: I'm most excited about the tradition that's here. It's an ACC school, Power 5, great academics and great sports. Traditions like that make sports really fun and it unites a community. I'm excited to be in Boston, which is a great sports town, and to have the opportunity to help this team that is so close to making a post-season run and so close to winning that ACC Championship. Ashley has done such a great job with the program and so I'm looking forward to hopefully help them reach the next step.
Q: What can you bring from your experience at Michigan to help you here at BC?
A: We had a lot of success at Michigan. I played for the winningest coach in NCAA softball, so I feel lucky to have been able to learn from her and learn from the staff who has been together for a long time. Seeing how they worked and taking my own personality and bringing it to BC and seeing how Ashley works and being able to combine these different coaching styles is going to be exciting.
Also, I made it to a national championship, three-time Big-Ten winner, so we played in a lot of big-time games and I think that experience of playing in those big situations is something that I'm used to and enjoy and hopefully a mindset that I can pass along to the girls. We're going to Alabama this year and I've played there before, so I can offer my experience. I also just finished playing so I understand what it means to be a student-athlete. So I hope to be a companion to the girls and someone they can go to if they need help.
Q: Having just finished playing yourself, what is some advice you would give to current players?
A: Enjoy the experience and understand that it's just a game. When you start making the game your identity, that's when it stops becoming fun. We all played this game because we have a passion for it and we loved it so it is important to not lose sight of why you started playing the game. I battled some serious injuries in my last year so I was able to reflect on what softball has done for me and once you realize your love for your teammates and the support that your coaches give you, it reminds you why you started playing.
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Q: When did you start playing softball and what inspired you to start playing?
A: I started playing travel when I was nine years old. I fell in love with the game because it's an individual sport within a team sport. In softball, when you are up to bat, it's you against the pitcher, but you also have a team behind you and you're doing it for other people. Â I also remember when I was younger, watching Taryne Mowatt, a pitcher for Arizona in the women's College World Series and Kelley Montalvo, the third baseman from Alabama. The passion they had and their energy inspired me to pursue softball as well.
Q: What is one of your favorite softball memories?
A: I think that my favorite memory would have to be in super regionals my junior year. We were playing game two in a three game series and if we won, we would make it to the World Series. We went down in the bottom of the sixth inning, 4-1. I led off the inning with a pop up to the shortstop and she didn't have her sunglasses on so she dropped it. We went on to score four runs, so we took the lead, 5-4. We came all the way back and our coach was so proud of us. We came together as team and not one of us gave up, so that was definitely one of my all-time favorite softball memories.
Q: What are you most excited about coming to Boston College?
A: I'm most excited about the tradition that's here. It's an ACC school, Power 5, great academics and great sports. Traditions like that make sports really fun and it unites a community. I'm excited to be in Boston, which is a great sports town, and to have the opportunity to help this team that is so close to making a post-season run and so close to winning that ACC Championship. Ashley has done such a great job with the program and so I'm looking forward to hopefully help them reach the next step.
Q: What can you bring from your experience at Michigan to help you here at BC?
A: We had a lot of success at Michigan. I played for the winningest coach in NCAA softball, so I feel lucky to have been able to learn from her and learn from the staff who has been together for a long time. Seeing how they worked and taking my own personality and bringing it to BC and seeing how Ashley works and being able to combine these different coaching styles is going to be exciting.
Also, I made it to a national championship, three-time Big-Ten winner, so we played in a lot of big-time games and I think that experience of playing in those big situations is something that I'm used to and enjoy and hopefully a mindset that I can pass along to the girls. We're going to Alabama this year and I've played there before, so I can offer my experience. I also just finished playing so I understand what it means to be a student-athlete. So I hope to be a companion to the girls and someone they can go to if they need help.
Q: Having just finished playing yourself, what is some advice you would give to current players?
A: Enjoy the experience and understand that it's just a game. When you start making the game your identity, that's when it stops becoming fun. We all played this game because we have a passion for it and we loved it so it is important to not lose sight of why you started playing the game. I battled some serious injuries in my last year so I was able to reflect on what softball has done for me and once you realize your love for your teammates and the support that your coaches give you, it reminds you why you started playing.
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