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Radford University

Radford University Athletics
 501 Stockton St / PO Box 6913 Radford, VA 24142
Division 1 Virginia Northeast
Public Medium National competitor
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Alisa Tasler

Radford Athletics hired Alisa Tasler as the tenth head coach in the history of the Highlanders' softball program in August 2021. Tasler comes to the New River Valley from Concord University where she spent the last 10 seasons in the same role.


"We are thrilled that Alisa Tasler is our new softball coach," said Lineburg. "She has done an excellent job as the head coach at Concord University leading that program to new heights. She has tremendous experience as a head coach and she has great passion for the game of softball. We are very excited about the future of Highlander Softball."


While leading the Concord Mountain Lions, Tasler compiled an overall record of 247-228 and guided 18 players to all-conference honors, as well as five all-region selections. The program earned its first ever All-American in 2015 and then earned another in 2018, both under Tasler's watch.


"I am very thankful for this opportunity," said Tasler. "I would also like to give a special thank you to Robert Lineburg and all members of the hiring committee. I am very excited to get started with the new team this year, and I look forward to many successful years in the future!"


Tasler brought success to Athens, W.V. quickly, turning the team around from bottom of the division finishes to a perennial contender for NCAA Tournament bids. After a season that saw just one win before her joining of the staff, Tasler worked through two losing seasons in 2012 and 2013 before the team went on to post 30-win seasons in five of the last six full seasons.


In 2019, she led the team to its most successful season in program history. The Mountain Lions made their first NCAA tournament appearance and finished second in the MEC South with a program-record 38 wins. The program also made the NCAA Tournament in 2015 where they would record their first-ever win in the national tournament with a 3-0 victory over West Chester.


Tasler previously spent time as the head coach at Neosho Community College in Chanute, Kansas for six seasons before joining Concord. The Panthers won 54 percent of their games in the demanding Jayhawk Conference in her final two seasons, including a 2011 squad loaded with 14 freshmen. Tasler's program also experienced excellence in the classroom, earning several Academic All-American honors.


Tasler also spent time as an assistant at Pittsburgh State for three seasons, increasing the team's win total every year from 18, to 28, then 44. Pittsburgh State ranked second in the nation in team GPA over that span as well.


A native of Newcastle, Oklahoma, Tasler played softball and basketball at Northern Oklahoma College. She set several school pitching records while helping the Northern Oklahoma College basketball team win back-to-back conference championships.

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Marissa Yow

Marissa Yow is in her first season as an assistant coach with Radford.


Yow returns to the Highlanders as a coach after spending three seasons playing for Radford between 2016 and 2018. Yow graduated from Radford in 2019 with a degree in psychology and minor in exercise science.


During her freshman year as a Highlander, Yow was one of four Highlanders, and the lone freshman, to start in all 61 games. At the start of the season she was the team's catcher before switching to third base. In 2016 Yow ranked fifth on the team with 26 RBIs and sixth with 42 hits. As a redshirt sophomore in 2018 she appeared in 49 games and started in 43 as the designated player. Yow batted .240 while tallying six doubles and two home runs. In her season debut she tallied three RBIs and a home run after missing the 2017 season due to injury.

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Krystal Goodman

Goodman joins the Highlanders for her first season as an assistant coach after her hiring being announced August 31, 2022. Goodman's role with the Highlanders will be as the primary pitching coach.


Goodman will bring to the New River Valley an impressive playing and coaching résumé. Goodman was competing as a professional athlete in Italy and the Netherlands. While there, she performed in competitive A1 leagues with Club Forli and the Amsterdam Pirates. She also helped instruct younger players on pitching fundamentals, observing cultural differences in pitching fundamentals along the way.


On the coaching side, Goodman most recently spent time at Southern Miss as a graduate assistant coach where she instructed and designed bullpens, called pitches in games, and created strength, preventative arm care and recovery plans for pitchers.


Goodman has also served as a fastpitch softball pitching coach with the Overdrive Club Team in Biloxi, Miss.. Working with the team, she scheduled and instructed private lessons in group and individual settings, teaching eight to 18-year-old youth pitching mechanics, leadership skills and physical fitness.


The Long Beach, Miss. Native also spent four years as a collegiate athlete. Her career began at the JuCo level with Chipola College, where she totaled a 51-4 record over two years with 438 strikeouts over 363.1 innings. Her performance at Chipola helped guide the team to a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Championship in 2018.


From there, Goodman joined one of the best softball teams in the country in Alabama and was excellent in three seasons with the Crimson Tide. In 2019, Goodman made 25 appearance going 11-1 with a 1.63 ERA across 94.1 innings pitched. In the shortened 2020 season, she made six appearances with wins over Liberty and Penn State. Goodman earned CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors and CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American during the 2020 season.


During her final collegiate campaign in 2021, Goodman made 12 appearances including a win over 13th-ranked Louisiana and finishing a combined no-hitter against Alabama State in the NCAA Regionals.

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