Nike Girls Lacrosse Winter Clinic at University of Montevallo

In her five seasons at the helm, Piontek has coached a pair of GSC superlative award winners with a Defender of the Year award winner in 2023 and a Freshman of the Year award winner following the 2024 season while also coaching nine All-GSC athletes in her tenure.

Piontek, the second head coach in the history of the program, previously spent two seasons as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, and brings four years of experience as an assistant coach across the NCAA Division I and Division II levels.

During her tenure at Lenoir-Rhyne, Piontek served as the defensive coordinator while assisting with recruiting both on and off campus, managing team travel and creating scouting reports on opponents.

Piontek helped guide Lenoir-Rhyne to a 21-16 record during her two-year tenure, including a perfect 9-0 record in South Atlantic Conference games in 2018, while helping the Bears reach the South Atlantic Conference Tournament championship game in both seasons.

Prior to her tenure at Lenoir-Rhyne, Piontek served as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at two different NCAA Division I institutions, spending the 2016-17 academic year at Coastal Carolina University and serving one year at Kennesaw State University during the 2015-16 academic year.

While completing her master’s degree in sport management from Wingate University, Piontek served as a graduate assistant for the Bulldogs for two seasons. Piontek helped get the Bulldogs’ program off the ground as Wingate finished 9-8 on the season and earned a berth in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament in 2015.

Piontek earned her bachelor’s degree in sport administration in 2013 from the University of Cincinnati, where she was a four-year member of the Bearcats’ women’s lacrosse program and served as a team captain during her senior season. Piontek earned her master’s degree from Wingate University in the spring of 2015.

As a graduate assistant, Williams worked with Montevallo strength and conditioning from January 2023 to May 2023. In the gym, she created and implemented workout programs for the men's and women's golf programs while working to rehabilitate injured athletes with the women's soccer program. Williams was also responsible for running warm-ups and general workout sessions for individual athletes.

Prior to her time with the strength program, Williams worked with the Montevallo Athletics Media Relations Department. In another GA position, she recorded official statistics for home UM events while assisting in pregame setup and postgame breakdown. Williams also updated the UM Athletics website with up-to-date roster and statistical information.

From July of 2021 to August 2022, Williams attended the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidates school where she was required to uphold the standards of the Marine Corps in academics, leadership, and physical fitness under extreme conditions. She held multiple leadership roles including candidate company commander, candidate company guide-on, candidate platoon guide-on and candidate fire team leader.

In her career as a Falcon, Williams suited up for 63 contests with 39 starts, including 16 starts in 16 games over the course of the 2022 season. The five-year member of UM women's lacrosse scored 29 goals and tallied nine assists while scooping 69 ground balls and causing 21 turnovers. Williams was named to the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll five times with back-to-back IWLCA Academic Honor Roll selections in 2022 and 2023. She was also Team Captain from 2021-23.

Williams graduated from Montevallo with her Master's degree in Exercise and Nutrition Science in August of 2023 with a perfect 4.0 GPA after earning her Bachelor's degree in Strength and Conditioning in 2022.