York College has announced that field hockey coach Megan Eckenrode has resigned her position to pursue other professional opportunities at Dickinson College, effective immediately.
 
Eckenrode has been the Spartans' head coach the last two season and departs with an overall record of 18-24. The Spartans went 12-9 in her first year at the helm but York struggled with a significantly upgraded schedule in 2007 as they posted a mark of 6-15.
  
Eckenrode became the Spartan head coach the season after she completed a stellar four- year career as the Spartan goaltender. For her career, Eckenrode finished with the top four save totals in school history while her 1.52 goals against average is also the tops in the school record book.

Eckenrode played 5,402:34 of a possible 5,419:03 minutes over the course of her four years in York. She also posted a school-record 18 shutouts for the green and white.
 
She was the fifth field hockey coach in the 42 years of the program but was the third in three years when she took the helm of the program. 

The new head coach will have a strong core of returning players in addition to a strong recruiting class as the Spartans should have the chance for a strong 2008 campaign.