Alix Barrale ’93 enters her 25th season as Head Coach of the Williams College field hockey team during the 2025-26 academic year.

She has compiled the most wins of any field hockey coach in program history, as she has gone 260-151 overall for a .633 winning percentage. Her teams have won or earned a share of 11 Little Three titles during her illustrious coaching career. Barrale has led her squads to 14 or more wins seven times, including a trio of 15-win campaigns and one 16-win season. The 16 victories during the 2024 season are the most in a single season in program history.

She has powered the Ephs to 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, including runs all the way to the Final Four in 2022 and 2024. During her first five years at the helm of the program, Williams won 3-of-5 NESCAC Championships in the highly competitive conference.

Kiki Higgins earned National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III All-America First Team laurels, while Pilar Torres and Ellie Smith were named to the Second Team in the 2024 season. During 2023, Higgins and Torres were named to the NFHCA All-Region II First Team, while Elizabeth Scarcella represented the program on the Second Team. At the end of the 2022 campaign, Emily Batchelor took home NFHCA Region II Player of the Year accolades, while earning First Team All-American and the National Offensive Player of the Year status from Synapse Sports.

Batchelor and Liz Welch were named NFHCA All-Americans in 2021, while Welch also earned Second Team All-American laurels from Synapse Sports. In the 2019 season, Emma Ticknor earned All-American honors by the NFHCA.

As the head coach at Denison over four years, Barrale complied a record of 50-28 (.641 winning percentage) and overall in her 28 years coaching field hockey, Barrale has tallied a cumulative record of 310-179 (.634). Barrale's teams have advanced to the Elite Eight on the national stage four separate times.

Barrale was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year in 2001, 2004 and 2024 and the NFHCA New England Region’s Coach of the Year in 2002. Barrale has coached 21 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 for four years. 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 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 served as the Ephs' interim head women’s lacrosse coach for one season in 2000 and will be doing so again during the 2026 season.

All-Americans under Barrale:
Kiki Higgins (2024)
Pilar Torres (2024)
Ellie Smith (2024)
Emily Batchelor (2021, 2022)
Catherine Torres (2022)
Elizabeth Welch (2021)
Emma Ticknor (2019)
Libby Dolan (2018)
Alex Bennett (2017)
Meera Sivalingam (2011)
Jess Overlander (2006, 2007)
Meighan McGowan (2005, 2006)
Jaye Gregory (2005)
Emily Grannon (2004, 2005)
Tara Boyd (2003, 2004)
Wendy Stone (2004)
Molly Jennings (2001, 2002, 2003)
Rebecca Kiselwich (2003)
Tori Scott (2001, 2002, 2003)
Molly Venter (2001)
Sarah Commito (2000)