In her 13 seasons on the bench, RIT head coach Liz Masterson has built the women’s soccer program into one of the best in the Northeast region. Masterson guided the Tigers to 13 wins in 2022, including an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament and the program’s first win in the NCAA’s.
 
Masterson, the 2012 Liberty League Coach of the Year, has an 123-67-33 (.625) overall record in her 13 seasons on the bench at RIT. She became the all-time winningest coach in program history with a 3-0 win over Rensselaer (Oct. 15, 2021), surpassing Tom Natale who coached RIT to 106 wins from 1996-2009.
 
Under Masterson’s guidance, the Tigers have made four appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament (2011, 2012, 2018 and 2022) and 11 Liberty League Tournament appearances (2011-15, 2017-19 and 2021-22).
  
Under Masterson’s tutelage, 55 players have earned All-Conference honors, including six in 2022. Senior Maddie Bullis and sophomore Sam Halligan were first team selections. Sophomore Jessica Gomez and senior Erin Allor were second team picks and graduate student Jessica Wagner was a honorable mention selection. Halligan earned Liberty League Rookie of the Year honors. Allor, Halligan, Bullis and Gomez each were named United Soccer Coaches Women’s Division III All-East Region.

Each of the last eight seasons, RIT has been awarded with the Team Academic Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), for maintaining a team grade point average of 3.0 or better.  Wagner was a Second Team Academic All-American selected by College Sports Communicators. Nineteen Tigers were selected to the Liberty League All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average.

Marla Roberts became the program’s first Google Cloud First Team Academic All-America in 2018. Lauren Chester was a 2018 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Second Team Women’s Scholar All-America. In 2015, Elizabeth May was a CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America selection, while Amanda Murray was a third team selection in 2014. Jamie Martinez was a second team Academic All-American selection in 2013, while also earning NSCAA second team All-American honors. Emily Shoemaker earned 2015 NSCAA All-Academic honors and was named the 2016 RIT Senior Female Athlete of the Year.

Masterson came to RIT after serving two seasons as the head women’s soccer coach at Elmira College. While at Elmira, she helped Elmira earn the NSCAA All-Academic Team awards in 2008 and 2009. Four Soaring Eagles earned All-Empire 8 honors in Masterson’s two seasons.

Masterson is a 2005 graduate of St. Lawrence University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in government. She was a four-year starter of the varsity soccer team, serving as captain in 2004. Masterson earned NSCAA first team All-American honors in 2003. She was a three-time All-Region performer (2001, 2003 and 2004); and a four-time first team All-Liberty League performer from 2001-04. She scored 20 goals and added 15 assists for 55 points at St. Lawrence.

After graduation, Masterson went on to Manhattanville College where she earned a master’s degree in sport business management in 2008, while serving as the assistant coach for the women’s soccer team for two seasons.

In June 2011, Masterson completed her U.S. Soccer Federation “Senior-A” License. In 2011, Masterson graduated from the NCAA Women Coaches Academy. She also holds her advanced diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).