Lisa Meola is in her third season as the women's tennis head coach at the College of the Holy Cross in 2011-2012. Meola now has a record of 8-22 at the helm of the program. During the 2010-2011 season, Meola had five team members named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Two players, Emily Marr and Jessica DeSimone, were also named to the inaugural Academic All-Patriot League team.  

No stranger to Holy Cross, Meola was the assistant tennis coach during the 2008-2009 season. Prior to her tenure at Holy Cross, Meola was head coach of the Notre Dame Academy (Mass.) women's tennis team for seven seasons. While there, she compiled an overall record of 137-7 and coached the squad to three consecutive Division II State championships.

Meola began her coaching career in 2004, where she coached the Clark tennis teams. She also has experience as a tennis instructor at the Paxton Sports Centre in Paxton, Mass. A 1998 graduate of Clark, Meola received her educational provisional certificate in 2001 and her Master's in Education (coaching/physical education) from Boston University this past spring (2011). She currently resides in Holden, Mass.