Tessa Dolce is set to begin her second season as an assistant coach for Penn State Harrisburg's women's basketball program in 2025-26.
During her first year with the staff, she helped guided Penn State Harrisburg to the quarterfinal round of the United East Championship Tournament in 2024-25. The Lions were especially strong at the charity stripe, securing an NCAA Statistical Championship for free throw percentage (78.9). Individually, grad transfer Jordan Carpenter set single-season program records for points, field goals and free throws made. For her efforts she was tabbed second-team all-region by D3hoops.com after being named the United East Player of the Year. She was joined by Mikayla Coleman (second team) and Ali Lister (third team) as all-conference picks.Â
