Beach went to college at the
University of Maryland, where she studied
marketing and played for the
Terrapins, starting the year they won the NCAA championship in 1993. She was a two-time
All-American, and two-time U.S. Field Hockey Athlete of the Year.[2] In 2004, she retired from the national team to coach at
Columbia University, where she served for four years as head coach. In 2009, she moved to
Chicago and became the director and co-owner of Windy City Field Hockey, with husband Keith Beach.