Barbara Carreiro played both field hockey and lacrosse for four seasons at Bridgewater State. As a senior she was awarded the prestigious Mary Jo Moriarty Award (1972). Barbara also served all four years as the manager for the women's basketball team.

Following her collegiate playing days, Barbara went on to have an outstanding coaching career at Dartmouth High School in basketball (1973-84) and at Southeastern Massachusetts University in field hockey (1973-78). She then joined the officiating ranks and is nationally recognized as one of the best officials in the country in the sports of field hockey and lacrosse. In 1999, Barbara served as a judge in field hockey competition at the Pan-Am games and reprised the roll in 2003 in Havana, Cuba. She has umpired at the NCAA Final Four in both field hockey and lacrosse. In 2001 and 2002 she umpired the Division I Final Four and in 2002 was named number one umpire for the tournament.

Barbara has served as the Ivy League Co-Coordinator of Field Hockey Officials and has also been the Coodinator of Officials for the Massachusetts College Field Hockey Umpires Association for over ten years.

Barbara has also been inducted into the Dartmouth High School Hall of Fame and the Northeast New Agenda Hall of Fame.