University of Virginia-Main Campus Women's Lacrosse

6 Conference Coach of the Year Awards (5x CAA, 1x ACC) 8 NCAA Tournament Appearances (2 at UVA) 4 CAA titles Sonia LaMonica was named as the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers on July 5, 2023, after serving as the head women’s lacrosse coach at Towson for 13 seasons and one season at Mt. Saint Mary’s. LaMonica enters her third season in charge of the Cavalier program in 2026 owning an all-time coaching record of 174-112. She started her tenure with the Cavaliers by being named the ACC Co-Coach of the Year in her first season, winning nine of her first 10 games of the season—Virginia’s best start to a campaign since the 2007 national runner-up season. The Cavaliers would go on to stockpile some of the best wins of any team in the country including a road victory over No. 4 Notre Dame, and emphatic dispatching of No. 7 James Madison at home, and a thrilling overtime win over No. 3 Boston College on senior day. Virginia went 6-3 in ACC play matching a single season program-high for wins in conference play while taking down the likes of Boston College for the first time in eight seasons. The pair of wins over opponents ranked in the top-four marked the first time Virginia accomplished such a feat in nine seasons. The Cavaliers would eventually avenge their regular-season loss to North Carolina with a 13-12 victory in the ACC quarterfinals—their first win over UNC since the 2014 season. UVA reached the ACC Semifinal before falling to Syracuse. The Cavaliers earned the fifth over

Kady Glynn, who played for the WLL Champion Boston Guard this season, joins Sonia LaMonica's coaching staff to work with the goalkeepers

LaMonica joins Virginia for the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach after spending 13 seasons at Towson as an assistant coach. In 2022, LaMonica helped lead the team in one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, featuring nine teams mentioned in the ILWomen/IWLCA poll at some point over the season. In CAA play, the team dominated, going 5-1 to clinch the No. 1 seed in the 2022 CAA Tournament for the first time since 2014. Among several career and season bests, LaMonica guided offensive threats Blair Pearre and Kaitlin Thornton as they scored 100 goals to move up on the program’s top 20 all-time scoring list. He also led Blair Pearre (first team All-CAA), Kerri Thornton (first team All-CAA), Milana Zizakovic (second team All-CAA/CAA All-Rookie), Halley Koras (CAA All-Rookie) to conference postseason praise. In 2021, LaMonica converted transfer Nikki Sliwak to attack. The graduate student responded by finishing second on the team in scoring with 55 points (31g, 24a). She scored a career-high five goals against William & Mary, handed out a career-best four assists two times and was the only player to have a point in all 18 games. During his Towson tenure, LaMonica has coached four First-Team Colonial Athletic Association attackers and two CAA Player of the Year: Andi Raymond, 2014 CAA Player of the Year (2012-2014), Ashleigh Rohrback, 2013 CAA Player of the Year (2013-14), Natalie Sulmonte (2017-19) and Emily Gillingham (2018). Carly Tellekamp scored 100 goals

Shanna Brady joined Sonia LaMonica’s staff as the defensive coordinator on July 27, 2025. Brady has served as a defensive coordinator for multiple teams, including working with LaMonica at Towson for two seasons. She spent three years working with Penn State, helping the team return to the NCAA Tournament in 2023 for the first time in five seasons. In addition to Penn State and Towson, she also worked with the defenses at Hofstra and LIU Post. A 2015 University of Maryland graduate, Brady won two national championships as a student-athlete for the Terps. In each of her four years in College Park, the Smithtown, New York native played in Championship Weekend. Brady finished with 75 ground balls, 46 caused turnovers and 30 draw controls in the 92 games in which she played. While in college, she served as a coach with the Long Island Express Lacrosse Club and has also served as the co-director of the Predators Lacrosse Club. She has played professionally for the Long Island Sound in the United Women’s Lacrosse League and the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League.