Lasell University

Lasell College Athletics
1844 Commonwealth Avenue Newton, MA 02466

Division 3 Massachusetts Northeast

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Vito La Francesca

Vito La Francesca enters his 16th season at the helm of the Lasell University women's soccer program in 2023, having won the eight GNAC championships with the Lasers.

La Francesca took the reigns of the program in fall 2007 and he was named GNAC Coach of the Year. In 2012, he lead the Lasers to a 3-1 victory over Amherst College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament, becoming the first team in Lasell University history to win an NCAA Tournament game. He has accumulated an overall record of 189-78-15, including eight straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2010-2017. His team has qualified for the GNAC tournament every season he has been head coach and also appeared in the ECAC Northeast Regional Tournament in 2008. In his tenure, he has seen more than two dozen of his players be named to GNAC All-Conference teams.

La Francesca additionally coached the first two athletes to receive All-America status in Lasell history. Mack Kingman, a four-year standout, was named to the NSCAA All-America second team following the 2016 season and was also announced as the GNAC Woman of the Year, another first honor for Lasell University. Carly Zdanek was also named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Women's All-America third team following the 2017 campaign.

La Francesca was the assistant coach at Babson College in 2006 before his tenure at Lasell. Prior to moving to the collegiate level at Babson, he had successful stints as the head coach at Beaver Country Day (2004-2006) and Watertown High School (1999-2002). He has been coaching women's soccer in various capacities since 1997 and holds several advanced coaching degrees.

La Francesca earned his associate's degree in engineering technology from the Wentworth Institute of Technology in 1997 and his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Wentworth in 1999. He is currently working at Harvard Medical School in the Engineering and Construction division and resides in Reading, Massachusetts, with his wife and four children.

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Megan Cullen

Megan Cullen enters her third season on the Lasell University women's soccer coaching staff in 2023 and first as the Operations Manager and Head Assistant Coach.

She was a four-year student-athlete for the Lasers' women's soccer team (2013-16), serving as a captain her senior season. She helped lead the team to four GNAC Championships and four appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament. She was a three-time selection to the All-Conference team, including GNAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2015 and was a two-time All-New England honoree.

A sport management major at Lasell, Cullen has been coaching soccer since graduating, serving as an assistant coach at Holy Cross and a U14 Girls team in Dublin, Ireland, as well as the head coach of the Seacoast United Soccer Club’s U13 and U11 Girls’ teams in Kingston, New Hampshire.

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Mack Kingman

Mack Kingman returns to her alma mater in 2023 as Associate Head Coach, after coaching for the Lasers in 2017-2020.

Kingman began her coaching career after graduating from Lasell in 2017 with a degree in Hospitality Management. During her four years as an Assistant/Associate Head Coach for the Lasers she coached numerous All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American player, Carly Zdanek (’19). In 2021 she joined the Pfeiffer University Falcons program as an assistant until Spring 2023.

Prior to coaching, Kingman was a four-year starter for the eight-time GNAC Championship team. During her tenure as a Lasell student-athlete, Mack and her senior teammates did not lose a single conference contest (41-0-3). Her four years as a player she was named GNAC All-Conference three times, National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region twice, and GNAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2016. After her senior season in 2016 she became the college’s first female NSCAA All-American, being named to the second team as a defender. Kingman was also named as GNAC Woman of the Year, also a historical first for the college.