La Roche University

La Roche University Athletics
9000 Babcock Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast

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Lisa Evans

Lisa Evans is entering her third year with La Roche, and has done a magneficent job getting the Women's Lacrosse program up and on its feet. Evans became the school's first women's lacrosse coach and had the unique task of building the program through her vision. Evans coached the first intergral game against Landcaster Bible before the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

"I'd like to thank Sister Candace Introcaso, Jim Tinkey, and Katherine Golebie for the opportunity to begin the women's lacrosse program at La Roche College and grow the game of women's lacrosse in the Greater Pittsburgh area. I look forward to bringing my passion for this sport to the team, our beautiful campus, and the entire La Roche community".

"My vision is to provide a well-rounded student-athlete experience for our players while creating a team who will compete for AMCC championships and eventually NCAA tournament berths."

Evans has been involved in the sport for over two decades, including the past ten years with NCAA Division I Duquesne University. Evans served as Duquesne's head coach during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons where she helped Mid-Fielder Carlee Braverman earn a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team.

Evans' teams routinely performed well in the classroom. Over her two seasons, nine student-athletes received IWLCA/Zag Sports DI Academic Honor Roll Accolades for GPAs of 3.5 or Higher. Her 2017 and 2018 squads were recognized as an Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association (IWLCA)/Zag Sports DI Honor Squad for having a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Evans served as a Duquesne assistant coach from 2009-16. During her tenure, she coached Caitlin Prince who ranked third in program history with 162 career goals, and had a program best 62 goals in 2012. Price became one of the Duke's best-ever players, earning first team all-conference in 2012 and 2014, all-rookie team, and 2012 IWLCA All West/Mid-West Region Second Team.

Evans enjoyed a standout collegiate career prior to joining the coaching ranks. Evans played attack for the nationally ranked University of Pittsburgh Panther Club team. She captained the team for three years and ranked top 3 in scoring in all four seasons.

Evans resides in the South Hills of Pittsburgh with her husband Owen, their son Rhyse, and cat Cheese Pizza.

She is originally from West Chester, Pennsylvania.

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Mikayla DiCesare

Mikayla DiCesare enters her first season as an Assitant Coach with La Roche in 2020-21. DiCesare is also currently going into her third season as a coach at the North Hills Girls Youth program. DiCesare started her coaching career as a 10u/12u head coach and has been Youth Director/14u head coach over the last two years. Mikayla played lacrosse for anumber of years with Phatastix, a middle and high school tournament level team composed of serious lacrosse players. DiCesare, a native of Boyertown, PA, graduated from California University of PA with a Bachelors of Arts in Communication Studies. Currently a resident of the North Hills, Mikayla enjoys doing photography and spending time with her pup, Nyx. Coach DiCesare will be primarily in charge of the Redhawks defensive unit.