FLG Girls Select Coaches – 2021/2022 Season
Lisa Christiansen – Director of Goalie Development
Cortland, BS, ’85 & Hofstra University, MS, ’89
- 1987 to 2007: Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach at Syosset High School
- 1985 to Present: PE teacher at Syosset Central School Disctrict
- 2005 – Present: Coaches Education Trainer & Soft stick trainer for US Lacrosse
- 2006 – Present: Trainer for Positive Coaching Alliance
- 2016 – Present: Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach at Walt Whitman High School
- Present: LIU Post Goalie Trainer
- Team Manager for US Women’s U19 Team. World Champions in ’99, ’03, ’07
- Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame Inductee
- Board Member of South Huntington Youth Lacrosse
- 2017 – Present: Coach for FLG Lacrosse
Corey Winkoff FLG Program Leader, FLG 2023 Coach & Director
University of Pennsylvania
- Program Director, FLG Lacrosse & Head of Development, Lax4all Organization
- Three-year letter winner at Cold Spring Harbor High School and helped CSH to New York State C title in 2006 and Nassau County Class C Championship in 2007
- 2008-2011: Four-year member of UPenn varsity lacrosse team
- 2011: Team Captain, Second-team All-Ivy League, Helped lead UPenn to 2011 NCAA Tournament (First Round), Finished career second on Penn’s all-time assist list (95) and 10th all-time in points (135)
- 2011-present:FLG Lacrosse Coach
Dawn Sachs – 2024 Team & FLG Girls Director of Recruiting
Dawn Sachs is currently the Assistant Athletic Director for Operations, Senior Woman Administrator and head women’s lacrosse coach (entering eighth season). In addition, she acts as the Chief Academic Officer of the athletic department.
- 2019, the Mavericks went 15-5 and appeared in the NCAA Tournament for the second time.
- 2028, the Mavericks go 14-4 and appear in the ECC Tournament for the third straight year.
- 2017, Sachs led the Mavericks to a school-record 16 wins and their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
- 2016 season proved to be a successful season with an overall record of 12-7.
- Prior to 2016 – The Mavericks made their first appearance in the East Coast Conference Playoffs, obtaining the No. 3 seed. During the summer, Sachs is an assistant director and coach with the Long Island Wave (Summer Lacrosse Club). Throughout the school year, Sachs also coaches with the Scarsdale Youth Lacrosse program with different age groups.
Janine Pirone – 2024 Team
Adelphi University
- 2003-2006: Four-year member of Adelphi University lacrosse team
- 2004 & 2006 National Lacrosse Champion
- 2006 & 2007 St. John the Baptist Varsity Lacrosse Assistant Coach
- 2008-2020 St. John the Baptist Varsity Lacrosse Coach
- 2007-2019 Long Island Wave Lacrosse Coach
Justin O’Connell 2026 Team
University of Pennsylvania
- 1998-2001: Member of UPenn varsity lacrosse program
- 2001: Team Captain
- 1997: Ray Enners Award winner as Suffolk Countys top lacrosse player
- 2004-2011: Sachem East High School Varsity Lacrosse Coach
- 2012: Molloy College Assistant Lacrosse Coach
- 2013-present: Sachem North High School Varsity Lacrosse Coach
- 2013: Suffolk County Assistant Coach of the Year
- 2011-present: FLG Lacrosse Coach
John van Gelder FLG Coach, 2026 Team
- 2019 – present: FLG Assistant Coach
- 2014 – present: Kings Park PAL Head Coach
Carolyn Sumcizk-Morales 2027 Navy Team
Marist College
- 2006-2009: four-year member of Marist varsity lacrosse team where she finished her career with 51 goals and 88 points and ranks 5th all-time in games played (68) and caused turnovers (55)
- 2008: Helped Marist to for first ever NCAA Tournament (First Round)
- 2008: Member of first ever Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship Team
- 2008: All-MAAC Second Team honors and All-Academic Team
- Serves as girls lacrosse director of the Oak Neck Athletic Council and served as Locust Valley High School (LVHS) Head Varsity lacrosse coach
- 2009: All-MAAC First Team honors and All-Academic Team
- 2011: Let LVHS Girls Varsity Lacrosse team to Nassau County Class C Championship
- 2015-present: FLG Lacrosse Coach
- 2009 – 2013: Four year Varsity Lacrosse and Soccer letter winner at Watertown High School
- 2013 – 2018: Five year member of the Binghamton Women’s Lacrosse Team
- 2014: America East All Rookie Team
- 2016 – 2018: Team Captain
- 2018: America East Second Team All Conference
- 2018: Selected for IWLCA Senior All-Star Game
- 2018 – 2019: Canisius College Graduate Assistant Coach
- 2020: East Aurora High School Girls Lacrosse Head Coach
- Current: FLG Lacrosse Coach
Jocelyn Penteck – 2027 White Team
Jess Volpe – 2028 Navy Team
Stony Brook University
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- 2009-2013: Five year Varsity Lacrosse letter winner and Four Year Varsity Winter Track Letter winner at Hauppauge and Rocky Point High School
- 2010: All League player
- 2011: Member of Under Armour All American Underclassmen Team
- 2012: ESPN Watch List Top 50 Juniors
- 2013: Lacrosse All County, Winter Track All County, and winter track academic all county
- 2013: Named lacrosse team MVP and Winter Track Team MVP
- 2013-2017: Member of the Stony Brook Womens Lacrosse Team, won the America East Championship all four years
- 2013-2016: Raid Travel Girls Lacrosse Head Coach (Travel team based out of Hauppauge L.I.)
- 2014-2017: Competed in four consecutive rounds in NCAA Tournament
- 2016: America East Second Team All Conference Player
- 2017: Team Captain, Honorable Mention All American by ILWomen, Second Team All Conference Player, Selected for IWLCA Senior All-Star Game, Member of Philadelphia Force Women’s Professional Lacrosse Team
- 2018: Member of Upstate Pride Women’s Professional Lacrosse team
- 2018 to Present: Head Varsity Girls Lacrosse coach at Harborfields
- 2018 to Present: FLG Lacrosse Professional Coach
Nicole Bifulco – 2028 White Team
Stony Brook University
Hildi Stanford & Rob Hagedorn – FLG 2029 Team Coaches
Corey Winkoff FLG Program Leader, 2029 & 2030 Teams
University of Pennsylvania
- Program Director, FLG Lacrosse & Head of Development, Lax4all Organization
- Three-year letter winner at Cold Spring Harbor High School and helped CSH to New York State C title in 2006 and Nassau County Class C Championship in 2007
- 2008-2011: Four-year member of UPenn varsity lacrosse team
- 2011: Team Captain, Second-team All-Ivy League, Helped lead UPenn to 2011 NCAA Tournament (First Round), Finished career second on Penn’s all-time assist list (95) and 10th all-time in points (135)
- 2011-present:FLG Lacrosse Coach
Giulian Lerch – FLG 2030 Coach
Quinnipiac University
Coach “G” was introduced to lacrosse in 1991 and has been in love with the game ever since. She played for North Shore High School and was invited to join the roster for the Nassau County Championship as a 10th grader. She was a walk-on at Quinnipiac University in 1997 as a defensive wing- back when there were 5 players on the circle. She was crucial for Quinnipiac’s transition game and earned the schools first Division I All Conference honor for defense and was an All American honorable mention as a freshmen. She continued to play lacrosse for Gotham Women’s lacrosse- a NYC based post collegiate club team, from 2001-2004. She then returned to her alma mater to coach the North Shore’s girls PAL lacrosse program from 2005- 2009. She kept lacrosse close to her heart and became a part of the South Huntington PAL community in 2017. Currently, Coach G is a parent coach for the 2030/31 FLG girls lacrosse team. In the summer of 2021 she joined ULax, a summer league for college women and women who love lacrosse. This unique opportunity allows her to feel confident guiding the next generation of girls lacrosse players.
