Sonia LaMonica

Biography

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