RACHAEL SEPCIC

Rachael is in her second season as the head coach of the Ultimate 2026 NJ Blue Team. Rachael
is from Robbinsville, NJ where she graduated from Robbinsville High School in 2018 as a 4-year
varsity starter and earned Second-Team CVC in 2016. From there she played at Georgian Court
University (2019-2020), Rowan University (2021-2022), and Holy Family University (2023) as
an attacker/draw specialist.
During her time as a collegiate student athlete, Rachael earned several academic awards
including All CACC Academic Team, 2x NJAC Academic Honor Roll, 2x IWLCA Academic
Honor Roll, 2x Rowan Scholar-Athlete of Distinction, as well as being inducted into the Chi
Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honors Society. Rachael graduated from Rowan in 2022
with B.S. in Marketing and is currently finishing her MBA in Human Resource Management at
Holy Family University.

BRENNA MCCAFFERTY

Brenna graduated from William Penn Charter High School in Philadelphia in 2022. During her time at Penn Charter, her team was nationally ranked and in 2022 won the state championship. She is currently a Sophomore midfielder at Monmouth University where she is majoring in Finance and Real Estate and made the Dean’s List her freshman year. Brenna was a member of the Ultimate PA 2022 team for 4 years.

NATALIE DEPERSIA

Natalie is the assistant coach for the Ultimate 2026 NJ Blue Team. Natalie is from Cherry Hill, NJ, where she graduated from Haddonfield Memorial High School in 2019. While at HMHS, Natalie led the defensive unit towards three Sectional Championships, two State Championships, and two Tournament of Champions appearances as she was selected First Team All-Conference. From 2019-2022, Natalie played at Rowan University (III) as a defender. She earned NJAC All-Academic Honorable Mention and was recognized as a Rowan Scholar-Athlete of Distinction during her time there.

Krista Mitarotonda

Krista played for East Stroudsburg University (2018 – 2021) who are a Top 10 DII program. ESU was ranked 2nd nationally (of 106 programs) last year in the IWLCA Division II Poll. During Krista’s time at ESU she received several accolades as an attacker who also took the draw including; 2 NCAA Final Four appearances, 3x IWLCA All-American, 3x All-Region 1st team, 3x All-PSAC 1st team and Inside Lacrosse DII Freshman of the Year 2018. ⁾Post college Krista has been a head coach for other programs along with private/individual training to help athletes in the area grow.

Olivia White

Olivia is an ULTIMATE Alumni and previously coached as an assistant for the 2024 team (Summer 2022). Olivia is from Allentown, NJ where she graduated from Allentown High School as a 4 year varsity lacrosse team. During her time at AHS she helped lead an undefeated regular season in 2021, selected for Colonial Valley Conference Team of the Year as well as making the All-Team CVC, and First-Team CVC.  Coach Olivia is currently an attacker for Merrimack College Women’s Lacrosse a Division I program where she assisted the team with the most Division I wins in program history in the 2021-22 season

Shoshana Henderson

At Pomona-Pitzer (2022 Season): Team went 18-1, Reached D3 NCAA Sweet 16, SCIAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions

  • 2022 SCIAC Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Year
  • 2022 SCIAC Women’s Lacrosse First Team Selection
  • 2022 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics Newcomer of the Year
  • IWCLA All-Region First Team Selection
  • Broke Pomona-Pitzer individual single-season assists (90) and points records (132)
  • Broke Pomona-Pitzer single game assist record (13)
  • Broke existing NCAA single-season DIII assist record
  • Led 2022 SCIAC Championship team in assists and points
  • Received SCIAC 2022 All-Academic Honors

HANNAH LOMBARDO

My name is Hannah Lombardo and I am currently a sophomore at Rowan University. I am currently a part of the NJ Ultimate region and I am the head coach for the Ultimate NJ 2025 team. I am a part of the lacrosse team at Rowan and play the position of midfield. I am graduating in the year of 2024.