Nicole Barbella enters her fourth season as the head coach of the Ramapo College women’s lacrosse team.
Coach Barbella earned her first collegiate coaching victory during the 2022 season in a 19-3 win at home over Centenary University. The Roadrunners also earned a NJAC conference win over visiting Rutgers-Camden University in a thrilling 13-12 victory in overtime. Brianna Curto and Katie Riva each earned a spot on the 2022 IWLCA Honor Roll for their efforts in the classroom, earning above a 3.50 GPA. Following the 2023 season, Colleen Mason and Kelly Griffin each earned NJAC Honorable Mention All-Conference for their efforts on the field.
Coach Barbella joined the Roadrunner coaching staff in 2022 after a successful playing career at NCAA Division II Georgian Court University where she posted career marks of 73 goals, 184 assists and 257 points. During her senior season she led all of NCAA Division II with 90 total assists (4.74 per game), that mark is a Georgian Court and CACC Conference single season record. The Lions won three straight CACC Regular Season Championships and the CACC Tournament Championships from 2017-2018-2019. Barbella was named CACC All-Tournament Team selection three times while being 2019 All-CACC First Team All-Conference. She holds the career assist record (184) and the CACC season points record holder with 117 points. Barbella was named to the 2019 IWLCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team.
While at Georgian Court, Barbella was a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) along with a Student-Athlete Mentor. She earned Dean’s List (2015-2019) along with the CACC Academic All-Conference Team (2017-2019), IWLCA Academic Honors (2017-2018) and Division II Athletic Directors Association (2017-2018). Barbella was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma Student-Athlete Honor Society and Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society.
2025-2026 Season
