Holy Family University Athletics

Marisa (DeAngelis) Ongaro enters her seventh season as head women's lacrosse coach at Holy Family. She became the sixth head coach in program history on June 15, 2017.
 
HFU has won eight matches in each of the last two years, its most in a single season since 2015, while the Tigers’ seven Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) victories in 2023 were also their most since 2015. 
 
Holy Family has made three consecutive CACC Tournament appearances for the first time since 2014-16, highlighted by hosting the program’s first playoff game in 2022. 
 
The Tigers entered the 2020 season with their largest recruiting class since the inaugural 2009 season, as Ongaro and her staff welcomed seven newcomers to the mix.  
 
Ongaro came to HFU after spending two seasons at Delaware Valley University, where she served as assistant coach. While a member of the Aggies’ staff, she was the head recruiting coordinator and also prepared and implemented practice plans. 
 
A four-year defensive starter for Kean University, serving as the team captain during her senior season in 2015, Ongaro earned First Team All-Conference honors from both the New Jersey Athletic Conference and Skyline Conference her freshman season. In the classroom, she was a three-time selection to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaching Association’s (IWLCA) Academic Honor team.

She graduated from Kean in 2015 withher Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, before finishing her MBA in General Business at Delaware Valley in 2017.
 
In addition to her collegiate coaching background, Ongaro has coached and been the director of various clubs in the Mercer County area. 
 
She currently resides in Hamilton, N.J. with her husband, David, and two children. 

Marisa Ongaro's Year-By-Year Coaching Record
 

Year	School	Overall	CACC	CACC Tournament	Notes
2018	Holy Family	3-11 (.214)	3-6 (.333)	N/A	First Season as HFU Head Coach
2019	Holy Family	3-13 (.188)	2-7 (.222)	N/A
2020	Holy Family	0-3 (.000)	0-0 (.000)	N/A	Season Cut Short Due to Covid-19 Pandemic
2021	Holy Family	2-7 (.222)	2-5 (.286)	0-1
2022	Holy Family	8-9 (.471)	6-3 (.667)	0-1
2023	Holy Family	8-10 (.444)	7-3 (.700)	0-1
Total	-	24-53 (.312)	20-24 (.454)	0-3