2025 Lacrosse Roster

Matt Pendleton
Bella Rosa
Sam Jordan
Bella Rosa

27 Gianna Monaco

  • Position Attack
  • Class Junior
  • Height 5-4
  • High School Lenape
  • Hometown Mount Laurel, N.J.

Biography

HONORS
2025 IWLCA Third Team All-American
2025 NCAA All-Tournament Team
2025 IWLCA All-South Region First Team
2025 Nike Lacrosse Honorable Mention Media All-American
2025 All-Big 12 Team
2025 Big 12 Tournament Team
2025 One-TIme Big 12 Attacker of the Week 
2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll


JUNIOR SEASON (2025)
  • Appeared in all 23 games, making 21 starts and calculating a team high 95 points
  • Recorded 73 goals, 22 assists, 22 ground balls, 10 caused turnovers and three draw controls
  • Has a team high 14 hat-tricks, including a combined 11 goals in the Big 12 Tournament on 5/1 vs. UC Davis and 5/3 vs. Arizona State
  • Tied a UF NCAA Tournament game record of seven goals and eight points on 5/9 vs. Mercer, also setting career highs for herself
  • Totaled two game winning goals in the fourth quarter/overtime, on 2/7 vs. Johns Hopkins and 3/26 at Penn
  • Became the seventh player in program history to have 70 or more goals in a season on 5/11 vs. Stanford
  • Tallied her 100th career point on 4/9 vs. Jacksonville, followed by her 100th career goal on 5/9 vs. Mercer
  • Had six games with five or more goals, including a three-game streak from 5/1 - 5/9 where she compiled 18 goals 
  • Passed out a career high four assists on 4/5 vs. San Diego State, along with five other games of two assists
  • Her career high seven goals on 5/9 vs. Mercer was on a .1000 percent shot percentage, she had four other games this season where she registered a hat-trick on .1000 shooting (2/9 vs. Kennesaw State, 3/28 vs. UC Davis, 4/5 vs. San Diego State, 4/15 vs. Stetson and 5/3 vs. Arizona State)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024)
  • Saw the field in 19 games, garnering 7 starts
  • Posted 30 goals, 10 assists, 13 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers and 1 draw control (all career highs)
  • Tallied a point in 18 of 19 games played, putting up three hat-tricks and 10 multi-goal games
  • Had her first multi-goal game on 2/24 at Maryland, in route to tying a career-high four points
  • One of four players to score 30 goals and dish out 10 assists 
  • Recorded four multi-assist games, last at Virginia on 5/12
  • Scooped her first career draw control on 2/24 at Maryland
  • Won Multiple draw controls in three contests, last at Vanderbilt on 5/2
FRESHMAN SEASON (2023)
  • Saw action in 13 games during her freshman campaign
  • Scored the first goal of her collegiate career against Furman on Feb. 28
  • Recorded a goal in five other games during the season as well
  • Dished out a career-best two assists against Colgate on March 14
  • Finished the season with six goals, four assists, two groundballs and one caused turnover
 BEFORE FLORIDA
  • ILWomen “On the Rise” Recruit
  • Four-year varsity starter
  • US Lacrosse All-American – 2021
  • Two-time First Team All-Conference honoree – 2019, 2021
  • Two-time First Team All-County 2019, 2021
  • Two-time First Team All-South Jersey – 2019, 2021
  • First Team All-Group Four – 2021
  • Second Team All-Group Four – 2019
  • NJ Top Attacker – 2021
  • Conference Player of the Year – 2021
  • Two-time Olympic Conference Player of the Week
  • Two-time team captain
  • Holds school record for most goals in a season
  • Top-50 Stat Leader in goals, groundballs and draw controls – 2019, 2021
  • NJ Midfielders and Attackers Watch List – 2021
  • NJ Player of the Year Watch List – 2021
  • Featured as a Top Varsity Athlete – Ready for Action in South Jersey Magazine
  • Named to the NJ Group 4’s 27-Best
  • Selected by school to attend an athletic leadership seminar in 2019
  • Also a four-year varsity field hockey starter
  • Named Field Hockey Attacker to Watch in 2021
  • First Team All-Conference (Field Hockey) – 2019
  • Second Team All-Group 4 (Field Hockey) – 2020
  • American Select Team NJ – 2021
  • Inside Lacrosse Watch List – 2021
  • Named to the US Lacrosse USA Select U15 Team – 2019
  • Recorded a hat trick in both games at the U15 Select game, earning a feature in the March 2020 US Lacrosse Magazine
  • Featured in US Lacrosse Magazine for her performance with the US Lacrosse USA Select U15 Team
  • National Tournament School Girls New Jersey South First Team – 2019
  • Under Armour – Team NJ Highlight – East Regional Championship Team – 2020
  • Under Armour All-America – NJ Team Command – led team in goals and was listed as a notable performer – 2019
  • Under Armour All-America – NJ Team Command – Championship Team – 2018
  • Lacrosse Magazine 2022 Watch List and a featured player in 2019, 2020, 2021
  • WPPL Futures NJ 2022 Team – selected for Braveheart and led the team in goals in 2019
  • US lacrosse TRYLAX volunteer 2019
  • U17 Team USA Legacy Global Sports- Brogden Cup games - 2018
  • UAAA National Championship Team - 2019
  • US Lacrosse Nationals All-Tournament Team - 2018
  • National Prospect Elite 80 MVP and All-Tournament Team - 2018
  • Mad Dog National Select Team / UWLX Draw game 2 MVP - 2018
  • Ultimate Elite National Tournament - 2018
  • Selected by Club coach to attend a leadership seminar - 2018
  • Ultimate Elite National Tournament Team, second place at Nationals - 2017 
  • Selected for OT Braveheart to win tournament for Ultimate - 2018
  • Brine All Star Team - 2016
CAREER STATS
Season GP-GS G A Pts Shots Shot % SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT
2023 13-0 6 4 10 10 .600 8 .800 2 0 3 1
2024 19-7 30 10 40 49 .612 44 .898 13 1 12 2
2025 23-21 73 22 95 154 .474 121 .786 22 3 27 10
TOTAL 55-28 109 36 145 213 .512 173 .812 37 4 42 13
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals..................................................................................................7, vs. Mercer (5/9/25)
Assists............................................................................................................................ 4, vs. SDSU (4/5/25)
Points.............................................................................................................................. 8, 2x, last vs. Mercer (5/9/25)
Shots........................................................................................................ 10, at Jacksonville (4/9/25)
Ground Balls.............................................................................................. 2, 10x, last vs. Stanford  (5/11/25)
Draw Controls...................................................................................................................................................... 1, 4x, last vs. Arizona State (5/3/25)
Caused Turnovers........................................................................................ 3, vs. Kennesaw State (2/9/25)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Freshman

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    2024Sophomore

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    2025Junior

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