Women's Lacrosse | June 21, 2019

PHILADELPHIA – Women's lacrosse announced its 2019 recruiting class on Friday with seven new additions. The incoming freshmen will expand the roster to 33 as the Explorers enter their second season under head coach Katie Rhodes Abbott.


MEET THE 2019 CLASS

Julia Dellaratta

• Hometown: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
• High School: Archbishop Carroll
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Major: Business

• Notes: Lettered all four years in lacrosse, starting in goal her junior and senior years. Named Second Team All-Catholic as a senior. Dellaratta won the PIAA – AAA Girls Lacrosse State Champions in 2017, while also taking home the PCL Championship each of her four years. Additionally made First Team All-Catholic in swimming all four years. Joins the team with her twin sister, Liza, becoming the second pair of sisters to play lacrosse together after Lucy and Molly Loughlin.

Liza Dellaratta

• Hometown: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
• High School: Archbishop Carroll

• Position: Defense
• Major: Marketing
• Notes: Elected as a team captain her senior year, making First Team All-Catholic. She won the PIAA – AAA Girls Lacrosse State Champions in 2017 and the PCL Championship each of her four years. Letter four times in lacrosse and once in soccer. Joins the team with her twin sister, Julia.

Bridget Godfrey

• Hometown: Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
• High School: Garnet Valley
• Position: Midfield
• Major: Biology
• Notes: Lettered twice in lacrosse at Garnet Valley and was class president of her high school all four years. Played club lacrosse for the Philly Blast.

Madi McKee

• Hometown: Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
• High School: Garnet Valley
• Position: Attack
• Major: Communications
• Notes: Three-year starter on the varsity team, lettering all four years. Listed to the Eastern PA Girls' US Lacrosse All-American Team and named First-Team All-Conference her senior year. Recorded over 300 draw controls as a junior and exceeded 400 as a senior. Won the Central League and District Championship as part of the basketball team. Her mother, Lara, was a three-time lacrosse All American at Longwood University and her father, Bill, played professional football for the London Barons.

Tori Rolon

• Hometown: Delran, New Jersey
• High School: Delran
• Position: Midfield
• Major: Undecided
• Notes: Named to the Burlington County Scholastic League, Liberty Division three straight years—Second Team Midfield as a sophomore, First Team Midfield as a junior and First Team Attack as a senior. Made the W.L.C.S.J South All-Star Team and All-Honors Attack in 2019. Lettered four years in lacrosse and three in soccer. Volunteers extensively with local charities in her free time.

Jess Sulouff

• Hometown: Havertown, Pennsylvania
• High School: Archbishop Carroll
• Position: Midfield
• Major: Undecided
• Notes: Won the PIAA – AAA Girls Lacrosse State Champions in 2017 and the PCL Championship each of her four years. Parts of the National Honors Society. Played club lacrosse for the Philly Blast.

Karissa Worley

• Hometown: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
• High School: Cape Henlopen
• Position: Defense
• Major: Nursing
• Notes: Named as an honorable mention for the All Southern Maryland Athletic Conference her sophomore and junior years. Went 18-0 her senior year, winning conference and state championships. Made First Team Defensive All-Conference and First Team Defensive All-State as a senior. Lettered four times in lacrosse, three in weightlifting and twice in field hockey.