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Allegheny College

Meadville, PA 16335
Pennsylvania Northeast
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Lacey Phillips

Allegheny College tabbed former Division III student-athlete and veteran assistant coach Lacey Phillips as the sixth women's soccer head coach in program history in April of 2021.


Phillips has spent seven seasons in collegiate coaching spanning three divisions. Most recently, she served two seasons assisting with the women's soccer program at NCAA Division I Loyola in Baltimore, Md. Prior to Loyola, she spent one season at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md., and four seasons at NCAA Division III Stevenson in Owings Mills, Md. She completed her playing career as a four-year member of the women's soccer team at NCAA Division III York (Pa.).


At Loyola, Phillips gained experience planning and executing training sessions for both the team and individuals and small groups, while also providing scouting reports on opponents, and assisting with travel logistics, equipment management and game day operations at the Division I level. From the 2018 season to the 2019 season, the Greyhounds saw an improvement from getting results in seven matches to earning a result in 12 matches, including an increase from three to seven results in the Patriot League and improvement from ninth to fourth in the regular season standings. That 2019 season also saw Loyola advance to the Patriot League semifinals where it fell to top-seeded, and eventual conference champion, Navy in penalty kicks.


Phillips started her collegiate coaching career at Stevenson in 2013 and served as an assistant with the Mustangs for four years. In 2014, the Mustangs finished 11-6-5, including a 7-0-1 mark in MAC Commonwealth play, before knocking off No. 1 nationally-ranked Messiah in penalty kicks in the conference championship game and winning an NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship match before bowing out to eventual national champion Lynchburg (Va.). All told, the Mustangs qualified for the MAC Commonwealth postseason each year and two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) postseason tournaments as well as the 2014 NCAA appearance during her tenure.


Since 2017, Phillips has served as head girls club soccer coach for the 2005 (U16) and 2007 (U14) age groups at Ellicott City (Md.) Soccer Club.


Phillips graduated from York (Pa.) in 2012 with a Bachelor's degree in Sport Management. During her career, she appeared in 69 matches while helping the Spartans to the Capital Athletic Conference tournament all four years, including as a captain her senior season in 2011. She received a Master's degree in Business Technology Management from Stevenson in 2016. In April 2019, she attended the NCAA and Women Leaders in College Sports Women's Leadership Symposium and graduated from the NCAA Women Coaches Academy in December 2020. Phillips currently holds a "C" license from the United States Soccer Federation.


Allegheny Career Coaching Highlights


2022

Three All-PAC Selections: Kari May (HM), Emma Miller (HM), Julieta Schworm (HM)

Six CoSIDA Academic All-District: Lilly Noel, Allie Peasley, Natasha Rosa, Julieta Schworm, Abby Waryanka, Autumn Wittebort


2021

All-NCAC: Emily Orr (HM)

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Leanne Cardoso-Bastos

Leanne Cardoso-Bastos joined the Allegheny women’s soccer staff in the summer of 2021 and holds a "D" License from the United States Soccer Federation as well as a Goalkeeping Level 1, 2 and 3 Diplomas from the United Soccer Coaches.


Cardoso-Bastos previously played and coached at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pa. As a goalkeeper for the Mounties, Cardoso-Bastos earned First-Team All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) honors in her junior year, a season in which she finished with a 1.02 goals against average and a .845 save percentage while setting a program record with nine shutouts. Cardoso-Bastos also served as the team captain her senior year.


In addition to being a women’s soccer student-athlete, Cardoso-Bastos also played softball for the Mounties all four years, earning First-Team All-Conference honors as a center fielder while helping the team win back-to-back AMCC Championships.


Serving as an Assistant Coach and Goalkeeper Coach at Mount Aloysius, Cardoso-Bastos helped with recruiting, training sessions, film breakdown, team travel and running clinics. Cardoso-Bastos also previously served as the Head Coach of the Mount District Union in State College, Pa. and the Goalkeeper Coach for the Union Soccer Club in Union, N.J.


Cardoso-Bastos earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology and a Masters of Business in Project Management from Mount Aloysius.

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John Lichina

John Lichina '14, who was named Allegheny College's interim head men's soccer coach in the summer of 2022, was promoted to the role on a permanent basis in January of 2023. The former Gator goalkeeper previously spent three years on the sideline as an assistant coach from 2019-2021.


Lichina was a four-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) goalkeeper at Allegheny during his undergraduate career, finishing his time as the program's leader in career shutouts (21). In total, he started 71 games in four seasons, posting a 35-26-8 record and 1.32 goals against average, while making 364 saves. A two-year captain, he also earned Allegheny's "Newcomer of the Year" award in 2011.


Lichina returned to his alma mater after serving two seasons as the assistant men's soccer coach at nearby fellow Division III program, Washington & Jefferson. With the Presidents, he handled training sessions for goalkeepers, aided in scouting, travel coordination, in-game tactics and off-season workouts and managed the recruiting database, while also coordinating campus visits. During the same period, he worked as the head goalkeeper coach for Victory Express Soccer Club, a developmental program in the Pittsburgh area. From 2015-17, Lichina worked as the assistant goalkeeping director for SCS United Soccer Club and as an assistant varsity soccer coach at Hampton High School near Pittsburgh.


A native of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Lichina earned his Bachelor's degree from Allegheny in English with a concentration in journalism, and minor in history. He was a contributor for The Campus, a student senator for the Allegheny Student Government (ASG) and a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Upon graduation, Lichina spent two seasons with the Fort Pitt Regiment of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL).


He holds a "D" license from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and Goalkeeping Diplomas 1 and 2 from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), now the United Soccer Coaches.


Allegheny Coaching Highlights


2022


PAC Quarterfinals


Four All-PAC: Brady Napoleon (1st), Henry Rosenberg (2nd), Gabe Anthony (HM), Matt Taliani (HM)


Six CoSIDA Academic All-District: Gunnar Brettell, Zach Ioli, Cam Kaminski, Shane Lisman, William Lowthert, Matthew Taliani

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Troy Elsea

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