2029 National Select

Head Defensive Coach Sarah Bell

Sarah is originally from Londonderry, NH, and started playing lacrosse in 4th Grade. She was voted captain senior year of high school and even earned Offensive Player of the Year her senior year. Her college lacrosse career started off at the Queen's University of Charlotte before she transferred to the University of Tampa during her junior year. She graduated in 2019. During her time at UT, she earned a few awards including IWLCA Zag Sports Division II Academic Honor Roll, DII ADA Academic Achievement Award, and SCC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Head Offensive Coach Cece Colombo

Cece is from Charlotte, North Carolina where she played high school lacrosse at Charlotte Latin School. There, she earned All-American honors and won a North Carolina state championship her senior year.

Cece now plays lacrosse at the University of Tampa where she currently is a starting midfielder. She specializes in the draw and the circle. At UT thus far, she has earned SSC first-team all-conference, all-south region honors, and second-team all-American honors. Additionally, Cece has been on the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll along with the University of Tampa Dean’s List for three consecutive years.

Cece has been coaching for her entire collegiate lacrosse career. Not only does she love teaching physical skills, but she gets most excited about teaching her players about the IQ element of the game. Cece is excited to continue working with Palms LC to grow players’ confidence within lacrosse and in life!

Head Midfield & Draw Specialist Coach Dina Cifelli

In addition to being a Palms LC Coach, Dina is an Assistant Coach at St. Leo University, specializing in offense and coaching draw specialists. Dina has also coached for Division II University of Tampa- At a time when UT won a program-best 14 games, finishing 14-4 (2019 Season). The squad also received a top 5 national ranking for the first time ever, climbing as high as No. 3 (5/3/19). With a 5-1 Sunshine State Conference record, Dina helped lead the Spartans to capture their first-ever SSC tournament championship, taking down No. 3 Rollins and No. 5 Florida Southern along the way. Dina also coached at Holy Family University & the club lacrosse program "Garden State Elite" in New Jersey. 

Prior to her coaching career, Cifelli played women's lacrosse at West Chester University where she accumulated numerous accolades for the Rams. As a senior, she served as team captain and earned All-PSAC first-team honors. In addition, she earned regional recognition for the first time after being named to IWLCA All-South Region third team. Cifelli finished her playing career as West Chester's all-time assist leader as well as the PSAC. She finished her career third all-time in Division II history with 222 assists!