Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Kristin Rosato enters her eighth season at the helm of Brevard College Women's Lacrosse, and her eighth season overall in Brevard College Athletics. In addition to serving as Head Women's Lacrosse Coach, Rosato also serves as Assistant AD/Senior Woman Administrator for the Department of Athletics.

Athletic Director Juan Mascaro announced the promotion of Kristin Rosato to head coach of Brevard’s women’s lacrosse program on April 28, 2015.

Rosato served as an assistant coach for the 2015 season under Mascaro, who took over the program on an interim basis in January. Together, Mascaro and Rosato coached the Tornados to a 3-12 record in the program’s second season of existence. Brevard earned its first women’s lacrosse win in school history on March 21 and knocked off Lincoln Memorial in April for the team’s first-ever conference victory.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to be the head women’s lacrosse coach,” said Rosato. “I would like to thank President David Joyce and Athletic Director Juan Mascaro for this opportunity. I would also like to thank Coach ‘Shug’ and Juan for both being such great mentors and challenging me to be a better coach and role model.”

“Recruiting ‘Rizzo’ to be my assistant was the best decision I made as the women’s lacrosse coach,” Mascaro commented. “Her dedication and passion for the team is second to none, and her growth as a coach this season has been absolutely tremendous. I am confident that she will lead the program to new heights in the years to come.”

In addition to the role she played in guiding the team to significant milestones, Rosato helped mentor Brevard’s first-ever all-conference honoree. Freshman Caitlyn Nemeth was named all-South Atlantic Conference honorable mention after finishing the season 11th in Division II with 47 goals this season. She also garnered Brevard’s first AstroTurf SAC Player of the Week nod, netting 14 goals and dishing out four assists over a two-game span in April.

Rosato originally came to Brevard as a soccer coach following a stellar playing career at Montevallo. As an assistant in the women’s soccer program, Rosato and head coach Shigeyoshi Shinohara led the Tornados to their most wins since the program’s first season in the Division II ranks and highest-ever SAC win total.

She will now focus solely on lacrosse, however, as she looks to continue building on a strong foundation laid during the program’s first two seasons. “The future is bright for this group of young ladies,” Rosato said, ”and I feel very fortunate to see how they grow both on and off the field.”

During her first season at the helm of the Tornados women's lacrosse program, Rosato guided Brevard to their first South Atlantic Conference postseason appearance with a 9-7 overall record and a 4-4 league mark. That same year the program set records for wins in a season with nine, goals (162), assists (74), caused turnovers (140) and ground balls (362). In addition to the Tornados rewriting the record books, two of Rosato's players were named to the All-Conference team, as Amber Breedy was named to the second team, while Caitlyn Nemeth earned SAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year honors. Nemeth would finish the year tops in the nation with 4.47 goals per game while setting the SAC record for goals in a season with 67.

Career Record: 25-41

2021: 0-5, 0-5 USAS

USA South Conference All-West Division Team: KC Collins

USA South Conference All-West Division Team: Ashton Cashwell

USA South Conference All-West Division Team: Autumn Kraemer

USA South Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: KC Collins

IWLCA Academic Honors Squad

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll: KC Collins

2020: 1-4 (Season suspended due to COVID-19 Pandemic)

Tornado Cup Winners

USA South Women's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week: Autumn Kraemer

2019: 6-10, 3-8 USAS

USA South Women's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week: Hannah Scharf

USA South Women's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week: Katherine Collins

USA South Women's Lacrosse All-Sportsmanship Team: Katherine Collins

Brevard College Athletics Female Rookie of the Year: Hannah Scharf

Tornado Cup Winners 

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll - Hunter Denney

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll - Cameron Ranslow

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll - Diana Loaiza

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll - Micaiah Vacchiano

2018: 6-8

Tornado Cup Winners

2017: 3-12, 0-8 SAC

2016: 9-7, 4-4 SAC

IWLCA Academic Honor Roll - Ashlea Mann

SAC Player of the Year - Caitlyn Nemeth

All-Conference First Team - Caitlyn Nemeth

All-Conference Second Team - Amber Breedy

SAC Offensive Player of the Week (2) - Caitlyn Nemeth