Carroll grad Capuzzi earns coaching position at Ohio State
Gabby Capuzzi, a Newtown Square native who earned All-Delco honors in soccer and lacrosse at Archbishop Carroll, has joined the Ohio State University women’s lacrosse staff as associate head coach under Amy
Bokker.
Capuzzi was an All-America second-team selection as an Ohio State senior (2012), then spent two years as an assistant coach with the Buckeyes before working under Cindy Timchal (Haverford High) at the United States Naval Academy for six seasons, the last two as associate head coach.
She played last summer in the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League.
“I am extremely honored and grateful to be presented this opportunity at an institution that is so special and dear to my heart,” Capuzzi said in a statement released by the Ohio State Athletics Department. “My husband Greg (Solomon, a former Ohio State baseball player) and I are thrilled to return to our Buckeye roots.”
Capuzzi led Ohio State in goals (42), draw controls (52), groundballs (38) and caused turnovers (31) in 2012.
While an assistant coach at Ohio State, she was the team’s offensive coordinator. At the Naval Academy, she concentrated on building the program’s defense, which helped the team earn Patriot League championships in 2017 and 2018 and become the first Service Academy women’s team to advance to an NCAA Final Four (2017).
In 2017, she competed for Team Italy in the FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup in England. She scored 29 goals as Team Italy took part in the World Cup for the first time.
“I’m looking forward, hopefully, to playing for Italy again in the World Cup next summer at Towson,” Capuzzi said.
In 2018, she helped the New England Command to the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League’s (WPLL) inaugural playoff championship.
Capuzzi is the Division I representative for the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) Board of Directors. She earned a degree in strategic communication at Ohio State and a master’s degree in sports administration from Duquesne University (2014).
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Rachael Becker Dececco was a Marple Newtown High field hockey and lacrosse AllDelco and the 1999 Daily Times Female Athlete of the Year before earning AllAmerica honors in lacrosse at Princeton University.
Last summer, she was senior vice president of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL).
When the WPLL could not resume operations this summer, Dececco joined the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) as head of the PLL Academy, the men’s pro league’s youth program.
The Academy’s mission is “to connect the next generation of athletes with the best lacrosse players in the world. PLL Academy builds that connection through meaningful experiences spanning player education, elite training, college recruitment, fan experience, and media.”
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Only a few days remain to take advantage of the Sports Legends of Delaware County’s “Christmas in July” special for anyone who purchases its book “Tales From The Museum: A Collaborative Anthology.”
“For $35, you will receive the book as well as an 11 x
14 inch suitable for framing print of Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium,” museum curator Jim Vankoski said. “The print is the work of pastel artist Bill Sweeney.”
Sweeney is a former girls basketball coach at Strath Haven High School.
For information, contact Vankoski at vankoski21@ comcast.net or at delcosportsmuseum.org. You could also call him at 610-909-4919.
Additionally, the Sports Legends Museum and the Delaware County Historical Society are joining forces to present an exhibit highlighting the history of Negro League baseball.
The exhibit will open in September at the Historical Society building at 4th and Avenue of the States in Chester, and will feature local and national perspectives on baseball in the pre-Jackie Robinson era.
Negro League baseball was established with six teams in 1920 by Rube Foster. In 1923, the Eastern Colored League, which included the Hilldale Daisies of Darby, was formed. The Hilldale club played in the first two World Series between the Negro League and Eastern Colored League champions, defeating the Kansas City Monarchs to claim the title in 1925.
Additional information about the exhibit can be obtained by contacting Vankoski.