Staff

Coach Tonianne graduated from Suffern High School in 2015. In high school, she received all league and all section honors. After high school, she attended Boston University, graduating in 2019. She was first team All Patriot League and second team IWLCA All Region team in both 2018 and 2019. She also won several Patriot League defensive player of the week throughout the years. Coach Tonianne won MVP of the team in 2019 and MIP in 2017. In 2019, she led the team in draw controls. She is currently ranked 8th in BU all time for career draw controls and 10th in caused turnovers. She also holds the vertical jump record as well for BU W lacrosse. Coach Tonianne graduated with a business management degree with a concentration in finance and now work as a Sr. Merchandising Planning Analyst at Ross Stores.  Coach Tonianne is the assistant coach of the Metro Magic 2028 team.

Coach Jeanie Peluso Graduated from North Rockland High School in 2013. Received All Section, All County and All League honors. She graduated with a degree in Childhood Education from Dominican College in 2018, where she played midfield and was captain of the women’s lacrosse team.  Coach Peluso has been coaching in the North Rockland Youth League program for 6 years and for the past two years has coached the North Rockland Girl’s Junior Varsity team.  She is currently going into her third year of teaching 6th grade at Farley Elementary School in the North Rockland Central School District. Coach Peluso is the Head Coach of the Metro Magic 2029 team.

Coach Gizzi comes to Metro with over 9 years of coaching experience.  He currently coaches in North Rockland as the head coach of the 5th/6th grade youth team, head coach of the middle school team, as well as assistant coach of the JV and Varsity high school teams.  Coach Gizzi graduated from North Rockland High School and furthered his education at SUNY Cortland and Stony Brook. He currently teaches Physical Education at Fieldstone Middle School, and has taught at all levels during his time in the NRCSD.  Coach Gizzi is the head coach of the Metro Magic 2030 team.

Coach Amanda graduated from North Rockland High School in 2018.  She was a two year captain and received all-league and all-section honors.  She helped the team to win three sectional titles and reach the state final-four three times.  After high school, coach Amanda played as a defender on the women’s lacrosse team at SUNY Cortland.  She was a two year captain and as a freshman she was a finalist for the C-Club Freshman Athlete of the Year Award.  She earned All-SUNYAC honors, All-Empire Region honors, SUNYAC All-Tournament Team, USA Lacrosse All-America Third Team, and SUNY and SUNYAC Spring Scholar Athlete of the Year.  She was also awarded the C-Club Unsung Hero Award in 2022.  Coach Amanda earned a Bachelors degree in Physical Education with a minor is Sport Management as well as a Masters degree in Teaching Students With Disabilities.  Coach Amanda is the assistant coach of the Metro 2030 team.

Coach Fox graduated from North Rockland High school in 2016.  In high school she received All Section, All County, and All League honors and played on the National Tournament team.  Coach Fox graduated from Dominican College in 2020. She played midfield for 4 years at Dominican, and garnered several honors including CACC Rookie of the year, First Team All CACC all four years and First Team All EACC.  As a junior, she broke the records for all time leading draw controls, assists and points at Dominican. Coach Fox is currently a Physical Education Teacher at North Rockland High School. She is also the Assistant Varsity Coach for both lacrosse and field hockey at North Rockland. Coach Fox is the Head Coach of the Metro Magic 2031 team.

Coach Fitz graduated from Valley Central High School in 2013 where she was a four year Varsity basketball player and two year Varsity lacrosse player. At VC, she was a Section IX Girls Basketball champion and an All-Section selection for basketball and lacrosse. She also was an All-State selection for basketball. She attended Dominican College from 2013-2017 where she played Division II lacrosse for four years at midfield. She was a First and Second team All-Conference in 2016 and 2017 and on the
All-Tournament team in 2017. She is currently Top 10 in Career Points, Assists, and Ground Balls for Dominican College. At Dominican, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training in 2017 and is a Board Certified Athletic Trainer. In 2022, she earned a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from Manhattanville College and is a NYS Certified Physical Education Teacher. Currently, she coaches the Valley Central JV Girls’s basketball team and their Modified Girl’s lacrosse and soccer teams and is a Physical Education Teacher at Valley Central High School.  Coach Fitz is the assistant coach of the Metro Magic 2031 team.

Coach Lizzy Fox graduated from North Rockland high school in 2018. In high school she received All Section, All County, and All League honors and played on the National Tournament team. As a senior she was a US-Lacrosse All American. Lizzy played for Metro for 6 years. Coach Fox is going into her senior year at James Madison University. Playing midfield at JMU, she has earned CAA All rookie team as a freshman and Second team All-CAA as a junior. Coach Fox majors in Health Sciences with a minor in business.  Coach Fox is the head coach of the Metro Magic 2032 team.

Coach Eckert is the assistant coach of the 2032 team.

A former Metro player, Coach Mottola brings three years of coaching at the youth level to Metro.  She graduated from Fair Lawn High School in 2018. She was a four-year varsity starter as a goalie and earned multiple First Team All-League honors, as well as being named “The Best Girls Lacrosse Goalie in the American Conference”.  She became the first lacrosse goalie in Fair Lawn High School history to surpass the 500 career save mark and finished her 4 years with a total 529 saves. Coach Mottola is a rising sophomore at Quinnipiac University, and will be graduating in 2024 with a Masters of Occupational Therapy degree with the hope of pursuing a post-graduate doctoral degree.  She is finding the best of both worlds at Quinnipiac and playing club lacrosse for the university! Coach Mottola is the goalie coach for Metro’s youth teams and the head coach of the Metro 2033/34 teams.